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Is it addictive?
Posted by Robbie | Posted in Music, Radio | Posted on 17-11-2008
Hi, gang!
I had some interesting and frank calls and texts to the show yesterday… Got me thinking… a rare achievement I know, but they did!
I was berated for not playing my weekly Chris Botti and Lara Fabian.
Years ago when I started MWOM, it was my privelege to introduce you to artists and bands not normally heard here in Spain. Fact is, I have always listened to different styles of music… thanks to my upbringing and environment. I’ll explain.
My dad was a Frank Sinatra man, my mum loved Shirley Bassey, my big brother loved the Beatles, my middle brother loved John Mayall, our next door neighbour (Mr. McNish), was a Jamaican who relished Caribbean music… you get the picture. It was a household binded together by, you guessed it… MUSIC.
I remember touring with Black Sabbath, (with Diamond Head), in the 80s when Lita Ford’s drummer swung by whilst I was warming up to play our set and grabbed my headphones to listen to the music I was warming up to…. what was it? Led Zeppelin? Deep Purple? Surely it must be some heavy metal band!
It was ‘Physical’ by Olivia Newton John! There ya go… my secret’s out! I love the track, ‘Physical’. I love the guitar solo. I love the way the track moves…and I can’t help it!
Same tour… Black Sabbath through europe… It didn’t matter what time of day, I always had to be there for Sab’s sound check. Why? To listen to Paul Simon’s ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’. I was addicted to that track for the entirety of the tour. Played over the P.A. of a zillion watts, has that track sounded sweeter since? No way. It was a glorious avalanche of chords and groove and wonder. I’ll never forget that track and what it meant to me.
So when I hear you ask…’where’s Lara” or ‘where’s Chris?’ I can totally understand. You expect to hear certain artists on a Sunday and it’s my job to give you ya fix! Me! A dealer at my age! I thought I was too old and ugly!!
One of the other artists who seems to grab your attention is Yasmin Levy. I’ve a friend, Margot. Scottish. Normal. No preconditions. With M. What you see is what ya get. But a lover of Yasmin Levy? I thought NO WAY! She’s totally besotted with her! As I and millions of others are. Can’t get enough of her.
It just goes to show. With music, it’s beauty walks across party lines, across cultural barriers, haunts the soul…and if not heard on a regular basis? You get withdrawal symptoms!!!!!
See ya tomorrow. Off to the Monday Club… I’ll explain later.
Love ya!
Robbie. xx