Today would have been Isaac's twenty seventh birthday. He died aged twenty three, four years ago next Sunday. It'd be nice to get to a point where we can separate his birthday and the anniversary of his death but I'm not sure we're there yet. It'd be nice too to get to a point where we can celebrate him on his birthday without the feelings of loss that it's currently weighed down with. Maybe one day. One thing I've learned is that grief is what it is and one doesn't have much control over it- to some extent, you have to go with it as it is and let it pass through.
This A Certain Ratio song came out in 1991, seven years before Isaac was born. I'm pretty sure Jez Kerr wrote the lyrics about Brian Jones, a member of the 27 club- Brian was 27 when he died and is forever that age. I thought I had a digital file of the original mix, Jez singing with the late and much missed Denise Johnson but at the moment I can only find the Jon Dasilva mixes. Denise appears on this one, singing 'You were so lonely/ Never be lonely again/ I'm gonna love you til the end'.
Happy birthday Isaac. Miss you.
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