Disclaimer: this post was written in December 2023, and scheduled for future posting. Its contents may no longer be accurate or appropriate.
You know when you can hear a radio on somewhere in the distance, close enough to just about hear but not close enough to really make out?
I heard a radio from afar last night, and although it was really beyond the range of my age-afflicted, gig-damaged hearing, I could make out enough of the rhythm and chord changes of what I took to be the first verse or two to be able to identify it as She's A Star by James ... or so I thought.
So there I was, happily la-la-lahing along (in my head, naturally), until the distant FM fuzz got to what sounded like the middle eight, and I realised it wasn't Tim Booth I was lah-ing along with. So I had to go and track down the radio to see what had such a fundamental similarity. And this is what I found.
Okay, half-close your ears, imagine you can only hear the rhythm section chug and basic chords, and tell me Float On by Modest Mouse doesn't sound like the verses of the James track? Or is it just me?
It's just me, isn't it? It ususally is.
Of course it wouldn't be so bad if this was a unique occurrence. However, not so long ago I could just make out enough percussion from a distant radio to think I was half-hearing the intro to Close To Me by The Cure. Reader, I regret to inform you it was Footloose by Kenny Loggins... time for a hearing aid?
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