I was lucky enough over Christmas to have a homemade gift from my eldest daughter in the form of her very first Compilation CD for me. Coming from a generation of music compliers I was chuffed she had discovered the joys of fitting music together for people.
Most of this is done via her Spotify playlists of course, but to have a physical CD compiled from all the tracks I keep telling her are brilliant was a real treat. She has yet to quite master the art but showed great promise with the whole thing kicking off with ‘Clean Clean’ by the Buggles.
Now, I have always quipped that I would like this song played at my funeral. But I have no idea why this particular track would be the one I want in peoples’ heads when they are saying goodbye. It’s not a sad song, or a meaningful song, in fact the lyric is quite silly. I think it just represents the energy and enthusiasm I always love in music, and of course its produced by Trevor Horn, which immediately raises its musical stature in my eyes. It’s odd, quirky, and complete pop fluff…. And to be honest I love it.
On line the other night, I quite by accident stumbled upon the fact that the Buggles second album ‘Adventures in Modern Recording’ (yes that’s where I got the name for this Blog) had been re-mastered and released with extra tracks. As you may expect, I am currently looking out for the postman every day waiting for that small brown box from Amazon… I really can’t wait.
So crank your stereo up to 11, pick up you air guitar (or bass), and let rip
‘lying on the wasteground with a blanket on his face
indicating that he's left the human race
hell went open when the world came in
gotta keep your head if you wanna win’
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