Want That Old Time Back

Song: "Old Thing Back (feat. Ja Rule and Ralph Tresvant)"

Artist: Matoma

Story: When I remember college I don’t remember the crazy times as much as I feel nostalgic about the times we would just hangout. Freshman year - everyday from about 5pm-3am twenty dormmates and I would sit in couches in the 3rd floor Donlon lounge. We’d have a speaker and people would take turns playing tunes but somehow this always made the playlist. It was such a magical blend of different types of people who wouldn’t normally be friends but were because of proximity. As the year ended people moved out to live with their respective Greek life, clubs, teams etc. We all went our separate ways but carried with us the same fond memory of our first college friends. Years later I saw Matoma in concert. When he played this song I realized how profound it is that some people who are in your life for a short amount of time shape the music you listen to / the humor you have / the things you say and moreover the type of person you become.