Im not sure why this song rings melancholic for me. I think it reminds me of a time in my life that is fading from memory, irrecoverable in sense of time, place and person. I long for that period not so much for its events, but rather for the youth it embodied in me. Oddly, it reminds me simultaneously of a later period in life -- one characterized by recovery in a small, Midwestern town where I knew no one and the only music I listened to was moody, melodic electronica. In spite of the loneliness and alienation that time reminds, I miss the solitude, reflection and self-reliance it personified But even thats perplexing, since the times the times the song reminds me of are the early 80s and late 90s: and I didnt hear this song or know of this band until 2005, when I first moved back to San Francisco. All Ive learned since then is that I can listen to it exactly five times in a row on my walk to work. And it sets the mood for my day darkly, reflectively. https://youtube/watch?v=Z68PeQdBSME
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:34:58 +0000