Shape Me
Posted by Ryan Geiger on February 26, 2010 · 2 Comments
There is no question the profound impact that music can and does have on an individual and a culture. From childhood sing-along songs to the early teenage years of listening to the “non parent approved” songs but only because we like the beat not the words. Music can change your emotions and take you places. It can set the mood or it can take you out of a mood. The reality is that movies would not be nearly as effective without their sound tracks, think Top Gun, Rocky, Rudy, Braveheart or The Notebook, um…never mind that last one. We can think of a song and tie it back to a location or an event. Maybe its the conception of a child, first kiss, a death a friend or a road that you were driving on. I can even pinpoint certain songs to smells and feelings. Music is powerful not matter how you package it.
I was thinking about the music that has shaped me and potentially my “Gen X” generation, er, if that’s how you say it.
- Nirvana
- U2
- Michael Jackson
- Green Day
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Hootie and the Blowfish
- Pearl Jam
- Oasis
- Dave Matthews Band
- Wheezer
- The Offspring
- The Fugees
- Bush
- Foo Fighters
- Alanis Morissette
- Collective Soul
- Gin Blossoms
- Live
- Candlebox
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- The Wallflowers
- Radiohead
- REM
- Sound Garden
Each of these groups had a song that reminds me of an event, a person and a memory.
What bands have had a part of shaping who you are?
Journey, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen, New Order, Beatles, Rick Springfield, Beastie Boys, Billy Joel, Blondie, Men At Work, Devo, Steve Winwood, Styx, Foreigner, The Psychedellic Furs and The Outfield.
I like a lot of those bands, Madonna and Beastie Boys especially bled over into my generation. Great choices and I can see you singing with those bands in your office.