:) Oh, this song. It just came on (at work). I've had quite a history with this song.
To me it just, epitomizes the image I have of the 80's and 80's-ness. The "mood" of the song just, saddened me, I remember, when I was little. It had such a specific feeling to it. Emotional, new wave. Suffice to say, I didn't like it.
Sometime in the past year I just wanted to hear that song again. So I downloaded it, liked it, and had my "phase" with it. Looked up the lyrics. Been caught playing it on the piano. I had reclaimed the song.
Then this past spring I was driving to work from Worcester one rainy morning and crashed my car just as this song was ending on my stereo. Needless to say, a bit of a negative association with the song followed, again, albeit a very different kind. I definitely avoided listening to it for a while and even now still avoid it when I'm driving.
And now it comes on KMSR Konica-Minolta Shlock Radio on a rainy Friday morning after a painful and introspective past couple of days and, still taking into account the context in which I'm hearing it (buried amongst what I'll simply call old dumb pop), it's just nice to hear. A song I'm familiar with, a song I've been through a lot with.
Things that will be with me through anything: music, and my family. No matter what.
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