https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i Songs Defining My Life en-us 2020-12-01 14:49:50 UTC 2026-01-16 19:50:29 UTC hello@padlet.com http://static.superiorwallpapers.com/images/lthumbs/2015-06/9804_musical-notes-on-the-sol-key-abstract-stavestaves.jpg lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975839683 The year I got my first radio, I plugged it into the corner of the playroom and danced the days away to the Top 40 hits, including "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing." A lot of disco there. Name the year 1977, and I'll say, the year I got a radio--something transformative.]]> 2020-12-01 14:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975839683 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975874369 My freshman year of high school, and I remember watching the movie with friends. The whole "Flashdance" soundtrack was on the radio, and girls in leg-warmers tried to dance like that. I could have also pulled Madonna here, or Cyndi Lauper--I did wear neon.]]> 2020-12-01 15:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975874369 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975895214 This whole album reminds me of Terry, probably the lone guy in the school who liked Prince and would play it all the time in his car. He was just a little different from small town Ohio. A group of us ended up watching "Purple Rain" at after prom.]]> 2020-12-01 15:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975895214 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975920913 I still remember a sunny afternoon at Miami University, freshman year, and U2 blaring out of the beautiful brick dormitories among the autumn leaves and thinking, yeah, college is awesome.]]> 2020-12-01 15:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975920913 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975935205 My 2 favorite bands in college were U2 and R.E.M., and sometime in there, I decided to learn all the words to this song as a personal challenge. If you ask me now, I'll still probably say they are my favorite bands. A little shaky on the words though.]]> 2020-12-01 15:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975935205 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975974253 Coming out of college, my first teaching position was at Lima Central Catholic High School in Lima, OH; and in those days, my music options were limited to what  played on the radio. At first I cringed at country music, but then it grew on me. ]]> 2020-12-01 15:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/975974253 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976013360 This is a song I HATED! But I remember people doing it at Yankees games, and it figures that my sister Maribeth and I both got married that summer, so of course people wanted to do that dance at the dance receptions. I cringed every time! Ugh! Get the song out of my head!]]> 2020-12-01 15:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976013360 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976042801 Senior year of high school, two guards, Kendra and I used to play this song before our basketball games--a reminder to play in control, to execute, to do what we came there to do. Our coach was pretty tough on us sometimes, but through music, we got through it.]]> 2020-12-01 15:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976042801 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976094728 I think I bought "Jagged LIttle Pill" by Alanis Morissette as soon as it came out. I played the CD over and over on the stereo in my apartment in Reno, Nevada. One of those albums where I liked that song, and that song, and that song, and that song.]]> 2020-12-01 15:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976094728 lhaynam https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976148311 You know how a song can get overplayed so much that you don't enjoy it anymore? That's definitely this one, but every once in a while, my friends and I will recall an October weekend in Hocking Hills. We rented a cabin and just had a ball, including a night of karaoke and my leading the group in "Happy." Glad there's no video.]]> 2020-12-01 15:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lhaynam/l63lgu17t9qjun5i/wish/976148311