Thankfully my calendar is bereft of meetings today – affording me the chance to “clear the decks” – to spend some time organising thoughts, planning, and to perhaps get a little ahead of the game.
I have the computer connected to the bluetooth speaker in the corner of the room – it’s belting out an Elton John compilation album at the moment. He’s singing “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” – I can still remember the first time I heard it – on a Saturday morning children’s TV show called “Number 73” about thirty five years ago. Isn’t it odd how particular moments stick in your mind.
I remember first hearing Tori Amos while getting ready to go to college one day. She was promoting the “Little Earthquakes” album, and the video for “Winter” played during a breakfast television segment. I bought the album that weekend, and played it to death. She was the subject of a huge interview in “Q” magazine a few months later – titled “Hips, Lips, Tits, Power” along with Bjork and PJ Harvey.
Just think how much useful information could have been stored in my head if it hadn’t become filled with the songs of Tori Amos and Elton John, and the countless brat pack movies I watched on-repeat during that period.
Anyway.
Coffee break over. Time to get back to work.
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6 replies on “Hips, Lips, Tits, Power”
This blog reminds me so much of when I was a teenager and I’d turn on the radio and write randomly in my diary. I’ve since lost that gift. You are blessed to have it – keep writing! 🙂
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There are so few of us left – that empty our head into the keyboard. Blogging became “the cool thing to do” for a while in the mid 2000s – and then suddenly it wasn’t any more. I never stopped 🙂
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Oh, Bjork and PJ Harvey! Love them both. Also at the time I listened to a lot of them, I loved Kate Bush, Sam Phillips, and Liz Phair. Really easy to go down a rabbit hole, thinking of all of these wonderful artists.
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Bjork was such an influence on so many people – I think maybe she proved that you didn’t have to be like everybody else 🙂
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Jonathan, just wanted to say thanks for continuing to post on your blog. I prefer to read via my RSS reader and/or browser as I get enough email as it is.
Blog on!
Ray
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You’re welcome 🙂 Thanks for reading!
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