An Itinerant Mind

Let there be music...

I think that one of the best things about the Internet is YouTube. The reason I think this is I love music, all sorts of music, from all sorts of genres and several different countries. YouTube allows me to hear things that rarely or never get played on UK radio, and besides I like music videos too. I was a little surprised last week when the BBC named 'Wet Leg' as an up and coming band for 2022, I already have bought 3 of their MP3s.

For some reason amazon wants me to pay £8.00 a month for 'unlimited music'. They don't seem to notice that I am a dinosaur, I actually buy music, and I pretty much always spend more than £8 every month, it isn't hard when one album alone costs more.

Back to YouTube. I can find old friends, things I haven't heard in years. There is a reason I call myself Adherennium by the way, I have an excellent memory. I'm sorry, what was I talking about? Oh yes, memory. Old adverts, musical intros to shows, records my parents played, the music on the radio at my grandparents, I remember them all.

But as well as loving deeply the music of my past, I also love to listen to music that is new to me, and since the rise of YouTube, I've been able to listen to music from Russia (I have an album by a group who's name I cannot pronounce and who's lyrics are in a language I don't speak, it is brilliant); from France, several rather wonderful artists from France; Japanese Metal bands; A Norwegian singer/songwriter of extraordinary ability, you get the picture.

I'd swamp this blog with links if I thought anyone wanted to listen, but I suspect I'm doing well if I'm even read. (ooh my cynicism is showing).

Okay one link, just one. This is my most recent purchase:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45D9NiOimt8