6
You plug your earphones into your new iPod. You listen to the music.
Sweet-sounding music.
Someone’s compilation. That young lady’s compilation. Or were there two?
One girl or two?
Mrs Fleming will be jealous.
You read the tiny screen. Various Artists 84.
Wham! – Freedom.
Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus – We All Stand Together.
Sade – Smooth Operator.
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
Ray Barker Junior – Ghostbusters.
Madonna – Like a Virgin.
Style Council – Shout to the Top.
Sister Sledge – Lost in Music.
Bronski Beat – Why?
Status Quo – The Wanderer.
Black Lace – Agadoo.
U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love).
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax.
Stevie Wonder – I Just Called to Say I Love You.
You listen in order. Then you shuffle.
The songs grow on you. Som
