One thing I didn’t manage to include was how radically different this situation played out in the 90s. Today you could just open Spotify and search, show or share the song, but back then you were bound to the whims of the airwaves. That meant a lot of frustration, a lot of “right place at the right time” situations. Of course, I hated when I heard about something and had no way of getting access to it (books, music, movies) as opposed to now that everything is at your fingertips… but it was also kinda beautiful in a way, because you got to experience moments like these.
1991 was a pivotal age for me too, music-wise. At the time of the events of the comic, it’s true, I wasn’t very interested in music, but by the end of the year I started to listen to the radio more and there was fantastic music coming out. U2 released Achtung Baby and Nirvana Nevermind, and a few months later in 1992 Iron Maiden would release Fear of the Dark, which started my first musical obsession. When I saw this happening to her I was on the brink of falling in love with music too, maybe that’s why the memory has stuck with me all this time.
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… FINDING her religion.
Quite a touching story! Thank you for sharing!