Day 20 – The 30 Day Song Challenge – A Song that you listen to when you’re angry...

Song 20 – A song that you listen to when you’re angry...  – ‘Remember Me’ – British Sea Power

British Sea Power

‘Angry’ seems a bit of a blunt word to describe an emotional state.  I don’t often get angry on its own; it’s normally tinged with frustration, bitterness, sadness or something more destructive.  This song is a cathartic one though.   The music and lyrics seems to be railing against something and sometimes ‘something’ is as much focus as you want your anger to have.  There are some great songs that say ‘f**k you’ to unfaithful or requited lovers (‘Like a Rolling Stone’ by Bob Dylan springs to mind) but that’s a bit too precise for when you’ve just had one of those days.  I probably have as many good breakup records as love songs, which is kind of sad, but it’s these intense emotions that often seem to inspire good songwriting and art.  At least they give you something to say.  The grit around which the pearl forms.  But this isn’t one of those songs.  And it’s one I can listen to anytime.

British Sea Power - Remember Me

British Sea Power are an old school sort of an Indie band.  They’re very self-consciously arty, filling their music with references and allusions to obscure people, places and events.  There’s a song on their second album, ‘Open Season’, about Larson B, an Antarctic ice shelf that became detached and floated off.  There aren’t many other bands who’d want to tackle a subject like that.  I think that British Sea Power’s reach sometimes exceeds their grasp.  They’re not as interesting musically as they are in interview but I like their ambition.  They're a great live experience too.

British Sea Power - Oh Larsen B

David Millington

20^th April 2011

Nottingham