A Song For Every Season
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 …