Kieran McConville
ONE love, blood, life
In my case this would be the album 'Gulag Orchestar' by Beirut. It's probably pretty good; I know I bought the CD on the strength of a single called 'Postcards From Italy' which had this gorgeous horn arrangement. I also know that I have not taken that CD off the shelf since the night the Rudd government won office.
What does this mean? It means that music excites a pavlovian response. Sure I enjoyed the Rudd government attaining office and John Motherfucking Howard losing his own seat in parliament, but other things going on at the same time, were less pleasant, and so, I just blank on that whole era. In short, I never want to hear Beirut again ever.
There's probably a certain amount of late nineties and mid to late 2000s electronic(ish) music that gets a pass it might not otherwise get from me, for the same reasons, only in the other direction. Ie. warm memories. Or at least not sour ones. It's not a nostalgia thing, it's just the difference between being contaminated and not.
What does this mean? It means that music excites a pavlovian response. Sure I enjoyed the Rudd government attaining office and John Motherfucking Howard losing his own seat in parliament, but other things going on at the same time, were less pleasant, and so, I just blank on that whole era. In short, I never want to hear Beirut again ever.
There's probably a certain amount of late nineties and mid to late 2000s electronic(ish) music that gets a pass it might not otherwise get from me, for the same reasons, only in the other direction. Ie. warm memories. Or at least not sour ones. It's not a nostalgia thing, it's just the difference between being contaminated and not.