Julili: A Life in Music

2000 – Parachutes (Coldplay)/ Honorable mention: El viaje de Copperpot (La Oreja De Van Gogh)

Bare with me this is a lengthy story but I will make it short: Back in high school I was madly in love with this dude. But the love was one-sided (boohoo) and I was very sad. Around that time a youth mini-drama was being shown on SVT (Swedish public television). One of the characters was also in a one-sided love with this girl. One day he was being all emo in his room and he started to listen to Yellow. I just managed to hear the line, “For you I bleed myself dry” — the power of that one sentence blew me away; it was so painfully beautiful and it made me realize the power of the love I had. I remember trying to find the song in the drama’s homepage, but with no luck.

It wasn’t until some weeks later, when I was channel surfing, that I landed on MTV (back in the day when they still showed music videos in the middle of the day!) and there was Chris walking on the beach singing that line. With excitement rushing through my body I waited for the MV to finish, I wrote down the band and album name, and took the first train into town to purchase Parachutes. Until this day this album is one of the best albums I own and a nice token of that youthful love I had. It’s also a great story of how I fell in love with Coldplay.

Oh, no matter how many times I’ve heard this song, that line always makes me shed tears.

2001 – Your New Favourite Band (The Hives)

At 16 I was a pretty little mess. I did not understand then what was wrong with me and I therefore needed some outlets to release my frustrations. Listening to rock always makes me calm down — something about the electric guitars, the drums, the fast and hard pace. So this album was a life-saver back then. How I blasted the shit of this album — teenage angst! How you burned!

2002 – Vapen & Ammution (Kent)

OK, so this is also thanks to that dude I was in love with in high school. He was (is?) a fan of Kent. I, trying to find some kind of connection with him, totally lied and said that I liked Kent as well. This cd dropped that year and he was very excited about it. I, with no interest, went to the cd store, bought the album and went home. I put it in my cd player and it was love at first listen.

I may not have got the boy, but I did gain Kent. I guess it somehow is nice… or something. (laughs)

2003 – Elephant (The White Stripes)

Again, blasting rock to repress shit. The shit finally caught up to me three years later. Had been so much easier had it hit me in 2003…. but oh well, everything has it purpose I guess.

2004 – Destiny Fulfilled (Destiny’s Child)

I graduated and then joined the army, it was one heck of a year — it was a fun year but the beginning of the end I guess. But it was mostly fun, clubbing, all the beer, all the dancing. Oh yeah!

Julyssa

Music is all I do: I work in music, I write about music, I listen to music.

20 Responses

  1. Julili says:

    I just want to stress how hard this was for me. I had to cut off some amazing albums! Robbie Williams, 2Pac, Pink, Jay-Z! It was stressful!

    I could ttly make a list of all the albums I had to cut off! >_<

  2. amy says:

    I think every latin person has at least some memory of Juan Gabriel. LOL Oh, and you know what songs kind reminds me to What’s Up? That song of What if God was one of us hahahaha.

    And I couldn’t add any of the Hanson albums in my list, but I own almost all their studio stuff, but after listening to their acoustic version of Middle of Nowhere (which they did to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album in 2007), I haven’t been able to listen to the 1997 version. Yeah, it’s THAT good.

    And I love Kent thanks to YOU. xD

    Also… I dunno about the Pussycat Dolls man~~~ I just. xD

    • Julili says:

      @amy, Dude… PCD was just cus in 2005, that was mah sexiest year ever. Plus that you can’t deny that PCD was produced really well. Why it’s only Nicole singing baffles me, all the girls could sing really well.

  3. Anna says:

    Interesting read! Always curious to follow people’s lives through music.

    Now I can’t stop thinking about what I’d put on my list! Perhaps a project for the end of the summer…

  4. Rodrigo says:

    Great list, I love it for the most part! I think I really wanted to use like 5-7 of your picks for my list.

  5. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory yesssssss

  6. Monica Lorenzo says:

    Great songs Prima!!!! now that is some REAL music!!!! I LOVE THE 80’S MUSIC……

  7. Julili says:

    @Rodrigo, Aw! But Hanson is so good! No shame there! ;D

    • Rodrigo says:

      @Julili, A year or two after I bought the album (I really did), the shame started to kick in. I don’t know if I ever want to go back and listen to it one day at the price of scarring my brain.

  8. Julili says:

    @Monica Lorenzo, Omg Prima! Thanks for commenting! Appreciate it! How would your list include?

  9. So, most of your CDs are from the 80s? You were born a year before me…how is it possible that you have so many albums from the 80s…HaHa! I suppose I’m not one to talk…many of the CDs I have come DECADES BEFORE I was born…HaHa.

    As far as Madonna goes, my favourite song of hers is “Take a Bow” –one of the most powerfully beautiful ballads of all time. My second favourite is “Human Nature”. But, in terms of overall songs that I love, yes, Like a Prayer is that album!!! I suppose Ray of Light comes second (I love the MVs from that album and “Frozen” is just a bad ass track!)

    Speaking on MJ….gotta say my favourites of his are Off the Wall and HIStory (truly one of hte most underrated albums of all time, and that’s saying something considering it’s an album from probably the most recognised human being on the face of the planet). Though bad had two of my MJ faves (“Another Part of Me” and “Leave Me Alone”), it wasn’t really one of my favourite albums by him.

    I’ve said too much. Get me talking about music and there’s no doubt that I’ll go on for DAYS nonstop!

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