Sunday, May 09, 2010

ma belle



I heard this Beatles B-side for the first time the other week and have listened to it many a time since, swooning over the romantic lyrics and melodies that leave you wanting to sway in that self indulgent love sick teenage sort of way. I recommend you listen to it, personally I find it quite unlike their other music. Though this is according to my knowledge of The Beatles which is neither vast nor meagre.

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I also leave you with those photograph by Kafa Rusalka that I'm very fond of. Last night I had a smoking dream. I don't think I've had a smoking dream since I was about 15. But in my perfectly relaxed sleepy state this cigarette and the process of inhaling and exhaling proved the most soothing action, completely devoid of that tobacco taste I am so unswayed by. There really is little point in this anecdote because I awoke to the knowledge that I could never (thankfully) hack smoking and this brings us back to the beginning, to the photo. Perhaps it could be a little tribute. A photograph to look at and think 'let us live our smoking dreams (as unhealthy as they are) vicariously through this mysterious and anonymous girl who is enjoying a fag with her coffee and staring ahead immersed in her own little world of contemplations and memories.'

4 comments:

tess said...

wow I've never had a smoking dream, but it sounds intriguing

Ania said...

ah, one of my favourite songs. ever.

God, it sounds amazing every single time :)

Anonymous said...

I love that song. Have you heard 'Girl'? That is in a really similar vein....

Queen Michelle said...

Gosh can you imagine how many times in my life people have sang this song to me? I swear I've lost the ability to fake smile because of that - I ran out of them as I had to fake smile every time someone sang it as if it were the first time anyone had!