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artist:men at work
album:business as usual
a while back i mentioned that i was struggling for inspiration for this project, and my dear friend Kristina recommended that i fall back on some of the albums that shaped who i am musically. this is probably the keystone album in the archway that leads to my musical library.
throughout my lifetime, this record has been playing. i can remember those days when id dance in front of the record player and if it wasn't the Beatles on the turntable it was this album. i can remember being a bit older and finding my mom doing housework to this album. in high school, we spent a lot of time listening to the stuff our parents grew up with, and this was one of those albums. by college, though, id forgotten about it and moved on to other things.
a few years back the song "i can see it in your eyes" popped into my head while in the bathroom at wawa, and i just couldn't shake it. i kept singing it for days on end, and then finally gave in and bought the single from itunes. at the time we didn't have a functioning copy of this album around the house and i was pretty broke, so this was the best i could do, but it wasn't good enough for me.
at one point in my car Mandy and i were talking about this album and she told me that she was pretty sure that she had two copies, and if that were the case, that i could have one. a little bit later i finally had a copy of this album in my hands again and i was the happiest kid ever.
i am not the only one in my family that grew up on this album. all of my brothers and sisters were also exposed to it, obviously. and as if that weren't enough, i walked into my niece's room one day when she was just a few months old and this was the CD that was playing in her CD player. nothing like starting them early!
i love men at work. i love Colin hay. that is all that you need to know, really.
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