The Listening Club - 9th August 2020

 ... in which things go from not quite warm enough to ouch blimey okay then. Yep, Amsterdam has hit the scorchio bit of the Summer, with over a week of 30+ degrees to keep us, well, tucked up inside with an electric fan and an ice lolly (ok then, an ice cold beer). And also a handy cooling mat for my feets, borrowed from a certain nonplussed feline. I've never missed a cooling festival tent (and accompanying  soundtrack) more in my life, sad to say... le sigh.

Last week, @AngelaKlaus was in the chair, serving up a soulful side of the 90s with her pick of "Wild Seed - Wild Flower" by Dionne Farris which got the assembled bobbing their heads and rem'niscin', as you do. Thanks to Angela for the pick, and for sailing the frisb way over to @zbendr, who has this to say by way of introduction to tonight's pick...

"Please, Amigas y Amigos, be careful with your audio levels at the beginning, and as things progress.

I blurb, you blurb, we all blurb for LC!

This came out at a very difficult time in my life, and was somehow already imbued with all the feelings I was having. The lyrics were written for *me*, maaaaaaan! It’s always amazing how music does that to us.

But with this, if I could please just invite you to “go with it”, you may discover tonal variations that tickle your sensibilities.

Life is endlessly confusing: do you want to be a butterfly, or a better caterpillar?

Beverage suggestions:

“Silver Moon” tea by TWG.

Long Island Iced Tea by you.

Personally, I shall draw a long measure of single malt and sit back, as the lights twinkle across a bay of the Arabian Gulf"

Right then. Direct download here in MP3 or FLAC (ooh!), or the streamy below:

See you at 8pm BST (GMT+1)