Music to die for
Phew, I'm sweating and I haven't even started yet.

A Whiter Shade of Pale

It's not a song which I particularly like or rate, but it does have sentimental value...
When I found out my dad was ill, it hit me hard as a teenager. Not knowing how or when the inevitable would happen felt like the swinging axe above my(/his) head getting a hairs breadth closer with every sunrise.

Like many teenagers I was ridden with angst and hormones, music being the perfect soundtrack to life. But this isn't about the songs I like.
There may be that time in your life when a song strikes a particular chord inside you and when my dad got ill, this one did it for me.
As depression took hold, I found myself on top of a motorway bridge thinking dark thoughts. As it goes, the dark thoughts had been thunk. This was time for action. (Yes it would have been a selfish way to go, but believe me, you're not looking that far ahead when you're in this state)
I had my trusty walkman on (easier to immerse yourself into music) and lo, this song came on. It was enough to tip me the right side of life and I made my way home.

Life got better and worse in measures, I'm sure it has more suprises in store for me yet, but I think I'll never find that place again.
(Life is lovely now by the way!)
I played that song last at his funeral. When I hear it on the radio it brings a whole host of emotions with it. But I always smile now.

Sorry it's not funnier, but hey, you asked.
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 17:33, Reply)