The Musings of the Midnight Fox

I had a lot of trouble with this one, as the songs I remember for certain events were linked to them afterwards, and I wanted to think of one that was present at the actual time.

And then I thought of the Year 10 trip to Canberra in 1979, and the constant playing of one particular tape - ELO's "Discovery".

So for a song that reminds me particularly of that trip, ( The Diary of Horace Wimp )

Oh god. OK, at least one of you will be laughing and will not even have to click on the link to verify this.

Imagine you're in your mid 20s, suddenly discovering you've got men actually interested in you. Imagine one turns up who makes all the moves - paying for your taxi to his place, mulling up on a favourite record from your Uni days, making love like he really cares for your pleasure. And he dances. Oh boy. And of course, he's the man your mother always warned you about.

So of course you fall like a rock.

And then later you discover he really does have all those bad sides to him. In spades.

But you still care for him. Even after all these years. He at least taught you to be yourself. And for that you're grateful.

Alas, it took more than him to teach me worldly wisdom, but at least in some areas I am now ( Once Bitten, Twice Shy )

Every time.

No matter what.

( Love is All from The Butterfly Ball by Ronnie James Dio and Roger Glover )

Day 01 - Your favorite song
So hard to choose. It often depends on my mood, or the day, or ...

But for now I shall go classic. ( Stairway to Heaven ) I first heard it some time in 1976, when a cousin played the intro on his electric guitar. I had odd music tastes then so didn't listen to a lot of commercial radio, and this had definitely not been on "Top of the Pops" when I was madly watching in England in the mid-70s.