In The Aeroplane Over The Sea By Neutral Milk Hotel

Number ten: “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel. I adore the soft indie vibe that Neutral Milk Hotel has. They create the kind of songs that people listen to laying under the stars reminiscing on lost love and old friends. “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea” is about life and how short it is, and how we need to appreciate the beautiful things before it’s too late. “…and one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see.”(Neutral Milk Hotel) This song allows me to look forward to the future with hopeful eyes and stands as a reminder to stop and smell the roses every once in a while so I don’t get lost along the way.
Growing up there was always music in our house, I was raised next to a record player and my mother always taught me to appreciate all genres of music. When I was nine years old my friends were all gushing over Hannah Montana while I was listening to The Beatles’ One album, and when I was four my favorite song was “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”. I can remember being in my mom’s office while she worked away at her desk and begging her to “Play the raindrops song!” She would always give in and change it from the local classic rock station to the 1969 traditional pop song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My