I have once read a
bizarre article about how your favourite albums are not really your favourite
albums. Records you choose for an imaginary ‘desert island’ list or some such
thing are a delusion. You think too much about your choices. The choice is
corrupted, narrowed down by fake concepts and ideas.
The night was warm
and beautiful. The girl smiled. Anything.
Well, what do you
think. I had a chance to prove this to myself the other day as I was
transferring my CD collection to a new apartment. During my first round I had a
chance to take just 10 CDs. I studied my rows of records and tried to think
what it was that I most wanted. Interestingly, it only took seconds. I just
grabbed them. 10 albums.
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Born Sandy Devotional by The Triffids
Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Boatman’s Call by Nick Cave
Bawlers, Brawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits
16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Soul Journey by Gillian Welch
The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
The exciting bit is
that only Go-Betweens and Triffids would feature in what you would call a ‘desert
island’ list.
Well, what do you
think. I can’t stop listening to these albums now. The only trouble with a list like this is that you need something special in your life to find out
what your real favourite albums are.
