Hey guys, this sunday I'm sharing with you one of the anthems of 1990s pop/soul music, which has also went on to become an anthem for women throughout the world! I really love this song by Neneh Cherry (whom I just found out is Swedish!) and it always brings me back instantly to the times when I was a little child (I was 6 when it came out) and it's a sweet and nostalgic feeling. I really like to go back and listen to songs that I remember from the old 90s, it is a listening experience that always has this special, magic aura of seeing again the world with a child's eyes for a few moments...! Do you also have any songs from your past that you love to go back and listen to from time to time?
What a long and intense day today has been! As I told you, against my previous program I stopped in Marghera (well, not exactly... but whatever!) for one more night, actually in the southern province of Padua, and had a very fun night with some of the people I have been doing the training with! We ate together and played a few alcoholic card games, nothing complex but much fun, it reminded me of my times in Exeter and... yeah I really enjoyed it, I'm so glad I stayed one more night! Today we attended the last lecture of the course and then I drove to Treviso to speak with some people about my professional future, so I'm quite sure I'll be starting to work in Veneto in about a week in preparation of my moving... I'll let you know where in due time! After the talk I drove (to a fuel pump and) back home and on the (long) way I've had time to listen to some good music! After my current playlist, an old playlist from 2007 started, I remember I was compiling it with my little cousin taking songs from previous years summer hits... it brings back memories, even if most of the songs are pretty trashy-pop!! Among them I chose for tonite one of the most representative songs of our generation, one that always gives me the late90s/early00s nostalgia feeling and that I unavoidably start singing out loud with passion every single time! I mean, if you were born in the late 80s/early 90s I dare you not to!!
I found material for this week's #sundayrevival two days ago, while thinking for a song to post. I was practicing harmonica, trying out some tabs that I saved and this song was one of the "guinea-pigs" I used to test my skills and the sound (and it was not one of the most pleasant experiments of the night, I can assure you). I then listened to the song to make it up, as it is actually one of my favourites and it has been in my heart for a long time. It actually brought to know Blondie a little better (still not enough, but somehow better!). And it is one of these awesome songs that remind me of my childhood, I don't know exactly why, I can't connect it with any particular event, but it just gives me the pleasant feeling of remembering good memories...!* And it is not something insignificant... actually this reminds me (once again, if it were ever necessary) of the huge power that music has in affecting our mood, our thoughts, our behaviours, our decisions and... our life in general!
So, I wish you a happy sunday!
*Funny fact is that I'm pretty sure that I thought the singer was a male and the name Blondie unsettled me a little, especially when I then found out Call me and was sure that it was a woman singing that one. It is all sorted now, sorry Debbie!
