@strombo: There are records that soundtrack a season. Then there are records that soundtrack a reckoning. Here's what I've been thinking about lately. When this album landed, it was more than a film tie-in. It was an accidental manifesto. A Rosetta Stone for Gen X. A haunted mixtape from a scene that didn’t ask to be understood—but got captured anyway. And somehow, in all that fuzz and feedback, it told the truth. Annnnd... It was released 33 years ago this month! How did this become a sonic time stamp of an age suspended between the fall of walls and the rise of digital ghosts? A time when connection felt urgent and music was loud enough to matter, and you poured over the cover liner notes and HELD it in your hand. Sure, this is in part about memory, but also meaning. It is about what we carry, what we lose, and how, in the static, we sometimes find ourselves. For Jimi, Andrew, Layne, Chris and Mark! Play it loud. Love your people. Listen deeper. And let's Top Shelf this beautiful beast.
George Stroumboulopoulos
Region: US
Thursday 19 June 2025 01:36:20 GMT
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Brittany :
You give me Anthony bourdain vibes. Hope to see a doc from you, would love to see you travel to places that mean something to you in your life and give us your take on the places you’ve been and the things you’ve seen!
2025-06-19 07:15:45
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Misty 🇨🇦 :
I still think you’re 29 as well
2025-06-19 04:05:05
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Janda Panda :
The familiar sound of your voice isn't what I thought I needed on TikTok❤️
2025-06-19 14:27:39
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everysubtlegesture :
GEORGE. Goddamnit.
2025-06-19 07:07:34
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Moi 🍁 :
Quick sand and the Bermuda Triangle. Forgot that I’m afraid those things.
2025-06-19 05:02:04
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goatcheese 🇨🇦 :
I’m 53. Teens in the 80’s. In my 20’s in the 90’s. The best time to be those ages. I realize it and I’m humbled by it.
2025-06-19 10:06:44
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Ness :
Alright. Thanks for the existential crisis 🙂
2025-06-20 04:46:57
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F’Jit :
Loved pump up thr volume. The only movie I immediately watched again right after I finished it the first time.
2025-06-20 03:34:58
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JasonReads 🇨🇦 :
Born in 70…teens in the 80’s…20’s in the 90’s…what a time. 👊🏻😎
2025-06-21 12:19:52
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Bri Christi 🇨🇦 :
You have a way of absolutely captivating an audience every time you speak. You are nostalgia for a whole generation of us, I'm so happy to see you on a platform again 🤍
2025-06-19 06:50:51
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🄽🄰🅂🄷 🇨🇦 :
I have faith in this new generation. They see the traps of today and a rebelling
2025-06-19 13:52:49
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Jen Bamford :
You just fixed my attention span now i need to see the movie and listen to the soundtrack. Thank you for everything George back then and now
2025-06-19 12:49:33
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veryanxiousfeeling :
GenX needs your voice right now more than ever. Don’t let us down….no pressure 😉
2025-06-19 11:04:24
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Ashley 🍉 :
What you say around 4:10, about 'renting our culture', I FELT THAT. 🎯🎯🎯
2025-06-19 16:05:54
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Allison ♥️🇨🇦 :
I grew up watching you on Much Music, I turned 40 in February and still think I’m 26 lol. Thank you for always being a voice for Canadian youth! 🤘🏻♥️
2025-06-19 22:18:10
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Aunty Fa :
The Crow was the soundtrack I always think of
2025-06-19 15:41:34
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elle_see :
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us. The way you weave a tale is absolutely fascinating. You have a beautiful skill of luring people in with your words, and telling the most amazing stories with the coolest little details in a way that is accessible for everyone, especially if the listener isn’t always familiar with the people you’re referring to.
2025-06-19 02:04:14
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Ginja 🇨🇦 :
The way I kept yelling “Singles!!!” as you described the album. Truly an instrumental album in the history of my personal soundtrack. So thank YOU for vocalizing every sentiment I’ve ever felt and continue to feel around the inevitable passage of time. Sending to all my friends. This is a touchstone. ♥️
2025-06-19 15:27:47
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nannypants28 :
Born in 80 & my son will be 16 shortly. The pride I feel when I walk passed his room and hear him playing Come As You Are on his acoustic guitar and Down In A Hole on his Spotify Playlist. I did good. 🥰
2025-06-19 22:22:35
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Jimmy Rix :
I have always loved the way you drop quotes from my favourite people casually throught your prose. You still rock Strombo and i hope i do too.
2025-06-19 15:30:58
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druttic :
I always say that. the most genres of music ever in the 80s. nothing comes close with the different amount of genres.
2025-06-19 04:19:17
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DylanPaints :
May you pls run for NDP leader?
2025-06-20 02:00:47
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𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔬𝔱 🍁 𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔰𝔱 :
We watch Singles once or twice a year but the soundtrack plays weekly in our home. 🔥
2025-06-19 13:32:57
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knuckleduster13 :
I’m 53 now, 2 and a bit months older than you… I’ve watched you since we were in our 20’s… me in Vancouver, you in the big smoke… I always enjoy your perspective… thank you George… be well
2025-06-19 03:24:26
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Craig :
Born in 65,l think you just summed up my life through music .My teens and twenties .There are two things in life that will bring you back to a time and place.Music and your sense of smell.
2025-06-21 11:40:03
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