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There will always be those that hang in dark places and with the unnerving ability to be snide about the ways others live their lives, it seems to be more prevalent, more widespread, an established and prevailing state if affairs into which the open hearted and passionate run the gauntlet of explaining why the ability to reminisce is important, why we find ourselves at the edge of our lives and thinking of those times in which the world promised much.
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We are living in a time of dichotomy and a reversal of logic, the period on which historians will argue that despite all reason, all comprehension, we are allowing the minds of people to become closed and void of sensible judgement, and nations to become insular, less tolerant, less respectful to their neighbours and the world. Margins are drawn, fences to hold back reasonable debate are installed and guarded by those whose hearts are dipped in the black ink of old belief; too these tarnished souls, the frontier gained is enough, to the rest of us, the new age has proved we no longer live on the fringes, that there should be No Borders.
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We are dominated by our surroundings, the seemingly never-ending flatness and the scene in which mountains meet the oceans, all take their toll on the minds who see and inhabit such views; when the examination of what it provides in the way of art looms large and almost predatory upon the senses, a wolf that seeks both shelter and food and finding both in plentiful supply.
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It is a peculiar sense of events in which the world of Paul McCartney, one of the absolute legends of popular music, can be seen as a divisive figure, the music being torn one way, lovingly respected the other; both sides claiming victory, both sides swaying the argument that Time has either been kind, or has started to wane down the years, like a clock that was always on show on a mantlepiece, always keeping the owners alert to the day’s events.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The microphone is often primed for the sound of a hero standing by to record their own particular version of history, waiting for the neon light to blaze with the motto of the scared text, recording in process. Recording after many takes is to be expected, producer’s, engineers, the band, the public, all deserve the very best that can be attained, the beauty of the moment and the illusion of the first-take wonder, all comes with the definition of what is recorded, what is set down, and what makes the listener believe long after those songs may have faded from memory.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The Cavalier approach, the adventurer lauded as she takes to the stage and sings the sonnets of love, of the knight and the fair, Eddi Reader has been a constant surveyor of the world, she has brought down the arrogant with a scathing song, she has praised the beautiful of opinion and deed and the keepers of the pure hearted with a tune so devastatingly pure that it outweighs even the most sought after of precious stones. Ms. Reader is not one for the Cavalier, her words and music and never high-handed, never careless, but one in which the exploration and the voyage are full of the introspective and the enjoyment of the considered approach.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are times when looking past the limit of all that you have achieved so far and seeing further with the mind’s eye is the only option available to the human spirit of adventure; sadly the experience of finding the absolute is hindered by perspective, the limitations we have put upon ourselves is a blinkered weight which closes our eyes to the possibility of further knowledge, of understanding and greatness.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
To be able to reflect upon life, to look upon the world and your place within it and understand that you can at least alter, mend, see through the course of revolution, then that is the point where you can look the clock in the eye and say that Day After Day you did your utmost to see Time as the way to beat injustice and social flaws that seem to creep back into our lives like a swarm of Ants finding a crack in the skirting and leaving their footprints over the forgotten dust of rhythm and rebellion.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
You don’t have to understand the mechanics of the Waltz to know how elegant it looks when performed by players and dancers as they glide effortlessly on the dance floor, you do not have to sit and think about the inner working of Auden’s Stop All The Clocks or Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Hamlet when considering how the words of ordinary men and women can move and haunt you for all your life, and you don’t have to feel embarrassed when a virtuoso presents the stunning influence of Italian classical composer Lorenzo Perosi to you.
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You cannot take back what was said yesterday, it hangs in the air of conversations and gossip-monger’s hearts as they find ways to bring you down to their level of insecurity or passionless existence. What you may have said, what your thoughts were being dictated to at the time may be of little consequence to the outside world, after all, the muse requires feeding, and rarely with a closed mind or mouth; and yet those that hold onto a word indefinitely if it means they have something to beat you with, the misspoken word said in jest can soon become a poison that keeps on giving.