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Somebody’s Daughter – Tenille Townes
This song was introduced to me by one of my camp friends. I think this song summarizes a lot of the uncomfortableness people feel when passing someone begging for money at a red light. I want to say this feeling stems from a place of guilt because you cannot say why you are in a…
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Best Thing I Never Had – Beyoncé
I love listening to this song because it reminds me that everything happens for a reason. In high school, I had a situationship with this boy and things didn’t work out. I was crushed that we didn’t work out (for like a minute lol). He wasn’t anything special, but he was the first guy who…
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Down in New Orleans – Dr. John
This is my very own ghost story. I can’t believe I am putting this story in writing. Surprisingly, this used to be my icebreaker story. No joke, I told this on my pre-o camping trip before college. First, let me set some disclaimers. I was in eighth grade and also under a great amount of…
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Send My Love (To Your New Lover) – Adele
So, my sister made me take a personality test, and I got the assertive protagonist: ENFJ. My strengths are receptive, reliable, and passionate, and my weaknesses are unrealistic, overly idealistic, and condescending. I decided to look up the ENFJ playlist on Spotify because why not. This song came up and I forgot how obsessed I…
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Bubble Toes – Jack Johnson
I absolutely LOVED this song when I was little. It reminds me of my sisters and me singing this in my Dad’s car on repeat (back when he had a Jeep). Our favorite line was “When she moved like a Jellyfish” I thought it was so silly and I can see little Lainie giggling at…
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Life Changes – Thomas Rhett
“Life changes, you can’t stop it, just hop on the train.” This was one of the senior quotes that I used for my yearbook page, and I always loved the message behind this song. I remember the first time I heard it was actually when one of my friends was singing it to herself on…
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Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
I remember the first time I ever heard this song. My mom was driving me and my friend Z to another friend’s house when it came on the radio. I immediately asked her to change it and both my friend and my mom were surprised that I’d never heard it before. This took place during…
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Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
For some, this song might remind them of the season one finale of Glee, for others the movie about Queen, but for Illahee kayakers, this song means we are almost back home to camp. On the van rides back from the river, we would eat the rest of the Oreos and peanut butter by pining…
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Blue World – Mac Miller
I used to think I was crazy for comparing the two, but ever since Angus Cloud’s passing the other day, I realized other’s also saw the resemblance between him and Mac Miller. His recent death being similar to Mac’s was even harder to process. They were both young and had a huge career ahead of…
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Time of Our Lives – Pitbull, Ne-Yo
A year ago today, I discovered I had a life-threatening allergy the hard way. Long story short, I was stung by a hornet while 50 feet in the air at my summer camp and went into anaphylaxis shock within 10 minutes, having to give myself an Epi-pen in front of my campers. After I was…
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