Anxious - The Housemartins
On Wednesdays I work at Dan's house, and before he skulks off to work on mysterious Mining Engineer Stuff in his basement lair we inevitably chat for a while, and it inevitably involves some musical commentary. Like classic middle-agers we've had some fun "soundtrack of high school" conversations (I realized that there might just be a single baseline that signifies my high school experience), and general geekery involving what shows we saw when, or how it was in the good old days pre-net when you found new music accidentally and usually when some dude your friend's brother knew went to Seattle or Portland and brought some records back (we're both small-town kids).
Even so I was surprised when I noticed a copy of The Housemartins on his shelf one day. I have had only one friend who actually enjoyed this band, though many were subjected to it while bumming rides in my car in 1986 (the price you pay... my car, my tapes!) He kindly did not object when I announced that I was taking his Housemartins on my way out the door, and I've been having much fun listening to them on the way to school or work (guess they are just car music?) since last week.
I generally spurn nostalgia (no, really!), but The Housemartins are just irresistible. Plus, how cool is it that I met the third person in the world who likes them?
Crowded House was the name of the band I saw recently that I was trying to come up with the name of at Corriander's house.
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ReplyDeleteOOO! OOO! I was a big Housemartins fan in college and turning Josh onto them (and even The Beautiful South) was a memorable part of our early courtship, just this time of year in 2006. Josh bought it all on iTunes. . .
ReplyDeleteIn "Always Something There to Remind Me," do you know what "it shouts out loud?" It sounds like, but isn't, "Appolleneau" (French sun god).
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