Let The Music Play...

So, I was thinking about a conversation I had with my friend M about the kind of music I like and remember telling her about how I came to find most of it. Last night, while trying to get to bed, once again, I thought about all this wonderful music and realized that most of it has come to me in a very strange way. So here goes:

I absolutely love ABBA and discovered them a fair few years ago when I was up late at night watching a film called Muriel's Wedding - so, obviously, heard some of the songs and then found some more tracks and that was me hooked.

Next comes ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. Some of his tracks were featured in What Women Want and that was it for me, hooked again. Did a proper search and in turn discovered a whole new world of Big Band - Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, etc.

One of my favourite tracks - It Must Be Love - by Labi Siffre, I heard on a phone advert on TV - It was for Vodafone or something. The same thing with The Turtles - So Happy Together - found while watching a drama on TV which featured it. The majority of my favourite songs I've either heard on TV on some show, or it's been featured in an advert. For instance, Adele - I discovered her music, when of all things, her song Set Fire to The Rain was featured during a montage of cricket world cup matches. Go figure.

Oh and this rendition of Ave Maria that I love - I first heard it properly and recognised that I absolutely loved it was on an episode of The West Wing. Strange huh?

Yes I have songs that I've heard on the radio etc but the majority of tracks I love have come to me in some weird and wonderful way and I quite like that. My musical tastes are eclectic to say the least but then the way that I've discovered that music is that too and I like that. I don't fit in any sort of box and that to me is a good thing.