VNV Nation + House
Weird how it goes really. Either beeeaarr or astaelf (can't remember which of the two) sent me some VNV track... ooh it must have been at least three years ago. Probably longer though. Don't ask me what track it was either, I really can't remember. The point is, I hated it. Not the music probably, but the vocals. To me, music can be really good, but be completely spoiled by whatever vocals it has, and I just really really didn't like Ronan Harris' vocals. His voice absolutely grated on me.
Then, some one or two years ago, beeeaarr introduced me to Digitally Imported (www.di.fm just in case you didn't know) and I started listening to the 'Futurepop' channel. Lots. I still love it - it plays a lot of stuff I'd never heard of previously but really really like, and of course it also plays lots and lots of VNV Nation. Now, I listen to DI in bursts, basically until I get bored of them playing the same songs over and over, but in the past two years I have listened to it a LOT. I have therefore also listened to VNV songs a LOT. And guess what? They've grown on me so much that I now absolutely love them. Including the vocals. It's got to the point that I can't actually think of any other voice that would fit the songs.
In a way this isn't THAT weird, because the most rewarding songs I find are always the ones that take a while to grow on you. If I get an album from some artist, I generally stick it on repeat for a few days, and eventually there will be a few songs that end up standing out. I won't have thought much of them initially, but three weeks later I'll be wondering how I didn't immediately see the brilliance of them. Three years for that process, however, is slightly longer than it's ever taken before.*
Whatever, I think I'll be playing VNV Nation on non-stop repeat for the next few weeks/months (or however long it takes for Chris to get fed up with it and ask me if I could please play something else now). Utmost favourite at the moment? Probably Beloved.
In other news, we're moving house soon, whee! I'm still amazed at how easy and unexpected it's been to find a house we wanted to buy, but I'm not complaining. Also, the estate agent called yesterday, and it sounds like the people in it are pretty much ready to move out, so we will hopefully have the keys and everything before the end of the month! (I'm still being cautious here.) This is good, because my parents are coming over on the 26th or something, and this year they've decided to stay for nearly a month, which isn't too convenient when you have a small house which by that time would be up to the eaves with packed boxes, most specifically in the spare room where the spare bed normally lives. So if we have a second house before they get here, that would save a LOT of space issues.
Did I say I was excited? Wheee!
*That said, there's no way I'll EVER like Anne Clarke. EVER.
Then, some one or two years ago, beeeaarr introduced me to Digitally Imported (www.di.fm just in case you didn't know) and I started listening to the 'Futurepop' channel. Lots. I still love it - it plays a lot of stuff I'd never heard of previously but really really like, and of course it also plays lots and lots of VNV Nation. Now, I listen to DI in bursts, basically until I get bored of them playing the same songs over and over, but in the past two years I have listened to it a LOT. I have therefore also listened to VNV songs a LOT. And guess what? They've grown on me so much that I now absolutely love them. Including the vocals. It's got to the point that I can't actually think of any other voice that would fit the songs.
In a way this isn't THAT weird, because the most rewarding songs I find are always the ones that take a while to grow on you. If I get an album from some artist, I generally stick it on repeat for a few days, and eventually there will be a few songs that end up standing out. I won't have thought much of them initially, but three weeks later I'll be wondering how I didn't immediately see the brilliance of them. Three years for that process, however, is slightly longer than it's ever taken before.*
Whatever, I think I'll be playing VNV Nation on non-stop repeat for the next few weeks/months (or however long it takes for Chris to get fed up with it and ask me if I could please play something else now). Utmost favourite at the moment? Probably Beloved.
In other news, we're moving house soon, whee! I'm still amazed at how easy and unexpected it's been to find a house we wanted to buy, but I'm not complaining. Also, the estate agent called yesterday, and it sounds like the people in it are pretty much ready to move out, so we will hopefully have the keys and everything before the end of the month! (I'm still being cautious here.) This is good, because my parents are coming over on the 26th or something, and this year they've decided to stay for nearly a month, which isn't too convenient when you have a small house which by that time would be up to the eaves with packed boxes, most specifically in the spare room where the spare bed normally lives. So if we have a second house before they get here, that would save a LOT of space issues.
Did I say I was excited? Wheee!
*That said, there's no way I'll EVER like Anne Clarke. EVER.