I just picked these at random from my (mostly vinyl) collection and went to YouTube for the vids. This is not a 'best of' or 'my favourites' compilation. Just a few songs that somehow mattered... or struck a chord... at the time.
I was born in the 1940's. (Closer to the the ass end of that decade than the start. I didn't know Hitler personally.)
I grew up in the 1950's. (I'm still growing up -- all this shrinkage to the contrary notwithstanding.)
I came of age in the 1960's. (Back then, few of us thought we'd live this long. I never thought I'd live this long. And I wasn't even in a rock and roll band.)
I got married in the 1970's. (Same woman, bless her heart, for nearly thirty-seven years now. She's a glutton for punishment.)
Shit happened in the 1980's. (Bad shit, for the most part. Depression, miscarriage, near divorce, and all the rest. And I mean ALL. But this song always put a smile on my face.)
The 1990's gave us a son. (Back on track. On meds. Wanting to live. Doing a passable imitation of same.)
And the rest is (also) history.
3 comments:
only duran duran could fully express the nihilist collapse that was the 80's.
okay, mebbe culture club.
The 80's for me was Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and this guy.
Hope I did that right.
This is so cool. Song from the 1990's make me nostalgic for when I was a small child, and songs from the early 2000's remind me of the beginning of adolescence.
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