I was ruminating on Aggie's topic of Highly Sensitive People when I remembered this old XTC song called Senses Working Overtime (http://youtu.be/SyX75NpibdU). It's been playing in my head and I had to see if I could find it online.
XTC was a pretty cool band.
I know that song... it never made sense to me, because I can easily taste the difference between a lemon and a lime. Then again, I've got highly sensitive taste buds. ;)
Oh, and although we've been discussing Highly Sensitive People by PM, I haven't actually got around to starting a topic on it... thanks for the reminder! I'll try to get around to it soon. Looking deeper into this has helped me gain some self-understanding and self-acceptance about why I'm a little quirkier than the average bipedal primate.
You and me too, my sibling!
I can taste the difference between a lemon and a lime too, but I often feel like my senses are working overtime.
XTC was a fun band, though, as was their psychedelic alias The Dukes of the Stratosphear. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6asb8T6KoPA)
XTC (Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding) wrote an absolutely stunning folk song called 'Love on a farmboy's wages' which sounds like it is 150 years old but is in fact only 30 years old. It was covered by both The Poozies and the mighty Fairport Convention.
Have a listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WIpo3h2SFs), and consider that this is contemporary with Karma Chameleon by Culture Club and Gold by Spandau Ballet.
I remember and love that song! :-* :-* :-*
Thank you for the link.