it's amazing what the brain retains

today i suddenly decided that i needed a Triumph's greatest hits CD. iTunes is dangerous that way. so i downloaded Classics which contains the following songs:

Tears In the Rain
Hold On*
I Live for the Weekend
Magic Power
Follow Your Heart*
A World of Fantasy*
Fight the Good Fight*
Spellbound*
Somebody's Out There
Lay It On the Line*
Rock 'n' Roll Machine

(i put an asterisk next to my favorite songs)

i would say i haven't consciously listened to a Triumph song in about 15-20 years yet, when those asterisked songs played, i new absolutely every word. amazing. i was very excited about this and was so happy. i mean, i haven't been really happy in a long time and it makes me laugh that a Triumph CD had me singing and dancing and smiling around my house.

story
of course i have a Triumph story. when i was about 16 one of my oldest friends, david, who ironically now lives in san francisco with his lady and their baby, and i went to the worcester centrum to see Triumph in concert for their Sport of Kings tour! OMG! we had THIRD row seats and for this particular tour there was a see-thru, corrigated metal, scaffolding runway and at one point rik emmet was cranking out a solo RIGHT ABOVE OUR HEADS! OMG. what makes me remember this concert so well is that the seats were those stadium, flip up chairs and when we were exiting our row to leave, i looked down between the chairs for some reason, and there was a WAD OF CASH! it was $60 in twenties. that's a lot when you're 16 and you job is working after school at a jewish bakery (hi. rock n' roll girl!). i lent David some money to buy a Triumph key chain.

this is me, at 16, in david's apartment