A SLIDE INTO SWINGING…

I recently linked my in-car audio system to Spotify. How rock n’ roll am I? I often create my own montage of hits whilst thumping the steering wheel and singing aloud, or just humming when I don’t know the words. I’ll even fess up to getting a few lyrics totally wrong, although to be fair I have never plumbed the depths of those tone-deaf music lovers who, according to research conducted by New Musical Express in 2016, we’re convinced that a certain Dire Straits classic contained the line, “Money for nothin’ and chips for free.” Of course, the correct line is, “Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free.” I would concede that I am trapped in a melody time warp as my music tastes gravitate towards the ’80s, and I also drive a BMW. Make of that last piece of intelligence what you wish but the reason I say this is that it has a built-in Alexa (well the BMW version). I simply say, “Hi BMW, play…,” and I can listen to any track I wish! For an older guy, this is pure wizardry!

Listening intently to the opening salvo of ‘We close our eyes’ by the legendary Go West (who, incidentally, were featured in the soundtrack to Pretty Woman, the enduring 1990’s film, with the track ‘The King of Wishful thinking’) my brain made a series of connections…