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For some reason I still remember vividly where I was when I first saw that video (with the melting Barbie doll on the barbecue). My family had just moved to a new house—quickly on account of an eviction—and it was a hot summer day. I had a grape Welch's soda and we had just got the cable hooked up.

Random story that's apropos of nothing, but to this day, when I hear that song, it still transports me to that time and place. I never really drank grape soda. Not before and not since. Not sure why I had it that day. But damn if I don't taste it when Black Hole sun is playing.

[cgriswald]

I was in a college dorm sitting in a smallish room with about a dozen chairs and a TV mounted in a corner near the ceiling. Our high school drum line was at the campus as a camp to practice for the upcoming marching season. It was a hot day and we were all tired and sweaty from practice. Like you, hearing the song always sparks that memory.