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19 April 2014 at 18:48 #26988
btw just checking with any/everyone here – are you getting a LOT of Muppet ads on YT?
I know its Easter but this is getting ridiculous! Although the Spanish one that I got with Senor Coconut* was kinda fun…
* link for anyone who like @faegrl likes a bit of the “La Puertas”
Actually FaeGrl – I know neither the original nor cover artists of Dust in the Wind but think I prefer the cover (on first listen). But mainly as I like the dirty guitars at the beginning!
In terms of covers, I kinda cheated with Nouvelle Vague and Senor Coconut as they’re pure cover albums.
I was also tempted by Nick Cave but again, its a (brilliant) covers album, but I’ll try and avoid bands I’ve linked to in the past doing excellent covers its worth hearing.so instead, how’s this one – when I mentioned it to a friend once, he simply burst out laughing at the incongruousness of an alt-rock (or whatever classification they flew under at the time!) doing a funk classic.
And if simply the concept made him smile, hopefully it’ll make others, as its a great version
19 April 2014 at 18:06 #26987Ah @thekrynoidman – I love the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain!
Seen them a couple of times – the first time was years ago; the singer was standing and is a big guy (well over 6ft) which just made this version of an 80’s classic even better.19 April 2014 at 17:42 #26984@craig – nice Frank Turner version.
I liked the cover of the Esteban song (though its so far from the original as to be a different song on first listen!). Kinda preferred the last 3rd.
can’t remember the Amber Grooves site since I last saw it – have you been tweaking there as well as here?
19 April 2014 at 12:19 #26963@phaseshift – nice Pixies cover version!
Oh, and while I can’t remember suggesting the “music that made you think of Dr Who while you were listening”, its such a good idea that I’ll happily take credit until @angryandpeeved says “oi – that was mine!”
@faegrl – Cash’s ‘Hurt’ is fantastic – truly where an interpretation is better than the original (I remember reading how it convinced him that he could write tunes after a period of lack of confidence).
and if we’re talking cover versions, and tying neatly with @debs ‘ obsession ( π ), Common People is a classic, and this a surprisingly good cover version.
And as Phase has just asked everyone for their favourite unlikely cover version, this is quite fun.
Its not a Love Song though.Although as cover versions go, this is so good, it’d be difficult to Beat It.
15 April 2014 at 22:02 #26902actually @arbutus (and Debs for that matter – and anyone else!) I’m now pondering “what is Indie?”
At the time (80’s/90’s) it meant ‘not signed to a major label’ but that covered a wealth of oddities, not just geetar bands.So were guitar bands more Indie? and if so were they merely remnants of Post-Punk with their kitchen sink lyrics and ‘we’ll not have guitar solos’? (hence my Wedding Present link above).
But then I cogitate and vacillate and remonstrate (with myself) and wonder and electronic music and then just remember I really enjoyed moshing at Stomp in Leeds to Nirvana/ Dinosaur Junior/ Weddoes/ etc and stroking my chin at League of Crafty Guitarists, and having self-satisfied-pride with “my” bands like Hugo Largo, Durutti Column and feeling a constantly ear-opening-inviting beauty with Penguin Cafe Orchestra (though I’ll play this one at my wedding or funeral) and thinking…
… that I actually hope they just list the buggers alphabetically when I go shopping for the CDs, as I haven’t an effing clue which category-rack to look in otherwise!
π
15 April 2014 at 21:09 #26900and @arbutus – I’m shocked!
Do you think of me as someone with a thirst?
Funnily enough, I tend to drink far less on holiday than I do at home!
But you’ll be happy(?) to know I’ve put that right since getting back.
Anyway – thanks for the jig – again funnily enough I listen to almost every other ‘folk’ music (whether Indian/Asian/African) than Irish, but its always good to hear again!
15 April 2014 at 21:00 #26899Hi @arbutus – great song! (link here if like me in the UK you get a “not allowed in your region” – I’m assuming its the same song!)
For me, I probably wouldn’t call it hip hop, but then that just goes to show the ludicrousness of categorisation (and I was/am woefully guilty of snobbery in music and categorisation!! More fool me!). But I’m trying to be like you and ignore classifications and just simply enjoy music!
And I’ve no idea if the track is on-message (ie listen to the inner-ninja!). I don’t have kids, so haven’t been through the “hit the bully hard in the nose without warning” conversation – except I s’pose as a kid with my dad [though he never quite said it in that way…. I guess…. hmm…]
Actually I’ll defer advice on all this to parents and classifiers!
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15 April 2014 at 09:22 #26890Hey @faegrl – great to see you again and well done on finishing the novel!
I’ve no idea if you’ve written one or twenty before now, but from everything I’ve read about novelists, each one seems to be a huge effort (unless you’re Barbara Cartland I s’pose…).
Hope you don’t fade away for too long!
15 April 2014 at 09:06 #26889“My apologies if you guys have seen this one already”
@faegrl – thanks for the thoughtfulness, but if I asked “hands up anyone who’d seen that already” my guess is fewer than that track deserves!
Thanks for sharing, that was fun!
And if one style is good, then 20 styles are 20xgood – right?
π
Really enjoy your posts, so hope you don’t disappear for too long!
15 April 2014 at 00:00 #2688414 April 2014 at 22:56 #26882nice one fatman!
Thinking about it, its hard to get a feeling of/ starting point for “indie” without thinking of this:
Full volume on the video and everything else its connected to.
Always hard to choose a single starting point, but that was the challenge from @debs and this was my answer.
Tonight.14 April 2014 at 20:55 #26879@debs – looking for BritPop?
As the saying goes “ah, if you’re trying to get to there, I wouldn’t be starting from here”:Β¬)
In terms of BritPop there’s been a whole bunch of stuff happening recently so I assume there’s been an anniversary (god, was it 20 years ago today, that Sgt Albarn taught his band to play?).
Always good to start with Pulp, Blur, and avoid the pub-rock of Oasis*.
If its pub-rock you’re after, best to go back a bit and get something to make you feel good.
Like Dr Feelgood.
More raw than your throat after sleeping a heavy night off on the beach.Mind you, “Indie” covers a whole kettle of fish that I loved (
Dinosaur Jr; Belle & Sebastien; Bjork; PJ Harvey;that list could go on and on and on so instead I’ll mention a band that came up as “Indie Rock” in my iTunes and are within the last510 years. Bit of a naughty name, but very good)and here they are live with the same song (linking for anyone who’s heard the album before. If you can make it beyond halfway its as epic as the recorded version!).
* that’s not IMO. That’s FACT.
(that’s not an acronym, unless “Fucking Avoid Crap Tunes” is a phrase.):Β¬)
14 April 2014 at 18:55 #26877oh no. There goes my evening.
jeezus.
I’m now listening to this FANTASTIC indie anthem.
What? No?? Well hell – you weren’t in Leeds around ’91!
ahem.
[sigh]
I blame @debs meself….
14 April 2014 at 18:37 #26876@debs – you and me both!
and I hope you’re not expecting this old fogey to have any new indie music do you?????
π
Actually, knowing that I should get newer music and having asked for it myself here before, I tried looking at my Last.fm recommendadtions. Unfortunately nothing too new, but while listening to not-very-good-stuff I came across this.
Its not new. Its not big and its not clever*.
But by god did it make me giggle!
*and I’m not even sure if it was the music that I once mentioned to @faegrl but it is similar!
14 April 2014 at 18:32 #26875erm thanks @purofilion – but asking for three great songs is great (it was my brother’s idea so no credit to me!) but Phaseshift mentioned “songs which inadvertently reminded you of Doctor Who” which is different in a massively wonderful tangential way (so wonderful in fact that I daren’t take credit for it!!).
Honestly, songs which while they were on you thought “oooh… Who!”.
(and feel free to pronounce my name any way you can! π )
13 April 2014 at 13:41 #26859ah – thanks @wolfweed – actually, I did see that one, but was looking for an orchestral version from the movie (which may not exist! Maybe I’m misremembering the film! I’m not even sure if I’ve actually seen it!).
[btw can anyone else hum or whistle that theme without lapsing into Danny Boy?
or is it just me? π ].And @phaseshift – I honestly can’t remember suggesting “songs that inadvertently reminded one of Doctor Who”, but it does sound like something I’d say! π
so, good spot on the Placebo!12 April 2014 at 19:36 #26841oh @arbutus, thanks but I don’t warrant anything. π
When you mentioned coming ‘home’ I thought of “Going Home” from Local Hero (the Scottish contingent weighed heavily on my mind – and sense in terms of Time is allowed to be a bit timey-wimey here!).
But on hearing the first strains for the first time in years, I thought of Shenandoah.
I can’t find the original movie theme (@wolfweed / @fatmaninabox / @anyone-else!! please post if you can find) so have gone with this as its the only version I have.
Not a ‘boys are back in town’ type celebration (cheers fatman!) but the usual tangential linkage from me (and not the posting of the annoying violinist that I came across while looking for the original!).12 April 2014 at 16:11 #26828aha! @fatmaninabox – you are a gentleman for not wanting to hurt our ears (and weirdly I almost went with Fade to Grey but was a bit weird with me ‘coming back’!)
and @phaseshift – indeed, another that I couldn’t think how to link (and there’s me thinking I was the most tenuous thread-finder here!!).
As for me holiday, it was both excellent and thought-provoking (especially Cambodia).
Apologies for sending a pic of me feet though (I rarely took my phone around, but it would’ve been worse sending a selfie of any other part of me!).
12 April 2014 at 14:08 #26820@Scouttheairedale – awww, really sorry to hear this.
As others have said, you look after your Mum.
12 April 2014 at 14:06 #26819“and…..[click] you’re back in the room!”
blimey, feels like ages since I was here!
Someone mentioned New Romantics and then forgot to post a link (naughty @fatmaninabox )
so here is the only New Romantic song that I can think of with a barely Who link.
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28 February 2014 at 22:12 #25886ok – heading off to bed then up in a few hours and flying.
So, will leave with a couple of tracks (but it’ll be a month before I know what you thought of them!).
Above (yeasterday?) I think I was saying to @arbutus that I’d been listening to more (recorded) live music and here’s one that I’ve had on a few times. First time I heard it, I thought it was extraordinary. Then heard it a couple of times a lot later and thought “hm, maybe..”, but heard it again recently and know my initial reaction was right – it is extraordinary.
(and no, I’m thankfully not heartbroken – especially if it results in this kind of emotion!)
As that track would be a bit of a downer to leave on(!) I’ll post a track a friend shared with me as she moaned “you don’t have any fun music” (and she was quite right – even the fun stuff is kinda witty fun or ‘weird humour’ fun or whatever).
so, here’s some happy music:
(I swear at 2.43 there’s a guy in a bow tie…)
See you all in a month!
28 February 2014 at 17:47 #25876Hi @phaseshift – he he, maybe, though a cameraphone photo from my phone could be a tad underwhelming (its not a great camera).
However I will think of people here and if I see anything I’ll give it a snap!
Now, really must pack!
28 February 2014 at 10:18 #25856aw cheers @janetteb and @fatmaninabox – I’m sure I can take the “whisht isn’t going to be around – hooray hooray” in the right way…
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I should’ve mentioned going away (ie ‘don’t worry, I haven’t just had a birthday and suddenly lost contact’) on the Sofa rather than here, so thanks for keeping it Music related!
27 February 2014 at 21:50 #25852hey Puro – you know how to link text.
I know you do… if you remember how you managed to embed then just go back and see if it makes sense (though I’ll admit its hard to explain without pictures!).however, your nerves about Saturday may be starting and that’s all it is!
As I said, you’re jumping out of an aircraft, whereas I’m planning on being in an aircraft all the way until I reach Laos and a 4 week holiday/tour of Indochina (Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia).
Not sure how much internet access I’ll have but at most it will be on my phone so I doubt I’ll be listening or posting anything!So you’ll all have the thread to yourselves for a month. Treat it kindly!
27 February 2014 at 21:42 #25851@craig – cheers!
Jesus and Mary Chain – they’re a band I really didn’t get into and can’t figure out why. Especially as I was into other Indie music at the time.
Fantastic to hear this – simple and poignant. Yet another prompt to dig out more of their stuff (it worked with LCD Soundsystem – I’m now enjoying their album Sound of Silver!).Thanks for the link to the Amber Grooves label. How involved are you? Mainly web stuff or also within the label?
I think I’d need a few listens to those pieces to get a proper sense of them (certainly my opinions have changed between first and second listen!). And now I can see why the same people have two ‘bands’ – I’m guessing so it makes it easier to book them to do the right set during the night!
Can “Turn Left” be Who related?? πI’ve a few thoughts on the site – if that’s of interest, I’m happy to PM you (as this post could get rather long!).
Now, that Beatles track and video are amazing! For such a bubblegum song, they play it really really tough; really rocking out. The video is just the best of lo-fi excellence! Left me with a hooooooge smile!
@purofilion – Cohen – Take This Waltz; ok I’ll admit it – Cohen is yet another artist that I’m struggling to get into. Although he has obvious quality, I think it takes a bit of investment of time. Will listen again (as I drifted away on first listen) but thank you again for a good nudge to try again! Also, I heard “Arthur Smith sings Cohen, again” on Radio 4 the other night. Quite funny though you’d have to know Smith I think to get his rather laconic humour.
And you’re jumping out of a plane! I’m planning to be in a plane on Saturday but I have NO intention of being outside it. Good luck and have as much fun as it sounds (and love the idea of you finding music to somehow tell us what it was like!).
btw @Purofilion – did you mean this track when you mentioned “How to Avoid Disaster”?
I kinda liked it (even if you didn’t mean it!). I quite liked that it didn’t hang around – got in, did its thing, and finished. No mucking about with unnecessary verses, soloing etc etc.
Also have you heard of Richard Hawley? If not I’ll find something – its not the same, not quite as up-tempo, but you may like it.@fatmaninabox – hmmmmm, Ggggrrrrrrogan! Ggggrrrreat memories! Remember dancing/bouncing/thrashing stoopidly around to this one with mates on whichever birthday it would happen to be!
In terms of those trousers, they’re getting quite trendy in London at the moment (though unlike with Claire, I’m yet to see anyone for whom they’re flattering!).Blyth Power – Marius Moves – You’re right about how he sings the chorus – very letsopenupthatlarynx!
@faegrl – I’m not sure you’re being random at all (or maybe I’m being very superficial pop-psychology – you decide!):
Asked to choose a choon, you’re “Under Pressure”.
Whisht is getting ooooolllllllldddddddd but “Don’t Fear the Reaper” you say!*
And a birthday is a “brand new day” rather than the end of a year.Not random at all!
*Weirdly I always thought of BOC as heavier but the song is mainly quite soft rocking and then… weird guitar solo! I just don’t remember that at all!
@arbutus – really sorry to hear about your son – hope he’s getting better now and that the commitments were worth it!
And yes, the idea of asking for songs was also so everyone else could enjoy both giving and hearing others’!
I’m 2nd gen Irish (or “plastic Paddy”) so really loved Lau! I know they’re probably more Scottish in their heritage, but modern folk is a kinda hodge podge anyway from all over including Spanish. So thanks for that – really enjoyed it! Now I just gotta find some more good raw session music (am currently listening to more ‘live’ albums for this very reason).La Bottine Souriante – excellent! “Bounce” is exactly what it makes you do!
Imagine Dragons – On Top of The World – as you say so perfectly its such a great ‘foolishly cheerful’ song! Brilliant!
and @phaseshift – hello again and thank you! That track is rather interesting. I actually prefer (on first listen) the part where it gets more produced around 3mins. It gets more balanced and for me its a new song rather than ‘just’ a mashup. But really enjoyed it!
And every time I hear that Ting Tings track I think of Money.and that’s never a bad thing!
thanks again everyone! It really made my evening/morning/day!
π
27 February 2014 at 20:39 #25847wow – can I just say thank you to everyone who posted some ‘birthday’ songs!
I feel rather humbled (and no longer hung over), but also I hope everyone’s enjoying all the choons people have been posting (as they usually would of course!).
There’s quite a few to get through and methinks I’ll have to make a longish post so that I won’t dominate the Activity column and limit people finding stuff being discussed elsewhere.
Hope that works!
27 February 2014 at 20:32 #25846Hi @arbutus and @monochromedimension – interesting thoughts on regenerations….
Arbutus – not sure if you read this, but its from a blog called Brain Pickings written by Maria Popova, and she mentioned yesterday the very thing you’re referring to when you talked about the ‘different you’s’ over time.A sentence in the entry really stood out:
βCan the present you trust the future you?β
Its an interesting piece and possibly worth reading (and its not long!).
26 February 2014 at 21:19 #25798@purofilion – yes, am a bit drunk and squiggles are happening away from the screen too!
but still ok to correct my misspellings (as soon as that goes, everyone should ignore my outpourings!)
Your (initial) list made me laugh – thankyou!!
[just how did you know that’s make me laugh??)
π
Will listen to yours now (in an hour or so) too!
;Β¬)
26 February 2014 at 20:45 #25795ahh, @craig – thank you!
I am celebrating – why wouldn’t I also be celebrating here??
π
However, drink has been taken and so I will (or at least should) be refraining from posting anything from now on (my god, how many times did that take to type before the red squiggles of mistyping disappear??!?).
But I will listen to that (those) later/ tomorrow and thank you muchly!
26 February 2014 at 19:49 #25793Now – I’m going to be cheeky.
I’m going to be off-topic (what do you mean “this thread has no topic??!”)
And… I’m going to be cheeky.
As I mentioned once before, my brother is far smarter than I and instead of “what are your top 5 songs?” (I have 100 songs in my top 10), suggested “What are the 3 songs you’d like to hear right now?“.
So, its my birthday today and therefore may I cheekily ask for a gift?
Can the gift be a link (or failing that a simple mention) of the track you’d like to hear right now?
Not necessarily your favourite; not necessarily the ‘best’, just… right now (for whatever reason).cheeky I know, but hearing new stuff or prompting me to hear stuff I’ve heard before is something that makes me smile.
Utterly cheeky, but I claim birthday rights!
π
26 February 2014 at 19:40 #25792y’now @thekrynoidman at first I thought “wha? are you mad?” and then the strings beneath the dumb-fast piano became stronger and I thought “hm, maybe…”
Unfortunately, me being able to hum, and say “hm, maybe” and “yeah the bit where it goes da da te da but then goes down rather than up” is hardly much use to man nor beast.
If any of the more musically knowledgeable people here listen to them, I’m sure we’ll get a more useful answer!
π
26 February 2014 at 08:49 #25779Hi @faegrl and @monochromedimension – apologies if I’m butting in and you already know, but there was a “watch week-by-week” of Ghostlight a few months ago.
You can see episode 1 here along with people’s thoughts. Might be interesting to add yours if you haven’t already!
And I don’t think I’m spoiling anything, if I were to say that this serial has confused the great and the good since it was first shown!
[btw I’ve just noticed that I missed a few of the other Before Gap serials that have been done week-by-week. I should catch up (even though I’ll be cheating by gorging on them in one sitting!]
25 February 2014 at 18:44 #25765@scouttheairedale
[facepalm]*
* Thanks for telling me though I think it may be another cover of this Floyd-era Quo that I was remembering, slightly heavier…
25 February 2014 at 18:44 #25766@scouttheairedale
[facepalm]*
25 February 2014 at 10:22 #2575625 February 2014 at 09:55 #25754thanks @Scouttheairedale – with Camper Van Beethoven its odd; I know the melody but not the song!
How is that?
or am I being thick and its a really famous melody they’ve incorporated..?
and thanks – there’s a cluster of birthdays in my family in February, so we all meet up and spoil my niece!
24 February 2014 at 18:51 #25732oh, and @fatmaninabox – I am being completely rude to millions of people.
I’d forgotten about the Italians (how could I forget Parisse?).
tsk.
Obviously, there is a ton of Italian opera and classical music to choose from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw26fLW_gg4
enjoy!
24 February 2014 at 18:30 #25728blimey – was away for a few days over the weekend (family birthdays) and lots to listen to!
@fatmaninabox – that French Ska reminded me as it was playing of music from Africa. Not sure why – maybe my lazy ear hearing French and a reggae rhythm…? Thanks for that one!
However, there’s no excuse for Marillion. π
I watched it again out of curiosity, and I’m shocked I never heard the Gabriel/Genesis in them before (I guess I only remember Kayleigh).
And is that video an episode of Minder??@faegrl – that’s a really interesting description of Journey. I’m not a game player (though I’m interested in game playing – A Theiry of Fun is an interesting read), but I might take a look at that game.
and FaeGrl – LotR remix – loved it! (think I prefer it to the ‘proper’ film music!)
Reminded me of an old track that mixed b-rate Kung Fu movie sound effects with dance beats, that I now can’t find (mainly as I don’t know who its by!) After fruitless googling at least I got to reaquaint my ears with Sabres of Paradise and 2 Lone Swordsmen, some Wu Tang… but its not by any of those…@scouttheairedale – thanks for the Burning Sensations (that just doesn’t sound right…).
The first ‘suggested’ track that I got after it was this awesome track:Whale – Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe (probably because of 80/90’s and the word ‘whale’!)
Its as if a record label rather cynically said “give me the Sugarcubes (but get rid of the weirdness) and cross them with Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and I want it NOW!” and someone came up with Whale….
Daniel Lanois – I only really know him as a collaborator so thanks for that.
now for the classical piece!
21 February 2014 at 23:29 #2562321 February 2014 at 21:12 #25612go for it 6thers!!
Prove us wrong!!
π
(by “us” I mean the rather shocked kids who’d grown up week after week with previous Doctors, had got used to them and their idiosyncratic ways, had suffered regenerations and ‘our’ Doctors going and then saw… erm…
“what’s he doing? And… Peri – !!?!!“)
21 February 2014 at 20:09 #25609oh – as GLC was mentioned…..
C’MON WALES!!!!*
YOU KNOWS IT!
[ahem]
[*Wales are playing France in 6 nations rugby. This forum is obviously neutral in such an international occasion.]
21 February 2014 at 18:22 #25608@ScouttheAiredale – thanks for that Wall of Voodoo.
It reminded me that I hadn’t posted something about the passing of Bob Casale a few days ago.
21 February 2014 at 17:59 #25606interesting piece of music @faegrl – seems to suit a theme of a global Journey, if I’m correctly picking up bits of saharan/ eastern music*.
very atmospheric!
(* you’ll tell me “no, its set on the subway in NY” π )
21 February 2014 at 10:58 #25581But I have been listening to the classical pieces on this thread too – honest!
Thanks to you guys for sharing, especially the multiple versions of the same piece – I’ve listened to two but the GLC kinda interrupted proceedings.
[ahem].
Loving Colourbox’s tribute to Glass @fatmaninabox ! Almost Vangelis, or what I imagine Tangerine Dream to sound like!
(though wtf happened at 3.40 onwards??!!??)My “tribute” to Glass when chatting to the 2 or 3 people that know what the hell I’m on about, is often less graceful, and includes me mimicking the strings and alternating loud-then-quiet:
“DAA DADAA DADAA dadadadadad DAAA DA DADAA dadadadadaaaaaa…”
(which come to think of it, actually sounds more like a description of the Pixies!)21 February 2014 at 10:47 #25580@ScouttheAiredale – omfg – Goldie Lookin’ Chain
“You knows it!”
Brings back good memories – plenty of swearing, silly humour, drug references, ripping off of melodies….
You know’s it, clart!
B)
20 February 2014 at 20:37 #25562Hi @purofilion – really sorry to read you had a rough night.
Too late to act as a balm, but here’s something beautiful (which I don’t think I’ve used before, unlike the Eno/ Penguin Cafe I was initially thinking of).
20 February 2014 at 19:36 #25559ooohhh, I’m loving all this – don’t have ability to listen right now, but really looking forward to these classical pieces!
[btw I re-read my earlier post about not listening to classical as a kid and on re-reading it sounded to me like a comedy “you lucky bastards – in my day all we had to listen to were the sound of blaring cars and swearing drunks! And we were grateful for it!”.
he he, I may be a twit, but at least my own twittishness makes me laugh!
20 February 2014 at 19:16 #25558@monochromedimension – yegads its just black & white for you!
π
I tried to get from curling to Who… but [hangs head] I guess its a Rose & Crown memory, but I was only a kid, so wasn’t thinking of the pub!
20 February 2014 at 13:32 #25531@ScouttheAiredale – ooooh, you’ve brought back a memory for me with the word “hurling”.
I was between 7 or 10 and stood on the edge of a pitch with my dad, as the players ‘warmed up’ before the start of the first match I’d ever seen. ‘Warming up’ basically constituted walking/trotting around, elbowing each other.
Then one player just in front of me picked up the ball on the end of his stick, tapped it into the air and smacked it with full force into the back of the head of an opponent standing about 15 feet away.
The ball thudded into his head and just plopped onto the ground.
The player who’d been hit simply turned around slowly, looked at the guy who’d smacked the ball, and nodded.
[gulp]
I reached up for my dad’s hand and got a bit closer to him*.
I didn’t let go throughout the entire match.
*To be honest I’d done the same thing years earlier when watching scary monsters on Who, getting closer to dad’s leg as he sat in the armchair, oblivious to what was on and the fact I was scared shitless.
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