Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Meme - A midweek reason to blog.

I’ve been set a task. Barnaby has blogged his Meme and passed the baton to me to do likewise. So here goes.

Total volume of music files on my computer is: 21.53gigs (5524 files in 426 folders to be precise) and like Barnaby’s it is a VERY eclectic mix of stuff.

Last CD I bought: Black Box Recorder – The facts of Life

Last CD downloaded: Antony & The Johnsons – I am a bird now

Song playing right now: You are my Sister, from the previous album. Haunting, wonderful and a perfect duet between Antony and Boy George

Five songs that mean a lot to me:

  • Elton John – Daniel. No one ever forgets their first love, and mine was Daniel when I was 16. Ever since Daniel has been one of my favourite names, one of those names that sort of makes me go weak at the knees when I know I’m going to meet someone of that name.
  • Marianne Faithful – Sister Morphine. I so wish that I had been a teenager in the 60’s summer of love and all that. I think that hippy lifestyle would have suited me perfectly.
  • Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon. The whole album. Having seen it performed live twice in 1994 in Paris and London, it’s complexity is something that will live with me forever.
  • Soft Cell – Bedsitter. Played eternally when I moved into my first bedsit in 1981. My first time living away from home and starting to discover myself.
  • The The – The Lonely Planet. “If you can't change the world. Change yourself. And if you can't change yourself....change the world.”

I now pass the baton onto anyone who reads this, drop me a link to yours in the comments below.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

5 fave songs.... Everything I own.
by some one other than boy goerge but who's name eludes me at the moment. Seasons in the sun.....name of artist as above. Young hearts run free....Candy Staton Four non blondes and a track called ? perhaps... Whats going on? R E M and Everybody Hurts . And no I am not a manic depressive. xx