Lets slow dance to Spice Girls.....Not on camera!

It has been a few weeks and I have been devoid of inspiration but then this awesome little gem hit me! This story falls under Throwback Thursday and a fun little memory. The summer of 97 I was in Teen Camp...yet again because it was the best place on earth. It was the end of the summer and we were having our end of summer dance. I always recorded it so I could keep a fun memory of the summer. Unfortunately I lended my video out and NEVER got it back.....but I digress. Well, it was the dance and my friends and I were all taking turns with the camera and it was slow dance time. At the time I was dating Denny...again and EVERYONE came looking for us so we could dance to this popular song.

They found Denny and they were still looking for me. I was freaking out because I really wanted to dance with him but...the whole thing was being documented and I knew my parents would want to see it. At the time my parents didn't want me dating and if they saw us dancing I would have to answer too many questions. So when they did find me they dragged me out to the dance floor, kicking and screaming. I fought it all the way and it was so bad our counselor Reggie had to stop fiasco! It was soooo embarassing and it was ALL on tape. I felt bad because it seemed like I didn't want to dance with my boyfriend and it seemed like I was mad at all of my friends for trying to make me do something  I really did want to do. Later on in the day, my tape had run out, and the dance was coming to an end, Reggie played one more slow song.

At the start of the song Denny and I found each other and danced the song away. Reminicing on the wonderful summer we had and how we probably wouldn't see each other for awhile. We enjoyed every second of it and how we would never forget the summer!

I could never be your woman....or man....um...

My Throwback Thursday pick for this week is the awesome song "Your Woman" by Whitetown. It was one of those songs that defines the mid 90's. It was during the midst of the shock factor uprising with Marilyn Manson doing his/her thang, discovering that Billie Meyers was a woman, and countless others, this song definitely kept us scratching our heads searching for answers. Was it a man or a woman singing the song? What perspective were they singing from? What am I supposed to think? I just recently saw the video for the first time (I know pretty shocking!) and it was an awesome video.....but tell me, did it answer any of your questions cuz it certainly didn't answer any of mine.

Don't act like you didn't do it!

This Throwback Thursday song is none other than....The Macarena! The dance everyone did but now wishes they could forget. I can't explain to you why it was so popular but everyone and their mom knows how to do it....and if it came on at a wedding (with no videographer) you would probably do it.

The song came out the summer of 1996 and us Teen Camp campers danced the hell out of that dance. I really wish I had the footage of that cuz we were a mess! Enjoy the video....and don't fight the feeling to join in :)

And after all.....your my Wonderwall!

I had to blog about this before I forgot about it. Its summer and I love reminicing on the wonderful times I had at Tappan Teen Camp. All the water fights we had, all the dances we danced out (including the Macarena :/) and the wonderful soundtracks of 1996, 1997, and 1998! We were middleschooler and we were the epitomy of ackward as you can see from these pictures:

I loved so many songs but I was introduced to one of my favorite bands of all time....OASIS! If there is one song that will take me back to Teen Camp in an instant it is Wonderwall. It is just a perfect song and it evokes so much emotion. When I hear it everything in my world stops and I cant function until it is over. It reminds me of being on the bus with all of my friends going to Cedar Point for the first time. It reminds me of how all of the "cool kids" claimed the couch in the teen center. It reminds me of my first love.... and you never forget your first love ;) Wonderwall I must say has to be my favorite song of all time! This was definitely one of the most wonderful times in my adolescent years and I am glad I have such a great playlist of songs to take me back. I will be talking a lot about these songs so stay tuned! If you went to teen camp PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE and your memories....I can never get enough!

"Here come the Men in Black..."

So, I am pretty bad at getting these throwback posts in on Thursdays so....I'm going to do it when I can until I can get the hang of it lol. I was driving this afternoon and this song came on during the old school lunch hour on the radio and I felt the smile overtake my face. This song came out in 1997, the summer before I started 7th grade. I was going to Ann Arbor teen camp and it was one of the best summers of my life! I remember watching this video over and over again so I could learn the dance and teach it to anyone who would be willing to learn. Dancing was one of our favorite things to do at camp and when this song came on we broke it down like we were Will's backup dancers! Then, speed forward 5 years and I brought back my knowledge of the dance and I made up some more! It was Mock Rock 2002 and boy did my friends and I rock the black suits (as soon as I get that video uploaded I will post it). I really loved the song and the Men in Black franchise and I cant wait until the movie comes out. If you all have some great memories of the song or what was going on with you during that time period...please share! Until my next random memory......

7/28/12 AND HERE IT IS......MEN IN BLACK MOCK ROCK!