One from the decade I became a dad, the Eighties. Music had lost its great importance for me by then but I still soaked up the tunes I liked.
Here's one, by the late great Black, Wonderful Life from 1987: a soundtrack for the human race.
I wuz 26 with a 2 year old daughter and had just finished studying Conservation at Farnborough.
Do you like it?
Where were you?
1987, I'd been married for a year and was teaching in Litherland. It was during that year that I got redeployed to the school I would teach at for the next 25 years before giving it up as a bad job, literally!
ReplyDeleteha ha, there's no doubt a scientific word for a reaction running out of steam! Fizzled out? No need to run .... or hide!
Delete!987 I was only a year out of high school and still living with my parents.To earn my keep I had a staggering amount of part time jobs that year.Finding time to maintain all of them was a miracle.Plumbing supply counterman,short order cook,framing carpenter,furniture repairman and personal care attendant for teens with disabilities.Whew!My brother and friends still say to this day that was the year Brian was "missing in action".Oh, and I was also bassist in a rock cover band that actually made money!
ReplyDeleteha ha, MIA Bri! like it. Wow! You were so hard-working! Unbelievable! No idea how you did it spinning so many plates! What was you fave and least fave of those jobs?
DeleteThey all had their merits,and employers offering flexible hours meant I could go at my own pace.Cooking is something I enjoy to this day, so I would say short order, though hectic,was my fave.Carpentry was least fave,though the pay was better than cooking.The band, although I dont really consider it a job,paid surprisingly well and felt like a party,both during and after the gigs.
ReplyDeleteso what's short order? burgers and fries and the like?
DeleteYes,Also breakfast type foods like Eggs,Bacon and Pancakes.Basic lunch and dinner plates are also part of the job,but nothing fancy.
ReplyDeleteCan I order eggs bacon and pancakes please Bri!
DeleteI loved Black - Colin Vearncombe was born in Liverpool and the two Black albums 'Wonderful Life' and 'Comedy' both feature photographs from Merseyside, most notable the ventilator shaft from the Mersey Tunnel on the cover and the fairground at Southport. I still listen regularly to both albums, probably Verancombe's finest work, including the moody 'Sweetest Smile' the second hit from Black. Vearncombe was killed in a car accident in Ireland in 2016, sadly ending a great career.
ReplyDeleteTragic ending that Wote. I hope he had a good life. His Wonderful Life caught the Zeitgeist of the time I thought, confused, cautious and optimistic. A truly lovely voice.
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