Music = LIfe...

I love music.

In my iTunes library is have a little over 55 gigs (20 hours) of music and that just scratches the surface of a long life of an obsession. 

I have been asking everyone I know what there first memory of music was. What there first favorite song they can remember and this throws people off because either they cant remember or they are to embarrassed to say, which is absurd since we were all children at one point and have liked things that have been deemed "Lame" or "Stupid".  Music to me, since my mother and father liked such different music, I have never remembered a time in my life when I don't remember music being either played in the house all the time.  I have asked almost 50+ people and always have gotten answers like "The Beatles" or "Zeppelin".

I had a conversation a few days ago that went something like this..

Me: Hey, Sal, can I ask you something?

Sal: I guess.

Me: Can you remember the first song you ever heard?

Sal: I cant think of the very first song I heard.

Me: Can you remember the first song you loved?

Sal: Ummm..... I would have to say..  Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden 

Me: What did you like about it? What stuck out to you?

Sal: My dad played bass and that song you can hear the bass and he loved that band.

Me: Are you afraid of the dark Sal?

Sal: Shut up..

I love talking about music with people, especially people I don't know.

Standing in lines I mostly always try and talk to someone around me to be nice or if they are buying something I have tried I will tell them how I liked the product.

Me: Hey, Mnt Dew, huh, good call.

Stranger: Thanks.

(The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks starts playing on overhead)

Me: I love this song, don't you?

Stranger: You like country music?

Me: Yeah, I can enjoy it, Garth Brooks is amazing.

Stranger: You don't look like you would like it.

Me: Well you know what my mom always says "Don't Judge a book by its cover.

Stranger: So, you like country, do you like other music as well?

Me: I like everything.

Stranger: Classical?

Me: Yes.

Stranger: What is your favorite song?

Me: Adagio for Strings.

Stranbger: I dont know that song.

Me: Have you seen Platoon with Charlie Sheen?

Stranger: Yes, I love that movie.. The soundtrack to that movie makes everything seam really sad..

Me: That is the classical piece that is played though out the film.

Stranger: I will go home and see if you are lying to me and Ill let you know.

Me: Haha, ok man... Have a good day..

Everything about my life has revolved around music to the friends I have had, the people that I have loved and lost to my parents, the first time I had my heartbroken to the time I found love again. I can pin point a song that will make me fly back into a memory about them in a blink of an eye. 

I was asked the question I have asked so many times in the past a few days ago:

 What is the first song you can remember hearing.

I can remember having a love for the song "Lady in Red" by Chris De Burgh for no reason as far back as I can remember.  It's not the first song that I ever fell in love with, but there is something behind that song that makes me think to my childhood.

So whats the first song you can remember hearing? Leave a comment below, would love to hear what you guys can remember..

-Nicholas