Dyelirium

I had decided that in an effort to write about music daily, I would grab my iPhone, put it on shuffle and post and comment about whatever came up. No screwing around. No looking for a “cool” song. Should something come up that some people may find potentially embarrassing – oh well. I will own it. I will not keep that shit in the closet. Seriously…there may be a few gems in there!

Shakey…shakey, shakey, shakey…. oooooh. Sad music. The Escape Club – I’ll Be There

The London pop band The Escape Club made their splash on the music scene in the late 80′s with the peppy, Wild, Wild West off of their album of the same name. I never really thought too much about that song. I didn’t hate it, but I never went out of my way to listen to it either. The video gave me a headache.

By the early 90′s, the band was definitely on the wane, and released Dollars & Sex in 1991. The lovely and very sad I’ll Be There, born from the loss of someone, was probably the most memorable song on the record. The music is ethereal – almost a blend of Pop and New Age and speaks to the listener from the point of view of a loved one who has passed. At the time, I was young and didn’t know what real loss felt like. If I listen to it now, it is so much more profound and moving. Listen to it. The music may be sub-par and the lyrics a little schmaltzy, but there is something about it that just hits something in me. It really makes you wonder if the people we lose miss us as much as we miss them.