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Tagged! 5 Life-Impacting Songs….

Filed under: youtube, Pop Music by healthiacynthia on June 26, 2007 12:25 am

2WriteHands tagged me to talk about 5 songs that made an impact in my life.  Consider yourself tagged:  leave comments below and a link back to your blog where you talk about the 5 songs that made an impact on your life!

(1) "Old Man River "- My Dad used to put on his deepest basso voice and sing this around the farm on the weekends.  I was about five.  I thought every man should have such a voice!

(2) "Love Letters In The Sand "- by Pat Boone.  Reminds me of my mom.  I think it was one of the few silly, sentimental radio hits that she played and sang along to.  I think my parents were very much in love during this time… there was a lot of optimism about the future and no big family crises to that point.  I was probably about five or six.

(3) "Cindy Oh Cindy"- a silly love song from the same era that went something like, "Cindy oh Cindy, Cindy don't let me down, Write me a letter soon, and I'll be homeward bound".  It said my name, right, so it had to be about me?  I remember singing it acappella (well, what else?  Not like I was trained to be accompanied by an orchestra) at my Aunt's Wedding dance.  I never had a good sense of being a separate being during my childhood, so this was probably as much of an affirmation of worth as anything else.

(4) "How Great Thou Art "- I didn't come from a church-going background, really, and when two young Pentecostal or Baptist girls sang this when I was in Grade 2– they got right up and sang in front of the class, no less–  I was mesmerized.  It still moves me, only now I sing along.

(5) "Someday We'll Be Together "- by the Supremes- this was one of "our songs" during those tempestuous courting days back in 1969.  I also remember "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis and "Black Pearl" by Stevie Wonder.  

Soooooooo, what about you?  What are your most impactful songs?  Is this healthy stuff? 

Thanks for your comments!

Healthia Cynthia