Filigree & Shadow has got to be my all time #1 favorite recording, and with that, This Mortal Coil being my one true favorite artist. No intro, no description. If you don't know who they are, I guess you don't need to know. But if you do, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I still remember the day when I bought this imported, gorgeous double vinyl album. The photography, the design, the font, the printing and the music all wrapped up under the perfect packaging. I used to listen to this album in the dark, alone in my room... Listening to A Heart of Glass while contemplating my life in darkness, and dancing to Drugs at Helter Skelter―the only club in LA that would play such a song! The other day I burned myself a CD and while listening to it again in my car, tears started rolling down... Was it the music? The hidden messages? The memories? The forgotten years or the lost youth?
Their music in particular and a few other things had helped shaped me who I am today. 1986, and like time travel―it's amazing how it takes me back. Have a great weekend everyone!!
xo, r
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Currently listening:
This Mortal Coil - Morning Glory
Comments (8)
just before i went away i found the vinyl in a record store for 25 bucks. ....
Posted by pod | December 10, 2008 2:06 AM
Posted on December 10, 2008 02:06
Hey buddy, I gave you an blog journal writing award...you'll see the post on my blog.
Posted by johnmichael | November 23, 2008 2:02 PM
Posted on November 23, 2008 14:02
I will have to listen to this...never have before.
Posted by johnmichael | November 23, 2008 11:44 AM
Posted on November 23, 2008 11:44
Dream Pop! Love it. Always takes me back, too.
Posted by sandy | November 22, 2008 8:33 AM
Posted on November 22, 2008 08:33
Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees does that for me. With music, we have time travel!
XOXOXOXO Robert.
Posted by Pua | November 21, 2008 7:32 PM
Posted on November 21, 2008 19:32
I love TMC too. Ministry and Cocteau Twins and New Order and Nina Hagen and Depeche Mode (before they were an uber super group) all take me back to my 80s dancing gay boy days. Nothing i hear now makes me want to dance like that stuff did. Age i suppose (and lack of mood enhancers! hehehe).
Posted by Sam | November 21, 2008 3:06 PM
Posted on November 21, 2008 15:06
I like to hear about music that changed people; important music indeed!
I have a handful of tunes and music that changed me as well - a good notion for a blog entry.
Posted by Urspo | November 21, 2008 2:48 PM
Posted on November 21, 2008 14:48
music is like time travel, I just love the way a song can have that effect
you have a good weekend too
and i will listen to more Mortal Coil
Posted by lettuce | November 21, 2008 11:13 AM
Posted on November 21, 2008 11:13