Last night, I flipped to Paramount+ and skimmed the offerings, looking for something I had not seen since it appeared on MTV the year after I finished grad school. I found it and spent the next 30 minutes smiling from ear to ear.

Recently, Paramount+ added over 125 episodes of MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads. There are episodes I have never seen included and ones, like a Queensryche Unplugged performance from 1992, that I saw only once when it premiered and never since.

Until last night.

The MTV Unplugged episodes include iconic performances from KISS, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Paul McCartney, Oasis, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, Alice in Chains, and Bob Dylan. The VH1 Storytellers episodes feature standouts like David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Alicia Keys, and Elton John.

You might not remember Queensryche. They are, of course, still around without their original singer, drummer, and lead guitar player, but they continue to play shows. In 1990, the band had an enormous hit with the song “Silent Lucidity.” I was already a long-time fan of the band going all the way back to 1984, and the song “Take Hold of the Flame.” I mean that note (You know the note. It’s a high E.) blows people like Doug Helvering and Elizabeth Zharoff away.

The band is in incredible form in the Unplugged set, and Geoff Tate is at the height of his vocal powers. Watching it reminded me of that time in my life: the friends I was hanging out with, the fresh glow of entering the real world, and how the future looked so far ahead.

There is so much great music to rewatch, relive, and remember. I wonder what I’ll watch next and where it might take me.