Life Through Music: "Set a Drift On Memory Bliss..." by P.M. Dawn

I have one request....

....Send be back to the 90’s. Yeah I said it. Send me back to the 90’s and let me relieve my glory days. There is much about the 90’s that I would love to go back to without thinking twice. One of those things about the 90’s that I love so much was the music. I have talked about this many times with lots of people, but especially with my cousin Jason. There was just something about the music of that era that we both just can’t get over. We will listen to it over and over for the rest of our lives that I can guarantee. 

I miss the slow jams and dedications show that use to be a part of radio during the 90’s. There was so many great slow jams that came out of the 90’s both in the first half of the decade and in the later part of the decade as well. 

Lets us not forget the dance music from this era is just something else for sure. Yeah the movie "Night at the Roxbury" made fun of it for sure, but I loved it. I can remember falling to sleep to it because I always played Z100 (top 40 radio) as I fell asleep every night. My brother Justin (who I shared a room with) can attest to this and because of this there is many memories associated with 90’s music for him too. 

So, how do I pick a song for the week that really captures the 90’s music as a whole? I can’t really it’s far to difficult. I do, however, have a song lately that always sends me back to that part of my life. The song that I picked for this week is a song called “Set A Drift On Memory Bliss” by P.M. Dawn. Even from the title it seems so fitting as I drift off to my memories of the nineties like I do so often in my free time. Many great memories to be relived and enjoyed during that time period. 

I’m going to post the lyrics to this song here, but truly there is not a direct connection with myself and the lyrics themselves. My connection is more the feelings and memories that come up when listening to this song. To be set upon a 90’s memory bliss if you will...

“Set adrift on memory bliss of you...”

Baby you send me, baby you send me...

Set adrift on memory bliss of you

The camera pans the cocktail glass,

Behind a blind of plastic plants;

I found the lady with the fat diamond ring

Then you know I can't remember a damn thing

I think it's one of those de ja vu things,

Or a dream that's tryin' to tell me something

Or will I ever stop thinkin' about it

I don't know, I doubt it

Subterranean by design,

I wonder what I would find if I met you,

Let my eyes caress you,

Until I meet the thought of Missess Princess Who?

I often wonder what makes her work

I guess I'll leave that question to the experts,

Assuming that there are some out there

They're probably alone, solitaire

I can remember when I caught up

With a pastime intimate friend

She said, "Bet you're probably gonna say I look lovely,

But you probably don't think nothin' of me."

She was right, though, I can't lie

She's just one of those corners in my mind,

And I just put her right back with the rest

That's the way it goes, I guess

Baby you send me, baby you send me

Set adrift on memory bliss of you

Baby you send me, baby you send me

Set adrift on memory bliss of you

A careless whisper from a careless man,

A neutron dance for a neutron fan;

Marionette strings are dangerous things,

I thought of all the trouble they bring

An eye for an eye, a spy for a spy,

Rubber bands expand in a frustrating sigh

Tell me that she's not dreaming

She's got an ace in the hole,

It doesn't have meaning

Reality used to be a friend of mine,

'cause complete control, I don't take too kind

Christina Applegate, you gotta put me on

Guess who's piece of the cake is Jack gone?

She broke her wishbone and wished for a sign

I told her whispers in my heart were fine

What did she think she could do?

I feel for her, I really do

And I stared at the ring finger on her hand,

I wanted her to be a big PM Dawn fan,

But I had to put her right back with the rest

That's the way it goes, I guess

Baby you send me, baby you send me

Set adrift on memory bliss of you

I could go on and on about all that I loved in the 90’s, but just generally speaking maybe it was just the fact that I was younger and life seemed so much more simpler than it is today. Even the state of America itself seemed in a better place than it has been over the last decade and a half or maybe I was just too young to care about the troubles of the world. I don’t know, but what I do know is that I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the decade of 90’s. I may never go back physically, but I will take time here and there to put some of the 90’s music on to relive some of the best times of my life. 

What decade would you choose to go back to if you could?

As always I bring this to you with so much love and pure D-lite.