Day 388: As Lights Fall, Alan Parsons

Roderick Benson — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 23:00:45 +0000

So this is a song that was released by Alan Parsons after 15 years of musical silence. The video of this song is also really worth watching because it really is in some ways Parson’s musical autobiography. I watched this song just after preparing Parson’s biography for Covid Island Discs (Week 23) and what is fascinating about the video is seeing all the important landmarks of Parson’s life in the imagery of the video, including Abbey road and his past famous albums. In fact, even the very opening scene of the video has a piece of old ship paper with the words “Dark Side of the Moon” inscribed on it as this was one of the early albums Parson’s helped to produce along with the iconic Beatles album, “Abbey Road”, when he first went to work at Abbey road studios as a young man.

Day 38: Tones and I by Dance Monkey

Rbenson — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:40:04 +0000

OK this is not normally within my musical taste but alas it is a clip that my autistic daughter often listens to. In a strange way I find this song interesting although I probably wouldn’t invest in buying an album. I do like the unusual quality of this woman’s voice and the tune is also interesting. It fits nicely into the current theme of unusual songs and replaces a song by Split Enz which has been repurposed for day 183 and which was probably unfairly placed into this theme. The video? Hmm, pretty bizarre although nice to be reminded of my home Australia.

2019 – Think Bensonium

Day 388: As Lights Fall, Alan Parsons

Day 38: Tones and I by Dance Monkey