May 2019

Avicii makes up 1/5th of this month’s playlist, with his posthumous album TIM. The first time I listed to his stuff I was 15 years old. The jam was Fade Into Darkness; he followed that up with Levels and Stay with You, all songs that would become regulars in my lineup. When I play these songs back now, I’m back in 2011. I’m on the carpet floor in my room realizing problems 1-5 for my AP Stats homework actually meant 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, and on and on. I’m in the garage, with my Phillips cassette adapter in my 1995 Nissan Maxima bumping tunes and thinking about how awesome it’s going to be when I get my driver’s license and can take my friends to lunch.

I love music for this reason and many others; when you close your eyes and listen to a song from years ago, you’re there.

Thank you Tim Bergling. Rest in peace.

– theMonthlyJamm | July 15, 2019