Dirty Boots

Every time I hear this song (which is not as often as it should be) I have the memory of seeing this video for the first time on MTV’s 120 Minutes, which I used to watch in the summers, curled up on the living room floor with my pillow and NKOTB sleeping bag, all the lights off save for the big screen TV. I was TEN YEARS OLD when Goo came out, but I must have been 11 or 12 when I first saw the video, the climactic kiss at the end (as I can’t imagine my mom letting me stay up that late otherwise), and I dreamed of one day being as cool as the girl in the Nirvana shirt. I knew there was no way I’d ever be as cool as the woman on stage.

I’m listening to it now as I’m packing my bag for tomorrow’s race and 5 a.m. wake-up call. I know I won’t be able to sleep tonght.