Aja
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Back in 1985, I was in New Zealand for five months, and during that time, my music collection was constrained by my travelling and so I had my Walkman and a few (very few) cassettes. One of them was a pre-recorded Steely Dan tape with Gaucho on one side and Aja on the other. As a result, this album is associated in my mind with five months of sunshine and a holiday romance.
Not all of this is down to what I was doing when I listened to the album -- I don't think that, for example, Unknown Pleasures, would have felt so sunny -- but the music itself is bright and clear and spacious.
Irish school goers of a certain age will also enjoy the hidden meaning behine the line 'Pe(i)g, it will come back to you'.
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