FAMOUS!

Elbow recently won the prestigious Mercury Music prize. I am not familiar with the studio album that won them this prize but I still think that this is brilliant – why? I USED TO KNOW THEM – yes, I, simple, little HarajukuCat knew them in their alter ego as ‘Soft’ whilst studying for our A-Levels in a sleepy little Mancunian town. Our college building has now been bull dozed for the sake of new housing and the site of our Smoking Common Room is now probably someone’s ensuite toilet but nothing can take away the memories of that little shed, where we smoked, played twister and talked politics, religion and philosophy as only idealistic eighteen to twenty year olds can.

It’s bizarre when you think back to how we all were, they were thinner, had more hair and their songs were about human suffering. Now they’re being described as ‘portly’ but their songs are still about human condition, so no change there. Not sure if any of them would recognize me but hey it’s a small claim to fame for me.