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I had two best friends, one male (T) and one female (L). In 1992 both of their serious relationships ended in the autumn within a few weeks of each other and they were quite upset about it. On New Years Eve, T had a get together with the three of us in his flat on the 12th floor of a tower block in the city centre with a balcony that over looked two other blocks with balconies and the main street where students celebrated New Year.
We drank, we talked, and we put the world and relationships to rights. T suggested that him and L needed to mark the end of the old year and the new fun start of the new one. We laughed about what we could do to make this into a celebration to remember and make 1993 a happier year. I suggested we sang this song as I knew it was a favourite of both of them and the words described what they had both been through. T and L thought it was a great idea, T wanted to do the dance routine and pretend to be Bananarama and dance the arm dance like we were in the tight dresses. We drank more drink as we put the video on the TV and learned the dance routine in his living room.
Then when the bells of the city chimed midnight he turned the lights off in his flat and turned the balcony light on, put his record on the record player, turned it up to full blast and we went out on the balcony and the three of us danced. Part way through the song we started to notice that people in lots of different flats in the two blocks opposite started flashing their balcony lights in time with the music. When we finished loads of people cheered and clapped and flashed their lights very fast and shouted happy new year to us!
It's a new year I remember, I wonder if anyone else says 'Do you remember that New Year when those two girls and that bloke in the flat opposite danced on the balcony at midnight!'
Moving On by Bananarama (
You know I'll miss you, when you're gone
And I can't pretend that I know when
Our love started to go wrong
I know we planned to stay together
We just ran into stormy weather
We couldn't see the dark clouds in the sky
But I had no way of knowing
And I don't know where I'm going
But I'm movin' on
We talked it over, we've said it all
But who could say it would be this way
But the writing's on the wall
And now the sun has finally set and
This is where the story ends
We didn't count upon a rainy day
But I had no way of knowing
And I don't know where I'm going
But I'm movin' on
But I had no way of knowing
And I don't know where I'm going
But I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on, I'm movin' on
I know we planned to stay together
We just ran into stormy weather
We couldn't see the dark clouds in the sky
But I had no way of knowing
And I don't know where I'm going
But I'm movin' on
But I had no way of knowing
And I don't know where I'm going
But I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
But I had no way of knowing
And I don't know where I'm going
But I'm movin' on
