Another walk down memory lane...
When I was seven or eight years old, I had this most fantastic idea. This idea was going to bring me fame and fortune. What I was going to do was invent this marvellous machine – it was called “the Forgetter” - which would have the power to make people, the whole world in fact, forget all about certain things.
My idea was that I was going to set my machine’s controls so that when it was turned on, everyone would instantly forgot all about a particular pop song, which I would then go around taking the credit for having written.
It was a perfect plan. I would be on the telly, I’d be world-famous. I would be a Pop Star!
I chose my song carefully, it was the Best Pop Song In The World, at the time: The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love”.
I took the precaution of writing the words – as much of them as I knew anyway - down on a piece of paper, but I was pretty sure that this was probably unnecessary, since I, as the machines inventor, would undoubtedly be immune to its effect. But I was taking no chances.
I even found a nice square silvery-coloured tin, which looked perfect for the purpose. Nice and machiney-looking, all it needed was some buttons and controls on the lid and some “electric stuff” to put inside.
I made some drawings of what The Forgetter would look like when it was finished, and I showed my younger brother and told him that we were all going to be rich.
I think I got as far as putting the words to Cant Buy Me Love inside the tin, but my inventing powers never seemed quite successful enough, and it might surprise you to hear that I never got around to finishing that machine.
Paul McCartney doesn’t know how lucky he is. I came close to stealing away his entire career.
Or …maybe…
…is it possible that he just beat me in finishing The Forgetter before I could, and HE took all the credit for MY songs?
I guess we’ll never know.
Duncan.
Listen, I know this post is just pure unashamed fluff, but I heard the song yesterday on the radio while driving to work, and it all came back to me; it made me smile, so I thought I’d share. There’s not even a Witness angle to it.
