Singles

Quintessential love letter to Seattle's music scene, through the filter of a Cameron Crowe rom-com. It serves as a eulogy for a few of its featured grunge music icons in this day and age, then not long for this world. Little known fact: It was Seattle favorite son Andy Wood's impromptu would-be wake at the home of Crowe and then-wife (Nancy Wilson of the band Heart) that inspired the making of the film. Even lesser-known fact: No one expected this movie to do any bit of business. Its release got held back for a while due to this supposition. When it did much better than expected, partially due to the soundtrack's popularity, TV moguls jumped at the opportunity to try to catch lightning in a bottle a second time on the small screen. Cameron Crowe would have none of it, leaving those who wished to proceed to change the show's location and a handful of other details. This included the title, which was changed from the original "Singles" to "Friends." Maybe you've heard of it.

Have always loved this movie. Reminds me of a better time, when stumbling through life meant falling in love and realizing your purpose in life was never supposed to be singular. Also makes me sad since I went through that same heartache, but happiness always gets stuck in traffic.

I get to relive my 20's every time I watch it. And yes, the hearing loss from loud concerts is real!