The very, very first song I ever recorded was off of 92.9 and I was in grade 6. It was on my mom's ancient (ANCIENT) Walkman, which she got when Walkmans were a new and exciting item, and gave to me for my 12th birthday. It had little pink earbuds (probably the most uncomfortable headphones in the world..maybe why I can't tolerate earbuds nowadays, actually; maybe they friggin warped the insides of my ears, jesus they were awful) and an antenna that extended out to pick up radio signals, if you were lucky and in the right spot at the right time. I was just getting into liking music and, as with most kids, my taste was heavily influenced by my parents, thus 92.9 -- this, you know. But I was so, so excited to tape the songs, to be able to hear them more than once, should I want. The mixtape, for me, was never really about creating -- it was about capturing. Stealing a song from the radio, when I finally got a boombox; staying up until all hours trying to snag a song, back when the radio didn't play the same songs every half-hour, back when it was a little explosion of excitement when you'd hear the opening chords of a favourite song.
Anyway, as you may have guessed, that very first song I ever recorded was, in fact, All I Wanna Do. My heart jumped when I saw you'd posted it. It's not that I like that song all that much (I don't, really), but that it means so much to me because, like Wounded, like so many songs in this comm, it represents such a turning point -- such a musical MOMENT. It only makes sense that it would be on this playlist, because my -- and your -- musical histories wouldn't be quite complete without it.
So thank you, for this -- thank you for the memory it brought up. A pop quality, absolutely. I was painting my nails as I listened to the three songs you posted, and I had half-planned to smilingly skip this one, but I was mid-second coat and couldn't...and I'm so happy I listened through the whole thing. I love the story-quality of it, the sense of setting, the Tom's Diner-esque narration, and I love how I can't seem to help but grin at it.
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Date: 2012-10-19 03:44 am (UTC)Anyway, as you may have guessed, that very first song I ever recorded was, in fact, All I Wanna Do. My heart jumped when I saw you'd posted it. It's not that I like that song all that much (I don't, really), but that it means so much to me because, like Wounded, like so many songs in this comm, it represents such a turning point -- such a musical MOMENT. It only makes sense that it would be on this playlist, because my -- and your -- musical histories wouldn't be quite complete without it.
So thank you, for this -- thank you for the memory it brought up. A pop quality, absolutely. I was painting my nails as I listened to the three songs you posted, and I had half-planned to smilingly skip this one, but I was mid-second coat and couldn't...and I'm so happy I listened through the whole thing. I love the story-quality of it, the sense of setting, the Tom's Diner-esque narration, and I love how I can't seem to help but grin at it.