ABC'ing your CD's

I have been in full blown interior rearranger (IR) mode (as distinct from interior decorating, which I think implies getting nice new things rather than just shuffling the old ones). One of the tasks I undertook was to sort out my CD's which were piled one on top of the other in a cupboard to the point where I just couldn't be arsed getting out the bottom ones or even refreshing my memory as to what was there. So I went and did the IR equivalent of base jumping and decided to alphabetise the CD's.

While you all sit there shaking your heads (I am watching both of you.... always watching), I acknowledge that this is something that I had always imagined my freaky nerd friends (ok, more freaky and more nerdy) doing, but not me. Nooo, I am way too down with the kids for that sort of thing. I would much rather be all funky and chaotic and just have the cd's all lying around in the wrong cases. YEAH MAN!

I then realised that while rather uncool, having them organised means that I can actually find the one I want to listen to, and it is actually easier than trawling through the mp3 player and plugging that into the stereo. Plus I also know what I own in my collection, which was both fun and a little distressing. Here are some chestnuts I uncovered:

1. Dummy by Portishead. Very cool album. A friend once told me that she knew that she wanted to be with her now husband when he gave her this album. I understand it is rather, er sexy, shall we say.
2. Spartacus by The Farm. This will mean nothing to anyone unless you were into early 90's dance/Madchester music. Do the songs "Groovy Train" or "All together now" mean anything? No? Nuff said.
3. Static and Silence by The Sundays. The Sundays have been 'on hiatus' for some time now, with the two key members having a couple of kids (together even, disgusting isn't it). I had a big crush on Harriet Wheeler, the singer, who I still think has one of the most gorgeous voices I have ever heard.
4. Polyserena by George. Talk about a voice. Katie Noonan can just blow your mind. I have seen them live a number of times and every time they were awesome. There is no truth to rumours that I may have made a bit of a tool of myself by getting her to sign an album and being fairly incapable of being as witty and erudite as was the plan. I specialised more in dumbstruck and incoherent at the time.
5. lots of 80's albums, including efforts (and in some cases that is the most appropriate word) by bands such as ABC, Duran Duran, Level 42, Howard Jones (not a group, I know), U2, etc, etc. I am a child of the 80's, ok, even though I was born in the 70's. Keep up, ok?

That is enough for now. Too much confession might not be good for the soul, on reflection...