1997
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Most of our social life happened in parking lots - standing around sweating and smoking cigarettes with nowhere else to go.
When you don't have much money and you're living in a small town, there are only so many ways to entertain yourself.
I worked tables to save up $700 for my first car: the power windows didn't work, air conditioning was broken, and there was carbon monoxide leak that meant you had to open the doors every 15 minutes for fresh air or you'd pass out.
But I put a system in that thing - some off-brand 12-inch sub in the trunk and some 6x9s, loud enough to be heard sputtering into the high school parking lot.
This upbringing - working for your own money, making something out of nothing - it teaches you that if you want something, you figure out how to make it happen with whatever you've got.
"1997" captures that specific ache of looking back at being 16 - the heartbreak that felt world-ending, friendships that seemed like they'd last forever, and the way time moved slower when everything was new. The song makes you nostalgic for when the future was an endless possibility and your biggest worry was breaking curfew…
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