MP3: The Bear Quartet - Earthly pastime
Once again, Aymeric of Absolut Noise takes care of our weekly Bear Quartet post:
Preamble: "Earthly pastime" is certainly not the best Bear Quartet song; too square, too pop, too "regular". Released on their "Moby Dick" album, it was made during the early part of BQ story. It could actually be taken as a "country" song. In this respect, it reminds me a bit the sound of "Ditt hjärta är en stjärna", the latest Mattias Alkberg BD album.
There are three kind of songs: the ones you hate, the ones you love and the ones you'd better listen to while you are driving a car. "Earthly pastime" belongs to this third category. I cannot exactly remember when I have begun to fall in love with it. I used to listen to it at home and find it nice, but it was not a killer to me. And then I was driving near Monaco, just next to the French Riviera, exactly on the road where Grace Kelly died in a car crash. I was actually thinking about the Hitchcock actress when I started to realize that I was moving my head back and forth, driving a bit too fast on this serpentine road. The feeling was just too good. I wanted to let the car go, put my hands off the steering wheel and clap them in rhythm. I did not dare though. I am still alive.
The Bear Quartet - Earthly pastime