Today, I’m a little surprised that my entry into the Steve Miller Band was this album Abracadabra. I won’t be ashamed though. I wasn’t and don’t claim to be any kind of music critic or scholar. I like what I like and I won’t make excuses. Nor will I chastise you for not liking the stuff I like. In fact, if you look at my media library, you’ll find that a lot of the artists that are hailed by critics and scholars are not present. For example, I cannot stand to listen to Bob Dylan. OK can’t stand is too harsh. I can stand to listen to him, I just think his stuff is horrible. It doesn’t connect with me in any way. I’d rather listen to A Flock Of Seagulls and I will not apologize. I don’t like olives either. I keep trying them every few years to see if my taste buds have evolved. They have in the past. I grown to like several things that tasted bad to me at one point. I’ll listen to Bob Dylan again in a few years to see if anything happened.
Abracadabra, the song was on the radio and Friday Night Videos. I liked that song and after listening to the cassette a few dozen times, I grew to like the whole thing. At that time I really wasn’t aware of the rest of the Steve Miller Band’s work. I’m sure that along the way I had heard some their more iconic songs. I just didn’t really connect those dots just yet.
Listening to Abracadabratoday for the first time in a very long time. It has the qualities that I would expect. It sounds very Steve Miller-ish. As you’ll see, in a few years I’ll pick up a greatest hits CD and shift away from Abracadabra but today, this is sounding pretty good and It keeps me wondering why.
Keeps Me Wondering Why
Abracadabra
Give It Up
Young Girl’s Heart
my favorite steve miller band cd. 1981-1982 was a very good year for music. hope you also listened to ELO’s Time cd from 1981.