Lost in the shadows
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ventaOn Fridays this year, we ask...
What's in the Box?
The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.
Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.
Today in The Box we have:
The Lost Boys (Soundtrack)
This is a rare example of a tape which I actually paid actual proper money for, at actual proper prices, back when tapes where actually sold in actual shops. If I recall correctly, I bought it in Woolworths, though I think even then it may have been in a bargain bin.
There are some film soundtracks - like, say, Grease - where you hear them so many times you actually become completely sick of them and stop listening. I'm fairly sure that The Lost Boys was played to death in its day, but when I unearthed it a few months back I discovered that it's actually surprisingly enjoyable.
Beauty Has Her Way is one of the few tracks which doesn't sound like it was recorded by INXS - there are only two INXS tracks on the tape, but most of the rest of the songs sound as if they really want to be.
Mummy Calls - Beauty Has Her Way
[Poll #1246426]
What's in the Box?
The Box in question is the glovebox of my car, home to my extremely motley tape collection. By the time I owned a car with a tape player tapes were on the way out and most of my music was in CD format. However, charity shops were practically giving tapes away, which meant that I bought rapaciously and eclectically. A half-remembered 80s band who once released a single I'd liked a little ? A band I'd vaguely heard of ? An unknown group with good cover art ? Bring them on.
Of course, the net result is that I've ended up with a tape collection which any music-lover would be slightly ashamed of. There was a relatively narrow window (late 70s to later 80s) when tapes were big news, and my horde represents that. However, in amongst the terrible pop I've found some gems and I reckon its time to come clean about my guilty musical secrets.
Today in The Box we have:
The Lost Boys (Soundtrack)
This is a rare example of a tape which I actually paid actual proper money for, at actual proper prices, back when tapes where actually sold in actual shops. If I recall correctly, I bought it in Woolworths, though I think even then it may have been in a bargain bin.
There are some film soundtracks - like, say, Grease - where you hear them so many times you actually become completely sick of them and stop listening. I'm fairly sure that The Lost Boys was played to death in its day, but when I unearthed it a few months back I discovered that it's actually surprisingly enjoyable.
Beauty Has Her Way is one of the few tracks which doesn't sound like it was recorded by INXS - there are only two INXS tracks on the tape, but most of the rest of the songs sound as if they really want to be.
Mummy Calls - Beauty Has Her Way
[Poll #1246426]
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Date: 2008-08-22 06:39 pm (UTC)Possibly that's just me.