I am currently working on perfecting my "90's Summer Hits" playlist on Pandora and it played one of my absolute favorite songs: "The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe. I have loved this song since it's debut in 1997, and although isn't a "summer song"... I allow it on my playlist because I love it so much. It also brings back a lot of memories from that time of my life - which is pretty common with any song I ever listen to. As hard as I try not to associate songs with certain events/life experiences... it is very hard and usually impossible. This song is a great example.
"The Freshmen" brings me back to my sophomore year in High School. It was currently in between winter and spring, and the group of friends that I hung out with listened to the radio like it was going out of style, we loved it! I am not sure why this song attracted me so much, but it still is one of my favorites today. Anyway, one of my good guy friends and I had started to taking a liking to each other around the time that it came out. There was this one Friday night, and a bunch of my friends and I were over at another friends houses just hanging out. It was getting late, and I needed to go but needed a ride since I didn't drive there (I didn't have my license yet). So my guy friend had driven there himself, and everyone suggested that he take me home. I shouldn't have been nervous about this, but everyone knows those butterfly feelings always happen when you're around someone you like! The drive wasn't very far, but we had some time. By chance, "The Freshmen" came on the radio and my only thoughts were, "If he kisses me goodnight during this song (we had kissed before), that's what I will associate it with and do I want that? Do I not want that? Oh... what to do, what to do?" The song was still on when we pulled into the driveway and that moment approached. I think I freaked myself out too much and pretty much rushed out of the car just to avoid the situation. Plus, I never knew if my mom would be staring out their bedroom window waiting for me to come home - as if I wanted her to see me making out with a guy in a car. *lol* So the kiss never happened during the song, but I still always remember this situation. Lesson: Although I didn't want to associate the song with that moment, I still do.
An actual relationship never happened between us (normal high school drama), but there was always this connection between us. I always considered him my high-school sweetheart that never happened, although we had plenty of chances. It's funny to look back at it now though. Him and I met up a couple years ago just to catch up, and the topic of us back then when we were young and 16 was talked about... including the "what ifs" of that timeframe in our lives. Silly? Probably, but it was fun.
Oh, the memories and the power of a song... who knew!
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