Day 7

[cpratt]

Day 07. A song that reminds you of a certain eventFirst off, I'll be blunt: I'm gonna cheat on this one by misinterpreting "an event" to mean "an episode of my life." I'd apologize, but whatever, you're getting this for free so it's not like you're losing out or anything

Comments

[mamoosh]

Oof. I read it as autobiography too. That stings for some reason.

[mamoosh]

That's a nice characteristic - that's a good thing to remember.

Oh, wow, I totally stole that line without knowing it.

[muckefuck]

I remember 1992 all too well. 1992 was the year I discovered the Bears Mailing List. At first glance, I assumed it was for fans of the football team, but then some surprising word (gay?) caught my eye and changed my life.

Prefab Sprout is a name I recognise immediately, but I couldn't name a single song of theirs. Is it a name I only saw in college airplay charts?

[cpratt]

Probably. They were pretty big in the UK, not even remotely big here. I remember hearing of them in high school but not hearing them until that summer of 1994.

[mlr]

I was wondering why I didn't get the ABQ connection - but you have to get to the end of the song. And wow - I really like the song - although it sounds more 80s than 90s to me.

One thing about NM - it's really hard to beat the place names.

[cpratt]

Yeah, it's the chorus (Hot dog / Jumping frog / Alburquerque). The song is from the 80s, not the 90s, so you're definitely hearing it right. :)