Counting Crows- Sullivan Street
Posted by Dr. Cason on Saturday, June 21st, 2008
I climbed in the car this am. On purpose. I could’ve left it behind (it was promised a carwash) and taken the mustang. But that’s not my car. Mine’s the gas guzzling SUV, the Mommy Mobile. It’s not that it doesn’t need a wash. It needs one badly. There are empty water bottles on the floor keeping the scattered Fritos company. There’s a stale musty smell that I can’t quite locate. I figure it should go away. Eventually.
I jumped in that dirty, but oh so mine car, because Counting Crows was in the CD player and I don’t have it on my iPod yet. Each time I get in the car- the clock rolls back and I’m in the mid 1990s again.
It was before med school, marriage and kids. It was during a time when a summer internship in Ventura kept my weekdays busy. I’d commute home to LA on the weekends and work 24/7 for a few days and then head back up to that peaceful town. Nights were spent running. On the beach and down through town, my feet flew. I’d play the Counting Crows over and let it fill my soul. It was a carefree time.
I rolled the windows down today and felt warm tropical breeze float over arms, through my hair. It was like I was running again and it felt good. Sullivan Street from that CD is my favorite. I never get tired of it.
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What’s your song?
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Jozet at Halushkion 21 Jun 2008 at 3:49 pm 1Ahhhh! The song that takes me back to those “before” days is “Save It For Later” by The English Beat. So much girlhood wrapped up in that song.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Your children are GORGEOUS.
And you’re a pediatrician, eh? Never tell that to a hypochondriac like myself. I’ll never leave you alone.
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Eye Docon 21 Jun 2008 at 4:51 pm 2I know the feeling! Entered med school in 1996 and their first alb especially brings me back! If you haven’t tries it I would recommend their live album as it has some really funky re-do’s of their most famous songs.
kcinnovaon 22 Jun 2008 at 3:27 am 3Ah, I hadn’t heard Counting Crows in a long time! That is a nice song - very mellow. Thanks for sharing it.
I’m an old rocker, and while I listen more to contemporary/alternative Christian rock these days (Kutless being one of my favorite bands), the CD playing in my minivan yesterday was Def Leppard’s Pyromania. I saw them in concert when they toured after that album came out; I was 17 and living in Seattle. When I crank up the volume for “Rock of Ages,” I am transported back to the summer of 1983. (Then, I would have left the music blaring at a stoplight….now, I turn it down in deference to the other drivers.)
This is a good idea! I might need to write a music post someday.
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White Hot Magikon 22 Jun 2008 at 5:22 am 4My favorite band back in the day was Metallica. They are still my favorite band of all time, although their newer work is not my favorite.
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Audreyon 22 Jun 2008 at 5:32 am 5Oh my gosh I loved your post. I happen to live up in Santa Barbara and we love it here.
I laughed so hard over the smell in the car. It happens to us all of the time and sure enough it does go away eventually…just as it came to us one day, it leaves one day. I do admit to wondering what might have died back there….ahh but I’ll worry about that some other day LOL.
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Cassaundraon 23 Jun 2008 at 6:59 am 6Hi
These wonderful days of messy kid-mobiles….Yes, I have a mom-van. It’s really fun! when the temperature in central Texas tops 100 degrees! My kids will tell me I need to wash my van or clean it out inside and I just smile and tell them it is their mess so when they are ready to clean it……
My van is also my life line for my work….Mobile hairsylist and now massage therapist!
When I hear an old song that brings back happy memories of days long ago, I sometimes crank up the volume, and if/when the kids are in the car at that time, they duck in their seats if anyone is in a car near us! They think their mom lost it!
I am curious if we might know more people that would connect us. I grew up in San Diego(Bonita) and then lived 1 year in the D.C. area then returned to CA and lived the next 10 years between Atascadero and Simi Valley…..I have mostly lived in Oxnard and Camarillo and Simi Valley and worked in a Salon in Camarillo from ‘85-’95. I have tried to connect with you on Facebook but you have not responded so far.
How’s Jake doing these days. I am praying he gets well soon and you can figure out what is causing his woes.
Dr. Casonon 23 Jun 2008 at 8:41 am 7Jozet-
I’ll have to Yopopu tube that song. It doesn’t ring a bell.
EyeDoc-
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll have to listen to it. Their live stuff sounds so much different don’t you think? Not that it isn’t good but I often fall in love with the way they say one word and then to hear it again- different and I’m left feeling a little empty.
Kccinova-
Recently I heard Poison’s Every Rose has a Thorn and was catapulted back as well!!
White Hot-
My husband’s a big Metallica fan. I never got into it. I do like Pink Floyd however!
Audrey-
The smell is still there. My husband washed his car and mine is still waiting. Waiting. *finger’s tapping* Waiting.
Cassaundra-
Oh! I’m off to go check out Facebook right now!! Been caught up with the kids recently! I do however have a good friend that i have lost touch with- she’s a hairstylist and I haven’t been able to find her for years!! See you in a minute….
Nikkion 27 Oct 2008 at 7:50 am 8I’m also a big fan of this post.