Reviewing your parents' music collection
I don't know how to write about Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. I've been staring at my laptop for more than ten minutes, trying to find the words to describe how I feel about this record. Trying to capture when I first listened to it, how it became the most important record in a… Continue reading Sing me a Song of Hope and Despair or Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”
A monochrome watercolour landscape with a lonely tree in the distance. Almost faded, misty, forlorn. The opposite of inviting yet a view that somehow entrances attention. It may only be for a second. A second of interest followed by a deep feeling of loneliness and a quick desire for a view more lush and colourful.… Continue reading Like Rivers to the Ocean – Genesis play “Wind & Wuthering”
All good things come in three. Three, the magic number. The number of wishes a genie grants you. The number of guesses given to you for most fantastical riddles. The minimum amount of numbers you need for counting down. In some people's opinion, the best of all numbers. Three, the magic number. Maybe it isn't… Continue reading Third Time’s the Charm – Gentle Giant exude prog rock playfulness on “Three Friends”
What do ABBA and Johann Sebastian Bach have in common? They're both amazing musicians, that's for sure. But what you may not know is that they are also both referenced on Mike Oldfield's 1980 album QE2. My parents own 15 Mike Oldfield records. That is quite a lot. And although he is so majorly represented… Continue reading All Aboard, Crossing Genre Borders – “QE2” by Mike Oldfield
My parents own 453 physical records, 156 on vinyl and 297 on CD. They span across a variety of artists, eras and genres. From classic blues to postmodern punk, from Portuguese fado to Dutch chanson. It's an astonishing variety that speaks of my parent's musical open-mindedness and blows my mind every time I really think… Continue reading Pink Floyd can do humour? Yes, they can. And “Meddle” proves it.
The Dad Anthology 