Do you have a “power song” a song that gets you pumped?
I couldn’t possibly come up with just one song that gets me pumped. I’m in to so much music, in so many genres, that get me pumped in different ways for different activities, and in different environments. This blog post would take days to write and hours to read!
I was stuck: I really wanted to write about a song that had significance to me, but something I haven’t already talked about, and maybe from a band I hadn’t already discussed. One that really stuck out to me.
Then it hit me! “Loser” by Beck. Sounds ridiculously self-depreciating, I know, but stick with me and it will make sense.
I have always enjoyed the song “Loser” by Beck and loved the back story behind it and all the oddities that is Beck. It wasn’t really a game changer or inspiration or get-pumped song for me. But I have noticed something odd about the song…
Whenever I was stuck having to make a major decision in my life and the path was not clear, I would sit and think on my choices over and over. Sometimes, over days and days, as I couldn’t make the decision easily. Should I take my Driver’s license in town or in the closest city? Should I ask that one girl to Prom? Should I take that job? Should I quit that job? Should I get married? Should I buy that house? Should I get divorced? Should I move back to my hometown and look after my parents? Should I tell my girlfriend I love her and ask her to move in with me?
Sometime along my day-to-day, “Loser” would come on randomly somewhere near me. On the Radio. In a car passing by. In a grocery store, etc. It would always come on when I was thinking of one of the paths in the decision. And that was the decision I would go with. Or it would come on after I finally made that difficult decision. I took it as a sign, as a random coin flip in life. It has never, ever, been wrong. At least, not in hindsight.
So, “Loser” by Beck doesn’t get me pumped, but it has influenced my life more than any other song I have ever known, and it is the only time I ever put stock in something as superstition when I’m sure it is just observation and coincidence. Do you have a checkpoint song in your life?
Thank you my friends and future friends!
@missy and @penny
