This has been a very piss-poor blog of late; I only keep it alive because I think some of what I wrote actually deserves a wider readership (fat chance!). However, there are times when pen (metaphorical) must touch paper (metaphorical); this is one such time!

What makes a thing memorable?

Is it the thing itself? Or just the people that surround it? Is 'Black Sabbath' by Black Sabbath memrable in itself or is it just the memories of youth that it invokes? Is 'Dulce et decorum est' more or less poignant because one never knew the horrors of war in the trenches; the abject fear in going 'over the top'?

I was reminded of this by a simple song.

A song that 'tail-gated' an eminently forgettable BBC serial but which had the line "'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs"; It so reminded me of Owen, I had to know more.

I don't know anything about 'Daughter'; I don't want to know.

Just that 'Youth' is as much a plaintive cry as 'Empty Chairs' could ever be.

And just listen to the drum figures; simply awesome!

I wish somebody would read this and perhaps they might listen to 'Daughter'.