I don’t remember what sparked the thought. Maybe it was a random tweet that showed a clip of Gorillaz’ “Feel Good”. Or it was my Apple Music subscription renewal notice. Or the despair at checking Google Maps and seeing, yet again, an 18 minute’ drive to my sons’ school, when it should’ve been five.
Whatever it was, I found myself fiddling with my phone. Searching for a playlist I knew must exist, the playlist of all the rock/pop songs of the 2000s. The songs of my university days. Isn’t it wonderful how the sound of one song can take you back to a specific moment?
For instance there’s Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles”, which takes me straight back to 2004, my first year of Diploma in Unilag when we all still texted like this, “Y r u nt n class? Shld I sign 4 u?” *shudder*
2nd year was Ciara’s!
Wande Coal’s Bumper to Bumper was the anthem of my final year. Every single party played this song. I cannot hear this song without seeing my classmates gyrating. Thank you, Wande Coal!!!
NYSC Camp. We danced to Donae’o’s “Party Hard”. I’m thankful I have those memories behind me.
NYSC Year 2010 to 2011. The year I started this blog 😀 Definitely MI and the Chocolate City gang. Will I ever outgrow Ice Prince’s “Oleku”?
2012. I was being actively toasted by the Mister. 🙂 So yeah, there were a lot of love songs. The first song he ever sent me? Rita Ora’s “RIP”.
There was Labyrinth’s “Beneath Your Beautiful.” I like to play it for my son and tell him his Daddy sang it to Mama. It’s worth seeing him blush. 🙂
2014! The year we decided to get married. And then we picked Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” as our website theme song. It was the sweetest thing.
2015. My first visit to the US. Favorite memory: driving from Houston to New Orleans with KISS FM for company. You know they had Vance Joy’s “Riptide” on repeat.
2016.
Waiting for Daniel to arrive and enjoying my baby-moon with the Mister. Things were so leisurely without children, gosh! Adele had my button.
2017. It was Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do”. Waiting for Alvaro to be born. Driving around Houston with Daniel in the backseat. He loved mouthing, “Look What You Made Me Do”. I guess it just stuck.
And 2018. I don’t have a song. Yet. There’s still time, I guess. I have a number of favorites, though. “This is America” by Childish Gambino is very much in the lead. I’m sure he’d be shocked but many nights, I nursed Alvaro to the sound of that song. Weird, I know. It was only for a few months.