Claire. 25. Proud Cumbrian, studied in Liverpool, living in London.
Sprucing up my old music blog.
Here you will find: ramblings, musings, opinions and sometimes half-decent articles about music, films, books, art, theatre, people, life, the universe and everything.
I love writing for pleasure or for a purpose.
Open to opinions and suggestions on what I should write about.
Please feel free to share my blogs and comment!
C x
For anyone who reads my blog (this uncoordinated mess) you will probably notice that posting is sporadic and I've written a few posts years apart talking about 'rebooting' the blog.
Well, this time I mean it!
I originally set up this blog to review music. I wanted to be a music journalist when I finished University. But I've realised that when I write it's not always about music. There are so many wonderful things out there to talk about, discuss and share.
I'd like to propose that my blog stays under the same name as I'd like to keep my old posts. This time I'm not limiting it to music only, I'll write about whatever I feel like. Music, film, books, society, theatre, people, general observations, comedy, TV and opinions on a plethora of things!
So, welcome to the new blog.
Please feel free to leave your opinions in the comments section below. I'd like to know what you want to read about and what you'd like me to write about. Engaging with people is the reason I love writing, I want to hear what you think too. Whether you just saw a film at the cinema and want me to review it, your favourite band just realised a new single and you want to know what I think, something really grinds your gears and you want to hear my opinion on it too, PLEASE get in touch.
Similarly, if you are in a band and want me to come and review your gig, or send me some of your music for me to listen to and write about on here then please do!
I want to get back into writing for fun, so let's do this!
There is a little something that has sparked up my interest in writing recently, and his name is David Bowie.
I've been a little slow on the blogging front for a while now and for that I must apologise to my mother (possibly the only person who looks at this page). But back to Bowie. I grew up listening to his music and became strangely entranced by his character in Labyrinth when I watched the film at my grandparents house. So there has always been an interest there. When the 'Best of Bowie' album was released in 2002 I remember it appearing in my Mum's car. We would drive around singing along with the windows down. My sister who was seven at the time fell madly in love with his music, and Sound and Vision was a solid favourite amongst us all. As I'm writing this I can hear it clear as day in my head. TO YOUTUBE. Anyway, David Bowie is such an icon that while I was at University I decided to turn up to a 70's themed party as Ziggy Stardust. I even have a t shirt with Ziggy's face on. Basically, I think Mr Bowie is fantastic. So when I heard he had released a new single today on his 66th birthday I was eager to hear it. Luckily, it has been plastered all over the news today so it wasn't difficult to get a quick listen. But that's all you got from the news; a 30 second clip. Initially I thought the single, 'Where Are We Now?' was very bland. But I sent myself to Youtube to have a listen to the full thing. My thoughts are that it seems like a song from a sad film. The music is grand yet simple, which makes the lyrics more effective. He isn't going for an instant pop hit, he has written a simple, thought-provoking song. Bowie is questioning society as he's always done. The sound has a Bowie-tinge to it, but the fact that it is slow and sad gives way to lyrics which are in English and German. He repeats 'Where Are We Now?' as if to emphasise that something has gone wrong within society. It's not my favourite song by him, but when has David Bowie ever tried to be popular? He does what he does and he's successful for it. I think it would work best in the context of a film or theatre. It's not neccessarily for commercial radio, but I feel it is a little 'Morrissey'-esque in it's sad appeal. An album is to follow in March, entitled The Next Day, and I can't wait to hear more music from David Bowie. No matter what he does, he is magnetic.
Check out the new single here:
So Green Day are back and to kick off their mammoth three album run they have released the first single online on SoundCloud.
And THIS is the first single, Oh Love, from the album ¡Uno!
It's very much what we've learnt to expect from Green Day. I expect a lot of radio play for this one. Still hanging on for something a little punchier though.
Let me know what you think in the comments box below.
