I know that musical taste is a personal thing, and that some people don’t even look (or listen?) to the music stuff on this blog, but it’s a chunk of my life, so I like to stick it on here. #MMIRIM, remember?
And this latest Baxter Dury track has got me hooked. (Previous Baxter Dury posts are here.)
New album next week, you say? Even more hooked.
Are we allowed to suggest Pet Shop Boys vibes? I think so. But then with that instantly recognisable gravelly voice over the top, that bitter, personal feel, and lyrics like:
An aisle seat on a cheap airline
Trying to get to Lithuania
I think of you to calm my nerves
it could only be Baxter.
Now if we can only get that dreadful stand-in 6Music DJ to pronounce the title correctly, we’ll be golden.
And there’s so much room for remixing here. Give the right people a bit of time and opportunity and I’m going to be pumping this 24/7 in the gym. Doing backflips on MDMA.
(That’s another lyric by the way.)
(And probably not a great idea, healthwise.)