Never would I have imagined that such a singular quote (from Macbeth, NOT the novel by Bradbury NOR of the Ms. Marple genre) would be the ticking time bomb within my psyche, alerting me that ‘something wicked this way comes…’

“By the pricking of my thumbs….”

I’ve spoken and written of/lamented and wondered upon, the ability of a song to take me back. To regress my mind and soul to a time and age where I was less or perhaps slighter and underdeveloped while experiencing something which would change me, morph me, evolve me, sometimes improve me….

Literature and poetry have always drawn me in, with their ability to call me like a lyrical melody. Words and phrases stick to me and attribute to my moods like a muse even when there is no music present. So it isn’t any wonder that music goes above and beyond that ability within me when I absorb it completely.

Music is a wondrous gift. A useful tool. A delicious knife. The searing pain before a pleasure. A glorious curse while an eviscerating cure. Ask me, someday, about my love/hate relationship with all things musical…

But when a song takes you back to a bleak moment, the darkest memory, one has cause to wonder why music exists at all…

In order to prepare yourselves for the coming onslaught of musical innuendoes and obscure references, here is a list of songs with links for your personal edification. WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT IN LINKS. More to come later…

Song One: Bodies by Drowning Pool. https://youtu.be/04F4xlWSFh0

Song Two: Rape Me by Nirvana. https://youtu.be/_u0kDNOSjPI

Song Three: Enter Sandman by Metallica. https://youtu.be/CD-E-LDc384

Song Four: Who Did That to You by John Legend. https://youtu.be/laAkmxjMFP4

Song Five: Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel. https://youtu.be/xjedtXhUN_4. Revisited by Disturbed. https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

Song Six: Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden. https://youtu.be/L4EDWVbNKnM

Song Seven: Spiderwebs by No Doubt. https://youtu.be/6ZktNItwexo

Song Eight: Times like These by Foo Fighters. https://youtu.be/rhzmNRtIp8k

Additional Track: I am a Rock by Simon and Garfunkel. https://youtu.be/My9I8q-iJCI