Teach me how to shine

The was only four of us left in the room, it was about 5am, pushing six and he picked up the guitar and started to play a song by the Frames.  To the left of me another guitar got picked up and their voices joined together.  Waiting for the chorus, we joined in. You could feel the room change, like magic sweeping all around us, into our lungs and back out.

“Star Star, teach me how to shine”  Looking around, I got a wink, a smile and I saw tears. It was  one of those moments you couldn’t plan but I knew would be put in a box and remembered forever.

It’s handy that…

When I can’t find the words, I know the Beatles have got it covered!

Soundtrack of my memories

Music can capture your heart, make you cry, make you smile and make you remember memories you thought you had forgotten about.

Michael Jackson passed away yesterday and MTV along with every other music channel has his songs on repeat. Each song has a memory wrapped around it. The earliest being in 1988 when I was 4 and he came to Cork to play. I can remember my Dad holding my hand as we walked down the Marina. Hundreds of people lined up and the air smelled of chips and vinegar. We sat on a path and ate candyfloss while listening to the legend himself singing in our city.

Dangerous was the first tape I ever own and I wanted so badly to be one of the kids singing on the “Heal the World” record. When “Free Willy” came out, I already knew the words to the soundtrack and I was the coolest kid in school because of it, funny how that means nothing now!

A few years back, I bought Liam the Number1′s  Album and we danced around the kitchen for hours one summer evening. Whatever about Michael Jackson and the allegations that surrounding him, I will remember him for being a part of the soundtrack of my life.