It's Friday, and I'm feeling very under the weather. And besides the copious amounts of tea and soup I'll be consuming, I'm also in need of some orange juice. Not only for it's natural source of vitamin C, but (yea, I'm going to say it) for it's unintentional correlation to perhaps one of my top 5 favorite bands of all time. Orange Juice represents the fundamental sound of young Scotland in the early 80's, and this sound still maintains a timeless quality that many bands from that era could not achieve.Coals to Newcastle, the quintessential box set OJ released just a few months ago, is still getting frequent play in my daily rotation, almost to the point of annoying of any innocent bystanders. Lead vocalist and songwriter Edwyn Collins is still playing these days, despite a near fatal stroke that rendered half of his body almost inoperative, and a struggle to regain control of his ability to read and write, much less play a song. Everyone has some version of their "Beatles", and I suppose for me, my Beatles would have to be Orange Juice, the band that I'll probably cherish for a very long time to come. Of course there are others bands that I would list as such, and when I'm feeling better I'll share their praise, but as of today, my feverish state of mind has spoken. Also, I just need to go back to bed.
And from the Edwyn Collins documentary, Home Again.....
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