Back then, I was prone to heart wrenching crushes on people that I would never tell them about. I wrote poems and secretly sent them to the crushes and was really kind of shy. I stayed that way for so long and I think it's kind of funny now, but there were guys who probably had crushes on me and why didn't they ever approach? I don't know but it was kind of lonely.
I was in drama, and French club, and never had money to do fun things even though I had a serious job, too. School was way too easy, and yet, I still made Cs sometimes because I didn't bother doing the work. I loved being in band but it didn't exactly make me the coolest kid, and I never got invited to the fun parties for some reason (I so would have gone, by the way).
I think I identified most with the Molly Ringwald character in Pretty in Pink, and yet I would have dated Duckie instead of the rich guy.
Songs by Psychedelic Furs, http://youtu.be/S2R3FJyT1rc or Simple Minds, http://youtu.be/CdqoNKCCt7A (there's a reason this is my phone ring tone) or the Cult http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I8mWG6HlmU throw me right into a nostalgic tailspin. Sigh. It makes me want to write bad Emo poetry right. this. second.
Also, Charlie Sexton. Oy, oy oy!! http://youtu.be/uCRtHVEroQ0 I'm all verklempt. And for some reason, speaking Yiddish.
But the point here is that for some reason, this tone, this sound, these bands and songs are how I hear my high school years, my young adulthood. Yes, somewhere in there is Bon Jovi & Duran Duran and even Janet Jackson (one of the first albums I ever listened to nonstop was her Control album.) Also, Prince plays very heavily on rotation, but somehow in a different way.
Anyway. I kind of feel like putting on some Esprit clothes and wandering around a mall listening to my Walkman playing cassettes now. Or maybe just remembering a time when that's what we did.
