Spring 2022 staff-picked playlist: “Nostalgic”
Illustrated by Senior Multimedia Reporter Youther
Lee Clarion’s spring 2022 staff curated a nostalgic playlist featuring some of the most sentimental songs of our adolescence. If you grew up with Silly Bandz, The Cheetah Girls and Disney XD, our “Nostalgic” playlist is guaranteed to send you back in time.
“Waiting on the World to Change” by John Mayer
“Whenever I think of growing up, this is one of the songs I think of. I remember always hearing it on the radio when I was younger and it was my favorite.” — Morgan Kiehl, Senior Photographer
“Daylight” by Maroon 5
“The year is 2012. My mom is dropping me off for my last first day of middle school. I hit shuffle on my iPod, and this song blares through my lime green headphones. My straight bangs blow in the wind and I do not have a care in the world. It hits just as hard with it being my senior year of college as well.” — Youther, Multimedia Reporter
“We Are Young” by fun. feat. Janella Monáe
“This song makes me reminisce on car rides and the angsty days. Also, the lyrics are genius and I will proudly scream them.” — Abigail White, Life Editor
“Start All Over” by Miley Cyrus
“Back in 2008, the Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus concert movie was released in select theaters, and on the day it came out, my dad picked me up early from school so we could drive an hour to see the movie. This movie gave me the Hannah Montana concert experience I never had. Also, the music video to this song was SO cool and I was obsessed!” — Jasmine Feliciano, Layout Designer
“Killer Queen” by Queen
“My parents would always listen to 70s and 80s rock and pop music, so I grew up listening to all kinds of that, and Queen was for sure my favorite.” — Morgan Kiehl, Senior Photographer
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears
"This song makes me think of long drives and sitting in the backseat of the car as a little kid. I grew up on 80s music, and this one will always make me nostalgic." — Anna Shand, Editor and Chief
“Complicated” by Avril Lavigne
“This song!!! It sends me back to summer 2010, jamming in the car and playing on my Nintendo. I had many moments of screaming this song with my sisters and I love to remember it.”— Jeri Wakefield, Social Media Manager
“Good Girls Go Bad” by Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester)
“This song is fun and self-explanatory. Also, Blair Waldorf is singing. That is all.”— Abigail White, Life Editor
“Strut” by The Cheetah Girls
“This song reminds me of my bold, multi-print, multi-colored outfit phase. I was this spunky diva that loved to dance, sing and dreamed of being a fashion designer in New York City. I felt on top of the world listening to The Cheetah Girls and I couldn't wait to have best friends to travel the world with.” — Jada Camille, News Editor
“I Want You to Want Me” by Cheap Trick
“This song is maybe the first aural memory I have. I associate it with pool parties with my friends and drives with my dad when I was growing up in Tampa. Back then, I didn't understand the song or the juxtaposition between the peppy music and the tragic lyrics— ‘Didn't I see you crying? Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying,’ but now I can understand the conflict and urgency that comes along with trying to become a necessity to someone.” — Kristin Shaffer, Copy Editor
“Enchanted” by Taylor Swift
“This song never failed to make me feel like I was in a music video while sitting in the back of my mom’s car. Did I feel heartbreak in 2011? No, but this song made me fear ever falling in love.” — Youther, Multimedia Reporter
“No Air” by Jordan Sparks feat. Chris Brown
“I remember when I first got an MP3 player, I downloaded this song instantly and listened to it on repeat in the back of my mom’s car. Still a bop to this day.”— Kristen Blevins, Sports Editor
“Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Kat from '10 Things I Hate About You' was my hero as a kid— she was an icon. Every time I hear this song, I am transported back to when I saw that movie for the first time. When the camera pans over to Kat in her car, blaring this song… Wow, I wanted to be her. I will love this song forever."— Anna Shand, Editor and Chief
“Low” by Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
“Be real. If you did not have a choreographed dance to this song with one of your cousins, you haven’t lived.” — Youther, Multimedia Reporter
“Misery Business” by Paramore
“This was my favorite song to play on Guitar Hero as a kid. I felt like a rock star.”— Jasmine Feliciano, Layout Designer
“Ready or Not” by Bridgit Mendler
“She made me feel emo for no reason, and I appreciate her for that.”— Abigail White, Life Editor
“Carwash” by Rose Royce
“I only love this song because it was at the end of Shark Tales. My mom recorded me singing and dancing to it on our family camcorder. In the video, I say ‘put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don’t care, hey!’ My family and I still laugh about that video to this day.”— Jada Camille, News Editor
“The Party’s Just Begun” by The Cheetah Girls
“I was obsessed with them when I was younger. The party began when I was born because, as you can see, I was always Cheetah-licious.”— Kristen Blevins, Sports Editor
“Magic Dance” by David Bowie
“Labyrinth was the defining film of my childhood. Seeing David Bowie in silver spandex really changed me fundamentally. I'm not sure why I watched the movie so young, or so many times, but it remains an integral part of my personality. In fact, to emphasize the permanent mark the film and the song left on me, I had the lyrics ‘babe with the power’ tattooed on the back of my arm last year. Serious stuff.” — Kristin Shaffer, Copy Editor
“7 things” by Miley Cyrus
“It’s been making me emotional since day one.”— Morgan Parham, Senior Reporter
“3005” by Childish Gambino
“This is my high school minivan energy.”— Morgan Parham, Senior Reporter
“Good Things Fall Apart” by ILLENIUM feat. Jon Bellion
“‘Good Things Fall Apart' is a song that my friends and I would jam out to all summer long. Every time I hear it, it still takes me back to those fun memories” — Sara-Kate Dixon, Senior Photographer
“Superhero” by Lauv
“It’s a song that someone a long time ago said that if they could write a song and sing it to me, it would be that one. I’ve always remembered that person saying that, and this song brings me back to moments shared with them that I’ll never forget.” — Sara-Kate Dixon, Senior Photographer
