11/14/2022 0 Comments The blue nile hats downloadOne moment for me was when I first heard ‘Tinseltown in the rain’ in a student union bar in Paisley in 1988 and being unable to stop myself heading to the dance floor. The tiny, stolen moments you remember, in a fuzzy and distant haze now. This is true, everyone finds their own way to this band. He can be pithy, to be diplomatic, about the bands he just doesn’t see value in. The delay in sending this memo to JC, in part, is due to my own reluctance to share and let it go, wondering how he will react. He trusts in the little things, because they matter. Paul Buchanan, as the lyricist and singer of the band, is an observer of fine details, of small moments, of feelings that we all notice. For this is also true, the geography, the people, the places of this city feature prominently in the patterns and themes The Blue Nile make (I will not say ‘soundscapes’). The final selections were put together as a Spotify playlist, going around my head when out walking in Glasgow, usually from east to west and back again. I’ve had the ten tracks in my mind, in my ears, for quite a while now, ever since I first mentioned to JC that I might scribble some notes about The Blue Nile and what a ‘top ten’ might look like for an imaginary compilation album. I couldn’t walk away from their music even if I wanted to. Moore and Robert Bell are almost part of my DNA now. For myself, the music and the words of Paul Buchanan, P.J. And this is, of course, the sheer joy of music… the varied responses we have to the sounds we hear, the stories we are told by the musicians we hold dear to us. Our resident host, JC, is very much in the latter camp, for reasons I’ve never fully understood, but fully respect. Everyone finds their own way to this band, somehow, whether it is to adore them or ignore them. The thing about The Blue Nile, it is true, they are either in your blood or they aren’t. ‘We just sculpted away together’ The Blue Nile – an imaginary compilation album A GUEST POSTING by COMRADE COLIN
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