And speaking of revival…
In music, I’m far from expert for sure — I can’t sit here and tell you the details of a band’s history. I can’t even tell you a lot of what is considered “the best of” for some of my favorites. I know what I like, and it’s usually among the first I hear of a particular band. You might know the feeling — you hear something and you really like it, but it’s right in the middle of a band’s catalogue. So after a bit, you go back and start pulling in some of their earlier stuff…and it’s not really the same. You always come back to what started you out with them.
I think Pink Floyd is a classic example. Like a lot of people, I started out with something like Dark Side of the Moon, then maybe Wish You Were Here. A lot of people may have caught on to them at what some consider their peak (commercially) with The Wall. But go back and listen to Ummagumma or something like that and you’re thinking, “this isn’t the same.” Not by a long shot. Or go forward and listen to The Division Bell and you can feel they’re fading. But who knows? By my line of thinking, someone who first became a fan by hearing The Division Bell might think Dark Side of the Moon isn’t as good. But of course, they’d be wrong.
Anyway, today’s a bit of a cheat day where I’m going to let the music speak for itself. I’ve written about Kings Kaleidoscope a few times here. They’re upbeat and I can usually find a couple of good songs on each of their releases to keep me going during the day or on the bike (sadly, their last album was a bit of a disappointment). Now, I didn’t grow up in the era of Christian flannelgraphs really (although I seem to recall them vaguely from my Catholic Catechism days), but I recognize the style. As to their use of flannelgraph adding to the presentation? Meh. But if you watch and dig a bit, there is a lot of symbolism here. And the music is excellent. Gets me going, every time. Hope it can do the same for you.