Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over
This summer my car stereo died.
At the time, I thought nothing of it. I drive my car 4 or 5 times a week for what feels like 6 minutes at a time. Alone.
What I didn’t realize was the time I spent in my car listening to music was done on my own terms… this is where I listened to whatever new album/band/dj was interesting, at loud levels, without worrying about what the person sitting next to me might think. It was actually kinda great.
3 months later and I still haven’t done anything to fix the stereo. I still listen to a decent amount of music, but now in very small doses, in less than perfect conditions.
I think this is turning my brain to mush.
During the last couple of months, I’ve CONSTANTLY (and randomly) gotten songs stuck in my head. Exclusively, songs from my childhood. Songs that I have no emotional attachment to, performed by bands that I didn’t actually enjoy at the time. It’s been so bad that I even created a twitter account to document the songs stuck in my head (and failed miserably at it). Last week it was an Aretha Franklin & George Michael collaboration, on Monday it was a Euro-trash No Mercy song, today it was the Finn brothers. It’s crippling and it’s certainly not a good scene, guys.
I’ve tried to rationalize the cause of this. Maybe it’s like muscle memory? Years ago I stopped playing guitar, but if you hand one to me today I can still play all the songs I learned in my first few years. Maybe it’s like a colonic, and all of the old, bad stuff is finally able to exit now that the newer stuff is out. PS: totally gross unnecessary reference, me.
TL:DR: I’m going crazy because I’m too lazy to maintain my car.
Sidebar: with all of the above said, Don’t Dream It’s Over is a pretty solid jam.
