Oooh Baby! Big Mountain!🤩💖

Oooh, Baby! Big Mountain! I want the 90s back! This period was the ‘make or break‘ of my every fate, desire, pain, despair, and life-changing decision. I salute all the folks out there who were at the top of their prime during the 90s! You have come so far and made changes and decisions that have affected your presence in the 20th century. There may be regrets, but let’s be grateful we get to see this day (even though the turmoil in this world right now is not worth writing home).

One song that made me and my friends feltl like the diva queens we wanted to be, was one by our ever favourite ‘Big Mountain‘ ‘Ooh Baby I Love Your Way‘ soundtrack to the movie Reality Bites!  We felt it, it lifted our spirits up, it gave us confidence There was an instance when I and two of my very best friends were having a leisure walk, chatting away to glory when we heard a group of men (our age group of course!), glanced at us and started serenading us with this song ‘Ooh Baby I Love Your Way‘ in the most fun un-creepy way We all started laughing and singing along for good measures, at the same time questioning the coincidence of ‘how the hell did they know it was our favourite song??‘. Well, that was a memory that will live forever.

Fast forward to a few days ago, yes you heard me! I received the best Christmas and New Year gift that I never could dream of!!! Well let me tell you the story My eldest son, who is in his early 30s, happens to be an Artist Manager (without going into too much detail, to those who are wondering who is an Artist Manager here’s a link that explains in a nutshell http://rb.gy/1ygjld). I have been trying to reach him for a while, got really agitated, you know, being a mum, wondering all sorts of things and getting worried. After a few hours, I received a message back which is to the point actually but could mean many things The message goes like this “I am with big mountain“. Well, my pea-size brain thought he made an error while typing and is actually stuck somewhere in the mountains!! So, I try to calm myself and try thinking rationally. He’s managing music so it might be related to music. But my thoughts started racing….it can’t be what I think it is!! no way!! I quickly went on good old google and typed in big mountain and of course saw my favourite band, copied the link, sent it to him, and wrote, ‘are you with them?’ referring to the link. I wait and wait, and saw he was back online and actually typing on WhatsApp….just a simple ‘yea’.

That simple ‘yea’ had me screaming in glee like a teenager, mind you I am touching 50, so I’m a shameless bloody fan of Big Mountain and I don’t care. My fingers had a mind of their own at this rate, they started hitting the phone’s keyboard like a maniac, messaging like a typical fan with all the emojis and the exclamatory, and simply going gaga about it all! And of course, like a typical fan again, I asked my son to please get me an autograph from the leading man himself Joaquin Quino McWhinney, or ‘Quino’ (pronounced ‘Keeno’) as he is lovingly called. And of course, reminded him to get lots of selfies

At this time, I was already in heaven, searching for my playlist and hitting Big Mountain big time on my headphones, all the while trying to go about my work calmly and professionally. All the songs are so nostalgic, bringing back long-lost memories of a carefree life, the joys of being young and attractive, followed by the sinking feeling of recalling the heartaches and struggles. Let’s move on, shall we? no point delving into the past.

Bedtime came, the usual routine, but not so usual because I stuck my phone by my side (I usually leave it here, there and everywhere), expecting some photos, you know, of the band I heard ‘ping’, and with excitement reached for my phone, fully expecting loads of pics, but saw there was just one video. Ahh, I thought to myself, seeing the band in action on stage is just as good as pics. My finger hurriedly clicks on the play, and boy was I shocked!! I screamed like a bloody banshee!! There, in my phone, right in my face, was a video of Quino addressing me, addressing me!!!! saying my name!!!! and singing to me Ooh baby I love your way!!!!! and saying what a fantastic mum I was for bringing up such a dynamic son…..by this time, as you would have guessed, I had no feeling in my arms and legs, orgasm is so last year, this feeling of euphoria when I hear my name from his lips is the best ever gift in my entire life. This video is staying with me henceforth and will accompany me to my grave.

Right now, I am hesitant to part or share the video because it is so precious to me. Maybe in time, I might come back to this post and upload this precious little thing, so at this moment I’m only sharing a screenshot of the video.

“The joy I’m feeling speaks volumes and made ending this year on a high note of ecstasy and cheer!”