Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumAnyone else rediscovering music you have loved for years?
So I'm on my walk through the 'hood with my iPod listening to my faves, and I think, hey what about some Joni Mitchell. OMG. I've always loved the voice, the sublime and awesome piano, the drop dead in your tracks lyrics. Turned on Down to You. I had forgotten the orchestral arrangement. What a masterpiece. I replayed it 3 times. Then A Case of You. Then For Free. The early 70's had some kick ass music and Joni was a big part if it.
randr
(12,409 posts)The 70's had the best vocalists and I still love to listen to them.
Thanks for the reminder!
Walleye
(31,008 posts)I lived in southern California in the 70s. Those songs are part of the soundtrack of that stage of my life
samnsara
(17,616 posts)..lightning i immediately started him up on Alexa and havent stopped. Finally told alexa to play classic rock and i get all my music.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)I used to travel hundreds of miles to check out live music shows, and never got a chance to see some of my favorite artists.
Now I can turn on my big screen TV, crank up my sound system, and choose an artist.
Or, I can look up old songs I haven't heard in years, and hear them with new ears. I am much more appreciative these days of the craftsmanship that goes into some of these older recordings, the songwriting, the production, the musicianship.