Aug 22 2009
Days gone by….
I seem to be locked in a time loop. Everything is reverting to my teen years, and because I can, with the aid of the Internet I am reliving memories I vaguely remember….
The band “Sweet” returned to the forefront of my conscious, a by product of Youtube, and the Internet age. “Ballroom Blitz” was a distant memory until, with a few strokes of the keyboard, the song roared back to life complete with memories of jamming out to it on a “cruise” night! I don’t know how I never managed to store the bands name in memory back then… perhaps an herb had a role to play in that particular faulty memory, or a girl, or well, we’ll stop there and leave it to the collective imaginations….
All I know is after visiting Amazon, I now own “Sweets” greatest hits… and “Hearts”, I know, I have a new addiction! Not all the oldies are on Youtube, but the list is growing and the collection is too.
The good old days weren’t always that good though, if memory serves, there were days I would much rather forget. Not all memories are meant to be shared, and in certain cases, I truly wish the brain had a delete function and I could eradicate a few dozen or so!
When immortalizing teenage memories I find it useful to occasionally look back at those to remind myself that doing it all over again is really not an option, or at least, not one I would ever care to utilize.
Music is normally a safe zone though, and as long as I avoid ol’ whats her names favorite song, I do ok. Strange how a song can trigger memories strong enough to nearly relive them.
Set aside some time, log onto Youtube, and let the fog of years fade away… there’s a teen inside you just itching to get out and jam!
Thomas H. Forthe
