What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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music meme: 15 to 30

Lying awake in bed last night, I found myself wondering what I’d end up with if I made a playlist of songs where each track was the song I loved best and/or most strongly identified with in a given year, starting from 2001 (age 15) and ending with 2016 (age 30). So I did the thing, and, well - what I take from this experiment is that I like a lot of sad music, invest emotionally in songs I learn from TV shows, and am generally a wistful dork. Here, then, is my 15 - 30 playlist (note that the years in brackets indicate when I was listening to the song in question, not the year it was first released):

1 - Touched by VAST (2001)

2 - Mad World by Gary Jules (2002)

3 - Pure Morning by Placebo (2003)

4 - Teardrop by Massive Attack (2004)

5 - Who Am I by Peter Kruder (2005)

6 - Blue by Angie Hart (2006)

7 - A Place Called Home by Kim Richey (2007)

8 - Set Free by Katie Gray (2008)

9 - Pride by Syntax (2009)

10 - Out Of Range by Decoder Ring (2010)

11 - Crystallised by the xx (2011)

12 - Wedding Day by Mei Lai Swan (2012)

13 - King by Lauren Aquilina (2013)

14 - I Wish I Was the Moon by Neko Case (2014)

15 - Through the Dark by Alexi Murdoch (2015)

16 - Tiny Cities (feat. Beck) by Flume (2016)

If anyone feels moved to meme on this, post your annual favourite songs from: 

- ages 15 to 30; OR 

- from the last 15 years; OR 

- from age 15 to now,

 whichever is easiest/most applicable/most interesting!

  1. alcalina reblogged this from fozmeadows and added:
    Given that songs saved my life a lot, I couldn’t resist. Well, not the happiest playlist ever, and not exactly a la...
  2. wojit reblogged this from fozmeadows and added:
    I really like this idea, because I’m into music and obsessing over my personal history, and it’s slightly easier for me...
  3. involuntaryorange said: I want to do this, but how did you remember all of this? Any strategies you can recommend?
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