Well my iPad went on the blink las t night and just had a white dashed line going round and round and round and round. Left it all night and it seems to have sorted itself.
What were the bands and singers that stirred your very early years? For me the first band I became aware of and still are my favourite to this day and always will be, is of course The Beatles. My first ever single purchase was She Loves You, I would have been about 10, I think it was 1/6p in old money. Their work over the next years until their break up in 1969, was incredible and varied and they innovated and rightly are responsible for much that has come since. I remember two main highlights, the first being on holiday with a youth club and Sgt Pepper being released, listening to it and being blown away by the imagery. The second is buying Hey Jude in Kingsbury north London and for some reason going in the phone box outside the shop to look at it, although my excuse was, I was with the prettiest of twins Jill and Jane, Mary quant hair and mini dresses, me in Levis and Ben Sherman shirt, yes I was at that time a Mod. And sis if your reading this you were I think you were about a year old, it was August “68, I’m sure you’ll tell me. There were many other bands and solo acts that I could mention but the list would go on for many pages but here are just a few honourable mentions The Who (who I first saw in Harrow having sneaked in to a pub at the age of 14 in 1964) The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces, Dylan, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, The Animals, Joni Mitchell, The Move, Amen Corner, The Bonzo’s, Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix to name but a few! I still have my vinyl records both 45’s and LP’s and I still play them. It is often said that vinyl gives a much better warmer sound than digital tracks and I would agree, although I am not precious about it. For me life would be unbearable without music, all music be it classical, rock, pop, soul, blues, easy listening, r & b or any other category. As I’ve got older music that in my youth I would not consider, I have grown to like and artists I would not have listened too, are now are some of my favourites. I still listen to new artists and try to get to grip with the latest sounds. I’m afraid I’ve never really liked Rap and have no idea who the current big names are (with a few exceptions) I find most current pop music, too angst ridden and miserable for my taste but I suppose it is a reflection of the times! I could do without the constant ear worms that filter through my brain especially at night and usually a tune that I don’t like. Last night was “They don’t know” by Kirsty Macoll, who I love but not all night!
Words of the day from Susie Dent:
FLENCHED a Scottish word that means weather that looks like it is going to improve but never does
SNUDGE To nestle quietly and snugly with little attempt to move.
Stay well
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