Passion Ain't a Fashion
- 23 Jan 07, 02:44 PM
A bloke comes up to me the other week and tells me he΅―s cracked the secret of my radio show. I΅―m intrigued. There΅―s me on a Friday night, working alone in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Belfast΅―s Studio 8 of a Friday, from ten until midnight, playing my fave tunes in a kind of random order. Hey, I care about the records and that΅―s reason enough for me. But this guy understands. ΅°It΅―s all about passion,΅± he declares, with a tremendous smile. And you know, he might be correct.
Really, what΅―s the point of music without passion? What would be left of Primal Scream and Willie Nelson, Nick Cave, Nina Simone and The Clash? It΅―s the essential juice in the engine. It gives music sense. And I guess this idea was in my bones as I staggered home a few nights ago with some mates and we broke into a spontaneous chorus of Dexys songs.
You remember Dexys Midnight Runners, surely. Fronted by Kevin Rowland, they lashed out ΅®Geno΅―, ΅®Dance Stance΅― and of course ΅®Come On Eileen΅―. Album number three was a bit odd, but Kev devotees know that ΅®Don΅―t Stand Me Down΅― rules. So naturally, our singalong climaxed with a line from the song ΅®Listen To This΅―. The one that whoops; ΅°I was thinking about compromise, when I saw the beauty in your eyes΅±. We didn΅―t do the melody much justice, but hey, did we mean it.
And then I get the tip-off that Kevin has a myspace site, and that there΅―s a new tune on it. Blimey. You call it ΅®It΅―s OK Johanna΅― and it΅―s like a mixture of Beethoven΅―s ΅®Moonlight Sonata΅― and some delicious confessional by Marvin Gaye. Even as a demo, it΅―s essential Kev, and I adore it.
΅°I΅―m gonna spread beauty to the best of my ability,΅± he sings. ΅°That΅―s my job. That΅―s why God put me here.΅±
Listen to that tune:
How can you disagree?
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The new stuff is brilliant. Reminds me of the glory days when he used to take out adverts in the music press to harangue all and sundry. Let's hope this material sees the light of day.
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