After leaving Space Mountain, I slept for most of 3 full days. I felt exhausted but I’m sure that some level of depression was to blame as well. I moved back into mom’s house. Grandpa and I constructed a nice little bedroom in the basement. It had my old captains bed (which would be my son’s in 10 years) a comfortable old arm chair a desk on loan from my dad, a book case, and a TV table. It was cool in the summer and even cooler in the winter.
As far as My Musical Evolution is concerned, this is an interesting development. The College Intermission era goes from September, 1983 to September 1985. What may seem confusing is that during this same time period I’ll be experiencing The Rise And Fall Of ’84 and The Metal Years. Essentially 3 threads all progressing simultaneously. Maybe it is a split personality thing. We’ll find out as we go.
College Intermission begins with the local radio. As I mentioned earlier, it seemed that the airwaves were being flooded with new MTV inspired artists and a somewhat signature sound. I’m opening up the era with Kissing To Be Clever by Culture Club. The reason I’m doing this is because of the aforementioned anomaly. I owned Kissing To Be Clever on cassette but it had been months since I made the switch back to vinyl. I know it was on cassette because it had an instrumental version of Time (Clock Of The Heart) on one of the sides to balance out the running time. That instrumental version did not appear on the vinyl or even Compact Disc versions. I had to have it on cassette.
I recently asked Adam if we listened to Culture Club at Vermont Academy. We both agreed that we felt that we had not listened to Culture Club until college. I suppose it was possible that I got the cassette and then simply forgot that I listened to it during the Academy Days. That has to be the explanation unless somebody gave it to me.
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Time (Clock Of The Heart) Instrumental
I’ll Tumble For Ya