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

[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?

[phyrephly.livejournal.com]

You always think this! Look, this is from two years ago (I didn't make a birthday post when I turned 18):
http://phyrephly.livejournal.com/365169.html

I will be nineteen in a month! (December 30th)