Some of our best memories are from the time when we were kids, especially for those who grew up in the 90s. We have experienced the landline, the mobile phone, call and SMS packs, the computer, the internet, the age of smartphones and social media. We evolved from listening to songs on the radio to buying a Spotify or YouTube Music subscription.
Similarly, back in the day, we used to write down the lyrics of our favourite songs in a diary and make our own personal collections. We used to pause the songs we gathered in CDs or downloaded from the famous Songs.pk and write word by word. Some even attached newspaper cuttings of the singers who sang the songs or the actors who featured in them.
All these memories hit us hard when a woman named Anjali shared pictures of certain pages in a diary that had the lyrics of Bollywood songs written on them. She tweeted, “I am from that 90s era where we used to write lyrics in a dairy and downloaded songs from songs.pk.”
Here’s a look at her tweet:
i am from that 90s era where we used to write lyrics in a dairy and downloaded songs from https://t.co/gQIWMtZ6zJ 🥹❤️ pic.twitter.com/mS4JnDyHwo
— Anjali 🙋🏽♀️ (@TheAnjali_Says) June 8, 2023
After reading her tweet and going through the pictures, nostalgia hit many 90s kids hard who shared similar experiences from their childhood. Have a look:
And used to pause songs to listen to the lyrics and write them down 😂.
— Haimantika Mitra (@HaimantikaM) June 8, 2023
Wo v kya din the…. Bluetooth se song transfer Krna or mp3 gano ko search kr k 30-50 kbps ki speed me download Krna https://t.co/ufkPvN8v45 se…. 🥹🥲😋
— VK_Kr.Vimal (@Vimal_Kumar2015) June 8, 2023
Spotify can never give me the happiness that https://t.co/FJGziDYZMu did! and idkw handwriting lyrics isn’t a thing.. i don’t write whole of it but some of the lines that I like
— Aananya Nagpal (@aananya_nagpal) June 8, 2023
Infrared, Bluetooth, Internet pack, Sd card, FM radio recording, Tv recording pic.twitter.com/lJY7C19LRT
— Raghv (@rg5_rg) June 8, 2023
And then go to BHAIYA ans give 2 rs for each song to be recorded in the cassette
Half the time confused
Side A me kaun sa Song ha aur sideB me kaun sa— SHASHANK BARANWAL 🇮🇳 (@followshashank1) June 8, 2023
Uss bro, I’d write song lyrics in my childhood 😭
— Dee 🍂 (@dees_diaries) June 8, 2023
Us bro us 🫂❤️ pic.twitter.com/LxNpOEkKXu
— Anushka Raj (@AnushCodergirl) June 8, 2023
So cool!
I remember writing down lyrics of ‘Phir le aaya dil’ in a diary 😅— Cactus Reus (@Suryasshark) June 8, 2023
I used to do that too 😂😂😂😂😂 plus I used to print actor actress pics also 😜😜
— Naiya Bhatt (@naiyatweetz) June 8, 2023
Nostalgia, writing lyrics just to memorize it. <3
— Akash (@awwkashverma) June 9, 2023
Those were truly the golden days!