I had the oddest experience this morning: upon hearing “Your Wildest Dreams,” my brain went haywire. Specifically, it went, “Oh this reminds me of aerobics. No, college! No, the hallways of junior high. Or was it high school … grade school?”
Figuring it was a lost cause, I hit scan to find another song, but immediately changed my mind and went back. I thought by exposing myself to the entire song I might get some clarity around my associations with it. And I have to say … that didn’t work at all.
The best I can latch on to is some vague feeling of being alone and either hearing or singing this, and being filled with the sort of weird yearning/hope that certain love songs inspire, and it turns out I also seem to know most of the lyrics. My cortex is crumbling.
On a more concrete and delightful note, you will not want to miss the oh-so-’80s video saga:
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April 29, 2010 at 11:27 am
thegirlontheswing
Wow. That looks like something I art-directed in my basement.
I remember trying to tell my parents about this song and them being like, um, yeah, that band’s been around a while, dude. A fact opaque to me, but one the band is clearly not trying to hide with this video!
And OH THE HAIR.
April 29, 2010 at 12:09 pm
mamakitt
You made me el-oh-el with your basement comment.
Also, I could not figure out that this was the Moody Blues in the car this morning. It required the help of Google. I was hoping it was Depeche Mode or something so I could feel cool. I mean, (K)nights in White Satin … oy.