This song is the opening song on ‘The Secrets Of The Beehive’ by David Sylvian, which is (without question) my favourite album of all time. As mentioned before on ‘The Boy With The Gun’ – Song 135, the whole album is a complete work of various songs that make a truly amazing whole and ‘September’ starts us off.
I often find myself playing the song on the 1st September (like today) and it reminds me of starting ‘September’ in so many different places. I remember September coming along when we lived in Hackney in 1993, in Loughton for a number of years, in Debden and Theydon Bois and soon in Kent as we move there next week.
The song captures the spirit of September, when the summer draws to a close and the sun hides away and the days become a little colder on their way to winter. The lyrics which talk of the ‘sun shining high above’, ‘the sounds of laughter’ and the ‘the birds swooping down upon the crosses of old grey churches’ sum up this time of year beautifully and though the song is only short it makes a wonderful start to the album which is a ‘must listen’ if you like David Sylvian or Japan.
September is here again….
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