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MEMORY LAN
Metadata
- title
- MEMORY LAN
- meaning
- 90s LAN-party nostalgia: blow the cartridge, AIM ASCII art, cereal-box CD-ROM: grateful for the good times you can't fully return to.
- year
- 2023
- release
- MÖB
- releaseType
- album
- artist
- Scoobert Doobert
- artistId
- #scoobert
- credits
- Written, performed, produced, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Album art by Gentle Giant Illustrations.
- apple
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/memory-lan/1708670332?i=1708670334
- spotify
- https://open.spotify.com/album/7kAZdCuQ89YJHbJQI0xeOB
- youtube
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMAjzP-pIno
- officialVideo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMAjzP-pIno
- themes
- nostalgia
- 90s
- gaming
- MÖB
- memory
- isrc
- QZK6F2311050
- isrcSource
- soundexchange
- draft
- false
Lyrics
The good ole days The good ole days On a sugar-high Blowing in the cartridge I swear it worked last time Smack it and restart it Gather round, that did the trick Burn my palm on the joystick Rumble pack so realistic Stop screen-watching me, dude Take me back I'm feeling nostalgic A 90s track Can you put on The Chronic Run it back Wanna see the colors like I used to What a throwback Gin and juice and tonic A cereal box With a CD-ROM on it Put it back Wanna feel happy like we used to Like we used to Yeah like we used to Can it be like it used to Back to what we're used to Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah Feeling drunk off Cactus Cooler On AIM acting cooler than you Cause I got a new ASCII art to copy-paste Everybody brought a TV Getting ready for the LAN party We sleeping over tonight Don't fall asleep first Or you'll wake up with a tattoo And I wake up with a tattoo Mustache and a unibrow Looking like Anthony Davis Before he had a stylist Take me back I'm feeling nostalgic A 90s track Can you put on The Chronic Run it back Wanna see the colors like I used to What a throwback Gin and juice and tonic A cereal box With a CD-ROM on it Put it back Wanna feel happy like we used to Like we used to Yeah like we used to Can it be like it used to Back to what we're used to Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah I am grateful I am thankful For all the good times with you Yeah having that time with you Said, I am grateful I am thankful For all the good times with you Yeah, having that time with you
Content
Track two on MÖB. The title pun is the thesis: memory plus LAN, nostalgia as a local network where everyone brought a TV for the sleepover. The detail work dates you exactly, blowing into a cartridge, fresh ASCII art to copy-paste on AIM, stop screen-watching me, dude. Fall asleep first and you wake up tattooed, looking like Anthony Davis before he had a stylist.
Under the gags is a real ache. The chorus keeps reaching for colors like I used to while knowing the honest answer to can it be like it used to is no. Ear to the Ground Music heard it as nostalgic and groove-centered. The outro doesn't fix the loop, it thanks it: I am grateful... for all the good times with you. The Möbius move is wanting the past while admitting the party already ended.