SA's excellent week of posts on the work of the legends that were New Order has inspired me to re-post something from the early days of the blog featuring my favourite track from the band. Well that and if I am honest, the fact that nothing else has popped into my head for posting today.
Have a good weekend people. I will be mostly trying to get the house into some semblance of order having had a new kitchen fitted this week.
It's a dreich Monday night around the middle of October 1987 and I'm standing in the Mudd Club at the Ritzy in Aberdeen, surrounded by students having a good time and getting legless as students do on a Monday or any other day of the week for that matter. I on the other hand am neither happy nor drunk, I am like the weather that night miserable.
I have just returned to Aberdeen after spending the last weekend with my long term girlfriend as on Thursday she is emigrating to Australia. Her father in his infinite wisdom has decided to up root his family due to a selfish dream of living in a land down under.
Into the bargain I am also realizing that this student life is not all it's cracked up to be. Along with the freedom of living away from home comes the dubious pleasures of shit digs, even shittier food and penury.
Then out of the blue this track comes on and I grab a friend and dance. For nearly 7 minutes all of the crap feelings I have been carrying around with me for what then seemed like forever are lifted and I'm smiling and dancing with not a care in the world (without the aid of a disco biscuit).
The healing power of dance music.
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (12" version)
2 comments:
Cheers Drew. Great song and words. Pictures nice too. Have a good weekend
Swiss Adam
Ah, it was the best of times and the worst of times. A New Order 12" always helps.
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