Thursday, 21 April 2016





Look back at life and think about the good old days. Time will fly, things will change, but those memories will always stay...







I've been thinking, everything is happening so fast these days, it feels like your life is just speeding past you and you're playing catch up. Everyday it's just...


It's exhausting, making you feel as if you could just run away, to somewhere quiet and peaceful, or maybe full of laughter and great experiences. Somewhere mysterious and exciting, where you can find a thrill, get an adrenaline rush, create a lasting, loved memory. Well for some of us that's going to continue to be a dream...Recession, just saying.

What we do have though, are our memories, our sweet, sweet memories of growing up. Sunday lunch with the family, cricket on the beach, climbing mango trees and catching fish with home made rods. Stealing milk and sugar and watching local music videos on both TV6 and TTT. Who remember those?



Well for those of you who can't seem to remember...

Sharlene Boodram, yunno the girl who sang "oh la la la, oh la la la, oh la la la mamasita, ah ketch yuh cooking paratha for Santa," yeah her. This song was constantly played on television at a time where local music was actually given a chance.


And who cannot remember hearing this song every Saturday morning. Melanie Hudson made everyone want that jersey dress and this song was like an anthem in the nineties, a feel good time with feel good music.


Didn't that just feel good...I bet you were humming along weren't you...you know you were. This next video, I swear is a classic in the caribbean and by extension, the world. Today this dance is incorporated into so many dance moves. You can even see Rihanna giving us some action in her video, "Work."


Whenever I heard the opening music of this next song, I would run as fast as I could to get in front of the television just so that I could be there when the first word is sung. After that, I became David Rudder.



This may just be one of the most famous songs in Trinidad and Tobago. It's relevant for any decade, it basically sums up what everyone thinks. I bet when you see this video you'll be like...


It's my ultimate favourite, the one song that just takes me back to the good old days...



As much as I would have loved to share even more with you, I really want you to look for them yourselves. You may get more than you expected. When I was looking, I found advertisements from the eighties and nineties. I went back in time to a place called Calabash Alley and spent some time with Beulah Darling. It was so much fun seeing all those great little elements that made my childhood a wonderful experience. It brought back that good old feelings of long ago.

If you didn't see your favourite, drop a comment below and share the memories!




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