Lost in Music

[thessalian]

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Music may have charms to soothe the savage beast, but...

Okay, I went CD shopping. I picked up the Doves' album for Mum -- Mother's Day and all. Not only do I think she'll like them, but I also know she appreciates knowing that I at least know of music that doesn't involve heavy guitar riffs, screaming and drugs/death imagery. For myself, I got Tears for Fears' Greatest Hits and the Mad Capsule Markets.

Tears for Fears ... I'm 26 and a bit. Aren't I a little young to be a Tears for Fears fan from way back? And yet I do. So I bounce around to Mad World and Shout and remember listening to that stuff back when I was a kid. Ah, Terry DeMonte, where are you now?

And then there's the Mad Capsule Markets. Some of the tracks sound like Pitchshifter on as-yet-unnamed drugs, and some of them sound like Sum 41 with a drum machine, and at least one track has this really weird reggae vibe, and some of them have no definition. It's ... insane. Absolutely fucking insane. And so much fun.

Boy, am I glad this weekend is. Not that it's anything in particular -- just that it is. I needed this weekend. I think a lot of us did -- it's been a hard week all told. And I think I've earned my Mad Capsule Markets and my Tears for Fears.