Feels so good it hurts

By Parson Thru

Sun, 07 Jun 2020
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Well, it’s all pretty fucked up really, isn’t it? 

Fifty years on, or more, and it still exerts its draw. 

I escaped it for a while courtesy of NN (if you know who you are) and the early nineties Rave scene, but it never really went away.  Even the Rave scene was a kind of psychedelic re-run for me. 
 
And tonight, a rare draw to sit in front of television with my mother.  BBC2, Eric Clapton.  And now I’m listening on YouTube to Derek and the Dominoes.  Hendrix.  Delaney & Bonnie & Friends.  And, oh my God, I’m right back in there.  That sound.  That whole vibe.  I was young, sure enough, but, you know.  

I watched the thing on Clapton tonight.  What happened to me?  No one put a guitar in my hand.  No one showed me the way.  I’ve been looking for that guide all my life. Maybe I just didn’t have the drive. Born in the wrong place. 
 
This town never had nothing.  You have to leave here first. But that sound was there, always. The need to get away from all the mundane shit that never meant anything but digging in the earth. Time shift or maybe just time and place, but that was the time, that was the place, they were the sounds for me at least. 

It feels like the ship sailed and left me. Head filled up. The vibe.  The scene. The way it seemed to be. Maybe it was all just another hype.  Maybe.  But it was a hype worth dying for.  

Just check out who did.  As good as it gets. The pinnacle of three guitars, keyboard and percussion. Where the Blues went. 

God, it feels so good, it hurts.

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Submitted by Ed Crane on

I do get the feeling the more North you were the more difficult to make it  back then. It's difficult wherever you are now it seems.

I had friend who went to school with rock icons, I bought drinks for one making his way (we all thought he'd fuck up but he didn't)

My brother's group was offered a contract by a famous London based producer, but they chickened out, preferring to study. They did alright in "real life" (except one who sadly passed recently) but I'm sure they wonder, "what if?" from time to time.

Me. I loved the music, but instruments are beyond me (no timing) (or patience :))

Things down south seemed so easy back then, when Soho was a 30min train away.

(Thank God for Liverpool and Manchester) 

Maybe I should have tried song writing :)

 

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I never got closer than having rock icons who went to school with friends.

I have no timing either, Ed. Pretty hopeless.

You should give it a try. Never too late.

Parson Thru

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I'm with you all the way on the memories that music can trigger. Loved each and everyone of those bands you mention, they played a major part in my teenage years.

Nice to read your piece and remember.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Jenny.

Sounds great. I'm really glad it prompted something.

Parson Thru