When I was Eighteen

[dotinthesky]

I loved mix tapes when I was in high school. I'd make them for the bus trip to school, or for my bedroom at night, when everyone was asleep and all I could see from my window were the distant ships circling Hong Kong. I spent a lot of time with them, and I started to believe eventually that they were a part of me. I was part of the last mix tape generation.

My 18-year-old essence captured on tape:

Morrissey - Everyday is Like Sunday
Belly - Feed the Tree
One Dove - White Love
Blind Melon - No Rain
The Cure - In Between Days
James - Sometimes
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
Erasure - Oh L'Amour
Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard
Blur - Clover Over Dover
Suede - Animal Nitrate
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Breeders - Cannonball
Shed Seven - Mark

Comments

[yearning.livejournal.com]

you were my type with 18, he.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I dated women back then, so you probably had a chance with me. ;-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've always had the impression that The Breeders and Pixies were nice, down to earth people. I know Frank Black went off on one and became a bit of a diva, but now I think he's back to normal.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

You were so cute! Not that you're no longer cute, I ahsten to add, but in a diferent way).

Except....is that a PONYTAIL? THe way the hair's pulled back makes me suspect.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is a ponytail. :-)

I had long hair for about 4 years.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'd love it if all my LJ friends posted pics from their high school period. And a list of what they listened to at the time. ;-)

[suede.livejournal.com]

you looked like young richard oakes, well on his cute early days :D

Shed seven!!!!!!! <3

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Whatever happened to Richard Oakes?

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Want!

[vrax.livejournal.com]

OMG dude. You are smokin hawt.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

LOL. You are just saying that because I look like a country girl in that photo.

[live-life-like.livejournal.com]

i want to pinch your cheeks!!!
^_^

so cute!
and ooooh, waht a great taste in music, eh?

[live-life-like.livejournal.com]

*WHAT* WHAT*

[naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com]

Aww.

I still have most of the mix tapes I've made for various journeys, all labelled up with stuff like "CORNWALL MIX TAPE!" or "SUNNY DAY TRIP MIX TAPE!" or "CHICKS WILL DIG THIS!" (not even sure what's on that last one).

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've sadly lost a lot of my mixes. All the other ones are with my stuff at Kevin's parents, waiting for when we move back to Canada.

[sublimevisions.livejournal.com]

weren't you so cute as an 18 y/o :)

mixed tape... hah i remember those.

[idioticpoet.livejournal.com]

I think you and I would've palled around in HS.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Most definitely. You would have introduced me to 80s punk and poetry, for sure.

[knacker-prince.livejournal.com]

"We're not so different, you and I!"

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'm suppose to recognise the quote... but I can't place it right now! Where is it from? :-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd had some gay friends back then like you, to help me come out and all that. Oh well, c'est la vie. What were you listening to when you were 18? :-)

[kevyn-kronycles.livejournal.com]

I mourn the demise of mixed tapes too...I have tons from my teenage years. I may just have to do what you did and post an old pic with a song list from one of my tapes.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Do it! I'd be curious to see it. :-)

[belacane.livejournal.com]

...you were adorable!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

aw, thanks!

[saint-narcissus.livejournal.com]

how cute!
now I will see if I can find an 18yo pic of myself!
xxoo -David
ps,. and a mix tape play list!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

That would be great; I'd love to see a photo of you 18. Maybe you can find one with you and Pexa together. :-)

[stormecho.livejournal.com]

I'm working on the photos throughout the ages that you first showed me.
I still have cases FULL of mixed tapes from high school/college days.
I only really know two of your songs. Oh L'Amour was a favorite. The Clash question still applies to various situations.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Will be fun to see your photos when you are finally finished sorting them out. ;-)

[phyrephly.livejournal.com]

I am eighteen. For the benefit of myself, I will now list the tracks on "Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving," the mix I listen to everyday:


"Perfidia" Xavier Cugat
"Blue Moon" The Marcels
"Lucky and Unhappy" Air
"I've Told Every Little Star" Linda Scott
"Night and Day" Ella Fitzgerald
"Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes
"Running Up That Hill" Kate Bush
"Fools Rush In" Ricky Nelson
"Coming on Strong" Brenda Lee
"Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods
"Theme From A Summer Place" Percy Faith
"Be My Baby" The Ronettes
"Who's Sorry Now?" Connie Francis
"Whispering Bells" The Del-Vikings
"Radioactivity" Kraftwerk
"Lolita Ya-Ya" The Ventures
"Sea of Love" Phil Phillips
"Lay All Your Love On Me" ABBA
"Put Your Leg Up" Diamond K
"Cuanta Te Gusta" Carmen Miranda
"Man Machine" Kraftwerk
"Crying" Roy Orbison
"Popsicles Icicles" The Murmaids
"California Dreamin'" The Mamas & The Papas
"Since I Don't Have You" The Skyliners


I hope you appreciate that I typed all of that out!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Bella, you've been 18 for the past three years! Are you sure you're not a 45-year-old German passing yourself off as a teenager?

[sympetrum.livejournal.com]

I think you and I were the same person back then.

The crossover between our musical tastes as well as the actual songs themselves is uncanny.

I think I had almost this exact mixed tape in my car all the time, lol.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

That's very cool! Did you have a ponytail too? :-)

How old are you now?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medium_/]

::big smile:: ♥