in 2006 i moved in with my bro and bajoolies and her sister and her daughter, which was quite the seachange from living by myself. i found myself ridiculously overstimulated whenever anyone came home from work or school, and i had to immediately tellthemeverythingihadbeendoingsinceisawthemlast *inhale*
that wore off eventually (much to the relief of everyone, including the 7 year old), and we all settled down into being the millenium nuclear fambily (two sets of siblings, one couple, one child, two cats)
we had a shed out the back, and from the outside it looked like a shack. but inside, oh the wonder of it all. it housed the laundry facilities for the millennium fambily, but that was just the beginning. there were two comfy chairs, an ashtray, a phone and a tv. one could (and one one did) conceivably spend hours in the shed, watching c4.
i had spent a long time not really listening to the radio or watching music tv (not because i'm amish, i don't really have a reason why. just because, ok?) so to hang out in the shed on a daily basis and watch c4 was a real education. there were many many cool songs, and sometimes bajoolies' sister and i would be sheddin' it up right fine and discover the coolest songs together. we're inextricably bonded now because of this. don't question it, mmmkay?
so, for those of you on the edge of your seats,
here are my top 5 songs from the shed circa 2006:
- the feeling "fill my little world" the very very first time i heard and saw this song i loved it. not least because it described exactly how i felt about the boy of the moment. i had to buy the album from fishpond.co.nz on the strength of this song, and i've never regretted it
- bernard fanning "songbird" for some reason in that part of 2006 i only seemed to work afternoon shift, and as well as seeing the video in the shed i tended to hear this song on the radio on the way to and from work and it seemed to be all. about. me - particularly because at that time i was doing a lot of mixing grape with grain to sedate my pain. it was a perfectly appropriate track for the activity of crying all the way to work aaaannnnnnnnnnd all the way home again, because it was 100% true. because of this song and "wish you well" i had to purchase "tea and sympathy", which is still one of the most depressing albums i own
- the strokes "you only live once" now this had a cool cool cool video, and bajoolies' sister and i used to catch this quite often. and the lyrics, well, yeah they seemed to ring a bit true in that time of my life too. oh hang on, what about now? yeah, looks like they've stood the test of time, too
- death cab for cutie "i will follow you into the dark" now, i only saw this video the once in the shed, and i was by myself. but i couldn't get it or the song out of my head. and i never heard it again until this year, and now i can't stop listening to death cab for cutie. so thank you, c4 from 2006, you planted a seed
- lily allen "smile" now, i was alone (again, naturally) when i saw this video for the first time in the shed. and i sat, not blinking, mesmerised for the whole clip. because, again, like all of the songs in this deluxe 'sheddin' it up right fine, 2006' mix, it was about my own stupid little life. which explains why it is the ringtone for my motorola v3x cellular mobile telephone to this day
sigh. i miss that shed. shed, if you're reading this, drop me a line and let me know how you are, eh?
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