and all the things I had in mind for you and me

Amazing the SAF finally allows access to YouTube and Blogger with certain computers in the camps.


If I could, I would try it all over again.

I found out that it's been some time since I last heard The Concretes. Not even " Say Something New". It's good hearing it again. Makes one realize that I have forgotten a little of its spirit along the way the last few months, doing things too fast and taking things too seriously, not really listening as much as I would like to another.

Forgetting the whimsical derring-do, the smile and grit, the easy flow of chimes and melody, the commitment failure heart.

Amazing too, what a song can do yes?

woke up this evening

Well. It's been 58 days. Or so radioblog says.

It has not been so much a hiatus but a stasis, and I freely admit so. Perhaps it was just a lull, but on hindsight I suppose it was more of familiarity, of routine, and doesnt the military like that so? My usual want and intrigue for exploring and hunting down new music somehow took a backseat to a cycle of WoW/ Boat/ Bookout and nothing much inbetween. Not even touching a book, watching a movie, spending real time with anyone, or just cycling again.

But you aren't here to hear all that, so I shall go on.

According to Itunes, this next song was added about a month ago, but I think I got it from fluxblog a longer time ago and just never took notice of it. It's alternative, weird, whatever you call it I do not care, but it's pure gold. No not gold, but of a breeze perhaps, a roll that uplifts and is different from anything you have ever experienced, that just makes you do a double take. It is useless analyzing emotions, for one can never accurately pin down a *feeling* in words that can always be shaped to do whatever you want. And it is the same for this song.

Could it be the unique drumbeat that never ceases to freewheelingly reverbrate without a care in the world from start to finish? Or is it the chimes that peek at you as they teasingly dart from window to window? The old but playful guitars as they strum while sitting on their rocking chairs? Or is it her voice, Maria Erikkson of Concretes fame, gently layered over each other as she pulls you in through the door?

I dont know, but hearing this makes me not care. And I can just sit and close my eyes.



Perhaps it's time to start again.

SANTA MARIA - LALALALALAAA

what a strange thing to say as you passed me by on your way out

Welcome.

Here's a blog, simply about music I love. What you will find here will be songs I have somehow stumbled across and have grown to appreciate so much so that I find them worth sharing. They are not bound by genre or age or any of that sort, but do not look here if you are looking for informed and professional music criticism. This blog is just a journal of sorts of the tunes I discover along the way, and from time to time one or two 'older' songs will be featured. To sample the songs, use the nifty radioblog on the right, and if you find that you like some, dont hesitate to ask me on messenger! It will be my pleasure.

To kick things off, here's the song that this blog is named after. The Concretes are a band from Sweden that realizes sometimes, all it takes is just a simple guitar hook, one woman's voice, and a melancholic melody to create a beautiful piece of music. Gorgeously lush, yet somehow shimmering with a quiet promise, this is the kind of tune that you do not take note on your first listen. But after some time, whether five minutes later or a month, it slowly seeps back in your mind and just sits there, beckoning for you to listen to it once more. Again. And again.

The Concretes - Say Something New

Even better, catch the video on their site.