Present Nostalgia

In the late 80’s early 90’s at the rip old age of my mid 20’s I loved a song called “I’m An Adult Now” by a Canadian powerpop band called The Pursuit of Happiness. I would drive in my car singing along with the chorus, “I’m an adult now. I’ve got the problems of an adult on my head and my shoulders. I’m an adult now.” Ahh the arrogance of youth. As I drift deeper into adulthood I find myself empathizing more with those ahead of me than behind. I remember Kurt Cobain (he and I were born the same year) once saying that he hoped he would never get to the point where he would find himself re-recording his old hits as new easy listening tunes like Eric Clapton. Well Kurt, you solved that problem for yourself, but those of us still moving within flesh and blood must deal with the indignity of eating the words of our youth. Another line from that Pursuit of Happiness song comes to mind. “I can’t take too much loud music. I mean I like to play it, but I sure don’t like the racket.” I’m just not the punk and metal fan I used to be. I tend to like music now that goes down smooth. Bande A Part, by Nouvelle Vague, is the smoothest disk I’ve heard in a while. 80’s tunes re-interpreted by a French band as 60’s style Bossa Pop. http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/ If sailing through an album of re-tooled nostalgia for the past gets to be too much, check out Dark Globe’s Nostalgia For The Future. Silja, one of the singers from Nouvelle Vague sings on several of the tracks. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=46665667 Nouvelle Vague Dark Globe