"Don't live in the past. Don't live in the future. Live for the present."
Last night we were at Sho Cho's. An 'expensive', 'upmarket' japanese bar & restaurant on Jumeira Beach Road. It's virtues of being expensive or upmarket don't help to filter out the growing crowd. We elbowed our way in and hit the bar.
The DJ in the far end was spinning. It was retro! Every second song takes me to someplace.
Roxette- I remember bangalore.
Beat It blares Michael J- I remember dancing for that song in school. It was the new 'Break dance.'
Cranberries- My first 14 inch second hand Akai colour TV.
Temple of the King- The tape from my college dorm.
I realize the power of music. It takes people some place they heard it first. Someplace one has already been to. I realize why I love living in the past. Space in time I have been to, seen, rehearsed. I can modify that memory. Clean it, spit and polish. So, retro + music- what a combination
2 more heinikens. And with every song, I travel across time, across the globe, many discotheques, many people, friends, good times, nostalgia.
3 am. Time to go.
At the immigration counter of NOW and the bouncer opens the door for me.
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1 comment:
So true. Just reading those songs got me into flashback mode:)
Roxette- Inspiration for my first boycut!
Beat It- my first first tape, from 'the then' popular music store Rhythms!
Temple of the King- part of my own slow rock compilation tape that i gifted my first boyfriend in college!
Nostalgia! Its a beautiful sad feeling sometimes
-Pu
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