I made some great techie geek discoveries over the last day or so that I really wanted to write about into today’s blog. But, on the way to work, I was listening to a CD from 1994 from a band that never made it that big called This Picture. The album is called City of Sin. Since I know that 2/3 of my massive readership want to find out my thoughts on music, I thought “better not totally bore the non-techies out there.” Even though they never comment….

I wish that I could find some kind of sample online to refer to here, but that’s just how forgotten this album is. Apparently, This Picture had a minor hit with the song “Naked Rain” off of their debut album Violent Impression. Violent is a decent album, but City of Sin is the crowning achievement of This Picture.

So, what does it sound like? Well, imagine if Bono joined a moody, alternative band that had equal amounts piano and guitar in all songs, and started writing really ultra-poetic lyrics, and you would have it.

“Climbing the walls of doubt don’t you know,
For tonight we could reach it, if you’d only show the world”

“So lay your hands on my soul,
It’s there to be taken whole”

“A man will lie for his lines
In his natural crimes
To have guilt in these times
You must read between the lines”

The interesting thing is that the only place I ever read about This Picture was in a Christian music magazine review. There is nothing else to indicate what their beliefs are, so I guess I can’t comment on that. But, the same magazine did a positive review of U2 at the time (which, if I remember correctly, was why I was reading that magazine), so I guess they could be trusted.

Oh, yeah – I got both of This Pictures cds from Amazon for a penny. Yep. One whole cent + shipping.