FEEL IT COMING

I just hooked up the record player for the first time in forever. I'm playing the first the first record off the shelf I could grab. Great.

Deep Purple "Perfect Strangers" / "Knocking at you Back Door" 7". I bought it the first time we went to England, I was 13 at the time & the Deep Purple 'perfect strangers' album was everywhere. I tended to believe the hype. This actually isn't bad, this little Deep Purple record. The only two songs of theirs that I'm conversant with. I watched an old BBC 'rock history' thing about Deep Purple a couple of weeks ago. I think I'd like some of their early early stuff, like the late 60s when everyone sounded like an echo of the Beatles. Like the first Bee Gees album, I LOVE that mofo.

The lyrics to "Knocking at your Back Door" were embarassing to me at 13 & still cringeworthy. Looking at the cover of this record, these fat, balding, ANCIENT sweating british guys whose names mean nothing to me. It never seemed clever. But the riffs are okay & the grooves still get the job done all right.

Now I'm tempted to pull a Darrin & listen to every single record I have. Hey, it might just happen, especially since I only have..... um... well, less than 100 records anyway. Hell, I could crack that out in a weekend. Not really. Although...