Back To The Future

There was a party on the East coast that I went to called Back to the Future. There was a huge billboard saying FUTURE on the way there and my travelling companions and I got excited. N.R.G. was playing a live set, and their song I Need Your Love was an unbelievably massive anthem for us young ravers or whatever we were. Listening back to it now after years of not hearing it brings back such intense emotions, but that's a whole different topic. The main stage was outside in what I remember to be a field or something, but there was also a warehouse that had an indoor place to dance. Inside was dark with lights strobing on people briefly so you'd never quite know what anyone looked like. The great roar of music echoed from the building - you could feel bass frequencies vibrating your bones. Inside, it felt like the volume was turned up to the max. The floors pulsed with the rhythm of the music and people dancing wildly. There were some people too far gone on drugs as well. I saw a naked guy going around grabbing girls until a crowd of people started beating on him like he stole some bread or something in a foreign country.

The next thing I remember N.R.G. was due to go on and I headed outside. People were locked into everything the MC (I forget his name) said. It was an unbelievable experience and I couldn't convey in words how it affected me. All these extremely diverse people were gathered in a field singing along to N.R.G.'s massive song, which, at the same time was only listened to and appreciated by a select few. Everyone raised their arms at one point, holding hands, and at that moment everything made sense to me strangely. I thought these people and this music would change the world somehow. It was our 60's, our revolution. Against what? I didn't know. It felt like something important. At least it gave me a goal and a direction to head. Also, I was candyflipping at that party so my brain may have been slightly altered. And I was 15. But still, it was crazy.