What are you listening to?

[Marigold Devin]

 

[Aethelwine]

Back to the 80s 

 

[Marigold Devin]

1983. We'd go for lunch at Harry's Wine Bar, and inevitably one of us would put this on the jukebox.

 

 

 

[Aethelwine]

Kajagoogoo always sounded like an unpleasant zipper accident to me

[Aethelwine]

 

[Marigold Devin]

 

 

Trivia: Lead singer, Glenn Gregory, was only 25 (not 37) when this song came out.

 

 

[Marigold Devin]

 

[Marigold Devin]

This will always remind me of Second Life, because I was introduced to Nightwish by someone from here, and the video to this is  SL surreal in places.

 

 

[Dune Ravenwood]

 

[Dune Ravenwood]

 

[Dune Ravenwood]

 

[FelicityPage]

8 hours ago, Aethelwine said:

 

I LOVE Annie!! Great Album, one of my faves: 

 

[Dorientje Woller]

12 hours ago, Marigold Devin said:

 

 

Trivia: Lead singer, Glenn Gregory, was only 25 (not 37) when this song came out.

 

 

Other Trivia: was married with the lead vocalist of Allez Allez, Belgian band in the 80's

 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Dorientje Woller

[Ina Fairport]

 

[Dorientje Woller]

 

[ValKalAstra]

I'm currently somewhat stuck on a pretty hefty song. It's definitely not easy listening, even starts with very uncomfortable breathing and launches into heavy trauma, failing therapy and a whole bevy of dark themes, including some blood later in the song. Consider this a trigger warning.

Still, the song resonates with me in a way. It's so full of intense emotions, vulnerability and this deep frustration. For context: The singer in the video went years without the proper diagnosis of Lyme Disease (caused by a tick bite). He was pushed from one mental health misdiagnosis to another and suffered from worsening side effects and desperation. There's another song where he verbalizes it, if you're curious, called "Hi Ren". Still, Sick Boi resonates with me. So, here it is:

[Katherine Heartsong]

 

[Dorientje Woller]

 

[Garnet Psaltery]

 

[Saraya Starr]

 

[Simo Vodopan]

 

[Saraya Starr]

 

[Dune Ravenwood]

 

[Garnet Psaltery]

I've been listening to some patriotic tunes that YouTube suggested.  What fun lyrics they have, with such things as "Thee haughty tyrants" and "Frustrate their knavish tricks". Nowadays, with people's brains being diminished, we'd get something like "We're the best, we beat the rest", which is I suppose what most anthems are saying but at least some of them are suitably flowery. 

Disclosure: I am a lifelong Royalist.  

 

[Garnet Psaltery]

There's a lot of marching in the video accompaniment to this famous lively tune, which is a favourite of mine.  I briefly thought of going for a march instead of a walk but it would look a bit silly by myself.