Music has had such a profound influence in my life. I love how I can hear a song and be transported to another time, be flooded with memories, almost be able to make out the smells of the memories. For someone with a memory as bad as mine, music that can trigger those things are pure gold. I'd love to sit down one day and make out a "Soundtrack of My Life". What fun that would be but, oh what an undertaking.

And so, because I like to reminisce, talk about music and challenge others....

The Rockstar Award.



Why you get it:
For being wicked cool.

What you do:
Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that, no matter what they were thought of musically, shaped your world.

Then, pass it on to 10 other Rockstar bloggers!

So, here we go. My 15 albums. In no particular order. These are the albums that flow through my life, still play in my earphones, remind me of the sweet and the bad, and will always be loved by me.


1. The Original Evita Soundtrack

2. Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

3. Smash - Offspring

4. Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle

5. What's the Story Morning Glory - Oasis

6. Rubberneck - Toadies

7. Heart of Stone - Cher

8. The Big Chill Soundtrack

9. Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

10. The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume - Evan's Blue

11. Songs You Know by Heart - Jimmy Buffett

12. No Fences - Garth Brooks

13. 40 oz. to Freedom - Sublime

14. Big Ones - Aerosmith

15. Sparkle and Fade - Everclear

And I'm adding the one song that has followed me through my life...
Tiny Dancer - Elton John

Now, the bloggers I'm giving the award to... (make sure to check them out!)

Single Infertile Female

Nikki @ Life As We Know It

Mama M @ My Little Life

Sam @ Our Family Journal

Holly Renee @ Love, Imagine, Create

Millie @ Keep Calm and Carry On

Joanna @ The Casa

Keely @ MannLand5

Scott @ This Daddy's Blog

0007 @ Saint Sceyense


Rock on.