2014 in Songs #1- Ben Watt - "Forget"

I guess it doesn't make sense to do those lists of the best albums of the year. I'lI alwyas have lots of doubts of saying "these are the best ones", without listening with some intensity to a lot of albums. Nevertheless, and according to my last estimate, I listened more or less to 100 of them.

Early in the year, Ben Watts' album "Hendra" caught my attention. It is just his second solo album, after "North marine Drive he did with Rbert Wyatt, 17 years ago, and after Everything But the Girl split up.It is simple, heratfelt and true. It will endure, the kind of quality you don't find on people just looking for the spur of a (by-gone) moment.

I shared once "Hendra" here. Now it's time to "Forget".

Below you can also feel the fotage of "Levels", featuring David Gilmour.



Before I left there was a weekend when we walked
We barely saw a soul for two whole days
The Sussex downs after rainfall is as lovely as it gets
But really I should let
Let it all slide

How the light can fall in so many different ways
Some memories you deal with but some are tough
There are moments of joy that will go unmet
But really I should let
Let them all slide

But who am I fooling when I say I have no regrets
You can push things to the back of your mind
But you can never forget

I washed your hair in the darkness of the house
I saved a creature from the heat of the fire
And when you rose I saw your silhouette
But really I should let
Let that all slide

But who am I fooling when I say I have no regrets
You can push things to the back of your mind
But you can never forget

But who am I fooling when I say I wish we'd not met
You can push things to the back of your mind
You can push them there but still you will find
That you push them there to the back of your mind
But you can never forget

That you push them there to the back of your mind
But you can never forget

You push them there to the back of your mind
But you can never forget