{"id":606,"date":"2020-10-22T22:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T21:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/?post_type=product&p=606"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:23:26","slug":"was-it-for-this","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/was-it-for-this\/","title":{"rendered":"was it for this…?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ‘\u2014Was it for this<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That one, the fairest of all Rivers, lov’d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To blend his murmurs with my Nurse’s song,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And from his alder shades and rocky falls,<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That flow’d along my dreams?’<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>William Wordsworth, The Prelude 1799<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018There can’t be many of us who haven’t at some point wondered what the sum total of our lives is going to be; all the good and poor choices, the happy and not-so-happy accidents, the healthy and toxic relationships, the influences that enrich or deplete.<\/p>\n

I was very fortunate to have met Danny Chang (of The Kentish Spires) around 2004.\u00a0 He took me under his wing, opened his studio to my mad ideas, and suggested I do an album.\u00a0 It was recorded in Autumn\/Winter 2006\/07.\u00a0 Dan produced, John Fraser engineered and played some beautiful (at times brutal) piano.\u00a0 Then there was Ryan on drums, Colin on keys, Peter and Susie on harmonies.\u00a0 To be honest I was out of my depth, slightly unhinged and somewhat over-adrenalised, but I was managed with grace, kindness and pragmatism and I’ll be eternally grateful for that.<\/p>\n

For Will Wordsworth it started with the rushing of the river Derwent and the sweet simplicity of lullabies, surging towards the heady prospect of a new enlightenment in revolutionary France.\u00a0 My staging posts were mostly musical.\u00a0 From Salvation Army brass bands and choirs, to the tribal punk of Adam & The Ants, the jazz hands and Broadway babies of musical theatre and the sweeping possibilities of progressive music where sentiment can bleed beyond those three magic minutes.\u00a0 Here were songs about dying movie stars, parallel universes, off-kilter romance, Dad dancing, David Lynch and the von Trapp family.\u00a0 As Danny reassured me, I was never going to have to worry about my chart position…<\/p>\n

So was it?\u00a0 For this, I mean.\u00a0 The answer can only ever be yes.\u00a0 For all of us.\u00a0 Only you can bring what you bring to the table.\u00a0 What you are and what has shaped you are unique to you, and the contribution you make is singular.\u00a0 What a wonderful gift.\u00a0 What a responsibility. What an opportunity.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jeremy, December 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Track Listing<\/h4>\n

1) Queen of the May<\/p>\n

2) Sweet Liesl<\/p>\n

3) Heaven Help Me Now I\u2019m On My Own<\/p>\n

4) Botox Baby<\/p>\n

5) yellowleaf<\/p>\n

6) A Polo Shirt In Yonkers<\/p>\n

7) Cary Grant Is Dying<\/p>\n

8) Necessary<\/p>\n

9) Curtain Call<\/p>\n

10) Hello, Disco<\/p>\n

11) Live From The Cliff Face<\/p>\n

12) It\u2019s Not About Love<\/p>\n

13) Sometime My Arms Bend Back<\/p>\n

14) If I Bump Into Jesus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[40,41],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-606","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cd","7":"product_cat-jeremy-richardson","8":"product_shipping_class-cds","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}