7-Day Wayback Music Challenge
I was nominated by 
, and you can see his post here.
, and you can see his post here.Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Oh the memories this song brings back to me! I can remember being in in my junior year of high school; now before you start calculating the years and my age, I'll make it easy for you- I'll be the B-I-G 50 this September.
The movie had just hit the theaters (yes... way before live streaming we saw movies in a movie theater)!
It was a classic movie that I believe still hold true today. The characters are priceless; so much so that when my daughters watched this movie in the early to mid 2000's, they saw classmates of their own with the same labels.
I could so relate to the cast:
- Anthony Michael Hall (Brian)- The brain
- Emilio Estevez (Andrew)- The athlete
- Ally Sheedy (Allison)- The basket case
- Molly Ringwald (Claire)- The princess
- Judd Nelson (John Bender)- The criminal
Of the five mentioned personalities or labels, I could associate myself with two of them. I was a nerd (library geek and bookworm)- so there is the brain. I was also the basket case to some degree; but only because I had VERY few friends and was a loner.
I can remember hearing this song on Casey Kasem's American Top 40 Countdown EVERY Sunday morning for weeks and weeks!
Being a loner and not-at-all popular in junior or senior high school, I could really relate to these two lines in the lyrics:
Will you recognize me?
Call my name or walk on by
From Brian's Essay- The Final Words In The Movie
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Fun Fact & SBD Giveaway
Two of my three kids have the names as the characters in the movie... coincidence? I think so...
Can you guess which two names?
I'll give the first person with the correct two names 1-sbd... take your best shot!
I nominate 
for this challenge!
for this challenge!The rules:
- Choose one song from your high-school/college years.
- Write a few words about who made you listen to this song for the first time, what this song means to you (was it a breakup song? you blasted it at 100% on your audio system when you were partying with your friends?) whatever you want.
- Write your text while listening to the song. As soon as the song ends, wrap up what you were writing and submit it.
- Do this for 7 days in a row if you get nominated
- Mention one person who should do this on each day.
- Tag it with #musicwaybackchallenge and include these rules at the bottom of your post