What Music Means to me By Emma

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What does it mean to me?Whilst growing up I was surrounded by different music tastes – mainly rock and indie/alternative. Music has always been a big deal to me and my family as it usually takes us back to family event or memory. My Dad loves The Beatles, David Bowie, The Who, Led Zeppelin, pink Floyd (basically stereotypical Dad music)My brother was also into indie bands, and my Mum loves Fleetwood Mac.All these artists and Genres defiantly touched on my life at some point.

Childhood memories My first memory of enjoying music was in the car with my dad, whether it be to school or on a long car journey. These are my fondest memories of enjoying music. I was taken to see Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck at the age of 12, and from then on I was amazed by how incredible live music sounded. I then tried to go to as many gigs as possible, but they ended up being artists like All Time Low, You Me At Six both multiple times so I guess you could say I was limited to decent artists to see live… I was also brought up listening to artists way before my time, so I wasn’t really someone who was bothered about seeing mainstream artists live or listening to their music. My brother was also in a band, so I never missed a gig, weather it be in London or here.

The Beatles were almost always being playing in the house or in my Dads car, so choosing my childhood song was easy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Q0LmXe9Ek

Something – The Beatles (Abbey Road)

Because I was quite young, I didn’t really pay much attention to the lyrics, but I always remember my Dad telling that Frank Sinatra said it was the most romantic love song of all time.

Growing up (roughly 9 years old)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1JQ4iQX3To

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLFakwWwt8

When I go on holiday with my family to Italy we usually hire a car out there so we can travel more. Its become a tradition that we always have the Amy Winehouse Back to Black Album along with the Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare album as the first time we went these albums had just came out. Although we were only meant to choose 3 songs, I had to include both of these songs as they both make me think of summer and growing up (not lyrically though).Amy Winehouse - Wake up Alone

Arctic Monkey Florescent Adolescent

Current Music TasteAnyone that knows me, knows that I love Lana Del Rey. So I would say my current favourite song and video is West Coast, the first single off her new album. I also love Brooklyn Baby and Florida Kilos, but neither of them have music videos. I think that this song is really different to her previous tracks off the born to die album, and this shows her evolving in her music carrier. Lana Often targets dark subjects in her music lyrically, and then reflects this in her music videos, but often in a more visually appealing way.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3N5y6UWKJaKqoU2b_0MfTQ