Monthly Archives: March 2011

International Bright Young Thing

I was always a big Jesus Jones fan thanks to their first album “Liquidizer” in 1989, long before that horrible “Right Here, Right Now” came out. (Okay, it’s not horrible, but I don’t think it’s their best work.) I was a big fan of their third album “Perverse” in 1993, but I don’t remember it getting much play here in the States. Granted, I had moved from Orlando to Arkansas by that point, and I’m fairly certain nothing of theirs played on any Country or Christian music stations.

There’s a line in this song that has stuck with me since I first heard it: “I’m so tired I can hardly think so I feel instead and let you loose inside my head…”. That tired feeling has happened to me many times over the years, and that line always bubbles into my mind. Odd how lyrics do that.

I really like the genre of music this fits into. It’s kind of pop-y rock-y and kind of electronic-y. It’s what I think of when I think of the music from the 1990s that I enjoyed.

All that said, I present you with Jesus Jones’ “International Bright Young Thing”:

I don’t particularly care for the video for this song. It is quite… bouncy. And by “bouncy” I mean pogo stick and not “Shiny Happy People” bouncy.

Until next time...
Erik

FIVE DEGREES: Toughest Choice

StevieB over at Nice to see StevieB started this one. And it seems a bunch of the bloggers I love are doing it. So hey, why shouldn’t I?

I noticed most everyone did these 5 within one week. I didn’t. So I hope that wasn’t a requirement.

Five questions to be answered to give greater insight into the writer’s psyche. Five aspects that people might not know about me. Here are the topics:

Dumbest Thing
Toughest Choice
Happiest Moment
Crush / Lust
Secret Loves

Today’s entry is “Toughest Choice”.

I really don’t know what the toughest choice I’ve had to make has been so far. I’ve made a lot of decisions that were difficult, but I really don’t know which was the toughest:

They were all the toughest choice at those particular moments in time. But that’s life.

Until next time...
Erik