Am clicking my heels in joy. I have just finished coming up with nonsensical thoughts for my political science term paper, and I have no desire to edit it.
Should really be going to bed now, as I was considering doing so midway thru my term paper. However, now that I am done with it, I feel entirely revitalized, like I have fireworks in my hair. So ridiculous, if I could just gather this amount of energy when doing work, I would possibly be the president by now.
Anyway. I was just thinking. Every year in my life, there would be a certain band or music that would characterize it. Music brings back all sorts of odd memories for me, and I can almost always remember vividly where I listened to such music and what I was doing. Great stinking memory system I have, but for some reason I can never remember gravely important economical concepts like MS = MV. Or something earth-shattering like that.
Behold. I am going to pen down my Music Over The Years list now.
1988: I was born. I think the only music that I can possibly remember from that year is the melodic cries of my wailing.
However, since I was told I was a disturbingly happy baby, I probably did not wail too much.
1989: Did I even have ears back then?
1990: I think I was still in love with my own voice, so I never did pay attention to music yet.
1991: AHA! THAT was when I first started paying attention to music. What music, you wonder?
LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN!
That was absolutely my favourite song when I was 3. I kept singing it for some reason, which makes me a really creepy child I must say. I am surprised the parents did not just slaughter me right then and there.
1992: And apparently I became a Beatles fan. The folks were great fans of the Fab Four, so I naturally became one as well.
AND THEN apparently, on this fateful road trip to Penang or somewhere obscure like that, I performed for my entire family AND extended family a Beatles song. "Yesterday", to be exact.
What exactly was I so troubled about at the age of 4 to make me memorize the lyrics to "Yesterday", I wonder.
1993: Guns N Roses "November Rain"
Aerosmith and Guns and Nirvana. The dear siblings used to listen to that, and I used to be made to listen to that, and I always found all the songs really sad, no wonder I am such a whack job right now.
1994: Janet Jackson "Again"
Janet and Michael Jackson. From hereon, there started to be this huge wave of pop fascination.
1995: Boyz 2 Men "On Bended Knee"
Boyz 2 Men. Muahahahaha geeky pop! My dear sibling used to like singing Boyz 2 Men, which really frightened me. But I liked them, made me melancholic sometimes and if I heard their songs in the morning, I would not want to go to school.
I am WEIRD I know.
1996: Take That!
Haahahahahaahahaha.
Check out THIS video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHnqmw9QRM
Caught that video when I was just a young thing, got very appalled because I did not fancy naked people very much then.
NOT that I fancy naked people any better now, thank you very much.
1997: U2 "The Sweetest Thing"
Can't remember if it was that year. I do not particularly like that song, but I kept hearing it when I was in Aussieland that summer. Whenever I hear that song now, I would think of that trip.
Incredible trip I must say. Except for that moment when I followed some other dude who looked like my dad. I was and still am a very stupid person.
1998: Backstreet Boys "We've Got It Goin' On"
I have to admit, it was a catchy tune. Still sing it to myself from time to time, when no one is around.
Nick Carter was apparently very fascinating to me then.
Astonishing much.
1999: Still Backstreet!
Loaded the car with all the Backstreet CDs so everybody could listen to them on road trips.
I honestly thought I was doing everyone a favour by being so generous with my CDs.
Wow, my family WAS very patient with me.
2000: Nsync "It's Gonna Be Me"
Nsync and The Moffatts and Britney.
Give me a break, The Moffatts were big in KCP. And some of their songs are nice to attempt singing along to.
And yes, I was an Nsync groupie, and a Justin-Britney fangirl. So ludicrous I know, I used to download old Mickey Mouse Club episodes so I could watch Justin and Britney in action.
All right, I still secretly do that. It is fairly amusing stuff.
2001: Nsync "Pop"
Sick and tired of hearing all these people talk about
What's the deal with this pop life and when is it gonna fade out
The thing you've got to realize what we're doing is not a trend
We've got the gift and melody we gonna bring you till the end
HAHAHA! Can't believe I can still remember the comical lyrics.
It was a period I would have liked to phase out of my life. Many a email add were created based on my Nsync fantasies, I admit.
2002: Incubus "Stellar"
Stole my dear sibling's Incubus CDs one night because I thought the lead guy Brandon Boyd looked like a footballer. Roque Santa Cruz. Don't you think?
Then I decided I liked Incubus. Listened to their stuff every night, defined my days in 2002. Got to the point where I kept bringing the CDs around so much that I cracked one of the cases and misplaced one of the CDs, dear sibling was downright furious.
For the record, I found the CD after that.
2003: Ashlee Simpson "Pieces of Me"
Muahaha! Can't remember if it was this year, but it was definitely in secondary school.
Don't you think Ashlee sounds orgasmic in the chorus?
2004: Good Charlotte "In This World (Murder)"
All right, to be honest, I listened to their albums very much while I was traipsing about in Spain. As much as I reject Good Charlotte now, I listen to their songs sometimes coz it always gave me the I'm-in-Spain feeling.
2005: Good Charlotte "Walk Away (Maybe)"
And yes, the Good Charlotte thing went on to TJ as well.
Good Charlotte. Bittersweet.
Muahahaha. Good Charlotte made some money off me yeah. Just their songs alone bring back all these myriad of memories, from Spain to TJ to certain human beings.
That song says a lot eh.
No regrets.
2006: Beulah "Popular Mechanics for Lovers"
That was on my favourites playlist, so that came on a lot while I was studying in school.
Reminds me of the people I hung out with, like Solly. She used to play that for me when I was pissed off about something, which was quite often, because TJ was hardly a place that inspired happiness. Muahahaha.
2007: The Strokes "12:51"
Definitely a song with vivid memories. It always came on on my way to work at TokioMarine, and it is like a knee-jerk reaction to think of Shenton Way whenever I listen to that song.
How absurd.
I LIKE THAT SONG. And I do not wish to think of SHENTON WAY when it comes on my playlist.
2008: Well, I have come a long way. I will be 20 this year, and I am still unsure what my song of the year will be.
For now, it is Trapt. "Still Frame".
All right, now I am getting REALLY upset because my Boyz 2 Men youtube video does not seem to be loading WELL, so now the boys are looking frozen in awkward positions while the song has STOPPED ABRUPTLY.
Wow, they really do look pained.
I wonder where they are now?
Anyway. I really should go to bed. There is something wrong with my throat, for some reason I have been choking a lot tonight.
Worrying much.
Got a wedding to go to tomorrow. More awkward conversations with relatives who cannot remember my actual name but who choose to instead remember a name that people called me when I was THREE. Maybe I will put on a nametag as well as a picture of me with my family on my forehead so at least they will know which child I am.
Goodnight!
Signed,
Sincerely, Me
Pearlyn Silva
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