Thursday, 26 February 2009

New obsessions with old music

I have a tendency to get deeply and seriously in love with and obsessed by seminal bands and musicians which i should have been listening to years ago instead of gangsta rap and bad metal. My last one was with Joy Division (probably somethong to do with my ceaseless and intense love of Interpol). Anyway that faded and i was recently wondering who would take it's place. And along come Talking Heads from out of nowhere. Now this band are not actually new to me, during a period of intense fear and darkness i embarked on a rigorous banister renovation therapy session where Speaking in Tongues became the soundtrack, it was on constant repeat. I loved that album but most Talking heads passed me by, i actually found some of it a bit annoying, but as with most omnipresent things they may eventually become a thing of comfort. I now love the heads for two main reasons, the first, well, come on they are alternative music heritage, it would be a crime to not love them. And secondly, i heard this music as a kid, before i even knew what post punk/alt rock/indie/whatever whatever was, and hence nostalgia fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa faaaaa





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