Tag: Post Punk
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Song 98: Changes
“A Song from Under the Floorboard” – Magazine (1980) The Welders survived several personnel changes and our new members Colleen and Lyla helped us to grow musically. We played shows sporadically and also recorded a few times. I got tired of playing drums and wanted to be more creative so I moved to keyboards. I… Read more
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Song 59: First activist calling
“Suggestion” by Fugazi When I was 15, I fell in love for the first time. I met my boyfriend in a summer writing program, and we finally kissed right before he got sent off to a disciplinarian boarding school along with all of my best male friends. We wrote letters to each other every day,… Read more
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Song 53: Paris, France 2004
“All We Have is Now” by The Flaming Lips Written by Teresa Another song that brings me back to France, but in a different way. This is a song that was on a mixed CD that my boyfriend-now-husband made for me and mailed to Paris where I was studying abroad for a semester junior year.… Read more
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Song 46: MTV generation-120 Minutes
“Boys Don’t Cry” The Cure I have to thank MTv for having such a profound effect on my music taste. To let you know how old I am, I am speaking about the pre-Real World MTV which played music videos 24/7 starting with “Video Killed the Radio Star” in the dawn of the 1980s. Just… Read more
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Song 43: With a rebel yell she cried, more, more, more
“Rebel Yell” by Billy Idol Billy Idol was my first rock star crush. Never mind that I was 12 and he was in his 30’s, I believed we were destined to be together! Years later, I have lost the crush but never the love of this song. It’s a solid rock song that has stood… Read more
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Song 40: Extended version on repeat
“Blue Monday” by New Order Written by Christine I bought the Substance record from a local record shop and immediately fell in love with the album but most specifically, this song. It’s been about 30(!!) years, and I still feel like this is the perfect song. It completely reflects being a child of the 80’s,… Read more
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Assignment 9: They just never get old
Name: Christine Petrich Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota Your relationship to music: listener, dancer, and musician, in that order Industry: College Instructor, Health and PE I met Christine when I was in high school. We were both in a modern dance class at the performing arts center in my hometown. I don’t think there is any one… Read more
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Song 28: Nostalgic love
“Love Fool” by the Cardingans Nicole: Man, I love The Cardigans. The 90s were such an epic time in my life. I refer to the late-90s fondly, but in a semi-joking way like its a bygone era of cool. I was in middle school and then high school, on the cusp of becoming a mature… Read more
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