Sacramento has two 90's music stations now: 94.7 and 106.5 The Buzz. 94.7 isn't exactly marketed as 90's music. They play alternative music, with a pretty heavy rotation of 90's alternative, so it might as well be a 90's music station. 94.7 is exactly what KWOD 106.5 used to be back in the day. Anyone from Sacramento will know what I am talking about.
Back in 8th grade I used to listen to Mary J. Blige, TLC, and Boyz II Men. I wasn't really into the whole grunge thing. That's not to say that I wouldn't go long stretches of time without washing my hair or that I didn't own a pair of Converse. Because I would and I did. And I had a gnarly plaid flannel shirt and a Ten cassette tape, but only because I was a slave to trends and had a crush on a boy named Jeremy. That's pretty much the extent of it. I remember when Kurt Cobain died and the "rockers" at my school, the ones who wore crushed velvet and had aqua colored streaks in their hair, went into full mourning on the blacktop during our lunch breaks. Although it was sad, I wasn't a big Nirvana fan.
Fast forward 500 years and here I am loving Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Mazzy Star. This is a very recent phenomenon; I haven't even told my husband yet. There has been no downloading going on, but it's to the point where I'm cranking up the volume when they come on the radio. I heard Fade Into You by Mazzy Star the other day and almost died. Why didn't I like this song back then? What an asshole I was. The song is awesome. Of course I had to wonder what Mazzy Star is up to now and then had a flashback to the roller coaster scene in Fear when Wild Horses is playing. Which isn't even Mazzy Star, it's The Sundays, but whatever.
This reminds me of when I randomly started loving Mariah Carey last year. It happened suddenly and without warning. One minute she's on our do-not-play list at our wedding and the next I'm rocking out to Fantasy in my car.
PS: Mazzy Star is no longer together, but Hope Sandoval was touring through 2010.
I hadn't heard of Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval. I'll have to check them out some time! It's funny how our tastes in music etc change over time.
ReplyDeleteSARA! I seriously opened my laptop up to put an end to my obsession of the last month. I opened my laptop to download... The Sundays. And The Pretenders. And Anant and I were JUST talking about when Kurt Cobain died (he was in high school in India then), and I remember that red haired girl who was a year older than us (who rode my bus, I think) CRYING in some class because Kurt had died.
ReplyDeleteGet out of my head! :-)
Oh, also? I still have my Mazzy Star album, which I bought when Chad reluctantly drove us to the Tower Records on Douglas during Christmas break in 8th grade to spend gift certificates we'd gotten. I still listen to it (Flowers in December, very pretty song).
ReplyDeleteMom, Hope Sandoval is the singer of Mazzy Star. If you heard her, you'd know her voice :)
ReplyDeleteSheri, we're just on the same wave length sometimes, huh? That is just so weird that that was why you were getting on the computer!
I know the girl you're talking about and I can picture some others too. And you have the best memory ever, by the way. I'm going to have to remind Chad about that! I'll check out that song too :) Too, too funny!