Tonight I heard “Small Town” by John Mellencamp, and that shit took me way back to the age of 12.

It’s funny how a song or a smell can totally bring back all these memories I once thought I had lost forever. Instantly I remember sleeping in a cramp tent a half mile from our little rural subdivision out in the woods near and old dirt trail.
Melissa, Bryan, Erick, Pam, Sandy and I would sneak some of our parent’s liquor or beer and cigarettes and sit around the camp fire at night drinking, playing naked poker, and all sorts of stupid games well into the early morning. During the summers we would sneak into the neighborhood swimming pool, located in a park at the back of the neighborhood and hidden from view of all but one house, and go skinny dipping.
I remember thinking these were my best friends, and we would be friends forever. Even as a military brat, the transience of life and my many friendships never struck me as being so utterly temperary. During school we’d try camping once a month on a Friday or Saturday night. I don’t recall ever worrying about the next day, let alone the rest of the week.
Nowadays, I can’t stop thinking about the future. I can’t stop worrying that the weekend is too short. I can’t recall feeling so carefree and uninhibited as I did when I was 12. I was invincible then.

Music is so important to me. Art is too. I need to respect that. I need to incorporate all that back into my life. It’s become too encumbered by Smokey illusions of obstacles and unnecessary practical constructs.





Ever had that bring-me-back-to-the-day feeling hit you in the face over a song, picture, or smell?


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Imago said:

evenstar3 said:

John Mellencamp always reminds me of my dad when i was young. he plays guitar and sings, and would always sing mellencamp. one time on vacation i saw a pink house and i said "daddy! a pink house!" and he belted out "LITTLE PINK HOUSES....FOR YOU AND ME!" it became a game after that.

i miss sitting around the backyard listening to him and my uncles play and sing.

Motown...lots of the music that came from there.

Makes me remember, my parents having card parties...and us kids being free to run semi-wild around the house (no bedtime), getting into all kinds of shit (undetected, lol) until we just wore ourselves out.

A while ago I was in line at a bank and the guy in front of me must've been wearing the same cologne as the first boy I kissed, because he smelled exactly like him. I didn't even know I still remembered it! It was weird.

evenstar3 said:

Honey, way back for you doesn't even go back as far as the Clinton Administration

evenstar3 said:

My brother came by for a visit today...he was wearing the same cologne that my ex-husband used to wear. I told him to go home.

Imago said:

seven years ago is way back, damnit!

Whenever I hear "If it isn't Love" by New Edition it reminds me of two things, my first ever concert as a 11 year old New Edition/P.M. Dawn It also reminds me of the first girl I kissed cause that song was playing in the background.
Also Summertime by D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince reminds me of backyard barbques.

There are a couple of songs that really take me back but in a weird way. I get a weird feeling whenever I hear DANCING QUEEN by ABBA or SATURDAY...IN THE PARK by CHICAGO. Those songs came out when I was 8 or 9 years old I think.

REMINSCING by THE LITTLE RIVER BAND does that too.

It's not that I don't love those songs it's just I wish I knew why they give me a creepy feeling.


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Two nights ago I was downloading some old music.. Memories with Dr. Hook , Adam Ant ( Nietje!!! ) And I got all teared up at Janis Joplins 'leaving on a jet plain' Such a beatiful voice...

And 'Purple Rain' always brings me back to my first Princeconcert with Whateva... Waaaaayyy back!!

I'm getting old

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

ABBA and Chicago.


Boo, you've lived a tortured childhood.

Okay, I fucking LOVE ABBA.

Our Phillipino driver used to listen to it ALL THE TIME when I was little.

Dan, have ya ever heard the song I Go Back? Its one of Kenny's finest.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...DqYT4h94Fw

SureThing said:

Great video.

I remember seeing pictures of Kenny at a wedding reception without a hat on--he's bald. Not that there's a big deal about it, but I think that's why he's always got a hat on.


WHy are the best looking country singers always uber gay?

SHANNA said:

Imago said:

Every desirable male in the world is gay.

Imago said:

Hahhahah!!

Wait 'till you hear about the first song I EVER remember hearing first.....
PUT THE LIME IN THE COCONUT by that SHMILSON guy.




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