Many have asked about the origin of the name of this here blog. Alright, so only my wife did. It's a nod to the 80's band Talk Talk and a line from their semi-hit of the same name. While not my favorite song or even merely memorable, it represents a bygone era for music that seems lost and gone forever. While I consider myself a child of the 70's, the 80's was the more enjoyable musical era of my life. It was a time when music could be simply fun, without public statement (The Cars, Adam & The Ants, Devo) or life-altering (The Clash, Ramones, Dead Kennedys). Most people I feel, listen to music. I've always lived it.
As far back as I can remember, music was a defining element of who I was. I remember lying on my bed on a Saturday morning writing up my own personal Top 20 each week. It was always a treat to find out who would come in at number one that week...even though it was a list no one saw but me. Music defines eras and for me this statement is very true. It was never merely just the song. It was a moment in time noted with an aural bookmark.
Music today is genre-averse. It would be too simplistic to define the music of today by the decade as we did in the 80's. Back then, Duran Duran could sit next to Whitesnake at a diner counter and get along famously. I don't expect the same would be true with today's current crop of artists. Just as there was no 90's genre of music, the 00's are even more decade ambiguous.
But I digress. So there you have it. For all one of you out there, (who am I kidding, no one's reading this garbage), that is the origin of this oh-so-eloquent gibberish. My 2006 version of my teenage Top 20 countdown. Go forth and blog young man. Blog like the wind.
