Music is a universal language. It doesn't matter what language you speak, you are always able to express your emotions though music. That is why I absolutely love music, any and all kinds of music. I recently made a list of 'Throwback Songs' for one of my best friends and her boyfriend as they traveled to North Carolina to attend the Marine Ball. (They were super cute! Photo below so you can see how cute they are!) So Caitlyn asked me to make a list of songs they could listen to on their road trip. I ended up going all the way back to 1979. I decided to take my favorite song from each year and share them with you!

My Best Friend!

1970s

Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (1979)

1980s

Down Under - Men At Work (1980)

9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (1981)

Mountain Music - Alabama (1982)

Africa - Toto (1983)

What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner (1984)

Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (1985)

SledgeHammer - Perter Gabriel (1986)

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987)

Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson (1988)

Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins (1989)

1990s

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (1990)

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams (1991)

Jump - Kross Kross (1992)

Independence Day - Martina McBride (1993)

Waterfalls - TLC (1994)

Sold - John Michael Montgomery (1995)

Time Marches On - Tracy Lawrence (1996)

I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy (1997)

I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

You'll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins (1999)

2000s

Amazed - Lonestar (2000)

How You Remind Me - Nickelback (2001)

Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) - Alan Jackson (2002)

Hey Ya! - Outkast (2003)

Skin (Sarabeth) - Rascal Flatts (2004)

Gold Digger - Kanye West & Jamie Foxx (2005)

Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (2006)

All Summer Long - Kid Rock (2007)

I'm Yours - Jason Marz (2008)

Fireflies - Owl City (2009)

2010s

If I Die Young - The Band Perry (2010)

We Are Young - FUN. (2011)

Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (2012)

Just Give Me A Reason - P!nk & Nate Ruess (2013)

Dark Horse - Katy Perry & Juicy J(2014)

What Do You Mean - Justin Bieber (2015)

All Time Low - Jon Bellion (2016)

All of these songs remind me of something in my past. Every time I hear them I think back to were I was and what I was doing when I heard the song for the first time or what had happened to make the song so significant to me. Music is so beautiful and it is and always will be my first love. Thank you to all my music teachers through my schooling and thank you to my father for showing me music from 'back in the old days' to get me to appreciate the diverse kind of music I have come to know and love.