I’ve found that my as I get older, I find it easier to forget things. This is mostly because there is so much information coming in now that it’s just not possible to retain it all. It’s as though everyday has a heap of new things that I should remember, but I can’t because something else comes in right away after to remember, too.
Still, I’ve found that my childhood memories, especially when it comes to music, are still very strong and accurate.
Music is how I time stamp my memories. Songs will bring back feelings and emotions of the time, and often bring tears to my eyes.
So, when an anomaly turns up, I sit up and take notice.
I’ve already discussed the Say My Name incident, and how somehow it was a different artist singing that song, or at least to my memory. And while I’m prepared to say that I was simply wrong, it does bring up a similar incident that happened back in the mid to late 70s.
Before going to sleep, as a preteen, I would listen to the radio, and the songs I heard back then remain in my memory to this day, even the obscure ones that no one else seems to remember nowadays.
One song I recall, though for no particular reason, was Wuthering Height. Like most songs at the time, it was just there, with no real attraction. I didn’t hate it, but wouldn’t have gone out of my way to get it. Not that I could afford to buy any records back in those days anyway.
In 1978, Kate Bush released her first single, Wuthering Height, and I thought to myself, at the time, I prefer the original version and I said as much.
The version I knew was sung by a female artist who had a much lower voice, which was reminiscent of someone like Karen Carpenter. Unfortunately, I don’t know who sang that particular version.
Over the years, in the back of my mind, I resolved that one day I was going to look that version up, and get hold of it.
Sometimes it takes a few decades for me to get around to doing something (seriously!) and one day in the noughties, I decided to finally do it.
However, I soon found that it wasn’t possible.
The problem was that there was no original version. Kate Bush had written this song in 1977, and she was the original artists.
I’ve checked this fact a number of times, wondering if I had got my information wrong somewhere, but it is correct. There was definitely no version of that song before Bush.
To hear a song that does not exist, several years before it is released raises some interesting question. The biggest one being: How?
Still, one can be forgiven for thinking that maybe I was mistaken or have a faulty memory (though, as I said, my memory of music is uncannily clear from my childhood.)
Even if I did agree with you, this was not the only thing of that nature that occurred.
Next: The road alongside Hanging Rock.
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