There are ghosts and spirits that haunt the dark corners of our lives and minds
A well-worn melody re-purposed and sold and still....
Transportation - like a city bus that's has no fixed route, but takes you to random spots from your life
Even those out-of-the-way places where you've forgotten you've ever been...
Time is a bastard of the young, time marches on, time really flies....
But and so, I always write about time when my mind is stalling for a better idea...
Time is a lie...
Good morning - walk up the hill was in a pissing rain... Last night, I heard a Pogues' song in a commercial for a mini-van and recently (and again) I've heard the Violent Femmes' ode to teen-aged hormones being used to hawk (computers, tacos what's next bed linens and laundry and stain removers?)
Honestly coincidentally, after musing on those things, this delicious mix of classic songs from my youth and young adulthood came up on my morning shuffle:
(Murmur @ Amazon)
Gothic and Southern and covered in kudzu, Radio Free Europe, was an anthem for all us disaffected Southern boys and girls coming of age in the 80s.
(Flood @ Amazon)
Come on we've all met this person and been in this situation. I remember a Waffle House in the wee morning hours, and you aren't looking for an argument, but.... Your Racist Friend by There Must Be Giants They Might Be Giants.
(Mirror Moves @ Amazon)
Richard Butler (along with Bryan Ferry) was our Sinatra. So smooth and yet, he was all our own as he and the P-Furs (as we called them because it was before spell check and we really didn't want to look stupid and misspell Psychedelic now did we?) were sophisticated and yet not at all content or safe. If my youth was a movie John Hughes and Louis Malle would co-direct and there would be a Psychedelic Furs song on the soundtrack. The Ghost in You would be a good choice.
(Ghost in the Machine @ Amazon)
I've had a couple of old Police songs make their way to my ears recently, and I was reminded again of what a great band they were. As the 80s progressed, they got to be more and more popular and then Sting went on to doing that awful song with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart. But and still, the Police, in their day, made intelligent music that stands the test of time. Spirits in the Material World speaks to a spirituality which was way beyond my ability to comprehend when I first heard this song, but it was cool music with a good beat.
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