Ahh, musical memory road

[wordinista]

Right, so a few days ago I was browsing iTunes, and stumbled across a plethora of Songs I'd Forgotten Existed.  Basically tunes from hair bands of the late 80's and early 90's.  I knew I had most of the CDs with the songs I had, by that point, developed an urge to listen to.  So did I go scrounging through filthy boxes in our utility room, searching for CDs that were probably scratched beyond recognition, or did I click the happy little "Buy Now" button in iTunes?

I can waste money in iTunes like no one's business, so I figured I'd look in the utility room FIRST and see what I could find.

OMG.  I hit the motherload.  Bands I'd forgotten about.  SONGS I'd forgotten about.  (I also found George's soundtrack to Waterworld, which I pulled out of retirement for him, even though I hate that film with every single solitary fiber of my being.)  And a lot of the CDs are in excellent condition, but I think I know the reason for this.  When I was younger, I was unbelievably obsessed with taking care of my things.  I kept my CDs alphabetized in a rack, and always, always, ALWAYS put them back in the right case.  This went down the drain when I started dating George -- BUT, he only abused the CDs he borrowed.  Heh.  He never borrowed most of this stuff.

I'm too embarrassed to name most of the CD's I unearthed.  But aside from that, I'm astounded to find that I can still sing along with these songs.  I am, however, too old to air-guitar like I used to. ;)

MYGOD, I'm a dork.

Comments

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

MYGOD, I'm a dork.

Yes, but I count it among your charms. ;-)

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

ROFL -- perhaps because we're more or less of the same generation.

One of my discoveries, which I was VERY happy about, and which I am not too embarrassed to admit is a Mark Cohn CD with "Walkin in Memphis" on it. I just put it in, and am listening now, and I'd forgotten how happy this song makes me.

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

We are, but I'm afraid we probably didn't listen to the same music. Through high school I primarily listened to 'classic rock' and then shortly before I went off to college I broadened my horizons, but in kind of less 'mainstream' directions like my enduring obsession with TMBG. ;-)

It wasn't until 'alternative' went 'mainstream' (and I had an hour and a half long commute) in the late 90s that I started listening to anything on radio again so I sort of missed the 'hair phenomenon' and the particular time frame you seem to be talking about. ;-)

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Meh. Wrong userpic on that response...meant to use this one, much less 'gunpointy'.

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

*laughs, hard*

LISTEN OR DIE, BIATCH!

In all seriousness, I was weaned on classic rock. The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Beatles...stuff like that. And then when I went to high school, I added to that. But, you know, some of it stuck with me (like the classic rock), and some of it I grew out of. I don't know how long this little trip down memory lane will last, but I'm having fun laughing at what I used to listen to, and then marveling that some of it was actually pretty good.

I never really got into the alternative phase so much. Like Nirvana. They did nothing at all for me. I did come to like Pearl Jam quite a bit, but then they got very... weird.

So I imagine there are a few things we'd probably agree on.

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't doubt that there are...I was just saying that I think I missed the phase you are currently re-living. ;-)

[w0rdinista.livejournal.com]

As it turns out, you made me realize that I hadn't added my "staples" to my online library. I just added Mr. Clapton, am presently adding some of Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, and will be moving on to Led Zeppelin shortly.

See how open to suggestion I am? ;)