Friday, September 24, 2010

Nostalgia - The 90's my favourite memories, movies and music




Who could ever forget



  • "Stay" by Lisa Loeb

  • U2 (All)

  • "If it makes you happy" or "All I wanna do" by Sheryl Crow

  • "Ironic" and "head over Feet" by Alanis Morissette

  • "I don't wanna miss a thing" the animal cracker seen by Aerosmith

  • Madonna (All)

  • the Police ( not sure if that is the 90's, but that's when I loved it)

  • "Gigantic" by The Pixies

  • "Just another day without you" by Jon Secada

  • The Fugees and Lauren Hill

  • "This Kiss" Faith Hill

  • Jamiroquai!!!

  • The Macarena!

  • The Spice Girls....Wannabe...lol

  • "Wonderwall" Oasis

  • Getting jiggy with it - Will Smith

  • Summertime - DJ Jazzy jeff and the fresh prince (remember fresh prince of belair)

  • last but NOT least, Counting Crows, Live, The goo goo dolls and REM.

Movies! the best movies!



  • Forrest Gump

  • Armagedon

  • Shindlers List

  • Saving Private Ryan

  • Four Weddings and a funeral

  • The Lion King

  • Jerry Maguire

  • The last of the Mohicans

  • Dirty Dancing ( can't remember if this came out in the 90's or not, just remember watchng it over and over again in highschool)

Memories:



  • Coming home early after exams and swimming

  • Block days

  • the smell of rain and freshly cut grass in Goedehoop cresent.

  • Working Mareijkes

  • Greek walnut cake and the huge salads at Mareijkes

  • Competing in the highschool night galas and the smell of chlorine :) (is that a good thing?)

  • Youth conventions bond fires and shaving cream fights, staying up all night and being so tired the next morning you feel sick.

  • Mom's sunday lunches

  • Sunday afternoon sleeps

  • Sunday afternoon scones with jam and cream

  • Ryan Haw tripping Yvonne as she came out of the Welkom Chapel.

  • Mom kicking Martin in goonies when she thought he was smacking Warren. (needless to say he was speachless, breathless among other things - luckily they had had their last baby by then :0)

  • lying on those pink couches in front of the big window in the lounge in winter

  • The big white kitchen in goedehoop cresent

  • dust storms while walking to mutual on a tuesday night.

  • running away from the neighbours because Warren broke a street light....lol

  • standing on the back of the bakkie singing recovering the satelites by counting crows with Warren (screaming actually)

  • pretending to be asleep when my seminary teacher came to collect us for early morning seminary.

  • going to seminary in my PJ's and taking my duvet with.

I have so many great memories shared with so many great people in my life :) I am sure that I have missed a whole bunch of great songs and movies and memories but these are the ones that put a smile on my face when i think of them.......