I found my MP3 player from high school & was able to charge it! (My Switch Lite charger fit). It has less songs than I remember, but I am indescribably happy to have found it. I believe it's from year eleven, so roughly 2018-2019. It's so interesting to me that you can pinpoint certain obsessions to phases in your life: When I was into skateboarding, when I read Catcher in the Rye, when I read Frankenstein, when I rediscovered Lisa Frank- certain periods of my life are defined & identified by the love I held for things. I think adults often laugh at teenagers for their phases, but I think it's a wonderful thing. Sometimes the phase lasts for years; Sometimes it becomes a part of who you are as an adult; Sometimes it just passes. No love is love wasted, though.
It's interesting to see which artists I still listen to & which I had forgotten with time. I forgot that I used to be into older music like Elvis or the Beatles or the Beach Boys or the Smiths.
Here's Vashti's eleventh grade playlist, in alphabetical order:
- A Little While, by Yellow Days
- After Hours, by the Velvet Underground
- Amour plastique, by VIDEOCLUB
- Another Love, by Tom Odell
- Another One, by Mac DeMarco (I was/am still a big Mac DeMarco fan.)
- Arty Boy, by Flight Facilities (Forgotten this song completely.)
- Ask, by the Smiths
- Blue Boy, by Mac DeMarco
- Boyish, by Japanese Breakfast (Forgotten this song completely.)
- Breezeblocks, by Alt J
- Call It What You Want, by Foster the People
- Chagu's Sideturn, by Peach Pit
- Chamber of Reflection, by Mac DeMarco
- Chinese New Year, by Sales
- Coeur D'Alene, by The Head & The Heart
- Dancing Queen, by ABBA
- Do I Wanna Know, by Arctic Monkeys
- Dog Days Are Over, by Florence + The Machine
- Dreamin', by Mac DeMarco
- Electric Feel, by MGMT (I still love this song.)
- Fighting, by Alex G
- Freaking Out the Neighbourhood, by Mac DeMarco
- Fuck You, by CeeLo Green (This was a popular radio song when I was a kid.)
- Gimme Shelter, by the Rolling Stones
- Good Vibrations, by the Beach Boys
- Gooey, by Glass Animals (Still love this song.)
- Groove is in the Heart, by Deee-Lite
- Hard to Say goodbye, by Washed Out (Forgotten this song completely.)
- Here Comes the Sun, by the Beatles
- Hey Ya!, by Outkast
- Hunger, by Florence + The Machine
- Hunnybee, by Unknown Mortal Orchestra (I won tickets to see these guys on the radio!)
- I Will, by Mitski (Favorite Mitski song to this day.)
- Jonny's Odyssey, by Mac DeMarco
- Kick Jump Twist, by Sylvan Esso
- La Chanson de Prevert, by Serge Gainsbourg
- La Di Da, by the Internet (Forgotten this song completely.)
- La Force de Melodie, by Thievery Corporation (I got my French teacher to play this song for the class. Each class we would listen to a song & translate the lyrics.)
- Let Her Go (Extended), by Mac DeMarco
- Let It Be, by the Beatles
- Life Itself, by Glass Animals (Still listen to this song regularly.)
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, by the Beatles
- Midnight Love, by Testa Rossa (This song got me into Japanese city pop.)
- Midnight Pretenders, by Tomoko Aran
- Moondance, by Van Morrison
- Mooooo!, by Doja Cat (I skipped class once to go get donuts with these people from my science class. They played this song in the car.)
- My Kind of Woman, by MacDemarco
- No Wonder I, by Lake (My favorite song for a long time.)
- Nobody, by Mistki
- Novocaine, by the Unlikely Candidates (Started listening to this again recently!)
- Ode to Viceroy, by Mac DeMarco
- Oh, Pretty Woman, by Roy Orbison
- On brulera, by Pomme
- Once You Know, by Good Morning (Forgotten this song completely).
- Ophelia, by the Lumineers
- Out at Sea, by Heartless Bastards (I remember listening to this song on the way to get my little brother from preschool.)
- Ou va le monde, by La Femme (Still listen to this song!)
- Pocketful of Rainbows, by Elvis (Forgotten this song completely. Surprised I have this song & not Heartbreak Hotel.))
- Radio, by Sylavn Esso
- Raised by Wolves, by Voxtrot
- Redbone, by Childish Gambino (My dad & I love this song.)
- Renee, by SALES
- Riptide, by Vance Joy
- Road Head, by Japanese Breakfast
- Rock Bottom, by King Krule (Forgotten this song completely.)
- Salad Days, by Mac Demarco
- Saltwater, by Geowulf (Forgotten this song completely.)
- Say, Can You Hear, by Men I Trust (Forgotten this song compltely.)
- Season 2, Episode 3, by Glass Animals (First Glass Animals song!)
- Show Me How, Men I Trust
- Something, by the Beatles (Forgotten this song completely.)
- Stolen Dance, by Milky Chance
- Strawberry Fields Forever, by Elvis
- Summertime Sadness, by Lana del Rey (I had a friend in French class who really liked Lana del Rey.)
- Sunflower, by Rex Orange County (I vaguely remember this song.)
- Semaphore, by Requin Chagrin
- Take Me to Chruch, by Hozier (The live version he sang in an underground subway.)
- Tea Soaked Letter, by Anna Burch
- Techno Show, by Peach Pit
- The Less I Know the Better, by Tame Impala
- The Start of Something, by Voxtrot
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, by the Smiths
- Treat Her Better, by Mac DeMarco
- Warned You, by Good Morning
- While my Guitar Gently Weeps, by the Beatles
- White, by Mahira (Heard this song from my aunt.)
- Wouldn't It Be Nice, by the Beach Boys (A love song about growing old. Possibly my favorite love song.)
- You're Somebody Else, by Flora Cash
- You're the Devil in Disguise, by Elvis
- Youth, by Glass Animals
- Страсть к Курению, by Буерак (Forgot about this song, but I'm so glad I found it again!)