"You are the music while the music lasts"

As I spent much longer than I had intended this afternoon updating my iPod, I began to wonder what my music collection says about me.  What do you think your music collection says about you?  Not literally, obviously, because that would be weird, but how (if at all) do you think it represents you as a person?  My iTunes library contains a diverse selection of the good, the bad and the simply embarrassing!


How intensely I listen to music can vary, but I love how that apparently simple combination of music and lyrics can enhance, frame and even alter my mood and so I've decided to write a few posts loosely based on the '30 Day Song Challenge'.


F-F-F-Friday!


When I leave the office on a Friday evening and make my way across London Bridge amongst the incessant stream of commuters, I like nothing more than to listen to something upbeat and uplifting.  Recently my songs of choice have included:

1. Cee Lo Green's "Bright Lights Bigger City";
2. Coldplay's "Viva la Vida";
3. Florence + The Machine's "Dog Days are Over"; and
4. Elbow's magnificent "One Day Like This" (one of my Favourite Songs in the World Ever).

Whilst this little selection (invariably taken from my "Purchased" playlist) probably says more about how I feel about my job than anything else, I relish feeling my shoulders begin to drop and the cares of the working week drift away as I approach London Bridge tube station with Tower Bridge to my left ,and the lights of Canary Wharf glittering in the distance (seriously: if you've never been to London Bridge at rush hour, you should make a point of going. Whether morning or evening, that mass of be-suited people is something to behold (and, unsurprisingly, popular with photographers)).  Although I know that those cares and anxieties will have wormed their way back by 8pm on Sunday evening, at that moment that may as well be another world away...

C