turn back the clock

I've never bothered makin it a point to listen to sopppy love songs and never had the intention to, so it came as a surprise jus now when I suddenly had this urge to do so. Why there was the album "Amour" in my iTunes library, god knows. Notice I used the past tense as that album has since been deleted. Now I started playin the album and a few songs into this indulgence in soppiness later, I was back to the usual beats of more bearable music. I just could not do it, the business of playin soppy luvvvv songs and tryin to transport yourself to this world of love or the lack of it or wateva the singer is blabbling about.

Not that I have a thing against love songs, its jus that the modern day version jus doesn't have the *oooomph effect on me. For me, if ya wanna go soppy, you wun go wrong wit those from the 80's and early 90's. Going back to when I was a toddler, where the maid slept in the same room as I did and had to pat me to sleep every night. I remember there was this silver coloured boom box which belonged to her and she would leave it on at a low volume every night while she pat me to sleep. So it was to be that some of my earliest memories are that of me lyin on the bed in a room filled with the pleasant scent which can only be found in that of a baby's room, with a milk bottle in my hands and my eyes half closing owing to maid runnin her hand over my back, slowly and soothingly and of course finally drifting off to sleep with the voices of belinda carlisle, johnny hates jazz and air supply trailing away. These early memories etched into my mind never fail to bring a smile to my face and its something that transcends most of my regrets in my 19 years on this planet.

Know how some people happen to be listening to a song when they're feelin a particular way and associate that moment in time wit that song every time its heard frm that moemnt on? It's this feelin which love songs from that era provide me with, and transports me back to a point in time which I sorely miss. Modern day love songs meanwhile leave much to be desired. Maybe 10 years down the road it'll have some effect on me, but right now I'll stick wit old school soppiness.