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and all that... Yazz!?
27 Jun 07 04:39 pm Filed in: Just sayin' is
all
I used to have quite a record collection in my teens,
but when we moved to Aus. in 1986 I had to leave much
of it behind, giving them to a good friend (hope
you're going well these days Tracy!) but I did keep a
few choice items.
Now let me tell you about one of my colleagues/friends. Chappo. He's one of those guys that you pretty much instantly click with. He's about the same age as me and there are a lot of commonalities: life outlook, life values, and music. He has an opinion on everything, will readily call a spade a spade, but will give anyone a fair go. He also appreciates the good things in life that not many these days do, a relevant example here is relishing firing up a good old analogue amp, a turntable, and a good record - as do I. Guess that's one of the reasons we both like Vice City. Good guy. (A cheque will do nicely thanks Chappo.
)
Let me also tell you about a curious part of my music collection. Though the vast majority of my collection is CD-based (and therefore iTunes/Mac/iPod-based), I haven't quite been able to part with a box of records from my teenage years. Since I haven't had my turntable connected to the house AV for a long while, I yesterday lent said box of goodies to Chappo for him to have a listen to.
I warned him that my diminished record collection was based on purchase decisions made some 20+ years ago, and thought the following scenario might happen:
4:43pm phone rings, I pick up.
Me: Hello Paul here.
Chappo: a-hahahahaha!
4:45pm phone rings, I pick up.
Me: Hell-
Chappo: a-hahahah!
Well, that didn't happen. Quite. This morning Chappo came into work and said that while a lot of the records really took him back there were a few he chuckled at, but one stood out: The Only Way is Up by Yazz.
Yazz!?
Now let me tell you about one of my colleagues/friends. Chappo. He's one of those guys that you pretty much instantly click with. He's about the same age as me and there are a lot of commonalities: life outlook, life values, and music. He has an opinion on everything, will readily call a spade a spade, but will give anyone a fair go. He also appreciates the good things in life that not many these days do, a relevant example here is relishing firing up a good old analogue amp, a turntable, and a good record - as do I. Guess that's one of the reasons we both like Vice City. Good guy. (A cheque will do nicely thanks Chappo.
)
Let me also tell you about a curious part of my music collection. Though the vast majority of my collection is CD-based (and therefore iTunes/Mac/iPod-based), I haven't quite been able to part with a box of records from my teenage years. Since I haven't had my turntable connected to the house AV for a long while, I yesterday lent said box of goodies to Chappo for him to have a listen to.
I warned him that my diminished record collection was based on purchase decisions made some 20+ years ago, and thought the following scenario might happen:
4:43pm phone rings, I pick up.
Me: Hello Paul here.
Chappo: a-hahahahaha!
4:45pm phone rings, I pick up.
Me: Hell-
Chappo: a-hahahah!
Well, that didn't happen. Quite. This morning Chappo came into work and said that while a lot of the records really took him back there were a few he chuckled at, but one stood out: The Only Way is Up by Yazz.
Yazz!?
No disrespect to you
Yasmin, I'm sure you're a cool person and I kinda
liked the single but I could not think of when I
would have felt the desire to buy this record. I
really could not recall buying it, it must have been
an inadvertent plant from a past life. I kept telling
this to the lads, but they kept thinking I was in
denial.
I know denial. I have lots of things that go away
with it. This isn't one of them.
It's a fit-up I tell you! 