During the course of a recent real world
natter with a good friend of this blog, I
found myself, not for the first time, struggling to put into words why
exactly it is that I continue to seek out new
music as relentlessly as I do, in spite of
owning more than enough records, CD's and
mp3's to last a lifetime. For years I've
justified my irrational excesses and endless
searching by being panic stricken that if I
don't check out every single piece of music that comes
my way, I could very easily miss the best
thing I might ever hear in my life. That's
still the case, but lately Lauren Laverne has
taken to using an eerily similar quote on the
trailers for her BBC 6Music radio shows. So I've decided that from now on, if my peculiar obsession is called into question, I'll just quote the mighty Robert
Lloyd (of The Nightingales and The Prefects)
from his time fronting The New Four Seasons
in 1988. 'I get scared that something nice might fly by, and I will miss it out the
corner of my eye'. Sonically, the recording may have dated a little, but the lyrics of this great song resonate more and more with each passing year.Here's a rare TV performance of 'Part of the Anchor', another gem by the same combo.
