90's music

I love 90's music. And I'm not a snob- I'll take almost any of it. Even Hootie and the Blowfish, which my cousins (I think) told me not to like when I was a kid.

I always wondered if I'd be like my parents and just like whatever was on when I was a kid, and in a way that sort of came true. Music takes you back. Part of the nostalgia is the relaxation of just not being an adult.  When I listened to this music I was concerned about my friends, watching movies, laughing hysterically with my sisters and brother in the living room. We watched TGIF and ordered stuffed crust pizza, inviting our best friends to come over and hang out. I never had that adult-like pressure I feel too often now that comes with having to be mature for most of my day.

So when I was sitting, trying to write without success today, this great 90's song comes on my Pandora playlist. Before I re-introduce you to this song, I think it is interesting to tell you that the thought in my head that wouldn't jump onto the paper had to do with the power of words. There are too many thoughts flying around in my head to pin them down, or the second I get really serious about pinning them, they all fly out of my head. So this was a weird song to hear in the middle of my frustration with writing. I have heard this song about a thousand times without ever noticing the lyrics. I'll include the first verse, too:

 "Hook" by Blues Traveler
It doesn't matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel I'll convey
Some inner truth or vast reflection
But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks

Because the hook brings you back
I ain't tellin' you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely


I never realized that song was such a trick; John Popper got me! But I was only 7 in 1994, so he shouldn't be too proud. I mean, would you feel high and mighty if you tricked this face?

  Of course not. I was already a real loser. But now that I'm an adult and actually listened to the lyrics it really is a great song. It reminds me of a trick I used to play in middle school where I'd tell a joke with no real punch line and start laughing hysterically. Nine times out of ten the person with laugh along with me, not admitting they didn't get it. I swear I wasn't a bully- I don't know why I did it. A guy at work tried the same thing on me though, and I was not fooled. Sort of a Slumdog Millionare moment.

 The song makes me think of things that I thought when I was little that just aren't true. For example, I thought all your food went into different compartments of your stomach. I thought Snow White loved to clean, and that I would love it one day, too. I thought My Best Friend's Wedding was an awesome movie. I thought the show "All That" was funny. I didn't realize how creepy Mr. Rogers was.

I know the song works on multiple levels. I'll let you have the fun in breaking it down if this piqued your interest like it did mine. Chances are you already knew all about this song, but it was a fun little realization for me. Like when I realized half way through my calculus course at UGA that I didn't even need it. :)