So. I listened to this mix before and loved it, because I felt it fit the pairing really well (20 Years, in particular, was a stroke of genius - I'd never associated the song to this pairing before and now I can't not associate it). However. Recently, I've had an exchange of messages where I essentially poured my heart out to the first, and really only, person I've been in love with, who I hadn't heard from in a long time. She replied, and I was reminded of many feelings I'd almost forgotten. When I decided to play this while studying, I was completely unprepared for how emotional it made me. By the time I got to "Between the Bars", I was nearly in tears. The first verse of that song evokes so much nostalgia and feelings of lost potential ("the things you could do/you won't, but you might/the potential you'll be, that you'll never see/the promises you'll only make"), as well as an unwillingness to let go and the sweetness and specialness of those memories ("Keep you apart, deep in my heart/Separate from the rest, where I like you the best"). Sorry for the overshare, but I guess what I'm saying is: your playlist for two fictional characters has made me feel very real things about my own life, so... well done.
@mackadabra Thank you. It was a lot better before 8tracks removed half of it. But I really appreciate it and it makes me happy to know that people still listen this.
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a.m-2 December 27, 2018
So. I listened to this mix before and loved it, because I felt it fit the pairing really well (20 Years, in particular, was a stroke of genius - I'd never associated the song to this pairing before and now I can't not associate it). However. Recently, I've had an exchange of messages where I essentially poured my heart out to the first, and really only, person I've been in love with, who I hadn't heard from in a long time. She replied, and I was reminded of many feelings I'd almost forgotten. When I decided to play this while studying, I was completely unprepared for how emotional it made me. By the time I got to "Between the Bars", I was nearly in tears. The first verse of that song evokes so much nostalgia and feelings of lost potential ("the things you could do/you won't, but you might/the potential you'll be, that you'll never see/the promises you'll only make"), as well as an unwillingness to let go and the sweetness and specialness of those memories ("Keep you apart, deep in my heart/Separate from the rest, where I like you the best"). Sorry for the overshare, but I guess what I'm saying is: your playlist for two fictional characters has made me feel very real things about my own life, so... well done.
⃠mackadabra August 08, 2016
This is truly excellent.
⃠kierkegarden August 28, 2016
@mackadabra Thank you. It was a lot better before 8tracks removed half of it. But I really appreciate it and it makes me happy to know that people still listen this.
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