Memories With A Beat

Send us Fan Mail The dreaded "friend zone"...when you really like someone and they like you too, but they are unsure or too afraid the friendship will change, they "friend zone" you.  I mean sometimes they just aren't into you and you are in the "friend zone", LOL! This song may be able to help you out. Or this song may be able to say what you want to say. Amani...

Send us Fan Mail Which band did you think of when you saw the song name "Live and Let Die"?  My guest Asher Laub, as a boy, loved the Guns N Roses version because it made him feel so "Bad A$$"! It's hard to sing the line melancholy after all. He remembers his cool friend Mark playing it and Asher wanted to listen to what Mark was listening to.  They played pool, footballl,...

Send us Fan Mail We've all been in a relationship where we weren't our best selves.  Lee Piatelli, my guest, is reminded of a relationship like that when he hears John Mayers "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room." This song really alludes to the end of a relationship.  Sometimes we aren't ready to see that it's over. Have you ever hung on to a relationship you knew was end...

Send us Fan Mail Be the change, that's how Gerard Longo feels about life and that is the message of the song Indigo by Dirty Heads.  He appreciates this song encouraging you to go against the grain and do what makes you happy. Indigo the color stands for tranquility, harmony, confidence, and integrity.  When you are working in alignment with your passions you experience tranquility and harmon...

Send us Fan Mail Andy Frye likes to say this song, Steal My Sunshine is the perfect bookend to the 90's. When you live in Jersey, at the end of the school year everyone heads to Ocean City or Wild Wood.  Andy kinda knew he wasn't going to get an invite to join friends.  Steal My Sunshine lends to the idea of FOMO, Fear Of Missing Out.  Andy did have FOMO as he and his family headed to Be...

Send us Fan Mail Nothing better, when you are an aspiring skateboarder, than listening to what the cool kids listen to, while they rip on their skateboards!  Allen Halas chose to share his memories to a song called "Linoleum" by NOFX.  Feel free to have a laugh on me when I introduced the band on this episode! LOL  This song was popular in the 90's, although Allen first heard it in...

Send us Fan Mail Frank Ocean, does that name ring a bell? He's a songwriter, singer, and rapper. He got his start as a ghost writer and that's one of the many things my guest, Wes Harris, likes about Frank Ocean that he doesn't need the spotlight. AND he's the artist who sings White Ferrari. Wes is a big fan of Frank Ocean and you will be too after you hear this song. We feels...

Send us Fan Mail Need a pick-me up? THIS is the song! Ever feel like your day has been a dumpster fire? The song Bryson chose encourages you to take that day - throw it in a fire and let go! He is an Elementary Music teacher that has had his fair share of dumpster fire days! When he hears this song he is proud of himself for not letting them determine his future. Instead, he can remember all the t...

Send us Fan Mail I knew there was something I really liked about Bielefeldt!  Turns out she's from IA and knows what it's like to save up your babysitting money to go get the latest music at MusicLand!  April has followed Duran Duran throughout her life and shared her love of the song "My Own Way." April remembers finding out about Duran Duran from her cool school-aged friends....

Send us Fan Mail Alex is a reserved guy that just never worked up the guts to tell his crush that he liked her! Listening to his story I felt like I was watching a movie that I would shout at the tv screen!  She was just a few miles away in a town N of him. His band would hire her dad to run the sound for them.  And she was always so interested in the lyrics he was writing for his next song!  They...

Send us Fan Mail When I heard my guest, Rob Walch, singing on his podcast, I knew I had to have him on my podcast!  He jokes about how bad his singing is and shared a pretty funny story about him trying his hand at karaoke!  Rob loves the entire Chris De Burgh collection. So, I love that Rob chose the song "Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris De Burgh.  Rob discovered Chris De Burgh in...

Send us Fan Mail Sunshine perfectly describes Kelsey Breton! She is a ray of sunshine herself living in the "Sunshine State" with her husband and dog - Zoe.  This dog lives a better life than me with so many walks and all the attention!! Kelsey was a ray of sunshine in the education system as a speech and language pathologist.  While she was transitioning to photography she was a little...

Send us Fan Mail Susan Reis, a musical angel here on Earth, blessed this episode with an angel song!  What is an angel song you may ask?  You gotta listen to this episode to fully understand but simply put, she channels the angels and they sing through her!  You can get your very own angel song.  Isn't it fitting then that she selected "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"? As a child, she w...

Send us Fan Mail I love the scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation where Chevy Chase is in the attic and he steps on board after board that hits him in the face.  I used to almost pee my pants over that part.  This music video for Blame It On the Mistletoe reminds me of the sentimental scene that follows the slap-happy board face-smacking scene. Clark found old family movies and he&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Can you imagine passing a child, singing about virginity, in the grocery store? Well as an only child Zachary Anderson loved The Proclaimers.  And they just happened to have a new song out titled "Over and Done With" and Zachary wanted the album.  So what did the mom of an only child do? She got it for him of course.  She was a little shocked by the lyrics but kinda like...

Send us Fan Mail It's a tight game and Darth Vader appears as the fans hear "...It's the final count-downnnn..." SJ Barakony hears this song as motivational.  He remembers going to see his favorite indoor soccer team, the Cincinnati Force.  This was the hype song for the fans of the Force. Their mascot was Darth Vader!  This was the time of the Star War Trilogy man!  Darth made...

Send us Fan Mail M.C. Cunningham didn't always know of or love Weezer.  She made friends with, now bandmate, Zach and he introduced her to the group.  Instantly she loved their music.  She cherishes her rides with Zach as they'd scream the words and drive.  She uses Weezer music as a loose guideline for the music she writes for her band The Dreaded Laramie.    Full Show Notes

Send us Fan Mail This Tampa Bay native now lives and sings in Music City, Nashville, TN.  Colleen Orender picked the Patsy Cline song "Sweet Dreams." Colleen grew up learning her music.  Her Papa had a collection of records for Colleen to listen to and she always sang along.  Patsy Cline was considered to have one of the most unique voices called a Contralto.  It's no surprise that...

Send us Fan Mail David has experienced a lot of life in his life and often listens to "Without You" by Harry Nilsson. I have sung this song a million times, at the top of my lungs in my car, but I did not realize the song David chose was by a man originally, Badfinger. David is self-proclaimed to be fascinated with death.  He is in a band "In Lieu of Flowers" and chose their na...

Send us Fan Mail Mama Pistachio is back on the airwaves with me with Unforgiven 3!! She brought another Metalica song with deep lyrics. This is the third song in the Unforgiven trilogy!  After checking out SongFacts, it seems as though each of the Unforgiven songs offers viewpoints of forgiveness, whether it's others we forgive, a love we forgive, or ourselves, each is difficult! Angela lives...

Send us Fan Mail We'll all get to hear the "Getting Stronger Now" AKA "Gonna Fly Now" (Theme song from Rocky) song again later this year when the new Creed movie is released. SJ Barakony shared the future, past, and present cultural connection to financial, social, mental, and emotional securities. Society should be building up these securities when they are at their peaks...

Send us Fan Mail What little girl wouldn't want a concert by her fav boy band at her birthday party? Vanessa shared her birthday memory with the song "It's Gonna Be Me."  Vanessa's older sister pulled together 5 high school, guy friends, to pose as the band NSYNC to perform at Vanessa's elementary NSYNC-themed birthday party.   But as Vanessa has gotten older she stil...

Send us Fan Mail Blessed...isn't that what we all want for our children?  We want them to be blessed.  Jenny Watt fell in love, got married, and saved lots of money to have her precious baby.  When Jenny heard this song...it struck her in her heart.  She was longing for and preparing for a baby, in her life, in the future.  The lyrics are so straightforward.  The song expressed blessing for a...

Send us Fan Mail Who loves vacation?  Sarah Bonham is back with another song that perfectly matches her life and personality!  She shared the song "Vacation" by Dirty Heads. Sarah lives where it looks like vacation s well as actually going on vacation.  Sarah spoke about all the trips she has been able to take with her family due to hard work.  She just got back from Hawaii with her husb...

Send us Fan Mail "The first time I saw her, she was returning a toy that her niece had to my niece." Cliff was a musician and had just left his band in Hawaii.  He flew home with no home, no job, and very little money. And being the supportive parents, they took him in again.  So the good sister she was, she found him a job. He helped his sister with her kids after school.  It's fun...