I updated music I like on my profile because I realized how incomplete my list was. I have been thinking about this post for a few days now. All because of the most recent episode of "Big Love"- an HBO series that I LOVE. They played Alphaville's one hit wonder 'Forever Young'. And I was instantly reminded of the many bands/songs I loved when I was all angst-ridden and moody. If I were a teen today, I would be borderline "emo".
When I was in 10th grade, I literally went through a musical transformation. I went from listening to MC Hammer, Wilson Phillips and all that was "pop" at the time to full on grunge/alternative...and it pretty much happened overnight. It was like someone flipped a switch and opened up a world that I had never seen.
I did not get into any of the trappings- drinking/drugs/etc- mostly because my parents watched me like a hawk so my opportunities were limited. Maybe the fact that my brother and his girlfriend had their first child at the tender age of 16 had something to do with their paranoia? [Sidenote: My first niece- who is now 26- is one the dearest people in my life so I am glad my brother engaged in unprotected sex] Oh,I digress...
The point of this post was to give you a list of what I might have put on a mix tape back in the 1990s:
With or Without You- U2
Forever Young- Alphaville
Just Like Heaven- The Cure
Blue Monday- New Order
Killing Moon- Echo and the Bunnymen
Head On- Jesus and Mary Chain
Smells Like Teen Spirit(duh)- Nirvana
Rearview Mirror- Pearl Jam
Pain Lies on the Riverside- Live
Round Here- Counting Crows
A Sort of Homecoming- U2
What's the matter here- 10,000 Maniacs
Same Direction- INXS
Now that I am writing this, I feel like I am missing things. I may just need to go to my basement and dig up an actual mix tape- they are lurking down there somewhere.
Music has always had the power to get me out of- or at least get me through- anything that life throws my way. My boys seem to be pretty into various kinds of music and I hope that it will always be a part of their lives.
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Angst ridden and moody. Thank goodness those days are over! At least we had this music to help us through it all.
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