I just saw Chelsea Mamma 's meme on her blog and thought it was a lovely idea. I did a What Was Number One When You Were Born post myself a few weeks ago and it seems like the logical progression so here are my five kids' number one singles from the day they were born.
Joseph
U2 "Desire"
Megan
Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff "Dizzy"
Ella
Mark Morrison "Return of the Mack"
Kezia
Will Young and Gareth Gates "Long and Winding Road"
Freddy
Cascada "Evacuate the Dancefloor"
I did not remember one of these songs being number one when my babies were born. I must have been too busy being 9 months pregnant to have cared about the charts! I think they are mostly quite fitting. Having my first baby became my "desire" as a mixed up teenager, and having Joe really did put me on the path to becoming a better person. Megan really is my wonderfully 'dizzy' daughter who makes me laugh and fills my life with laughs and all manner of 'wonder stuff'! After Ella was born we started the process of changing our family name to McDonald...hence "Return of the Mack"! Kizzy's birth gave us the beautiful song "The Long and Winding Road" which is a good metaphor for our journey together as a family, forever evolving and travelling but our road will always lead us back to the door of home. However, Freddy's number one song has no relevance at all..it's a rubbish dance track. So I'll choose the song we listened to while I was in the labour room waiting for my contractions to start. The local radio station seemed to play the same few songs over and over again at 3am, but I found this one most poignant to my situation....
July 9th 2009, in the delivery suite of the Maternity Unit waiting patiently to give birth to my son Freddy. It was played so many times in the early hours of the morning. It always reminds me of my baby boy's birth. x
Metal Mummy and Him, Me and Three have both tagged me in this latest meme. We are asked to write about our favourite songs and the music that defines us. These songs are supposed to come from our iPod, randomly selected on shuffle. However, my MP3 player that provides our entertainment on long journeys in the car, is the nearest thing I've got, and that is filled with the Rocky Horror Show soundtrack, some CBeebies stuff and my 14 year old daughter's music...so it wouldn't really define me at all.
So these are the songs that I love, that mean something to me and are the soundtrack to my life.
1: Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
This song was our first dance song at our wedding in 1997. I am a big Alanis fan from her earlier angstier years. These days she is too loved up and too busy being a mummy to baby Ever to produce songs of the calibre of the Jagged Little Pill era. The words to this song really resonate with me. "You are the bearer of unconditional things, you held your breath and the door for me. Thanks for your patience,"...is so true of my own story. It took me a decade to feel worthy enough to accept that Ian was my soul mate after being in my previous destructive relationships. I am so grateful that he held out for what he knew would be perfect. Alanis could've written this song about us!
First Dance x
2: Meat is Murder - The Smiths
The soundtrack to my first foray into vegetarianism. I was a militant teenage veggie who would question the source of the rennet on the cheese in takeaway pizzas much to the utter confusion of the poor Pizza Hut staff. This song was an anthem to my beliefs and The Smiths were just so damn cool. Love it. "Savour the Flavour of Murder"...powerful stuff.
3: Patience - Take That
When I was in the delivery suite back on July 9th 2009 at 2a.m. the local radio station was playing. My waters had broken and given that my last labour was so fast we were expecting to be home with a baby by lunchtime. Unfortunately, Freddy decided to stay put and my contractions refused to start despite bouncing on a ball for hours. 'Patience' was played about ten times in those early hours of that Thursday morning. It became the theme tune to my labour. My patience was eventually rewarded, my contractions finally started at 5pm and he was born at 5.56pm.
Just have a little patience x
4: The Only Way is Up - Yazz and the Plastic Population
This song was in the charts when I was a five months pregnant teenager in July 1988. I was on my own and a little bit broken. My boyfriend had just walked out for the second time during my pregnancy and I made the discovery that he had been cheating on me for months with a much older divorcee. However, I found a strength and I realised he'd done me a huge favour removing himself permanently from me and my son's lives. This song was Number 1 in the charts. It seemed very symbolic!
5: Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
The fact that my husband can play this on his guitar was a big factor in me falling in love with him. It's just one of the best songs ever recorded and fabulous to sing along to. Messrs Page and Plant are just the most awesome rock combo. This song never ages. My children all love it too...which makes me very proud! (No Bieber in this household!)
This is the soundtrack to my life! I pass the tag onto anyone who is yet to be tagged and to Not Met Megan and Just Simply Ella.
