"Hi there! Nice to be with you! Happy you could stick around..." With YouTube, I’ve been able to easily find and listen again to songs I vividly remember from my past. They were once so hard to find! Posts cover what I remember about hearing each bit for the first time, what I misheard, how it figured in my life then and now, and how people are reacting to it on YouTube. So check back and please comment. Maybe I'll turn you onto something new, or remind you of some forgotten favorites.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sugar cubes "Regina"
This is a song that I've had a thirst for. It has a great groove and it's so repetitive that you get into it before you know it. I remember that this song was playing on the clock/radio right as the girl who was about to give it to me pulled the plug out of the wall. Hey, free clock radio. That clock radio would last another two years until one day when too much rain flooded the radio part of it, since I had it next to the head of my bed resting on a windowsill. It was summer, and I didn't have a lot of furniture, so I made do with that was there. No, as I remember it now, it was the radio and clock worked fine, but the on/off switch wouldn't work. So I would turn the volume all the way down if I didn't want to hear the radio. I don't think I was able to set an alarm using it.
Looking at this video now, and actually listening to this song for the first time since that day in May, 1994, the song is actually kinda monotonous. Either that, or my attention span is a lot shorter. Still, check out the a series of bootleg videos of songs they performed in their "en vivo" concert. Even with bad video equipment, tons of glare, and songs that consist of majestic randomness, Bjork sounds magnificent, and looks delectable - and I think she knew it! She makes me want to want her in spite of my normal tastes. Without her, this band would have just looked like a half-assed stunt.
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