From her head down to her toenails…

By on September 22nd, 2009 In Uncategorized

The gym in Rhode Island where I’m temporarily working out plays 80s and 90s “oldies” while I toil on the treadmill.    Certain songs ALWAYS remind me of where I was in my PR career at the time.   Does that happen to you?

Super Freak – 1981- no clue what I was going to do with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Rock the Casbah – good times at Boston University’s graduate school of communications, “getting down” in the grad dorm on Bay State Road.

Purple Rain – first official PR job at Data General in Westboro, Mass. 

Lady in Red – Computervision – always heard this on the commute home to Waltham.

Need You Tonight (INXS) - Honeywell – the big party music when we all met up at clubs.

Mission Impossible – Viasoft – the company’s 1996 sales and marketing conference theme.

After the late 90s, I don’t have as strong associations – not sure why. Super freaky.

Comments

Pat Elliott Says:
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:57 pm

It’s not a song, but every time I hear anything about the TV show “Survivor” it reminds me of going through the massive downturn in Silicon Valley because a standard daily phrase at that time was “Who got voted off the island today?” The show hit way too close to home for many people.

Len Gutman Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 5:48 am

Linda,

I want to hear more about “getting down” in the grad dorm!

Len

Linda VandeVrede Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 5:49 am

I have this horrible feeling that I must have looked like Elaine on “Seinfeld” when I danced….

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