Oisin
gone but not forgotten
This has nothing to do with any of the local areas, just a little comment about nostalgia.
Now the last thing anyone can accuse me of is being a sloppy sentimentalist, but (“Aah”, I hear you all sigh, “here comes the contradiction) I was recently given “Kinks – The Ultimate Collection”. Well, to me, Ray Davies is one of the best British songwriters ever (pity he isn’t from Birmingham but we can’t have everything). His works very intuitive and contain some extremely clever wordplays: Apeman, Lola, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon, to name but a few.
(Are you still with me? You at the back – wake up!)
So, I slipped the first disc of this double album on the old Philips and sang along to all the old songs till I got to track 23, Come Dancing. I’ve always found this one amusing, but today, it really took me back to the old days and brought a wonderful warm tingle all over me. Next and last on that disc, came the follow up release, Don’t Forget to Dance. This one… well it actually brought a tear to my eye. I’d quite forgotten how poignant the words are.
(Yes it is ME, paulj writing).
I’m not joking, it hit me that hard; the rush of emotion was so dramatic I don’t think I’ve experienced anything like that before over a simple little song. The only remedy I had was to go out into the garden, coatless in the driving rain, and punch a couple of six inch nails into a railway sleeper with my bare fist, just to prove I’m not going soft.
Anyway, what I’d like to know of you good folks is, have you ever experienced anything as melodramatic as this over something so simple and, if so, what was it?
Now the last thing anyone can accuse me of is being a sloppy sentimentalist, but (“Aah”, I hear you all sigh, “here comes the contradiction) I was recently given “Kinks – The Ultimate Collection”. Well, to me, Ray Davies is one of the best British songwriters ever (pity he isn’t from Birmingham but we can’t have everything). His works very intuitive and contain some extremely clever wordplays: Apeman, Lola, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon, to name but a few.
(Are you still with me? You at the back – wake up!)
So, I slipped the first disc of this double album on the old Philips and sang along to all the old songs till I got to track 23, Come Dancing. I’ve always found this one amusing, but today, it really took me back to the old days and brought a wonderful warm tingle all over me. Next and last on that disc, came the follow up release, Don’t Forget to Dance. This one… well it actually brought a tear to my eye. I’d quite forgotten how poignant the words are.
(Yes it is ME, paulj writing).
I’m not joking, it hit me that hard; the rush of emotion was so dramatic I don’t think I’ve experienced anything like that before over a simple little song. The only remedy I had was to go out into the garden, coatless in the driving rain, and punch a couple of six inch nails into a railway sleeper with my bare fist, just to prove I’m not going soft.
Anyway, what I’d like to know of you good folks is, have you ever experienced anything as melodramatic as this over something so simple and, if so, what was it?