Do You Keep Songs from Sad, Challenging Times/Bad Relationships in Your Playlist?

[seoulsearch]

Hey Everyone,

A song came on yesterday that I used to love, but it was popular during one of the most turbulent times of my life.

And I realized that even the first few notes had the effect of feeling like I was experiencing an emotional car crash, being violently thrown through the windshield, and then feeling every shard of glass piercing right through the depths of my soul.

In other words... All these years (decades) later, I still can't listen to that song.

What about you?

If a song reminds you of/is associated with a sad/traumatic event or relationship in your life, do you:

* Get rid of it immediately, never to listen to it again.

* Keep it as a reminder of lessons learned.

* Keep it in remembrance of something or someone you don't want to forget.

* Let it go for a while, but occasionally come back to see what your reaction is.

* Listen to it one last time, then let it go, or, keep it it if it no longer bothers you.


What do YOU do with songs that remind you of the worst of times?

 

[cinder]

Depends on how the songs fit in to that time. There are definitely songs that are linked to memories of a particular time and place, but usually they were the good in times that were a mixture of good and bad. So while I may have outgrown some songs and no longer listen to them (or wonder why I liked them in the first place) most songs that have been significant in my life stay in the rotation as reminders of all the things God has brought me through.

 

[Lynx]

Yeah, what cinder said.

 

[Susanna]

We used to listen to “Fight For Your Rights (to party)” before going into combat. Hate that song now

 

[cinder]

Yeah, what cinder said.

Copycat

 

[pineapple777]

No, I don't. They bring back bad memories.

 

[Lynx]

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

i made this song a week ago, and after, i told my pastor that i’d rather burn in hell than follow Jesus. I plan to keep this song to remember how dark life can get sometimes. God roots for the underdog though. I can make songs all day.

 

[Lynx]

i made this song a week ago, and after, i told my pastor that i’d rather burn in hell than follow Jesus. I plan to keep this song to remember how dark life can get sometimes. God roots for the underdog though. I can make songs all day.

Wait, you made it last week?

 

[ForgiveMeGod]

Wait, you made it last week?

Yeah, I’ve been having some tough times and so I thought if I started making music, I could just climb out of my mess but I realize God doesn’t work that way.

 

[Karlon]

Hey Everyone,

A song came on yesterday that I used to love, but it was popular during one of the most turbulent times of my life.

And I realized that even the first few notes had the effect of feeling like I was experiencing an emotional car crash, being violently thrown through the windshield, and then feeling every shard of glass piercing right through the depths of my soul.

In other words... All these years (decades) later, I still can't listen to that song.

What about you?

If a song reminds you of/is associated with a sad/traumatic event or relationship in your life, do you:

* Get rid of it immediately, never to listen to it again.

* Keep it as a reminder of lessons learned.

* Keep it in remembrance of something or someone you don't want to forget.

* Let it go for a while, but occasionally come back to see what your reaction is.

* Listen to it one last time, then let it go, or, keep it it if it no longer bothers you.


What do YOU do with songs that remind you of the worst of times?

never dealt with anything like that. to me, you can easily disassociate that song from your pain. renew yourself. the devil wants you stuck in this situation. the closest i dealt with as such, are the songs my girlfriends & i would keep as "our song" in the past. so whenever i hear 1 of those tunes, my memory is al positive of that relationship. i view at what we had that was positive always, never the "not-so-good".