And I said what I was really listening to at the time, which was “Fight Music” by D-12. And we talked about our friends, our school, our lives. My parents are, as far as I hoped, asleep downstairs. And it was all day pretty much every day for at least a week. We went to different schools in different towns, but she got my Snapchat, and she started snapping me. I am a sophomore at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. And I kept it so close and I still have those shoes. Of course, having no idea how hard and difficult and extremely excruciatingly painful actual heartbreak would be years later, I loved it so much. The immensity of it, even if it was loss and pain, was so deeply alluring to me, and I wanted it so badly. archived recording (the indigo girls)Īnd I start to drown. speakerĪnd then the person is swept away and starts to drown. And there are lyrics about how this love starts like a pinprick to the heart. I wanted something huge and big that would just sweep me out of this tiny, small conservative town that I was in, this love with a woman that would change my life so much.
And I wanted so much to be destroyed like that. The song is this whole tortured look back at a love that starts in adolescence. When I was 14, I wrote the lyrics to “Ghost” by The Indigo Girls on my Converse high tops. And before we get to our essay, we want to share a few of your stories about love and music - and feelings, a lot of feelings. “I’ve Got a Feeling” from The Black Eyed Peas. We asked: What’s the song that taught you about love when you were a teen? And so many of you responded. In our first episode of this season, we asked you a question. speaker 9įrom The New York Times, I’m Anna Martin, and this is the Modern Love podcast. I’m calling from Buenos Aires, Argentina. From Nat King Cole to One Direction, these are the songs that filled their adolescent hearts with longing and passion. Faith Evans - You Get's No Love (remix) featuring G.Transcript Modern Love Podcast: First Love Mixtape, Side B Listeners from around the world shared their teenage anthems.Faith Evans - You Are My Joy (Interlude).Faith Evans - why can't we make it through.Faith Evans - Thank You Lord (Interlude).Faith Evans - Love Don't Live Here Anymore.Faith Evans - If I Fall In Love Again (feat.
Faith Evans - Ain't Nobody (who could love me).Faith Evans - Something About Faith (Intro).