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[threeplusfire]

Oh yeah. I just drove an extra couple miles coming home tonight. Why? Cause "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns N Roses came on. Since I obsessed over that band in my early teen years, and I still know all the words by heart, I decided to get on the highway, roll down my windows and sing out loud. It was grand. For once, I'm not scared about growing older. It was a moment so wrapped up in every part of who I am, my history, my life. Funny, to think that a radio and a song from a half-forgotten band could make me feel this way. people speak so often of how music changes their lives, a certain song or a certain band. Guns N Roses is an unlikely band for that sort of thing. Mock me if you will, but I think because I listened to that music at such a chaotic and formative period of my life that it has a greater meaning for me. If I didn't care at least some, if it didn't have some resonance, would I still remember all the words? I heard two Guns N Roses songs today, even though I don't spend a lot of time in the car. I want to drag out my cds now. Sometimes I miss that younger so much more naive and hurting me. She wasn't such a bad girl. I didn't give her enough credit.

Comments

[ex-candles994.livejournal.com]

That was a pretty darn good CD, and my first in 1987. :) "SCo'M" is a great song, and pfft to those who would be snobby about such things.

axl happiness

[murmur.livejournal.com]

oh MAN, i absolutely looooove to drive down
the freeway at night, smoking a cigarette,
listening to sweet child o mine. theres
nothing quite like it ;)

guns n roses is good cleaning music, as i
found out last weekend.

Re: axl happiness

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

aha! i need to clean this weekend and that is exactly what I will listen to. :)

Re: axl happiness

[grumpydragon.livejournal.com]

I might or might not have owned that tape. I'm not admitting that I did own that tape, but if I at one point did own that tape (which I'm not admitting to) it might have been a pretty good tape that I listened to frequently.

Singing out loud!

[praxdax.livejournal.com]

Hey..

Was at a bar tonight and they played that song- and I knew all the words, thankyouverymuch!

Hahaha, I was also being called "Axl" the whole night b/c I was wearing a long plaid skirt! If I only had the black Converse sneakers, bandana, and baseball cap.it would just complete the look! Oh wait, don't I also need that catcher's vest, too? What was THAT about??

Re: Singing out loud!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Hehe he wore the strangest outfits! Those absurd biker shorts?? Eesh. I miss seeing them on TV. They always made me smile.

Re: Singing out loud!

[praxdax.livejournal.com]

I remember those biker shorts! Those shorts always sparked some kind of debate between me and my guy friends.