Anita & Me
So I was listening to my ipod at work today, something I do every day from 8 till 4.30 with a break of 45 mins for lunch, and of course if someone is rude enough to disturb me lol. I'm a big podcast fan but to break up the word only listening I try and listen to some old cd's that I don't normaly get a chance to listen too.
Today I listened to Anita Bakers Rapture which I have a very used 20 year old copy of.
Its a good album, even now all these years later it still stands up to the test of time.
One track in particular stands out from the rest as it has for the last 20 years and that track is No One In The World. The first time I heard this track one part stood out from the rest, just two short lines that have stuck with me all these years and is a reminder of the past.
"Are you happy now with your life Well, for me, I'm breaking inside"
I think that in 1986 I was in a pretty shitty place and that particular part of the song, and the way Anita Baker sang it, full of what I took to be desperation realy struck a cord with the 18 year old me, firmly locked in my closet, hating every painful moment of it.
In the song the person is singing of a love lost, for me at that time there was no one to lose! But those two lines were, in my mind, me, speaking to anyone who would listen... Are you happy with your life?...... Me? Nah.
When I hear them now as a 39 year old man who has experienced the REAL meaning of those words... i.e bad relationships lol I can be transported back to when I was 18 and although those times were truly crap, I can now see how my life has changed for the better.
Today I listened to Anita Bakers Rapture which I have a very used 20 year old copy of.
Its a good album, even now all these years later it still stands up to the test of time.
One track in particular stands out from the rest as it has for the last 20 years and that track is No One In The World. The first time I heard this track one part stood out from the rest, just two short lines that have stuck with me all these years and is a reminder of the past.
"Are you happy now with your life Well, for me, I'm breaking inside"
I think that in 1986 I was in a pretty shitty place and that particular part of the song, and the way Anita Baker sang it, full of what I took to be desperation realy struck a cord with the 18 year old me, firmly locked in my closet, hating every painful moment of it.
In the song the person is singing of a love lost, for me at that time there was no one to lose! But those two lines were, in my mind, me, speaking to anyone who would listen... Are you happy with your life?...... Me? Nah.
When I hear them now as a 39 year old man who has experienced the REAL meaning of those words... i.e bad relationships lol I can be transported back to when I was 18 and although those times were truly crap, I can now see how my life has changed for the better.
posted by Gary at 8:04 PM
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