The Simple Minds thing, though, is all you. I don't know where you got that from, but it wasn't me.
You kicked off the vibe that sent me to Simple Minds - which was cool cause when I was 11, there was this one part of "Alive and Kicking" that I loved - like seriously loved - as in the song would come on the radio and I would be all a-twitter waiting for that one *part* of the song and then it would be over and I would want it back, so finally I taped the song (missing of course the first 30 seconds - I swear, the first part of any 80's song is a complete and utter mystery to me) off the radio and then I rewound that one part so much that I broke the tape.
Obsessive tendencies start early. BUT - you - and your vid - and Donnie Darko - and Tears for Fears - brought it all back, so by Sunday I am reminiscing with Lum over songs loved back in the day, (although late '88-'89 is a dark and quiet time whereupon I have blocked all musical memories. Dawn swears I listened to Michael Bolton that year, but she has no proof and I have no memories beyond George Michael) and I remembered that one *part* of the song and I had to listen to it again and it still gets to me. The song as a whole is all well and good - but that one part is incredible. I want a whole song like that. Since I was 11, I have wanted a complete song like that.
So while you no way at all actively encouraged Simple Minds consumption, you did implicitly cause it by creating a mood in which the remembrance of said song would be embraced. Or something.
Also - Some people say that bowling alley's got big lanes.
You kicked off the vibe that sent me to Simple Minds - which was cool cause when I was 11, there was this one part of "Alive and Kicking" that I loved - like seriously loved - as in the song would come on the radio and I would be all a-twitter waiting for that one *part* of the song and then it would be over and I would want it back, so finally I taped the song (missing of course the first 30 seconds - I swear, the first part of any 80's song is a complete and utter mystery to me) off the radio and then I rewound that one part so much that I broke the tape.
Obsessive tendencies start early. BUT - you - and your vid - and Donnie Darko - and Tears for Fears - brought it all back, so by Sunday I am reminiscing with Lum over songs loved back in the day, (although late '88-'89 is a dark and quiet time whereupon I have blocked all musical memories. Dawn swears I listened to Michael Bolton that year, but she has no proof and I have no memories beyond George Michael) and I remembered that one *part* of the song and I had to listen to it again and it still gets to me. The song as a whole is all well and good - but that one part is incredible. I want a whole song like that. Since I was 11, I have wanted a complete song like that.
So while you no way at all actively encouraged Simple Minds consumption, you did implicitly cause it by creating a mood in which the remembrance of said song would be embraced. Or something.
Also - Some people say that bowling alley's got big lanes.
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