Wednesday 22 May 2013

Yesterday, when we were young(ish)



Madam Arcati and I celebrate fifteen years together this month! [We don't mark a single date, that much detail is forgotten by both of us...]

When we first met in May 1998, we were both (through complicated circumstances) residents of his home town Plymouth, and both were desperate to get out (he to return to London, me to leave a city whose original novelty when I moved there two years earlier had faded to boredom) - which we did, of course. The world back then was very different - Tony Blair was still "the golden boy" Prime Minister, President Clinton faced shame and scandal, Diana's death was still causing ripples and accusations of conspiracy (mainly from Mohammed Al-Fayed), the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland was signed (yet atrocities still went on), and Posh and Becks were merely engaged.

To mark this significant achievement, here is a selection of the music that was around at that time when everything was new and uncertain (both of us were wary of commitment at the time, and neither expected this to amount to a "relationship"), and our life in Plymouth was a whorl of nights out, pubbing and clubbing...

At Number 1 in the charts this week in May '98 was the "bouncing song" (for that is exactly how our then friend Billy used to dance to it) - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That:


The Spice Girls - Stop had gone straight in at Number 2:


Our Glorious Leader Madonna had just dropped from the Top 3 with Frozen:


Still holding on in the Top 10 was Cornershop and the brilliant Brimful of Asha:


The Ballad of Tom Jones by Space featuring Cerys from Catatonia was just dropping down the charts - a song that remains high on our playlist, even today:


And, finally... just arrived in the charts, but one we'd been dancing to for a while - Kylie and Breathe (Sash! Club Mix):


Happy Anniversary, darling!

23 comments:

  1. Congratulations ! :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxpE5SpDhM

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    1. I adore that song, although I don't actually "feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue" - and hopefully there are yet "many wayward pleasures...in store for [us]"!

      Jx

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  2. 'I've got a pal,
    A reg'lar out an' outer,'
    -
    We've been together now for fifteen years,
    An' it don't seem a day too much,
    There ain't a lad livin' in the land
    As I'd swop for my dear old Dutch.

    Gosh Jon those videos bring back so many memories
    but remember even in Plymouth;

    "We were never feeling bored -

    'Cause we were never being boring
    We had too much time to find for ourselves
    And we were never being boring
    We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
    And we were never holding back or worried that
    Time would come to an end

    Thanks for 15 interesting years.

    Hugs
    t.

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    1. We are many things, my darling, but we are never "being boring"!

      Jxxxxxx

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  3. Aaaaw. A very happy anniversary guys!

    Can't believe 1998 was so long ago...

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    1. It's practically a century in "gay years"... Jx

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    2. Dang. I'm too late for the "gay years" comment.

      Happy anniversary, my lovelies!

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  4. Me and my man have been together since 1996, when we were 18. Imagine that!

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    1. Lordy! And you both look soooo young... Jx

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  5. As we say here in The Sandlands, Elf Mabrouk, habibi! I trust you're planning something suitably festive...

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    1. Shukran jazeelan ya habibi! Our festivities have been happening all month, and show no sign of stopping... Jx

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  6. mazel tov!

    (i'm so old, i know not one of your tunes!)

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    1. Toda raba, neshomeleh! Old is not old until you fail to recognise Madonna... Jx

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  7. Happy Anniversary to you both - you both look SO YOUNG! xox

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  8. oh my goodness! Congratulations!
    Gee, what is the traditional 15th anniversary gift, anyway? Crystal? Tin? Crisco?
    Whatever....happy happy to you both!

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    1. Thanks, dear! I think the traditional gift after fifteen years is probably comfy slippers and a cup of cocoa... Jx

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    2. Some kind of 'Nob... Jx

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  9. Adorable couple. Congratulations!

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