I came across my sister’s Copper Blue tape in 1993 and “borrowed” it to have in my car. I was 16 or 17. I don’t know if she ever listened to it because she never seemed to notice that it was missing, something she almost always did when I “borrowed” her stuff, so I ended up not feeling so bad about keeping it. I remember listening to it the first few times while driving to and from school and thinking. It was definitely not the kind of music I gravitated towards at that time. I mostly listened to death metal. Sugar was decidedly not that.
Like all teenagers, I had already experienced my share of heartbreaks by that age. At the time I felt that these experiences were, naturally, devastating and traumatic. Any art that captured that sense of heartbreak or loss instantly resonated with me. This is why “The Slim” was the track that kept me listening to this album over and over again.
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There are a handful of songs that I can listen to that will perk me up 100% of the time, no matter the situation or my mood. Little Computer People is one of those songs. I cannot help but grin and start bopping my head when it comes on. It is silly and nerdy, just like me. Maybe dorky is a better word.
You see, Little Computer People was originaly a computer game put out in 1985 by Activision. It was the 80s version of The Sims and featured state of the art graphic and music (for the time). It was the music from this video game that inspired Little Computer People (the artist) to record the Little Computer People (the song) in 1998.
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XTC was a band that came back to life at least 3 times during their 20-year existence. “Jason and the Argonauts” is a great example of where the band was musically at the end of their first rebirth.
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I came across my sister’s Copper Blue tape in 1993 and “borrowed” it to have in my car. I was 16 or 17. I don’t know if she ever listened to it because she never seemed to notice that it was missing, something she almost always did when I “borrowed” her stuff, so I ended up not feeling so bad about keeping it. I remember listening to it the first few times while driving to and from school and thinking. It was definitely not the kind of music I gravitated towards at that time. I mostly listened to death metal. Sugar was decidedly not that.