Monday, April 4, 2011

"End of the Road"

"End of the Road" was performed by Boyz II Men in 1992 for the Motown Label and ended up their most successful single.It won a 1992 Grammy and was written and produced by "Babyface". This song was recorded for the Soundtrack of the movie "Boomerang" starring Eddie Murphy and talked about a break up where the man doesn't want the woman to go.

This is such a good song, Boyz II Men were just pure talent and their harmonies were always incredible.Part of the reason I love this song are all the memories I take from it. My first year starting high school , Standard 6, in other words the 8th Grade. Twas the year 1993 and this song was a huge hit at the time. I had a huge crush on one of the prefects who was in Standard 10, in other words the 12th Grade ( all the rest of the girls crushed on him too) and he didn't even know I existed.I would stand around the prefects room( all the prefects had a special room) and I would wait for him to come out ( along with the rest of the girls) so I could catch a glimpse of this Hunk( a term used back in the 90's I believe, so corny hehe). I was just this innocent, tubby 13 year old starting in a new school ,with a big crush, making (or trying to make ) new friends. Eventually I found my little group ,unfortunately for me at the time I was never part of the "In crowd". This song will always reflect that time in my life but that is not a bad thing.

Now that I am older and wiser I know that I may not have made it into the "popular crowd" and I may not have gotten my year long crush to notice me, but the beginning of High School for me was exactly that , it was just the beginning. The beginning of a much greater gift , some of the very special friendships I made that year and we sustained all these years later.







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