An occasional feature in which we mark the songs of our relative youth as played over public muzak systems and beyond.
Date: 14 October 2017, 8:18 p.m.
Place: Lowe's hardware store
Song: "See the World"
Artist: Gomez
Irony Matrix: 3.3 out of 10
Comment: One of my favorite albums of the new millennium is "How We Operate" by the quirky British popsters Gomez. It's a smooth collection of bittersweet songs. "See the World" is a highlight.
It was a Saturday night, and we were on our way home from a wedding. Me in a jacket and tie, her in a beautiful skirt and top. Best-dressed pair at Lowe's. Seeking out a trip light for the driveway. Bouncing along the aisles as 10-year-old British mope rock bubbled on the store speakers.
Found something that took three D batteries. How analog and retro.
Here is a live version of "See the World" from 2011:
BONUS TRACKS
The best song on that album, "Girl Shaped Love Drug." It's truly addictive:
Their cover of the Beatles' "Getting Better," originally recorded for a Philips electronics commercial and included on the amazing B-side compilation "Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline" in 2000:
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