Not funny, just true
It seems that many of my life's milestones have been marked by music. I remember fondly my mixtapes, and discovering for the first time so many excellent bands. A few faves:

- Endless hours spent playing Elite - Moonlight Shadow and Tubular Bells (Albums by Mike Oldfield)
- Going to 6th form college - Twisting in my Sobriety (Tanita Tikaram)
- Going to Uni - the whole "Actually" album (Pet Shop Boys)
- Being betrayed by someone I thought was a friend - When I Needed You (Erasure)
- Losing my virginity - Avalon (Roxy Music)
- Almost, but not quite, spectacularly crashing my car - Wonderful Life (Black)
- First real holiday away with a girl (Malta) - the whole "Tango in the Night" album by Fleetwood Mac (on endless repeat from the cantina downstairs)
- Getting my first real job after Uni - Getting Away With It (Electronic)
- Bizarrely, eating the most revolting fruit salad of my life, as served by an old friend's ill-advised then-partner - Smack my Bitch Up (Prodigy)
- An old, old friend of mine introduced me to Tomita. Now every time I hear "the snowflakes are dancing" I think of him
- 1992; the year my dad and the above old, old friend both died - Stay (Shakespear's Sister)
- Getting ready to dump the ex - I Never Loved you Anyway (Corrs)
- Fabulous road trip through France - The Bad Touch and the Ballad of Chasey Lain (Bloodhound Gang)
- Finding the wonderful (current) Mrs. - Say What You Want (Texas)

It's funny how hearing any of these songs can transport me back to the feelings, emotions and sensations of that time in my life. Curse you, iPod on shuffle mode!
(lustfish, Wed 3 Feb 2010, 22:17, Reply)