Outlasted....them all

I am sitting on the flight back from DC. It is really the first time in a while I have been able to listen to my iPod for a prolonged period of time. Lots of those songs that remind me of you - but then again I put them there for a reason.

Music sure has changed over the years. But so many of our songs have stood the test of time. How ever it appears that the bands haven't stood the same test. In fact we have outlasted more than a few of the bands that i relied so heavily upon to construct my life long "ode to my love".

A few examples:

Breathe - apparently they never made it past 1991. In fact after they provided us a few songs, they called it quits. Such a shame, they really were a solid band. Not quite as solid as you and I though.

R.E.M. - Sadly they broke up. We should have known that the Micheal Stipe act wasn't as solid as ours. However, they hold a special place in our history and we will always have the lyric "You are here with me/You are here with me/You are here and you are everything". I still remember hearing it in the car on the drive to your sister's house and knowing that having you with me was the right thing. On a side note, R.E.M. made it 31 years together, so we actually will have to catch up to them.

Anita Baker - according to Wikipedia, she officially called it quits in 2007 after a "heavily criticized performance of the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star game". She holds a truly special place for us because to my knowledge she sang the first songs you associated with me - rather than songs I associated with you. Plus man can she sing.

The Style Council - alas, they created a perfect song, we made it ours and they must have figured they could never top that accomplishment. I looked hard for the quote from Paul Wellar (their singer) where he publicly acknowledged that they "could never have more success than creating a song for the world most in love, meant for each other and long lasting couple." It doesn't exist on the internet. But them again the internet doesn't know everything. They broke up in 1998. Played their last concert in 1998 - and fittingly made "You're the Best Thing" the last song they ever played. I'll find that quote because I know it exists.

So as we move through the rest of our lives, we are going to have to know that music will come and go, fashion will come and go, TV shows, favorite actors/actresses, will all appear and disappear and we will just keep moving forward hand in hand. Because in the end we will outlast them all.

I like it that way. People will remember us long after Justin Beiber is into adulthood or Lady Gaga has finally stopped wearing meat products. Because they are fads. We are the real thing.

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.