The Goosebump Playlist

Recently I made a playlist called the “The Goosebump Playlist”.
A self explanatory title which I’m sure you understand; and here’s a sample of the tracks :

You have been loved – George Michael
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Green Eyes – Coldplay
Crash – DMB
Vincent – Don McLean
Earth song - Michael Jackson
Can you feel the love tonight – Elton John
Hello – Lionle Richie
How deep is your Love – Bee Gees
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
Sit Down – James
Just Another Day – Jon Secada
Little Wing – Sting
More than words – Extreme
One more night – Phil Collins
Set Adrift on memory bliss – PM Dawn
Everybody Hurts – REM
Heal the world - Michael Jackson
No ordinary love – Sade
When the Angels Fall – Sting
Stranger in Moscow – Michael Jackson ( brilliant VDO )
The Way it is – Bruce Hornsby and the range
Seasons in the sun – Westlife
You are not alone - Michael Jackson
Night swimming – REM

Hindi
Title track kal Ho Na Ho – Sonu Nigam
Na tum jano na hum – Lucky Ali


Yes so many tracks give me goosebumps......

The one that took me deeper on 9 feb 06 was SEASONS IN THE SUN
( lyrics here http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/westlife/seasonsinthesun.html )

This song is about the foreknowledge of death.

Now death we all know, comes to everybody and in a way, we all have foreknowledge of its certaininty but not the time.
Most people get queamish when you speak of death. Its like the ultimate unspoken thing.

Some of my thoughts were :

What changes if we know when we would die ?

The song has a tone of being a wasted life. But isnt all life wasted as they say - on the living ?

If i knew i was going to die soon, would i still have the creative urge ?

Would i have the courage to write a song about it ?

The list of people he says goodbye to; who would be in my list ?

If i could give one last message to my loved ones, what would that message be ?

The tone of the song also indicates that the life being lost is one still young and not old.

I once knew someone like that. Someone close to me.

She died young while having a life still full of potential. Somehow when she died I didnt cry.
But today i cried, a little. I cried because i remember listening to this song with her many years ago. But it never meant to us the way it did now.

It is in death, that my life takes on more meaning today. It is richer, brighter, promising and helps me let go of the unimportant stuff.


Update 25 Nov 2011

Ramona - Dylan