Hey,
This post has been inspired by the dirty dancing soundtrack I just bought this evening.

Music is fantastic, it can take you so low, to a place where you are able to figure things out make them a little clearer and then they can bring you up as high as a kite!

I have some PMU (pick-me-up) songs. I listen to them nearly everyday and I think without them sometimes I really wouldn't get through the day. I listen to them on the bus on the way to school, they make me think right another day, I've just got a few hours then its done with. I'm through until tommorow morning. Then at the end of the day again on the bus I listen to those special songs to remind me that I did actually get through the day.

There are so many songs that I have, sometimes the lyrics mean more and other times the beat is just so funky and uplifting, I cant help but smile, giggle or dance away to myself.

You hear people saying dancing flat out around your room like a crazy person is one of the best therapies there is, and until you try it you think no way, there isnt a hope in hell you can get me to do that. But one day I was feeling low, and I decided to put some music on, next minute I found myself jumping around my room like a loony.

So now when I get to about 11 o'clock and I am feeling totally unmotivated I will take a few minutes to myself, get out my mp3 and just listen to one of my songs. You could call them life theme songs I guess.

The songs that are my lifesavers are oldies and most of them theme songs from old movies, theres nothing better than grooving along to a good ol' funky theme tune!

I have so many favourites, some are extremely naff and cheesy, but they all mean something to me and have helped me through one part of all that has happened and still seems to go on.These are my 'most played' there are quite a few of them!:

-Footloose- Kenny Loggins
-I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston
-Nutbush City Limits- Tina Turner
-What A Feeling- Irene Cara
-My Bad Reputation- The Donnas
-I'm Alive- Celine Dion
-Walk This Way- Aerosmith
-If I Could Turn Back Time- Cher
-I Am The One And Only- Chesney Hawks
-Cant Hold Us Down- Christina Aguilera
-Cruz- Christina Aguilera
-Soar- Christina Aguilera
-The Voice Within- Christina Aguilera
-Dont Stop Believin- Journey
-We Built This City- Starship
-Ca Plane Pour Moi- Plastic Bertrand
-Live your dreams- Save the last dance soundtrack
-True Colours- Save the last dance soundtrack
-Circle of Life- Lion king soundtrack
-I Just Cant Wait To Be King- Lion King soundtrack
-Jump- Van Halen
-Dont Stop Me Now- Queen/Mcfly
-We carry on- Tim Mcgraw
-Gold- Spandau Ballet

Any one of those songs can make me happy, or at least give me a few minutes of hapiness or freedom from whatever is going on. My school are trying to introduce 3 minute breaks in lessons so that people who are lacking motivation can listen to one song to perk them up. Obviously it is the teachers decision to conduct this within their classes but personally I think it would be fantastic and I know I would certainly benefit from it myself!

So music is what gets me through, I know that when no one else is around, when its the middle of the night I can put my music on and have a little escape.

God bless music and all of those songs (and more) mentioned above, the artists probably dont realise how truly amazing they are and what they have acheived by recording some of those tracks they have honestly saved my life at times.

xxxxx