1990 – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Sat, 13 Mar 2021 15:38:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png 1990 – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Day 358: Eyes like twins, Wilson Phillips https://bensonium.com/song/covidisland-week52/ https://bensonium.com/song/covidisland-week52/#respond Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:53 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=cid&p=2902 Wow we begin week 52 of Covid Island Discs. We have nearly made it through a whole year of UK lockdown which is a sobering thought. In some ways it seems like only yesterday that Johnson announced the first lockdown all the back in March 2020 but in other ways it seems like half a lifetime ago. Certainly it will be great to finally bring Covid Island Discs to an end when life in the UK returns to normal. However, I sometimes wonder whether the disruption this virus has caused, will leave permanent change to our society in a similar way 911 forever changed air travel. I hope not but alas, things often don’t work out the way you hope.

To mark the start of week 52, I am citing a first from the female group Wilson Phillips. In many ways this band is quite “sweet” to the ear so not what you would describe as rock. A better description would be soft pop which might not be to your taste. “Eyes like twins” however is probably their most “non-sweet” song and certainly deserves a place in Covid Island Discs. Sadly, I could not find a video to go with the tune so the video below is the next best thing: someone putting together a Powerpoint presentation of images to accompany the tune.

]]> https://bensonium.com/song/covidisland-week52/feed/ 0 Day 81: Nothing compares to you, Sinéad O’Connor https://bensonium.com/song/day-81-nothing-compares-to-you-sinead-oconnor/ https://bensonium.com/song/day-81-nothing-compares-to-you-sinead-oconnor/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:15:44 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?p=1108 I quite like the way Sinéad kind of flattens the “to you” at the end of the chorus. Sadly, I heard recently she was suffering from severe mental health problems. This world certainly is enough to break people sadly.

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