Everything But the Girl
It has been said there are two types of teenagers: They are either the homecoming king/queen or they lock themselves in their room and think the world’s insane. And I was the latter. I have mentioned High School was a terrible time for me but listening to music kept me on the rails. At the time I was listening to the Offspring, Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins thus satisfying my teen disgruntlement. But there was also Everything but the Girl who for me represented a different kind of teen angst: It was feelings of being socially awkward, different, unloved and unlovable. Missing was a big hit in the clubs across the world but I found that rather odd seeing as the lyrics dealt with unrequited love, the longing for a lost love and emotional insecurity. Throughout the nineties I was interested in techno music but this was different. And thus I was drawn to it. After all, anyone can do something with any tools – it just takes the brave to do something different.
Key Album: Walking Wounded (1996) A collection of songs of heartbreak and emotion that works no different to me now than it did when I was fourteen. A true gem in every sense of the word.
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