tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post1492228434954414065..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The best records are the ones in your headDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26532808916177999772016-01-19T12:11:13.036+00:002016-01-19T12:11:13.036+00:00Music allows you to time travel.Music allows you to time travel.neil harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185801064152136312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39070450526671103462013-03-30T08:52:59.850+00:002013-03-30T08:52:59.850+00:00Very, very, very distant at one point in the dim a...Very, very, very distant at one point in the dim and distant, I think.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-28755690657294294732013-03-29T23:38:07.370+00:002013-03-29T23:38:07.370+00:00No family connection to Hepworth's tailors, by...No family connection to Hepworth's tailors, by any chance?Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724425043218124723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-57169787436899896012013-03-29T00:56:52.863+00:002013-03-29T00:56:52.863+00:00I used to nurture a pet theory that many a pop sin...I used to nurture a pet theory that many a pop single was produced so that the right frequencies cut through the noise of a factory floor.Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38232699744976864732013-03-28T15:40:52.415+00:002013-03-28T15:40:52.415+00:00I had a similar experience in the autumn of 2000 w...I had a similar experience in the autumn of 2000 when I went to see a Mute records showcase at the ICA in London. The headliners were Goldfrapp, who were a relatively new act at the time. Their debut album – Felt Mountain - was a fortnight away from being released. The only song of their's that I knew was 'Lovely Head' which had been put out as a single earlier in the year. <br /><br />When they played 'Pilots' (which was a sort of dreamy James Bond theme from a parallel universe, in a similar vein to You Only Live Twice) a disco ball stretched panes of white light across the ceiling. The black wooden partition that divided the room vibrated under my palm.<br /><br />I don't think that I've ever wanted an album more than I wanted Felt Mountain, but I had no choice other than to wait two weeks to hear it. I drove myself half mad trying to hold onto the melodies that I heard that night. I would keep checking to make sure that I could still recite them in my head. There were moments when I could feel them slipping away from me. I would stop whatever I was doing and attempt to reconstruct them, and then go over them a few times so that I didn't forget. <br /><br />13 years doesn't seem all that long ago. It's strange to think that, back then, there was no YouTube. I was still on a dial-up internet connection. It wasn't easy to preview or hear a record before it came out. <br /><br />There's a lot to be said for a bit of delayed gratification. I still listen to Felt Mountain now. It's a very good album – I don't think they ever bettered it - but I'm pretty sure that my continued interest in the record lies, not just in the music, but the way I felt during that fortnight between hearing the songs for the first time, just the once, and owning the record. backwards7https://www.blogger.com/profile/04902342759719621771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-49606902285521751792013-03-28T11:12:50.068+00:002013-03-28T11:12:50.068+00:00Radio Caroline was like that for me. You'd hea...Radio Caroline was like that for me. You'd hear things once or twice, no more. <br /><br />The YouTube clip above includes Comic Sans which I like in inverse proportion to the number of times I see itRFMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770248872756901332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-60653781128931122662013-03-28T10:12:49.198+00:002013-03-28T10:12:49.198+00:00I don't normally comment on blogs and I'm ...I don't normally comment on blogs and I'm not normally this pedantic but a phrase in your post strikes me as odd.<br />"That obsession grew in inverse proportion to the number of times I heard it, which was very few."<br /><br />so each time you heard it you obsessed less? ultimatley not obssessing at all. <br />the obsession diminished each time you heard it?<br />sorry, I'm doing an OU maths course and inverse proportions must be on my mind.<br />JOSZero Albedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360462622215940169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-80137257156172590512013-03-28T08:37:26.216+00:002013-03-28T08:37:26.216+00:00I felt something similar when Noel Edmonds played ...I felt something similar when Noel Edmonds played Kiki Dee's Lonnie & Josie; later she covered Take It Easy on her first BBC In Concert and made the song into something sexier.JVKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584836082134139788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-48306004302794975292013-03-28T08:27:16.244+00:002013-03-28T08:27:16.244+00:00I had a flash of instant recognition when you refe...I had a flash of instant recognition when you referred to almost blushing with excitement when hearing a record you were obsessed with. Had that experience so many times (with other records, of course).PaulVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04090540978254488604noreply@blogger.com