And here we are. The end of the line. A full month of daily posts harkening back to a daft trend I took part in to avoid going mad(der) during the first lockdown. The goal of this series had been variation, first to shake off the same five Christmas songs that haunted us for most of December, and second to see just how much my music tastes had evolved since 2020.
And I’d say that goal was just about met and my tastes have evolved. It’s just that the genres and artists that I’ve been more accustomed to over the years have taken precedent over those who I’ve been giving more of a go. For every Fishmans, there’s at least five ‘white boys with guitars’ bands that I’ll find myself listening to first. But I guess that it’s all simply a case of sticking to what you know and being true to yourself.
Speaking of which.
Day 30: A song that reminds you of yourself
2020: Doctor Who theme
To paraphrase Emily Brontë, my love of Doctor Who as of late resembles the eternal rocks beneath; a source of little visible delight, but necessary.
I’ll try to avoid a rant here but I have summed up some of the recent episodes as ‘shit’, something I rarely did even during the Jodie Whittaker days. But when Ncuti Gatwa suddenly decided to scarper and turned into Billie Piper, I loudly shouted ‘F*ck off’ at the screen. For the first time in twenty years, I questioned being a Doctor Who fan. And if you know how obsessed I am with that show, you’ll know that’s me having a monumentally severe identity crisis.
But regardless how low the lows might be, I would not be who I am today without that show. Whenever I hear that theme, I’ll be transported back to the first time I heard it, in March 2005 and sitting in front of my grandparents’ TV after my Grandpa told me this was something I absolutely had to watch. How right he was.
2025: Doctor Who theme
And he still is.
Right, that’s that then. Got an end-of-month entry for you and that’ll be it for 2025. Let’s put this sorry year to bed.
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