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You and Me. We Used to Be Together
I don't speak; I just wrote a story about a moment that evoked an emotion deep within.
Some love is too big to contain in one person
P.o.p. the writer
In the still of the midnight hour, I was up watching Fire Aid at the benefit concert, and the legendary band No Doubt performed Don’t Speak. Anyone who’s Gen X or at least an older millennial knows that this was a big hit for them. Where am I going with this? You’ll find out. Just stay with me.
I’m not only a music lover but also a music history buff. I remember seeing behind-the-scene music of No Doubt, and Gwen Stephanie and the bass player had a relationship when they were younger, and I believe Don’t Speak resulted from their break up.
Can you imagine breaking up with the young love of your life and your romance getting immortalized in a song? So, seeing them perform that and then giving each other that nod of acknowledgment evoked something profound in me. I had an indelible relationship in that same era when Don’t Speak was released. I can’t put my finger on it, but daring and falling in love felt different in the nineties. Was it because I was younger?
Were we just more innocent? There was something pure that I never was able to recreate again…
