Sometime with music context is everything. The use of a good tune in the right scene can elevate a film to cult status, maybe even greatness. And the same can be said in everyday life. Sometimes the right song on the mix tape cropping up at the right point on the journey will forever engrave the song in that moment in time.
Last year I visited my brother, Ian and his family in New Zealand. It was the middle of their winter and they had had the first snowfall in Wellington for over a generation.
A few days later my brother had planned a road trip, heading north for around a 7 hour journey. The trip was to take us over the Desert Road which up until the day before we departed was still closed due to the bad weather, but an improvement in the temperature meant it had opened by the time we set off.
My brother had put together an impressive mixtape on his ipod (ok not strictly a tape but you know what I mean) and with it set to random off we set.
There was an eclectic mix of music, some old classics, some never heard before but soon to be classics and some long forgotten gems. And then this particular song came on, starting with this hard rocking but catchy riff, I looked at Ian quizically as he smiled his knowing but cheeky smile and I racked my brains to think who the band was. It was the perfect song as we drove over the barren Desert Road. Then the penny dropped as I recalled the song that i'd probably not heard for 30 years and was a perfect example of right song, right location.
Somtimes with music context is everything...
SAXON - WHEELS OF STEEL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwKRyizwEKo
Saxon are appearing at the 2012 Download festival.
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