Year 31: 2003

 

45,000$ (Guapapasea) by Gecko Turner

Welcome to the most obscure song on this count-up; it wasn't easy for me to find it sifting through YouTube.  I first heard this song on the radio, a few years later in 2006 and it was the only time I've ever heard it in the wilderness.  I was living in St. Paul and had just begun dating Marianella, who was living in a suburban townhome a twenty minute drive from my residence. It was a beautiful spring day and I was headed to pick her up for our third or fourth date on a Sunday afternoon.  I had the radio tuned to The Current when this song accompanied me as I drove over the Lafayette Bridge, giddy as could be to meet up with the woman who I already knew was different from any other that I had dated before.  I committed this song's title and singer to memory and bought it on ITunes as soon as I got home that evening.  Anytime I hear this song, I'm on that bridge, wind blowing through my sparse hair, stepping into the best adventure I've ever embarked upon.