A little bit of Saturday silliness for you.
I was walking down the street, headphones in, listening to an album I love, playing it pretty loud. It's a side-project from the DJ/electronic music pioneer BT. He got together with his buddy Christian Burns and they made a synthpop album entirely on old analogue machines. You can listen to it here, on Bandcamp:
Callum Gray
Not one single computer was used in the making of this album 😲
Now, if like me, you're a fan of catchy, upbeat, keyboard-based music with melody and memorable hooks, then you're in for a real treat, but there's one caveat: the lyrics are a bit miserable.
I've written before about how I've lost interest in listening to music that has a bunch of depressing lyrics (new Cure album – I'm looking at you!) because I don't feel the need to relate to any of that any more. I'm no longer an angst-ridden 20-something year old who sees pain and misery and heartbreak everywhere.
So my eyes were rolling a bit when I listened to the vocals on this otherwise brilliant album, especially when I read this, in a review:
“With as much of hat tip to the past as the future, ALL HAIL THE SILENCE deliver a swan song of triumphant, unapologetic, next gen electronic music album that captures the essence and angst of 80’s teenage coming of age.”
😒
The magical reframe
And then I suddenly remembered this thing you can do, whenever you're confronted with lyrics about lost loves and heartbreak and regretful situations and woe-is-me-everything-is-sh*t:
- don't see it through the lens of a doomed relationship between two people, but rather
- reframe the entire thing to be about your own, inner relationship to Thought Realisation and Innate Health, with wisdom running the show and reminding you it's always there:
Puts a different slant on lyrics like these, doesn't it?
Am I the only one who's lost my way here?
And where do I belong?
And I'll run to you if you crack
If you hit rock bottom
You know I'll be there for you
✦
When is the time for lovers?
’Cos I can't take this
One day we'll be together
We'll be running forever
My love, my love
Ha ha, until today, I'd forgotten how much I enjoy doing this!
😂
It's another thing—just a silly little shift in attention—that gets you looking in the direction of Innate Health… instead of feeling sad about unrequited love or some relationship that went wrong in the past, lol.
💖
Giles
Related
Giles P Croft