[Sundae]

It's never the songs/ albums that I've bought, because I play them over and over and they lose the connection with the time/ person.

But many times I've been able to answer in pub quizzes, or what-was-the-year radio programmes because I can relate individual hits to what or who was happening in my life.

1997/98 music is especially poignant. I was falling for a man who was very bad for me. I hurt a man who loved me completely and was therefore (temporarily) at odds with my family. The company I loved, the job I loved was no longer viable and I had no proper framework in any part of my life. I got my driving licence (so was in the car listening to the radio quite often). I moved from a town to a city.

Don't Speak - No Doubt, reminds me of a trip to Rome with my husband. I was already unhappy and the song (although from the opposite point of view) was in my head the whole time.