Memory Tapes = 2006

2006

1. I Don't Know What It Is = Rufus Wainwright

2. Dollars & Cents = Radiohead

3. Distance = Editors

4. Burning Benches = Morning Runner

5. Valentine = The Delays

6. See The World = The Kooks

7. Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery = Graham Coxon

8. TV Pro = The Vines

9. Despair In The Departure Lounge = Arctic Monkeys

10. Don't Stop Now = Lemon Jelly

11. Daylight Robbery = Imogen Heap

12. Soul Meets Body = Death Cab For Cutie

13. Theres A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Havn't Thought Of It Yet = Panic! At The Disco

14. Colours = Hot Chip

15. Atlantic = Keane                                                    

16. Control Myself = L.L. Cool J Ft. Jennifer Lopez

17. Give It Away = Zero 7

18. Fixed Income = DJ Shadow

19. Hoodoo = Muse

20. We Are Your Friends = Justice Vs Simian

21. Can't Lose = We Are Scientists

22. Creepin Up The Backstairs = The Fratellis

23. When You Were Young = The Killers

24. Missing = Beck

25. My Imaginary Friend = The Divine Comedy

26. Littlest Things = Lily Allen

27. Bruised = Ben Folds

28. Legacy = Mansun

The soundtrack to my life......2006

Every track in this list represents a feeling, a mood, or event during my 2006 that stands out for one reason or another. It was a big year for me, and the eclectic mix above was with me all the way through the peaks and troughs.

January - March =

During this time, I found myself juggling mounting workloads at sixth form, and shit long hours at work (Waitrose), and holding together a relationship. This ultimately led to me being run down and contracting glandular fever, eek!  'Dollars And Cents' and 'Distance' both capture my intense and cloudy judgment and head space at that time, as the respective albums were all i listened to for a while. I bought the Morning Runner album the day it came out, as my then girlfriend bought The Delays album on the same day. These two songs are significant as we then burnt copies of our albums for each other. I tended to listen to The Kooks album, as well as a lot of Blur and Graham Coxon whilst being bedridden with the glandular fever, and they totally got me through it, so cheers!

April - June =

My then girlfriend went away during the Easter holidays of 2006, so I hung out with my friends a lot more (something I should have done a lot more of anyway) and got into The Vines, Death Cab For Cutie and Imogen Heap, all of which providing perfect noise to the sunlight. I also watched Spaced a lot during this time so naturally got into Lemon Jelly big time! Keane are one of my favorite ever bands, so I was hugely excited when Under The Iron Sea came out, opening with the epic 'Atlantic'. The LL Cool J track came out during this time and me and my mate loved it so much that we got it played at our sixth form leavers ball, woop!

July - September =

Then came study period for my A level exams, so I naturally listened to loads of albums. Stuff like Zero 7 and DJ Shadow brought a relaxing, and cool vibe to the studying. Tracks like 'We Are Your Friends' were anthems for the summer, and I remember listening to We Are Scientists a lot when I was gathering items for my V Festival checklist the day before going. The week before I left for University, The Fratellis first album came out and I couldn't stop listening to it. 'When You Were Young' means a lot to me as it was the song playing on the radio on the first drive to uni, when I felt massively homesick and anxious, yet excited of what was to come. The song seemed to symbolize my transition from being young, to growing older and leaving home for the first time.

October - December =

I got into Beck and The Divine Comedy in a fucking massive way at this time, and went to see The Divine Comedy at my uni, which left me smiling out loud! I also started going out with a girl in the first few months of uni, and her mannerisms always reminded me of Lily Allen. Plus 'Littlest Things' came out at this time. I love anything Ben Folds does, and was blown away by 'Bruised' due to its delicacy and honesty. I got into Mansun over this whole time, because: 1. They are amazing, and 2. because no one else I knew at uni liked them, so i liked having that special appreciation. Their second album 'Six' blow my mind and opened my eyes to what great music really was, and to what bands can achieve if they truly experiment with sound. 'Legacy' tends to sum up my mood at this time also.

Its a pretty boring story, but its story none the less, and best of all.....its real. I love how music shapes our lives, but mainly how we cling to music and its magical properties in order to make sense of the mess of human behavior.

So that was my 2006, and thinking back, I completely changed as an individual from January to December, fascinating!

2007 was just as interesting........honest!

Nuff said!