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Always crashing in the same car

Soundtrack: 'Low' by David Bowie

I am a fairly recent Bowie convert. However, I think I may have subliminally absorbed a large portion of his early back-catalogue as a child. Sister number 3 was a big fan - in fact she gave her GCE/CSE English oral exam on the album 'Ziggy Stardust', which I think is immensely cool. I doubt she would have known at the time how much that album was influenced by Davey's pal Sir Itchy Pop.

I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where the (now useless) Radio 1 and local commercial radio stations were on a lot. I was the youngest of five girls and my sisters were in their teens when I was born, so pop was very much part of the set-up.

As a result, I am a music nerd and my specialist subject is the period 1980-1989. I've been known to get into evening-long discussions with my pal HateBoy about the majesty of Stock Aitken and Waterman; been invited to Napalm Death gigs by Clouse, C ; had questions fired at me by young gentlemen, Mastermind-stylee, about details they would consider a woman to know nothing about. [Come on lads, just how simple is the question 'who is the guitarist in Gang of Four?'!! Andy Gill, to those of you who don't know.] Most importantly of all, my love of Sixties garage punk bands was what first made the connection between me and JJ.

Music informs me, teaches me, riles me and bankrupts me. It's the greatest love of all. If there's a memory, and there invariably is, there's a song to go with it. And that's the way, uh-huh, uh-huh, I like it.

posted by deafdisco @ 11:52 am