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part two of mix tape post
next we have squeeze satisfied. i recall when making the original post, i could not locate a video for this song, and i was really disappointed by that, because i barely remembered how the song went. but someone finally posted it on to youtube. day saved! so, i listed to it and wow, i'm immediately transported back to my teenage ideas of love and relationships. no disrespect to glenn tilbrook.
big audio dynamite's rush. my roommate, jessica and i used to listen to the globe incessantly our junior year. i apologize for the quality of this video in advance, but the sonybmg video isn't allowed to be embedded. this version's tempo also illustrates madonna's lifting of the riff for ray of light.
xtc was in constant rotation at school. many afternoons were spent on the parade stand at the soccer field sunning ourselves, watching the boys play ball and listening to oranges and lemons. in the years between then and now, i really played little attention to the band, until richard bestowed several of their early albums to me. i clearly remember the video for the ballad of peter pumpkinhead.
one of the first cds that i owned was erasure's the innocents, so i was no stranger to them when chorus was released. revisiting this song has been a pleasant surprise. i should think about actually purchasing this song.
and i leave you with the final song of the tape been caught stealing.
it's interesting to think that back when i was toiling over my stereo to make this tape, 17 years later i would be able to revisit all of these songs and artists (and videos, natch) with a few clicks of a keyboard.
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