I just put The Golden Age Of Wireless on and just a few notes into She Blinded Me With Science, I feel like the MTV age of the early 1980’s is suddenly here. All those electronic drums and synthesizers simple scream 80’s to me. I love it.
In the previous post, I wrote about being grown up and appreciating true musicianship with Dan Fogelberg now i’m going crazy for something like She Blinded Me With Science. Does this sum it up or what?
This a strange little self discovery thing. You know that guy that yells “Science!” during that song? I just realized that after over 30 years, i still do that. At home or the office when something comes up that is explained or resolved using math or physics, I yell out “Science!” it is a reflex that I was not fully conscious of until I just connected those dots. It makes me wonder if I should point this out to the people in my office. They may not be aware of that song.
The Golden Age Of Wireless is also significat in that it marks the return to vinyl from factory cassette. I like to think of my factory cassette era as the temporarily relevant and regretted huge mistake. I can only assume that a hungry tape deck consumed one too many of my favorite tapes. I began to buy albums on vinly again and immediately make copries on cassette for everyday use while the Master Recording was stored in a safe, friendly and protected environment. I still operate in a similar fashion to this day.
From 1983 to early 1986, the decision to buy factory tapes haunted me as I methodically bought my favorite albums again. In early 1986 I bought my first Compact Disc player which made the whole exercise irrelevant and I’d have to buy everything again. Speaking of that, The Golden Age Of Wireless Compact Disc has different version of several of the songs from the vinyl release. Why?
She Blinded Me With Sciene
Radio Silence
Europa And The Pirate Twins
Wind Power This song was used in some movie or TV show and remember recognizing it right away. I can’t remember what show it was but I seem to recall a record player in the scene. Crazy what you remember compared to what you don’t.
One Of Our Submarines
I can’t help but notice the impact that MTV wa salready having. All of the VIDEOS. What a cool era we were just about to enjoy!