By the Bel: My First Music Crush

My first musical infatuation circa 1996!

Alright, one of Brisbane’s most iconic music stores is closing in late June. (Sad face.) The reason this store was iconic was Savage Garden front man Darren Hayes worked there.

For those of you who have no idea what the big deal is, picture 14 year old me sitting in my friends lounge room in the wee hours of a Saturday morning and, seeing 2 guys from Logan actually on RAGE (The show was better in the 90’s, trust me). Oh and this is the original clip for their first single I want you …

It was extremely surreal, being able to picture the roads they’re travelling along. Knowing they’re local boys. Man were Darren and Daniel cute to me in those days.

The follow up single, Moon and Back had me pulling parallels to my own life, so beyond everything else I felt like they were singing to my heart.

Darren read Anne Rice, and I discovered her to be an intricate storyteller.  He is one of the reasons I am still reading to this day.

Fan Club membership number 106 was MINE. I have the Fanzines for the first 3 years. I have all the TV Hits articles; anything Savage Garden tended to find its way into my possession. 

In 1999 their second album, Affirmation, was released to more tears from me. The song 2 beds and a coffee machine reminded me of a friend who was being abused by her family in high school and I haven’t seen her since our school formal. The song still chokes my up to this day.

My hubby proposed to me while we were at their Affirmation concert in 2000.

Now there is a glut of memorabilia going on sale to clear the floor for Woody’s Music to close their doors.

It’s sad to see a local icon close their doors, but if I can get my hands on something signed, I will be that 14 year old girl again for just a moment, crying when those songs came on the radio, dreaming of a big life in a sleepy city, of a time when the possibilities were endless.

So now, if you put this into context, all those screaming fan girls will grow up one day, and even if their memories make them cringe, they will always be able to remember where and how they were made to feel when the song they first became infatuated with is played on the radio.

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