"Sprummer" Song Flashback v.1:2004.

Spring and early May have gotten me super-nostalgic since I started and finished college. This time of year always takes me back to cookouts, longer days, volleyball, and end-of-year parties. I don't miss the exams, but I miss the fun that we had in completing another school year and gearing up for summertime.

Besides the weather, I associate certain songs with this time of year as well. My friends and I all had a song or two that we'd play to the GROUND for different seasons, and the ones in the spring really stand out for me today. Everybody has songs that take them back to certain times in their lives, such as relationships with friends and lovers or different good and bad experiences. It's a cool concept, and something that gets me EVERYTIME I hear these songs.

All of this being said, I want to showcase these "Sprummer" (Spring into Summer) songs that range from spring of my freshman year to today. I'll still write other blogs, but I'm definitely gonna feature one for every year since 2004. It's gonna be YOUR job to tell me where these songs take YOU.

SO, for song number one, I'll take you back to the end of my freshman year at NC State with: "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness.


Remember this one? Haha...the first time I heard this song was when I saw the music video on vh1, and I remember thinking, "What the hell IS this?!" And then it grew on me. Like crazy. It was one of those songs I liked but didn't want to admit until I found out other people felt the same way, haha (still trying to get over that with certain music today). The video is hilarious and the style of the music and the band is really old-school modern. I heard it today when I was riding around town in my car and it IMMEDIATELY took me back to the end of my time in Owen Hall at NC State.

Hearing it again reminded me of living in the dorm and always leaving the door to our room open. We were all friends by the end of the year, and everybody came and went to hang out in every room as we pleased. We'd all survived our first year of college, and taken a HUGE step forward from being 18 year-old kids to 19 year-old adults. There was more of a swagger in all of our steps, and we all had places to be and things to do that last month of school. Bulk party-hopping and trips to the dining hall were everyday occurances, and we embraced as much of the end of the year as we could.

The last night in the dorm began with the final episode of "Friends" being aired, and a trip driving around town and getting lost in my old Explorer. We smoked cigarettes and rocked some tunes with the windows down and really tried to BREATHE Raleigh in one more time before we all left for summer. Our first year was under our belts, and we all felt bigger for it.




Things changed as we all went on to live in separate places, but a lot of us stayed in touch. Whether we hung out a lot or only saw each other out and about, our time in Owen Hall always brought us together, and the music from those days will always take me back to those fun times.

Nothin' like the O.H.
Drew.