Well as the dreaded C word looms, the advertisement become more intense, ready for the kids to start pestering their parents for those popular gifts which will probably run out of stock pretty quickly.
I was driving home and decided to have a listen to Air's Talkie walkie album, It is nice to have a variety of CD's, even though my good friend Philippa, thinks it is depressing. Well I have examples from the 90's britpop era, several Divine Comedy albums, and various other random stuff, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and that other tart who tried to have a yardie sound, Rihanna I think, have no place in my CD collection, nor does anything that has been marketed by Simon Cowell or any other of the X factor tosspots.
I rather enjoyed giving it a listen, however I then decided to have a listen to Zero seven's Simple things album. Now I still think it is their best album, and certainly one of the must have albums of the last 10 years, You can listen to it at home, or in the car and it is totally relaxing to listen to. It is what lazy sunday afternoons was designed for. The other 3 albums were good, but this one comes out on top, Cant really say it rocks, as it is not that sort of music.
Sometimes I find I will buy an album, listen to it once then leave it on the shelf for 6 months then have another listen, then really enjoy it. Like fine wines, sometimes music needs to mature. Then an album you bought years ago, will all of a sudden make sense, and reflect how your life is going, I found that a couple of years ago with The Divine Comedy's Regeneration Album.
The strangest album experience I went through was a couple of years ago, with Portisheads Third Album, which, describes how I felt, whilst I was going through a very difficult relationship break up, I sometimes listen to that album now and sometimes find it painful to listen to. The strange thing is it came out 2 weeks after my break.
Going back to DC's Regeneration album, I find it as one written by a guy how had lots of questions about life, society. One of the tracks questions religion, whilst the last track has a go at the control of peoples emotions and thoughts through the medium of glossy magazines. My particular favourite off the album, is Dumb it down. Which is making a comment of thought control by society, and the fact that if you think differant will brand you as a freak. As I keep saying, we are all differant, and we dont all have to follow the crowd and read the sun.
Thought I would share those thoughts with you, now I must get back to Reggie Perrin.
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