The chansons de français Dr. O'brien gave to our class brought back some old memories.
My first French teacher gave us a URL for the French equivalent of Yahoo!. Younger and more inept, I navigated the site with some difficulty but eventually managed to find the Musique section and the new releases.
It was there that I lost a small piece of myself to glam rock and Placebo. Wanting to seem oh so cultured and sophisticated by showing off the newest in French music, I booted up Kazaa Lite and pirated my first song ("Sleeping with Ghosts" by Placebo).
The band isn't/wasn't French and I'm not sophisticated (or very observant).
Hearing what is probably their only track in the French language-nearly brings tears to my eyes. The memories and the emotions that have become attached to those almost inconsequential acts have shaped much of who I am today.