tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post2580126618320269114..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Music in a LifeNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-76816634068124372712012-09-06T08:24:21.678+01:002012-09-06T08:24:21.678+01:00Yes Brit - I was shocked when I went with my son t...Yes Brit - I was shocked when I went with my son to see Rammstein at the 02 recently, the number of men of my age (advanced)who had clearly been fans of the band for 20 years, had adopted the various paraphernalia that dyed-in-the-wool fans need (body-piercing, neck corks, multiple tattoos, Doc Martens with steel toe-caps, and lots of black leather), and had simply said to themselves 'This band fit me like a glove. I'm staying here. Order me a leather coffin'. For those more enlightened souls there is, of course, Lazy Sunday at the Dabbler. Thanks for the nod, Nige.mahlermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-44457130166462863732012-09-05T22:12:53.414+01:002012-09-05T22:12:53.414+01:0035, but I'll take 'early 30s'.
The mu...35, but I'll take 'early 30s'.<br /><br />The music of your formative years never leaves you, but music is so vast it's surely good to keep exploring (many don't).Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-86585033557138674612012-09-05T18:16:15.512+01:002012-09-05T18:16:15.512+01:00As solid a background as can be Nige, steeped in t...As solid a background as can be Nige, steeped in the twenty centuries aural offerings, as our dotage approaches, or in my case is in full swing, let's hope that we don't regress into those early tunes, the ones that assaulted our ears so long ago, the mothers favourite, <i>Welcome to my World,</i> the dire <i>Una Paloma Blanca</i> and anything by Cilla Black, the unchained chainsaw melodies.<br />From (increasingly unreliable) memory the first record bought was Rex Stewart and Cootie Williams, can't remember the tunes, followed by the Count Basie EP the Kid from Red Bank including <i>Stompin' at the Savoy</i> and then into the big time, Emile Ford and the Checkmates <i>what do you want to make those eyes at me for,</i> oh! such lyrics. maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com