Nothing too cerebral, simply something you think “I’ve not heard that for ages” and it brings a smile to your face and an urge to sing along.
All too often Mrs AC is playing something such as a random 80s music ’station’ on the ancient Amazon Echo device in the kitchen, and a track pops up that I’m astonished I’ve not listened to more recently - not infrequently one hit wonders or bands with only a couple of successful songs but to me very enjoyable. I originally said ‘fun’ but maybe meant a bit of an ear worm that makes you keep humming the tune or singing along for a few hours even if the lyrics aren’t that happy.
Any similar experiences?
This morning it was this from Johnny Hates Jazz:
Not quite the same but what a superb song from Stevie Wonder that popped out from nowhere on YouTube:
Cosmic Thing and Good Stuff albums are two of my favourites to play outdoors on a sunny day - pure fun pop with a hint of whackiness.
Just made me wonder if there was ever a video for Hot Pants Explosion - more thrusting than Tom Jones in his early days! Actually I wish Tom Jones had done a cover version of this 20-30 years ago.
If nothing else this thread makes me realise how boring a lot of music is these days. No wonder some of us are a bit daft when we were exposed to things like this in our formative years:
Two things struck me - not even a toaster in sight but prepared under the grill as we used to, and maybe a little nod to Mrs Cohen in Life of Brian at one stage.
