In case you missed the first edition of Music to My Years...read it here.
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1995: This was 5th grade for me and I remember how Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio was like The Song. At one point, I think my brother even knew all the lyrics. I also remember kids bringing the album to school (we weren't allowed to have CD's yet) and talking about the cover art for it. Even though I knew very little of the world he discussed the song...I was fascinted by it. I was really more into Another Night by Real McCoy...I guess I've always sort of favored Dance music a little.
1996: Macarena (by Los Del Rio) Anyone? We did this stupid dance at school, at parties...everywhere. It got old pretty fast. The whole gangsta thing prevailed again this year and I remember friends listening to Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. I have to say...I really didn't get it and was considered unpopular because of it. I really preferred I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis and discovered by the end of this year that I was a lover, not a fighter...and a complete romantic. This year my mom bought me and my brother our first CD players and 1 CD. It was Seal...you know "Kiss from a rose"? Seal is really awesome to me, even now. Later in the year I would also get "A Boy Named Goo" and develop a serious liking for The Goo Goo Dolls.
1997: I spent practically every weekend of this year having a sleepover with my 2 best friends C & M. We alternated houses each weekend and since they both had distinctly different tastes in music than I did, they really broadened my horizons. You know because MMMBop came out this year, and I fell in love with a cute blond boy (seem familiar?) named Taylor Hanson...and forgot that other music exsisted momentarily. Then I heard Crash by Dave Matthews Band and fell in love with them as well. My love for Dave burns true...even now.
M was extremely interested in Nirvana and informed me that she thought Courtney Love had killed Kurt and that his suicide was a big cover up. I never really understood why she cared so much, but thought her sweet little shrine for him...with lots of candles and dried flowers, was pretty darn cool.
C was a lover like me, but she liked her love songs a little darker. She shared REM with me. She also had a friend who knew Blue October, and had one of their earlier independent CD's (they are from Houston where I grew up). Their music was wonderful, even then...and I'm really glad that she opened my mind to the fact that bands didn't have to be on the radio to be really, really good.
C's sister, P, was 3 years younger than us and we thought we were SO much older and more mature than her. She was hugely into the Spice Girls and even had the movie. We pretended not to like them...but for the moment it was really catchy stuff and honestly hard to resist. I remember watching the SpiceWorld movie at least 3 times while at their house....I was even Baby Spice for Halloween that year.
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1995: This was 5th grade for me and I remember how Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio was like The Song. At one point, I think my brother even knew all the lyrics. I also remember kids bringing the album to school (we weren't allowed to have CD's yet) and talking about the cover art for it. Even though I knew very little of the world he discussed the song...I was fascinted by it. I was really more into Another Night by Real McCoy...I guess I've always sort of favored Dance music a little.
1996: Macarena (by Los Del Rio) Anyone? We did this stupid dance at school, at parties...everywhere. It got old pretty fast. The whole gangsta thing prevailed again this year and I remember friends listening to Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. I have to say...I really didn't get it and was considered unpopular because of it. I really preferred I Love You Always Forever by Donna Lewis and discovered by the end of this year that I was a lover, not a fighter...and a complete romantic. This year my mom bought me and my brother our first CD players and 1 CD. It was Seal...you know "Kiss from a rose"? Seal is really awesome to me, even now. Later in the year I would also get "A Boy Named Goo" and develop a serious liking for The Goo Goo Dolls.
1997: I spent practically every weekend of this year having a sleepover with my 2 best friends C & M. We alternated houses each weekend and since they both had distinctly different tastes in music than I did, they really broadened my horizons. You know because MMMBop came out this year, and I fell in love with a cute blond boy (seem familiar?) named Taylor Hanson...and forgot that other music exsisted momentarily. Then I heard Crash by Dave Matthews Band and fell in love with them as well. My love for Dave burns true...even now.
M was extremely interested in Nirvana and informed me that she thought Courtney Love had killed Kurt and that his suicide was a big cover up. I never really understood why she cared so much, but thought her sweet little shrine for him...with lots of candles and dried flowers, was pretty darn cool.
C was a lover like me, but she liked her love songs a little darker. She shared REM with me. She also had a friend who knew Blue October, and had one of their earlier independent CD's (they are from Houston where I grew up). Their music was wonderful, even then...and I'm really glad that she opened my mind to the fact that bands didn't have to be on the radio to be really, really good.
C's sister, P, was 3 years younger than us and we thought we were SO much older and more mature than her. She was hugely into the Spice Girls and even had the movie. We pretended not to like them...but for the moment it was really catchy stuff and honestly hard to resist. I remember watching the SpiceWorld movie at least 3 times while at their house....I was even Baby Spice for Halloween that year.
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That's it for this week. Come back next Friday for Part 3.
The highschool years!
We all like to look back and remember, don't we?
I would love to hear about your favorite songs and the memories that go with them...please share.
The highschool years!
We all like to look back and remember, don't we?
I would love to hear about your favorite songs and the memories that go with them...please share.
1 comments:
Thanks for sharing! I'm so glad you took the time to stop by today and leave your thoughts. I try to respond to everyone personally, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Haley