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ALL MY FAVOURITE PEOPLE ARE BROKEN

 

 

Some songs just have our numbers. They have a certain power over us, sometimes for reasons we may not understand. Jensen's newest book, All My Favourite People Are Broken, finds him secluded in the Canadian Rockies with childhood friend and fellow music fanatic Garvey examining this idea in depth. This meditation gives rise to days of animated musical discussions, and the discourse is wildly limitless. The pair talk about how The Carpenters were creepier than Black Sabbath. They ruminate on why it was okay to listen to Billy Squier’s “The Stroke” but not to Rick James’ “Super Freak” as preteens in 1981. The similarities between Michael Jackson and metal guitarist Zakk Wylde are considered. The deification of dead rock stars gets discussed. They consider Lana Del Ray’s “West Coast” as a secret love letter to Axl Rose. All this while music spanning virtually every genre and generation blares nonstop from an iPod sound dock.

 

The hard questions surrounding the feelings elicited by the music they love get asked, and as time passes the questions get a lot harder. And more personal than they expected.

 

 

               

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