Little River Band - Greatest Hits
Something about the 'Little River Band' appealed to me and I picked up their greatest hits. However, this was unlike their 'No Reins' album which had a different sound. Most songs were maudlin. The ones that I recollect listening to from this album are 'Man on the mind', 'Lonesome loser' and 'Take it easy on me'. Other songs had titles like 'It's a long way there', 'Help is on its way' and similar stuff. Overall not my favourite. But it remains in good condition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEBlrYT4WJQ (Man on my mind)
Sometimes I wonder if the choice of songs I listened to in those days formed my attitude to life in those prime years - the romance of the tragic hero, of the loser. Naturally, no one was listening to these songs with me. There was a particular mood I used to listen to these songs to - can't place exactly what. But it somehow seemed rather eclectic - the sound especially.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqqs4h4M7c (Lonesome loser)
We are probably talking about my third year at engineering. This was the year I was dropped from the Ranji side, 1985-86, and I gave up mentally. The euphoria of the previous three years had gone. I tried foolishly to fit in with others academically instead of making the best of my strengths - cricket - where I had reached rather high up into the top 30 fast bowlers in the country. So I started attending classes, ignoring cricket and slowly let it go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcCXMRnk7vY (Take it easy on me)
There were no girls to distract me. The pain of failing, of not knowing what to do, lacking guidance and spirit, there's no wonder I listened to such music in my self-pity. Anyway, LRB helped me those days full of confusion and resentment and anger. Thanks LRB. Dedicated then to my failures and my confusion in 1986.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEBlrYT4WJQ (Man on my mind)
Sometimes I wonder if the choice of songs I listened to in those days formed my attitude to life in those prime years - the romance of the tragic hero, of the loser. Naturally, no one was listening to these songs with me. There was a particular mood I used to listen to these songs to - can't place exactly what. But it somehow seemed rather eclectic - the sound especially.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqqs4h4M7c (Lonesome loser)
We are probably talking about my third year at engineering. This was the year I was dropped from the Ranji side, 1985-86, and I gave up mentally. The euphoria of the previous three years had gone. I tried foolishly to fit in with others academically instead of making the best of my strengths - cricket - where I had reached rather high up into the top 30 fast bowlers in the country. So I started attending classes, ignoring cricket and slowly let it go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcCXMRnk7vY (Take it easy on me)
There were no girls to distract me. The pain of failing, of not knowing what to do, lacking guidance and spirit, there's no wonder I listened to such music in my self-pity. Anyway, LRB helped me those days full of confusion and resentment and anger. Thanks LRB. Dedicated then to my failures and my confusion in 1986.
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