Oh My God.. what a great track! Kevin you have a philosophic bend.. that track and your thoughts made me almost crying. Everybody connects with his own experiences in life in such a quiet moment of listening.
My 6 year old son Leon-Lennox had his enrolment in the school today. Now all the pictures float through my head to find anchors.. I gave him his sugar cup (a great tradition in our state Saxony here in germany) and he was full of pride and joy at this moment. I said to him "Now you belong to the great!" After the official ceremony he turned to me with a innocent smile and said "Thank you dad that you and mama made this wonderful sugar cup for me". I clapped him lightly on the shoulder on the way downstairs and i felt this immense sense of gratitude. It was a magical moment every father is looking for.. Thank you for connecting again to this moment!
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BTW: it beamed me to another magical moment of my childhood at a small funfair in our town. There was this wagon full of Arcade machines. On the entrance i heard the bloodcurdling slaps and screams of Vigilante but as i was inside the wagon i heard apart from the noise that beautiful relaxing music coming from somewhere in the back. And then i saw somebody holding a steering wheel and he controlled a bright red Ferrari with a guy and his blonde girlfriend on the passenger seat. He passed sunny beaches, colorful meadows and the desert. The speed was breathtaking and that beautiful beautiful soundtrack! Outrun was a master piece to build that sunny dream scenario for a kid..
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i researched the full album, really retro! You picked the best track from the album i think. I grew up with Spectrum, IBM PC, C64, Amiga 500 and also gaming consoles like Atari 2600/7800, Super NES, PS1 we tried all the systems as kids, played a lot and learned step by step to use it for more serious things.
Oh wow thanks for the rather intimate response! Glad this seem to have connected with some feels and memories, although we gained quite a different experience out of it. Power of music eh :D Oddly I think I only remember Super NES, somehow the older ones never showed up around the south east asian region or maybe I was just too young too remember. Nowadays, iPads are the portal :P
This gif makes me feel incredibly good. I was 8 or 10. California drive forever!
yes it's timeless for me too, always brings back those memories :)
A real feeling! It's priceless
Never been in Cali before, but I know what u mean :p lol
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