17 - I Can't Forget You, But I Can't Remember

It is October 8th.  My favorite day of the year.  Mainly because October is my favorite month, and 8 is my favorite number.  So in tribute to all my favorites, today's song is one of my all time favorite songs.  Period.

It is a song that struck me the very first time I heard it.  I don't remember where exactly that was, but it was the summer of '99.  A really odd song to stick with me in the year of things such as, The Matrix, Phantom Menace, and Disney's Tarzan.  But it's true.  In a summer full of action and adventure, a mellow alternative track captures my attention.

It would be a year later that it really took root in my mind.  It was the inspiration for an entire novel.  It was to be a grand love story, with tragic twists and turns.  Thinking about that plot now, over 10 years later, I'm glad it's just a file with a few random pages of notes.  It was not going to be very good.  It was full of angst.  Well, I guess I might have been able to make that work had I introduced sparkly vampires.

Song 17/Day17

"Turn My Head," by LĪVE on the album, Secret Samadhi.

It's a gut wrenching song.  I'm not quite sure what it's really about.  The lyrics don't really match up to the visuals in my head.  But that's okay.  Songs can mean different things to everybody.  The story I was writing was to be titled, "Beyond October."  Hence my strong association to this song and Autumn.

I'll just let this song speak for itself.

"Turn My Head" by LĪVE on their album, Secret Samadhi.

Enjoy!
-Jesse