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Dreams about famous musicians

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A couple of weeks ago I had a long, detailed dream about the Eno brothers and their sister, but that doesn’t really count, as I know them all personally.

This morning, however, I woke from a dream in which I was extolling the joys of surrogate grandparenthood, even in the aftermath of relationship breakdown, to late era Charlie Watts, who was sporting short grey hair, and dressed for a gig in T-shirted mode. (I have never seen the Stones in live setting…)

So, fellow Massive members, share your dreamtime encounters with the stars here.

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Favourite basslines

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On my evening walk a couple of days ago this slice of gorgeousness popped unbidden into my head as an earworm, and it’s been with me ever since, sharing headspace with Chris and Morgane Stapleton singing ‘Fire Away’.

While I love the the beautiful interplay between guitar and horns, what really stands out for me is the bass, apparently improvised in the studio by Marq “Remarqable” Jefferson.

So, fellow Afterworders, what bass parts enthral you?

“Strange how potent cheap music is.”

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We buried our Mum today, in a lovely woodland setting – a site she’d chosen and paid for some seven years ago. I held it together as Corinne the celebrant kicked off proceedings, as my niece read a little poem my brother had chosen. I held it together to read my eulogy and to hear little brother Chris read his.

But I lost it completely, tears streaming down my cheeks, as the song my season ticket holder sibling had chosen played, niece Saskia squeezing my arm in reassurance. People sneer at Ed S – partly because he’s so very popular, and musical snobs absolutely hate that – but fuck, he hit a nerve.

So what pieces of “cheap music” get my fellow AWers going?

(A small prize – a very small one – goes to the first person to tell me where the quote at the top comes from.)

Been there, done that…

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…and have a floordrobe full of t-shirts.

A friend’s random FB post – she’d heard a song of his on the radio, and was looking for more – reminded me how great Chris Stapleton is, and a search for suggestions led me to this, which has proved a cathartic blub-fest.

Can’t beat a good cry. What opens the flood gates for you lot?

Late to the party?

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As I shuffle towards the start of my seventh decade, it becomes ever more apparent to me that I’m often late to the party, if indeed I ever arrive. It may be that the more happening among the Massive are already familiar with Lowkey’s work, but until I heard on the radio news at lunchtime the linked interview – topical with today’s opening of the Grenfell Inquiry – I was totally unaware of his existence.

The interview included snippets from his memorial track, and intrigued I sought it out. The video will be the first comment. See whether you can listen to the list at the end without crying. I couldn’t.

What have other AWers come to discover only belatedly?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-41268956/lowkey-a-song-for-grenfell-a-call-for-justice