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Since I'm having a very musically reminiscent afternoon, I was looking back at the Modern Rock charts for the 90's, and realized something that's special to me... As I mentioned in my previous post, music is very much connected to my past and memories... I was looking at 1990, and saw that in April/May of that year, Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence" was #1...
Now that was a really intense time in my life. I'd never even heard of Depeche Mode, and on my farm in the middle of the country, the most up-to-date musical selection I had in my repoitoire was New Kids on the Block (yes, seriously. I was 10, ok?) But most significantly, it was at this time that I'd first had the nerve to report my dad's abusive behavior to the authorities. Now of course, the way they handled it was abhorrent. But it did force my dad to pack us up and move us back to a town where I had a few friends and more opportunities to be properly socialized. So while my favorite song of all time was in it's peak, my life was changing drastically. I mean, I understand this is nothing significant to anyone but me, but there's something about my single favorite piece of music coming to prominence just as I was coming into a time where I took responsibility for fixing my own shitty situation... it just strikes me right, and is a poignant reminder of what needs to happen in my life today.
Now that was a really intense time in my life. I'd never even heard of Depeche Mode, and on my farm in the middle of the country, the most up-to-date musical selection I had in my repoitoire was New Kids on the Block (yes, seriously. I was 10, ok?) But most significantly, it was at this time that I'd first had the nerve to report my dad's abusive behavior to the authorities. Now of course, the way they handled it was abhorrent. But it did force my dad to pack us up and move us back to a town where I had a few friends and more opportunities to be properly socialized. So while my favorite song of all time was in it's peak, my life was changing drastically. I mean, I understand this is nothing significant to anyone but me, but there's something about my single favorite piece of music coming to prominence just as I was coming into a time where I took responsibility for fixing my own shitty situation... it just strikes me right, and is a poignant reminder of what needs to happen in my life today.