I wanted to do two things with this post — test a new feature for the site, and promote one of my favorite bands, Poems for Laila.
I discovered PfL when I was in Germany in the summer of 1991. I saw a display stand advertising the release of their second album, and gave it a listen. What I heard was enough to peak my interest, so I bought their first two albums — ‘Another Poem for the 20th Century’ and ‘La Fillete Triste’ — on the spot.
Unfortunately, I bought them on cassette tape, and over the next few years, I listened to them enough to wear them out. Thanks to the magic of the ‘net, though, a few months ago I was lucky enough to track down not just the two albums I used to own, but three more. Eventually I’ll order as many as their albums as I can, but as they’re not available here in the states, for now I’ll just have to live with the .mp3s I downloaded (one of the very few times I’ve actively searched music out on the file trading networks).
In the meantime, though, you can browse through my PfL catalog, and listen to just what has captured my interest for so long. It’s a little difficult to narrow down just a few ‘recommended tracks’, but here’s a few good ones from the two albums I know the best:
- From ‘Another Poem for the 20th Century’:
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- Intro to the Morning After
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- The Morning After
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- Lewd
- From ‘La Fillete Triste’:
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- Round Round Round (The Gentleman’s Fear)
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- Willy Poor Boy
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- I Hold A Prince
Enjoy!