I'm listening to Kate Bush right now. Kate Bush's CD (well... I had the tape) "Hounds Of Love" was one of my favorite recordings... ever. Also around the time this made its way into my life, Peter Gabriel's "Last Temptation of Christ" was in the deck. I had dubbed a friend's recording. High speed dub. I was listening to Erasure, Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine", a bit of early R.E.M - any of the "Document", "Eponymous", "Green" or, especially "Out of Time" tapes. I had a beginning affinity for 19 year old Ani Difranco that I had seen at a small club downtown for $5 around that time in winter, some very early Sara Mclaughlan, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians. Always the Beatles. And on the harder side for those days there was "Living Color"... the list goes on. It was the late eighties, I was between the ages of 12 and 14 and, by clear evaluation of my music choices, also a bit schizo.
At some point from the transition of "I will never own CD's. They're too expensive" to the "I never listen to tapes anymore" stages, I lost touch with these friends.
Then we moved to digital music and i have found that I cannot function a healthy life without iTunes nearby.
I had one of Kate Bush's song's in my head the other day and satiated that broken record by getting the CD... and then it began... I had to get all this music again. Because one song reminded me of another and so on. To iTunes I went and they were so helpful... those people that make my memories so accessable now. I am reliving these years... which could be good or bad, i suppose, but they had a great soundtrack.
So, I'm wondering, what was your soundtrack around these Jr. high years? I'm interested.
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7 comments:
I TOTALLY relate, Jenn. I, too still know every word of every song that I loved between 1984 and 1993, give or take a few years! Josh thinks it's really annoying how I know what group it is, what year it was, and every word of the song. I have reunited with many a lost tape (or even 45 record, if you count my Cyndi Lauper days in the 3rd grade) with with iTunes! I think I played my R.E.M. Out of Time tape until it became fuzzy. Stand in the place were you live.. now face north... I could go on and on.
My Jr. High days were filled with:
Boyz II Men
U2
David Elliot
Erasure
The Smiths (Only because my sister made me)
The Cranberries
Depesh Mode
PID (Preacher's In Disquise)
Toni Braxton (It's True)
Ha! Good question, Jenn.
Paula Abdul. My first boyfriend gave me the tape and I sold it at a yard sale after he broke my heart. The song, "I'm forever your girl" had lost some of its punch by then. But I still have every word of, "Stand up now tell me" memorized!
Well, junior high was kind of a blur. Either that, or I've almost succeeded in erasing it from my memory entirely. But I do remember a little Ace of Base and the song "Informer" by Snow playing over and over and over again.
For some reason, I never was good at "radio music". I can distinctly remember pre-teen weekends hearing the radio and thinking that there was one man and one woman artist, and they sang all the songs that we would hear playing over the loud speakers at the pool.
Jr. High...hmm I can remember buying the early cd's from smashing pumpkins, green day, and bush. Oh, and a single of "Gangsta's Paradise". I felt the most rebellious with that one!
Oh darling, what a great thought...
I, having recently aquired an ipod for Christmas plus a $30 gift certificate to purchase music on itunes, feel like I got the last golden ticket!! I have so much that I would love to make sure to get that I am afraid to get anything lest I run out before I get UB40...Labour of Love!
Me,
UB40, big time.
Honestly, any reggae REALLY connected with me.
Bob Marley.
John Connelly (Rose Colored Glasses)
Blur
Belly
Mighty Mighty Boss Tones
LL Cool J
Fugees
Joni Mitchell
wayy back like 7th grade
Metallica
Ozzy Osbourne...
not many people would know this, but i was straight up rock in jr. high.
areosmith
def leporad
slaughter
motley crue
warrent
ac/dc
but the number one album was...
poison flesh and blood
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