If you go through my music collection today, you’ll find heaps of alternative everything, Canadian indie, progressive metal and jazz oldies.
But, as a teen, I was all about pop and radio-friendly songs, and no one struck a chord with 14-year-old me like Take That.
I fiercely began writing my own songs (spoiler alert: they weren’t that great) and, being the obsessive nerd I’ve always been, I knew the names of all the producers, engineers, session musicians and studios of every song or album (the scary part being that I still remember most of them). While most of the fans wanted to marry them, I wanted to work with the band, regardless of raging hormones.
So, and because I have neuroscience on my side, while everyone is out shopping, I’ll be spending the day nerding out to Odyssey playing in loop. And there’s no guilt in this pleasure.
Isidora Works 