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This morning while driving to Eureka, I was channel-surfing the local radio stations and heard (on the Classic Rock Experience, no less) the Cars' big hit "You Might Think," a song I'll admit to digging pretty heavily when it first began heavy radio rotation. And who can forget its way cool accompanying video? I, of course, was one of those freakish girls who thought Ric Ocasek was cute in his own geekish way. But I digress.
So I'm bobbing along to the tune this morning when suddenly it dawns on me that the song (and excellent album from whence it came) is 20 years old. 20 YEARS. Two decades. I was getting ready to start my 8th grade year when I bought the LP, most likely at Licorice Pizza (or Fedco or Gemco or one of those other big ol' SF Valley stores to which I tagged along with my dad, killing time in the music section while he bought power tools or got new frames for his eyeglasses).
The simple enjoyment of an infectious 80s pop song had abruptly turned on me and left me contemplating the distant past, then the not-so-distant past, then the present and -- naturally -- the future. I was 13 years old one day in a far-off decade. Now I'm 20 years older, only a smidgen wiser and steadily approaching an inevitable mid-life crisis. Holy puberty, what the heck happened?
Posted by ayelet at May 6, 2004 08:07 PMHey Jackie,
Let's not forget the title track from the wonderful "Heartbeat City" album, one of the many songs with the name "Jackie" in the title.
As far as I know, there are exactly ZERO songs with the name "Ayelet" in the title.
Oh, and later I also heard "Jackie Blue." I just couldn't escape you yesterday!
Posted by: Ayelet at May 7, 2004 12:03 PMWhenever I start feeling old, I tell myself the following: "I'm only (insert age here)"
If you're in your early 30s, think about how many years until you really ARE old: another three decades to go.
Three decades.
That's a long time. That's almost your whole life. And that's just up to the 60s-- if you live to be 80 or 90, we're approaching a lot of years.
30 is nothing, in the long scheme of things. I'll feel old when I see my younger brothers and sisters going through this whole phenomenon. One day, they'll be the ones saying "20 years?" and I'll be old for real by then.
And remember how "cutting-edge" the Cars video was back then? Kids are doing shit on Photoshop that's more challenging nowadays. I think maybe you are marveling at how dated everything you grew up with seems. I know I am.
Posted by: James at May 7, 2004 11:37 AMI wish I knew. Hey, I was already in college for 2 years. I'm OOOOOOLLLD. I nearly freaked the other day when I overheard some kids talking about their senior prom and I realized mine was 22 years ago.
Posted by: jackie at May 6, 2004 08:29 PM