So there I was on the balcony, taking pictures of the sunset. The bloke in the picture above hoved into view on the promenade from the right, walking briskly and texting furiously all the while. I didn’t once see him even take a glance at the astonishing vista that he could have seen merely by tilting his head slightly to the right. He almost walked into the bench that is just ahead of him slightly out of shot, but unfortunately he missed it. Perhaps if he’d fallen onto it, he might have paused for a moment to sink in the glorious sunset before burying his head in his screen and wandering on, obliviously. He disappeared off to my left, tapping away all the while.
Maybe he was in a hurry, late for meeting someone. I’ll never know. But couldn’t he at least have paused to have a quick peek?
And on the subject of Oblivious, here is a nice acoustic version of Aztec Camera’s song of the same name, performed by Roddy Frame himself, accompanied by Graham Gouldman and Neil Finn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKlVabL24fw&feature=related
“From the mountain tops down to the sunny street,
A different drum is playing a different kind of beat.
Its like a mystery that never ends.
I see you crying and I want to kill your friends
Just count me in and count me out and
Ill be waiting for the shout,
Oblivious”
Cheers, Tom.
07/05/08 @ 10:35