There are a handful of songs that represent years in my life so completely that lsitening to them becomes oppressive, in that I'm suddenly remembering solving integrals in my dorm room or walking home from my high school with my Discman in my pocket. I have a bad habit of fixating on songs, and playing them over and over again. This habit only got worse once I got my iPod, Old Greenie (now on its last legs), since no one would then be privy to my secret shame. Particularly when the songs were from twenty plus years ago, and I was dancing in my room in some odd combination of jerking and voguing. Here they are:
1. (Grade 10): Nick Lowe- Cruel to be Kind
2. (Grade 11): Modest Mouse- Float On
3. (Grade 12): Roy Orbison- I Drove All Night
4. (Uni Year 1): The Pet Shop Boys- West End Girls
5. (Uni Year 2): Camera Obscura- Tears for Affairs
Looking back on this list, it's really sad how few of my favorite songs were popular at the time. Heck, only two were semi-contemporary, and only one could be considered broadly popular. And then American Idol had to go and run Float On with this ad... thing for cars that defies all description. Gah.
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Hi. Found you through Ravelry. I know how you feel. I do the same thing with my music, too. A LOT of it. I can't help it. and with an iPod..I don't have to.. *evil grin*.
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