Been Around The World

Before I start, I would just like to state that this Blog has nothing what so ever to do with East 17. I’d also like to wish everyone a happy new rear In case you didn’t know, I have recently been on a most fantastic holiday to Australia visiting my two wonderful sisters and their family and friends. During this epic voyage me and the missus had the rather perilous task of having to endure seven flights (four of which were long haul flights) The airline we had the pleasure of travelling with basically cater for all your needs including drink (which they nearly ran out because of my thirst), food, film, TV and of course music. During our penultimate flight (Singapore to London) I became a bit sick of watching film after film and very tired and pretty emotionally charged so I decided to have a browse through the in-flight play list. After a bout of Neil-Cannon style randomising (yes, I did go for obvious ‘Down Under’ by Men at Work) I had a listen to two songs that kind of set off ‘the water works’ First up was ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen. Now, in case you didn’t know, I take great interest in song’s lyrics, especially those songs that have a story surrounding them. Any how many members of the music press seen the song at the time as lyrical mumbo jumbo, but ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is a song about one man’s despair after accidentally killing someone and as his punishment facing execution he bares his soul to the devil for a stay of execution. Personally I think it is utterly stunning to write about such stuff (whether it be fiction or non fiction, it beats writing shit love songs doesn’t it?) The second song to get me going was ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon. Lennon always had this knack of appealing to his audience as a man with a simple message. This opinion is perfectly portrayed in the song Imagine. It is such a simplistic view of how a man of peace (and conscience) viewed a world without aggression, war, hatred and tyranny (“you may say I’m a dreamer/but I’m not the only one” – for example). I’ve often thought how all the leaders of this world would react if they were gathered together and forced to listen to this song But, all things said, there is one true fact: no matter where you go and no matter how far you travel, music will always find a way to touch you emotionally. That’s why we love it so much Either that or I just miss my sisters

Mol