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September 23, 2004
Life is Catching Up with Me
We seem to have settled on BBC Radio 6, properly known as 6Music, though obviously people would understand completely the name BBC Radio 6, whereas 6Music could be anything.
From this morning's show; recipes for baked beans -- "take four slices of lightly toasted Warburton's bread -- other white breads are available -- put down a slice of toast, add a layer of cream of mushroom soup, add a layer of baked beans, add a slice of toast, add another layer of soup, add another layer of beans, add another slice of toast -- voila! The Great British Lasagne"
Anyway, one of the fringe benefits of this is something that we never, ever got on Capital -- the chance to listen to new music that we actually like. So I find myself rushing to my laptop to type in snatches of lyrics to Google. Like, say, "she's preoccupied with 1985". Thus I discover that Bowling For Soup's 1985, which, yeah, speaks to me, turns out to be the most often legally downloaded song of all time. So I think we know what demographic uses the iTunes Music Store.
I am, remember, the person who was shocked to discover, a year or so ago, that Next had a whole series of clothing with "class of 1982" logos for kids. I just stood in the shop staring. I mean, that was my high school class. It's not, like, retro, or something. It's only a few years ago, not like all that sixties-nostalgia-stuff that was around when I was in high school.
I also discovered that '1985' is a song by a different band, SR-71. They've just had that weird experience of having a song of theirs become a huge hit for someone else. Oysterband have never had a hit (unless you count Fiddler's Dram), but "When I'm Up I Can't Get Down" was a huge hit for Great Big Sea, to the extent that many Canadians think of it as one of the great Canadian songs.
Oh, yes, and I've just come out of hospital, having had the minor operation that I've been waiting for for, oh, 11 months. Weird experience; 24 hours of sitting around in hospital, perfectly healthy, no treatment of any kind except dressing for the operation which took about 10 minutes. Quote "we have to take you in the day before because it's the only way we can guarantee there'll be a bed for you after the operation". Then the op itself, and I was awake and fairly chirpy quite soon after. One more night in hospital to rest and now I'm home again, and in no pain at all provided I don't move even a little bit. Typing's ok.
Posted by Alison at September 23, 2004 09:27 AM
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I am, remember, the person who was shocked to discover, a year or so ago, that Next had a whole series of clothing with "class of 1982" logos for kids. I just stood in the shop staring. I mean, that was my high school class. It's not, like, retro, or something. It's only a few years ago, not like all that sixties-nostalgia-stuff that was around when I was in high school.
Snrch. My world and welcome to it. I was in high school in the 60s so I have been through several cycles of nostalgia. It's weird to walk into a store and see green and pink and orange daisies and think, "What year is this?" It's even weirder the 2nd and 3rd times.
MKK
Posted by: Mary Kay at September 23, 2004 08:24 PM
"1985" has gotten more than one chuckle out of me, but I must note that the chorus is a pretty bad example set.
Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2, and Blondie
And music still on MTV
They're 2-for-5. Sprinsteen, Madonna and U2 haven't gone away -- heck, they've all released works in this decade, and U2 has a new disc coming out this Month, Madonna's on the calendar for November, and I hear Bruce is back (with E-Street) in the studio.
Blondie is gone (and really was more 70s than 80s, but that's beyond picky) and MTV doesn't play music, so those two are good.
Posted by: Erik V. Olson at September 26, 2004 02:40 PM
You're slowly becoming a stereotype. Don't worry, it's actually a complement.
Posted by: Karlo at September 27, 2004 09:10 PM