I really don’t know if this has stood the test of time.
Actually.
I do.
It has.
Discovery.
Discovery is the ELO album I listened to most as a young man.
I bought all of their albums.
Well.
Most of them.
But this is the one that I played most often.
Colourful video.
Colourful tune.
Love it.
(And check who’s in the audience right at the end).
She’s released 88 singles so far.
Plus 23 promotional singles.
And has charted with an additional 16 songs on top of those.
But I still think that Madonna’s fifth single in 1984 was her best one.
Borderline.
My favourite.
I don’t know many that’d agree with me.
Maybe none.
But I do think that this is a really brilliant song.
Something to dance around the kitchen to.
(When no one is looking, naturally).
Everything She Wants.
By WHAM!
There’s a lot going on in this tune.
Him.
Her.
Talking.
Singing.
It’s great.
When I ran my creative agency.
A fine chap wandered in one day.
He asked us to create an album cover for him.
And here it is.
Let it Go.
F’reez he was called.
‘Secrets’ was the name of the album.
And this song.
‘Let it Go.’
Is my favourite from that album.
See what you think.
Do I like Sting?
Dunno.
Probably not.
This however.
Is one of the finest (and most emotional) tunes ever written.
With Gordon Sumner performing it very well indeed.
If you crave an early Christmas.
Miss the mutter of people.
Covet company.
And have a desire for delicious coffee.
Listen to this.
For 8 hours.
https://www.50odd.co.uk/merry-christmas/.
Here’s a funny thing I’ve noticed.
When I was younger, I used to say:
Why on earth would you want to do that?
If it’s not making you any money?
These days, I somehow find myself saying this:
Why on earth would you want to do that?
If all it is doing is making you money.
There’s a lesson in there somewhere.
I’ve never said these two things together I don’t think.
Road rage.
And Linkedin.
But here they are.
Road rage first.
Road Rage.
I’ve been road-ragey in the past.
Until someone opened my eyes to something.
They said that if I walked down the street with the same mentality as I (very occasionally) adopt in a road-ragey moment.
Staring at people.
Getting in their space.
Growling about what I perceived to be their shortcomings.
Spitting out words like venom.
I’d get bashed.
And quite right too.
The etiquette and behaviour that is acceptable as we walk around.
Is pretty much the etiquette and behaviour that we should display when driving.
And that brings me to LinkedIn.
LinkedIn.
Try this.
Next time you’re at a business gathering.
Just walking up to someone.
And say this:
Hey.
Do you want one?
Then add:
I don’t know anything about you.
And you don’t know anything about me.
Do you want one?
Alternatively.
Think about road rage.
Think about the fact that the etiquette and behaviour that is acceptable as we walk around.
Is pretty much the etiquette and behaviour that we should display when driving.
Then think about the fact that the etiquette and behaviour that is acceptable when we are at business gatherings.
Is pretty much the etiquette and behaviour that we should display when on Linkedin.
And stop being a twat.