Since I was a kid, I have always loved music. I was selected as one of the Chinese dance performers when we had this inter-kindergarten dance show back in 1995. I auditioned and got picked to play drums for school orchestra only to find out we had to play Cindai during Hari Penyampaian hadiah in 1999. Man, I thought orchestra was just as cool as Iklim.
On 2002, I saved up my monthly allowance money to buy a walkman. Back in my days, a walkman was not considered an item of luxury. Everyone had one. It doesn't matter what brand did you buy (Sony, Aiwa, Panasonic, some weird cheap-ass China-made brand, what else..?), because as long as you had one, you were cool. I bought a decent Sony walkman worth RM70.
When you have a walkman, it's always nice to have some cassette tapes too. Apis Awang is famous because of his incredible cassette tapes stack lined up nicely in his locker. I used to stare at his collections in awe. And he was real particular and cautious when I wanted to borrow his cassette tape because at that time a cassette tape worth at least RM25! That was half of monthly allowance money!
But I saved my money anyway in pursuit of my first cassette tape. I didn't go for a blank cassette tape which you can record songs in it to make mix tapes. I wanna buy a real record from real artist. Not Ceramah Motivasi Pelajar Cemerlang tape. Eventually, I saved up enough money and bought a Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket tape in Terminal Seremban.
To be honest, I didn't even know why in the world would I buy a Blink 182 tape. I didn't even knew them. Heck, I didn't even knew what 'take off' means back then! I just picked the tape out of moment of randomness.
Now, it has been 9 years I've been listening to Blink 182. People told me to get over this 'crappy' pop punk thing and start listening to some real punk stuff. Like Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Bad Brains and all those hardcore stuff. I did but I won't get over pop element in rock music. And that's when I learned to respect other people interests.
The latest Blink 182 album was released two weeks ago and I bought the record (and the old records too. It's sort of my effort to get my brothers to start listening to them). But I've got one question for you guys...
Is it me or listening to your favorite records from childhood just give you the chills and a feeling of deja vu? Can a record be some sort of a time machine?
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October 16, 2011 at 11:14 PM
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salam.
i can closely relate to the last part of your post from two angles. well, not exactly angles..just examples, but the term angle sounds kinda cool so yeah, maybe there are two angles, so anyway! yeah..it does give me a sense of deja vu.
when i listen to the songs i used to listen to when i was younger, i was sort of reminded of the memories that were sent to the back of my mind WITH the song - like i used to sing I want it that way by backstreet boys with my classmates, and listening to it lately reminded me of what it felt like back then. rather vividly. so it's kinda insanely pleasant. =)
and the other way i can actually go through that same sensation is by re-reading my favourite books. i don't know if you'd ever notice this before..that a book becomes thicker with every read. it really does. and when you re-read it..you would come across some significant pages that would remind you of a memorable thing you see or heard or did when you first came across the pages on your first read. i'd like to believe that it's the additional memories that's making the books thicker. =) i'm mad like that. hehe.
sorry for the long rant. but your post just hit me at the right place. because it didn't hurt at all. =) thanks for sharing this.
October 17, 2011 at 8:08 PM
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peh, seriously mate, take off your pants and jacket was my first cassette as well! the undisputable fact is, early millenium was the best period of growing up. for me la at least. cheers.
October 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM
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hey avid. i went thru my entries and comments in 'em. i read yours. really appreciate ur presence. :)
October 22, 2011 at 7:30 AM
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if your rm70 walkman is exactly like the one in the picture, seriously, we had the same Sony walkman. i got it from my aunt ^_^
but no the walkman's gone
January 30, 2012 at 6:21 AM
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malayneum is my first cassette bought. my first walkman is exactly as the same model in picture above