(Apologies if there’ve been any similar topics before.)
It is almost a year since the first time I heard Richard's music.I always consider myself very lucky to have found such a talented and also down-to-earth artist and here's how I came to listen to his music.
There was a bookstore in my university where back issues of foreign magazines could be found.Usually none of them were about music.But one day in September 2006,I discovered a May issue of the Q magazine and bought it right away.I finished reading it in two or three days and among all the artists who appeared in the magazine and unknown to me,there was one that caught my eye,because he wore spectacles...I’d seen very few pop musicians wearing specs so that tiny image of him stayed in my head.However,during that time I had no ways to find out what his music sounded like so it was all kind of shelved.In the following year I was so busy with my studies that I barely had time for finding new music to listen to so I almost forgot all about that artist,even his name...Then in February last year when I was at home,I discovered by accident that a local channel was broadcasting a programme called London Live.In fact,I had lost interest in TV a long time before and I often spent my spare time reading books,listening to CDs or surfing the internet.But on that night my dad had to work on the computer and there was no book at hand so I turned on the TV for the first time in almost a week.I was so surprised to see the local channel was broadcasting this foreign programme called London Live where bands gave live performances.As I was still rubbing my eyes,a familiar face appeared,and I was like ‘oh my God isn’t he that bespectacled musician in the Q magazine?!’So I moved closer to the TV set and watched carefully.Well,needless to say I was so impressed by the song but I soon felt gutted to realise I didn’t catch his name.I thought ‘Damn I have to wait for a month to go back to uni and find the magazine’ But to my greatest delight,after the ad break,he went on to perform another song.This time I saw the name and wrote it down on a piece of paper.I was chuffed that I recognised him on TV at first sight.It was more than a year's time since I'd seen the small photo of him.The specs did help I think.
So that’s how I heard Mr H’s music for the first time.Later I found out on the net that London Live was actually a programme showing performances from The Album Chart Show and the two songs broadcast were Coles Corner and Just Like the Rain.I guess if I hadn’t seen the Q magazine or my dad hadn’t been using the computer at the precise moment,I would probably still be totally unaware of Richard Hawley and have missed an entire world of wonderful music.
I didn’t know I would write so much and sorry if you found it boring to read but this experience means a lot to me,as does all of Mr H’s music.I suppose some of you have much more interesting stories to share than mine so why not talk about how you got into Richard’s music here.
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