I was at the Collective meet-up in Menlo Park this week (this was the 3rd time I’ve attended and it’s always a great way to connect with investors and just amazingly bright people. I always feel like an ape in this group, but that’s better than the opposite). Shannon, faciliator extraodinaire, gives guest prompts beforehand so they are prepared, including some fun ones like this icebreaker:
share a song that lifted their spirits and why
My answer is Hungry Eyes.
The backstory:
My friend Matt’s bachelor party was in Costa Rica in the early 2010s. We rented a dope house right on the beach. About 15 guys flew in for it. On arrival day, the first fellas claim the best rooms and all that. There’s that dynamic y’all know. Mixing your childhood friends with your college friends, work friends and so on. We’re pregaming before going out for the night and it just feels kinda tense.
Everone down’s the parting shot, the van’s here. We file out, take our seats. It’s quiet as we pull onto a bumpy road. Matt connects his phone to the van’s sound system and throws on a playlist.
That unmistakable sound of 80s kitsch.
Hungry Eyes. Vocals kick in, mood starts to change.
By the time we get to the hook, it’s a full-blown Almost Famous bus scene.
All was copacetic from that point. One of my favorite memories period.