Dusting off The Turn Options

[kingparamecium]

Since I know many don't care for The Turn or acknowledge it as a Live album, I am not challenging anyone's opinion or taste nor trying to convert anyone. Obviously you're entitled to express your opinions, this isn't a "The Turn" Safe Space.

With that out of the way, this is the perfect time of year for me to listen to The Turn. I'm heavily influenced by memories of an album's original release, where I was in life, the drive to and from buying the CD, etc. So since I got it in October shortly after release, I'm prone to resonate with it in such a way, and my perceptions of the music are eligible for "season" bias,

but man, listening to it in Autumn is a whole different thing. I recall blaring Siren's Call driving on chilly evenings through rust-colored leaves, Don't Run to Wait playing while I cleaned out the garage in the afternoon to make room for Trick or Treat "tailgating" of hot chili and cold beer.

This morning I woke up and sunny and cold, and I went out back and could hear Natural Born Killers and Rodgerton playing in my head, remembering that peaceful but burned out feeling of November 1st, only slightly bummed and hung over that Halloween is over, but welcoming of respite.

So I had to go in and dust off The Turn.

Does anyone else have any personal associations/memories/experiences with the album that cause you to revisit it?

[Pingfah]

I still think it is a great album, it gets played every now and then, although not that often as they only put it out on CD and I mostly listen to records.

TBH though, I try never to form relationships with music related to memories. I would not want bad memories to be associated with music I enjoy.

This post has been edited by Pingfah: Nov 3 2021, 9:42 am