Music has always been an
important thing in my life. I listened to it in the car rides when I was
little, and I listen to it a ton driving now. My dad has always been interested
in speakers since I was little. From when I was little to now I have listened to
many kinds of music including my dad’s old 80’s music junk that I can’t stand.
My mom’s music is the kind I love. Its todays hits. Even though I grew up with
both of their music tastes neither one is what I listen to the most.
My almost favorite music is the stuff you can find in
today’s hits station, or today’s hip hop and rap station. I listen to rap when
I work out, which is a lot of the time. I don’t listen to it for the lyrics,
because most of them are disgusting, but I listen to it for the beat. The beat
is so uplifting and fast. When I lift and run I listen to the beat to go along
with my lifts or steps on a run. You can’t find a fast beat like that in other
music.
A flashback I have and will always be important to me is
about a song called “Seven Years” by Lukas Graham. It was played at Noah Lears
funeral, which was a kid who I went to high school with that was a grade under
me. He was playing basketball at a local church, which was across the street
from my house, and he went to dunk a basketball and the hoop fell on his face
and chin. For eighteen days he fought for his life in Childrens Hospital, and
then Hospice. The day the school found out about his passing, they called
everyone into the auditorium and told everyone the news. Then everyone played
this song. During his funeral, they played this song on repeat. Friends,
family, and people who didn’t even know him filled the basketball gym full for
the funeral. People were even standing during it. Just seeing everyone in the
school during a school day do nothing but sit there and cry was so hard to
watch. Especially seeing his favorite teachers say goodbye to him was so hard.
This song will always remind me of Noah Lear and the day of his passing, and
funeral. This song will always mean something to me and everyone who knew him.
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| This is the album cover for Seven Years by Lukas Graham. |
I can relate to when I workout the beat just really sets the mood. It makes you feel like you gain power, I will sit there and wait for the most intense part of the song to play before I even start to lift. I am sorry for your loss. Your writing is at its best when you describe what had happened to Noah. " He was playing basketball at a local church, which was across the street from my house, and he went to dunk a basketball and the hoop fell on his face and chin". It just shows good imagery of what had happened to him.
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