I can't think of anything that's as powerful as music, for bringing back memories, or even just the emotions and feelings from the time you first heard a song. Today, during the torture of a Spring clean, I came across a Paul Young CD. I loved this man so much when I was a teenager; I remember the first time I saw him on Top of the Pops, the agony of my friend Sharon Brace going to see him when I couldn't, the lifesize poster on the back of my bedroom door and the crush I had on a boy called Vincent cos he had Paul Young hair...
Today I'm lucky if I can remember what I had for breakfast... But for the past hour I've been singing every song, word for word. Dancing around the kitchen like the 14 year old that loved Paul Young so much so could barely breath when she watched him. Cor, powerful thing music innit?!
Ah, I still love "Every time you go away." Great song and brings me back to grade 9!
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