A time and a place
I am sure we all have songs that remind us of a time and a place.Not always will they be songs that you are proud to recall but they do act to rekindle memories. My first ever visit to USA was in 1977 or thereabouts - like most of us visiting New York for the first time I was spellbound by the skyscrapers, the sheer size of the place and the available choice in restaurants and on tv/radio. You have to recall this was a pretty austere time in the UK in thoise days. As I continued my 3 week tour round the USA courtesy of an Amtrak railpass it seemed like 2 records were the soundtrack to the whole trip. They were:-
Captain and Tennille - You never done it like that
Little River Band - Reminiscing
I loved these songs at THAT time but probably wouldnt give them the time of day now. What songs do other bloggers have to recall a time and a place.
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"Driving to Del Amitri again..."
Every time I hear "kiss This Thing Goodbye" I'm back on the road from Grimsby to Hull, approaching the Humber Bridge. It's a long story, and it didn't end happily.
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"Driving to Del Amitri again..."
Oh, and I have relationship soundtrack acts - Helen was Clive Gregson, Anne was Boo Hewerdine, H is Rufus Wainwright. Imagine my feelings at the Boo & Clive gig - "They're playing our so...oh, no, they aren't..."
Driving through the Georgia night and hearing
'Fall on me' by REM for the first time. Great. And I still love it.
Never have your first listen to
Scott Walkers 'Drift' in the car when going to visit someone you deeply care about in hospital who then dies the following day.
You'll never play it again.
On a more positive note, an american ex of mine introduced me to the joys of Creedence Clearwater Revival whilst driving along the american highways and all that. It was then that I first realised the influence landscape has upon the people that produce music.
Big open huge american countryside is more than likely to fashion a musical brain one way with the big open chords that reflect it, and claustophobic british rainy streets create music which reflects its more insular feel. At least, that was my theory...