Cracked Jewel Case in Home Economics
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Cracked Jewel Case in Home Economics
Something no one understands now
Tegan,
Here are the first memories I associate with some of our favorite music in Junior High.
Sara
Creep by Radiohead
Marlo slipping me a cracked jewel case in home economics
Laid by James
Christmas, playing the CD on the portable stereo in Grandma’s bedroom.
Everybody Hurts by R.E.M
Spring break, gut rot from worrying about the popular girls who were threatening to beat you up
All That She Wants by Ace of Base
Heather M’s house after school, playing the fainting game
Stay by Shakespears Sister
Marcella Detroit’s short haircut gave me “funny feelings”
What’s Up? by 4 Non Blondes
Playing aces to kings and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes in Courtney’s basement
Landslide by Smashing Pumpkins
Drinking sips of vodka from Brandon’s water bottle on the 48 bus
I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) by Meatloaf
Co-ed Halloween party at our house where I dressed as Garfield and slow danced with Justin
Sodajerk by Buffalo Tom
My So Called Life, kissing the television screen every time Jordan (Jared Leto) was on screen
Tahitian Moon by Porno for Pyros
Knowing my parents didn’t like it, so pretending I did
Violet by Hole
The kind of girl who scared me
Dreams by The Cranberries
A fan running on stage at the Saddledome and Delores stopping the show
Ordinary World by Duran Duran
Waiting for Dad on Saturday morning
Basket Case by Green Day
Crowd surfing, and my already shredded pants nearly torn off
Live Forever by Oasis
Eating cookie Dough in Krista’s kitchen before a basketball tournament
Cut Your Hair by Pavement
Skipping school and taking the train downtown to get Mixfest tickets
Say It Ain’t So by Weezer
Much Countdown on Friday night
What is Love by Haddaway
The dance scene from My So Called Life
Cryin’ by Aerosmith
Falling in love with Alicia Silverstone which made me stop hating Aerosmith
Fade into You by Mazzy Star
Bruce’s Camaro, Slurpee’s, summer.
Loser by Beck
Dad, driving on Deerfoot Trail, singing along with the chorus
Damn, I Wish I was Your Lover, by Sophie B. Hawkins
The voice confused me
November Rain by Guns N’ Roses
Climbing out on the roof of the garage with Courtney
Why by Annie Lennox
Bruce and Peter in the convertible in Georgia, going to Hooters
Boneyard Tree by the Watchmen
Bev’s house for Sunday dinner
Coax Me by Sloan
Stomachache from fish and chips and cans of pop, on the pullout in the basement at Dawn’s
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
Home with chicken pox, alone in the basement watching Much Music
They Rhythm of the Night by Corona
School Dance, Ashley’s sweaty hands
No Rain by Blind Melon
Saturday Night Live with Tim, fast forwarding the commercials in the morning
Plush by Stone Temple Pilots
Friends older brothers and the smell of skunk
Two Princes by Spin Doctors
Home from school sick, blonde Bev drops off popcorn from the mall
Hey Jealousy by the Gin Blossoms
Always on the radio in Bruce’s work truck
Heart-shaped Box by Nirvana
Tegan’s bedroom, purple light under the door
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You by UB40
M’s sister’s dungeon room in the basement
Lemon by U2
Bruce’s Camaro, speeding
Self Esteem by The Offspring
The violent mosh pit at Max Bell Arena
Mr. Jones by Counting Crows
Jacuzzi tub in Mom’s bedroom
Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb
Reality Bites so many times we could recite all the dialog
About A Girl by Nirvana
Black out basement, afternoon talk shows
I Alone by Live
Dad’s living room after dark
Cracked Jewel Case in Home Economics
Weirdly enough I recently went through all my old cd's in storage,the idea was to get rid of them,it didn't go well at all,so many memories tied to them,needless to say I ended up listening to a lot of them,Gin blossoms💟.So much good music in the 90's.
Hey Sara,
Thanks for the post! I understand you guys are on tour (hope your having loads of fun) but please when you can, read the posts for us, it helps me out a lot.
I’ll admit I didn’t know a lot of those, in reality chances are, I’ve heard at least half (as I used to listen to 80’s and 90’s songs in the car with my dad) but I never learnt their names so I don’t recognise them. I’ll have to check some of them out. It’s funny how sometimes a song can transport you back to an old memory, there’s not a lot of songs tha do that for me as I pay more attention to lyrics than I used to, but songs from when I was younger still do that sometimes. (By that I mean the lyrics do and not so much the whole song like it used to). Anyway I was practically raised listening to Coldplay and Crowded House (my mum’s favourite bands) so some of their songs are soundtracks to my childhood in some ways. Like for example when I listen to Coldplay’s ‘Up&Up’ I always think of when I sat in the train station waiting with my mum for the train, I couldn’t tell you how old I was, but I remember lots of details from it, it was raining and I was upset about something I remember the exact rainbow colours of the favourite rainbow rain jacket I had when I was younger (that I’d probably still where if I hadn’t grown out of it years ago.). And one of Crowded house’s song’s ‘Amsterdam’ always makes me remember fun car trips with my parents (all of us singing the song) and them telling me about how the song reminds them of an argument that they had last time they were in Amsterdam, (they like to argue, it helps them solve problems, so I still always look back fondly on that memory.)
Another one of Coldplay’s songs often makes me remember back to the school bus when I’d listen to my music to try to prepare myself for the school day and Coldplay’s ’Fix you’ was a regular for a while (before I discovered T&S of course). (I also think it’s really funny that ‘Fix you’ is very well known but your ‘Fix you up’ came out first. Both are fantastic songs).
Anyway, enough talking from me. Whoever reads this, hope you enjoyed, if you made it this far.
Thanks for the post Sara!
Phoenix, he/they/it, 16, Australia
PS: I’m making my way through reading Junior high, even though I’m older than the target audience I highly recommend to all ages, particularly to T&S fans! I’m really loving it! Although it’s annouying not being able to tell cartoon Tegan and Sara apart because I’ve been able to tell the real ones apart for so long now, I keep waiting for one of you to introduce yourself and then check what your both wearing.