90s Mixtapes and My Best Friend
A Drabble About Growing Up With Music and My Dog
This is my entry for Shirley Belk's "I Bet You Were Cute as a Child!?" Challenge.
Nights were spent in my room with my dog by my side.
I loved listening to the radio, recording all my favourite songs onto a mixtape. I enjoyed the anticipation of not knowing what song would come next, then rushing to hit record.
Sometimes I’d miss the beginning, but I absolutely adored those tapes!
I had trouble fitting in at school. I felt awkward, and my friendships were circumstantial, not genuine. But when I came home to my dog, he always made me feel like I belonged.
Some of my favourite childhood memories are of time spent with my boy.
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Sandy Gillman
I’m a mum to a toddler, just trying to get through the day. I like to write about the ups and downs of parenting. I’m not afraid to tell it like it is. I hope you’ll find something here to laugh, relate to, and maybe even learn from.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (10)
Excellent
part I loved the best: "But when I came home to my dog, he always made me feel like I belonged." Never underestimate the power of a best friend and it's even better when they are dressed in fur :) Loved how this took us to a specific time in history, too! Thank you for allowing us in to your private world!
Love your Drabble & cute photo. We have similar excellent tastes: music & dogs!
This was so sweet Sandy! What was your favorite song back then?
I think I made a mixtape for every girl I liked lol great story Sandy
You still are cute! Awww, I'm so happy you had your dog to come back to❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing. Oh yes ,that '90s music. Listening to backstreet boys classics was some next level fun at that time for me @Sandy Gillman
Wonderful insights , and I have been there
But what a cute adorable little Sandy! Lol a floppy disk. :D Adorable Drabble.
Ooh 90s music is very good! What are your favourites? I like The Fugees