Sound Track of Life

A long time ago, strangely enough, I happened to catch a part of the Oprah Show and Dick Clark was the guest. Other than his mysterious ability to seemly defeat time physically, he actually had some profound things to say about music on the whole. One statement in particular has always stuck with me. Basically he said that the music of your times is the sound track of your life. Any of us can hear a song and it connects us immediately with a memory. You remember where you where, what you were doing, and all the sensory stuff that goes with it.
Whenever I hear Funky Cole Medina by Tone Loc I think of Junior High dances. That dark, practically empty gym. The boys on one side and the girls standing on the other. Feeling horribly awkward and ugly. Stuff like that. Oh youth!
But then again it can sometimes work in the reverse. There was an entire CD that didn't really speak to me, when I bought it, until an event occurred in my personal life and suddenly everything made sense. Every song, every word, hit right to what I was feeling at the time. Indeed it turned into an entire CD sound track for that moment in my life.
Once a week I plan on posting the lyrics of a song that either seems to fit at the moment, or go way back for some life sound track favorites.

Secret (Take You Home) by Kylie Minogue is off the CD Body Language. I got this one for Christmas. It wasn't until I was driving to work one morning that the words to this song suddenly started making sense. It's a little more risqué than my current opinion on relationships, but it does have some interesting statements on keeping things simple and keeping it fun.

Secret (Take You Home)
Kylie Minogue

Rushing up on you like a freak in the fast lane
I'm on a mission to whip you into a hurricane
And when I overtake I'm gonna be in pole position
yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Are you ready for the change
If I let you stay, If I let you play
Will you lose or win
You can't kiss and tell
Will you pass it or fail
Let the games begin

Here's my secret
I'm a girl who likes her fun
And if you can keep it
Then you just might be the one
To come and party baby
But don't be misunderstood
I'll be cool, would you be cool
I wonder if I take you home

Nature should explore the physical
But don't confuse emotions with the pleasure principle
Just let me take a ride
And educate the corners of your mind
Yeah yeah yeah

RAP:Buckle up baby feel my speed
Take it from zero to sixty
Driving so hot like a criminal
The chase is irresistable
Gonna twist you round and manipulate
Watch you hyperventilate
That's just the way I get my kicks
So take it in baby, deal with it

Here's my secret
I'm a girl who likes her fun
And if you can keep it
Then you just might be the one
To come and party baby
But don't be misunderstood
I'll be cool, would you be cool
I wonder if I take you home

Here's my secret
You can keep it (keep it)
Party baby (don't be misunderstood)
I'll be cool, would you be cool
I wonder if I take you home

RAP:Buckle up baby feel my speed
Better not brake or you'll miss me
Driving you hard subliminal
Cause you're so irresistable
Let me pump you up with adrenaline
Get your headspace into a spin
Cause that's the way I get my kicks
So take it in baby, deal with it

Here's my secret
I'm a girl who likes her fun
And if you can keep it
Then you just might be the one
To come and party baby
But don't be misunderstood
I'll be cool, would you be cool
I wonder if I take you home

I wonder if I take you home