Tuesday, May 03, 2005
my summer girl, she was my world
he's got her now charmed her somehow
i know i'm not your type
i'll never be your type
as i'm sorting through some boxes for my next "move" to god knows where, I came upon an old mix cd I made freshman year of college. and one of the songs was the rentals "my summer girl"
suddenly, old images of alison, winter in KC, and milwaukees best beer came into my head.
its interesting, how one song can bring back many strange images.
i'm also bit amused by my choice of music on this cd.
sadly though, this cd brings me back where the idea of "future" was still abstract, where I still had more "promise". now that future is here,and I'm yet to cash in on my "promise"
each track on that cd seems like a piece of me, little promises, resolutions to myself.
some of these things, I have kept near to my heart. others I have ignored or forgotten. it hurts a bit, listening to the sweet violin and synth on track 6.
on track 8, hey mercedes play "stay 6". I remember how I though the hi-hats were saying "I think I can" as the guitar strums in the background and the vocals kick in "cars and planes are crashing in.....tonight one more look like that could set this mission in motion, cause i'm tired of living alone......"
I use to fantasize about performing this song live. not as the lead singer, but the bass player, with a couple of sweet backup vocals. ha!
holy shit! track 9. its the boo radleys singing "there she goes"..which was the original, much more superior version compared to that other version sung by that sixpence band.
lets randomly go to track 15
oh man, its elliot smith covering the beatles "because", too sad... I skip to track 20
holy shit, i forget who this band is, but I still know the chorus.. "but its too late baby, youre bending and youre breaking me, I'm not made of elastic......"
5 tracks later, and its over...
wow...what a trip down memory lane.
if my mix cd's can be an artifact, some sort of snapshot of my life, what will they tell me 10 years from now?
would the alex who made this mixtape back in 1999 like who he is in 2005? ¶ 5/03/2005 09:05:00 AM
he's got her now charmed her somehow
i know i'm not your type
i'll never be your type
as i'm sorting through some boxes for my next "move" to god knows where, I came upon an old mix cd I made freshman year of college. and one of the songs was the rentals "my summer girl"
suddenly, old images of alison, winter in KC, and milwaukees best beer came into my head.
its interesting, how one song can bring back many strange images.
i'm also bit amused by my choice of music on this cd.
sadly though, this cd brings me back where the idea of "future" was still abstract, where I still had more "promise". now that future is here,and I'm yet to cash in on my "promise"
each track on that cd seems like a piece of me, little promises, resolutions to myself.
some of these things, I have kept near to my heart. others I have ignored or forgotten. it hurts a bit, listening to the sweet violin and synth on track 6.
on track 8, hey mercedes play "stay 6". I remember how I though the hi-hats were saying "I think I can" as the guitar strums in the background and the vocals kick in "cars and planes are crashing in.....tonight one more look like that could set this mission in motion, cause i'm tired of living alone......"
I use to fantasize about performing this song live. not as the lead singer, but the bass player, with a couple of sweet backup vocals. ha!
holy shit! track 9. its the boo radleys singing "there she goes"..which was the original, much more superior version compared to that other version sung by that sixpence band.
lets randomly go to track 15
oh man, its elliot smith covering the beatles "because", too sad... I skip to track 20
holy shit, i forget who this band is, but I still know the chorus.. "but its too late baby, youre bending and youre breaking me, I'm not made of elastic......"
5 tracks later, and its over...
wow...what a trip down memory lane.
if my mix cd's can be an artifact, some sort of snapshot of my life, what will they tell me 10 years from now?
would the alex who made this mixtape back in 1999 like who he is in 2005? ¶ 5/03/2005 09:05:00 AM
