so long have I waited

Nov 08, 2013 00:25

It's been more than twenty years since OlderSister gave me this tape that changed my life. It was a compilation of the late 80s British zeitgeist, and I listened to it in the middle of the night, imagining English cities and adult lives, punk rock hair and future skies. There would be more that I would discover on my own, genres that I would ( Read more... )

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mishak November 8 2013, 12:33:53 UTC
Right there with you. I haven't heard the new album, Loveless is all I know of My Bloody Valentine, and it feels like it's all I ever need to know.

I have yet to meet a person with an older brother or sister where that older sibling was not somehow instrumental in forming their musical tastes. I want to tell my oldest niece "You have a great responsibility ahead of you, that will affect your little sis and brother for the rest of their lives. Take it seriously. Listen to good music, and pass it on."

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ayun November 8 2013, 13:09:43 UTC
I haven't listened to that remix in AGES. Dancing around the bedroom now, all making myself late for work.

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