These are the things I remember about 1988:
1) A long-term relationship fizzled;
2) In the spring I moved to an apartment complex where I'd lived once before;
3) I was working at a job I'd started in 1980 and would keep until 1997;
4) Women's clothes had big shoulder pads;
5) Big hair was popular among women and rock stars;
6) George H.W. Bush was elected president that November;
7) My grandmother passed away at the age of 92 that December.
Not a single thing on that list has anything to do with why today's song is one I never tire of hearing. I just really, really like the song.
"Baby Can I Hold You" by Tracy Chapman:
Also, just for the record? If I'd been born a black person, I would definitely wear my hair in dreadlocks.
Hell yea to the dreadlocks :) At 51I still consider it, and I'm not black :)
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Sandy, I like 'em on white people, too, but my thin, fine hair wouldn't do that in a million years. Not that I ever could have pulled off that look anyway. If you can, I say go for it.
ReplyDeleteI love dreadlocks...if I were a few or many years younger, I'd do it. Don't know how it would look on a grey haired older lady,though, heh, heh! Wow, I'm so impressed that you remember 1988 so well...I don't think I can remember any one specific thing. xx
ReplyDeleteMarion, I've moved a number of times in my life and associate the moves with events. It just so happened that 1988 was one of the years I moved, so it's an easy one for me to remember. Now, 1987? I couldn't tell you.
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