One afternoon, I found myself at Southgate Plaza with some time to kill. I went to the music shop. It might have been a Wooden Nickel. I don’t recall. I liked going to unfamiliar music stores because they often provide an opportunity to find something new. That was the case on this day. I have …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
My Musical Evolution – Part 332 The 90’s No One To Run With
I’ve never been what I’d consider a fan of The Allman Brothers Band. I was only familiar with the name Allman because of Cher. Even now I don’t consider myself a fan of The Allman Brothers Band but they do have a couple of songs that I like and represent something special to me. In the early spring of …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 331 The 90’s Havin’ a Roni?
In the early 90’s I really tried to give Rap music a shot. In just about every case, I found that I really liked the music and the way all the elements were brought together. I just can’t get past the vocal tracks. They always seemed to fail. If it wasn’t the words themselves, it was …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 330 The 90’s Droppin’ The Bass
Let’s keep rolling with the Video Jukebox effect. By this time I had a 3/4 Ton Chevy pick up truck. It was 4 Wheel drive with a rugged camo paint job. The guy I bought from had taken out the bench seat and dropped in a pair of bucket seats. This left a rather large space between …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 329 The 90’s As Clean As They Wanna Be
Another frequent flyer on the Video Jukebox was Pop That Coochie by 2 Live Crew. At the time, 2 Live Crew was getting a lot of publicity for being so controversial. I remember thinking at the time that they were simply trying hard to sell records to young white boys who were looking for Parental …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 328 The 90’s 808 State
There were half a dozen bands that I discovered by watching the Video Jukebox Channel in the early 1990’s. Of these, my favorite has to be 808 State. The video was Cübik. 808 State was one of the early electronic Techno bands that I heard. The music was for the most part lyric free and looking at the video was made …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 327 Married With Children I’m Too Sexy
I started this journey almost a year ago trying to remember the first song that I loved. I wonder if my mother would agree with what I came up with? In the case of my son, although he may not remember it, the first song that he really reacted to was I’m Too Sexy. He not …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 326 The 90’s Going With The Orinoco Flow
I’ve got to do something. I’ve been writing about New Age for the past several posts and that is fine. I’m satified with calling this era A New Age. It makes sense in that it applies to both the genre and the fact that I had shifted from The Roach Days Revisited into another era …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 325 New Age Switched-On Holst
My introduction to Tomita was this version of Holst’s The Planets. I was familiar with Holst and The Planets due to my involvement with classical music and Star Wars. I had originally checked out The Planets because my cousin thought that might like it since I liked the Star Wars Soundtrack so much. Again, like with Switched-On Bach …
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My Musical Evolution – Part 324 New Age Musik Zur Ruhe Vol 10. Leben Humming Voices
My second acquisition from the Musik Zur Ruhe series was Volume 10, Leben – Humming Voices. The experience mirrored my jump from Deep Breakfast to The Sky Of Mind. Leben was still a good collection of new age music but did appeal to me like Licht – Flying Clouds did. Where Jean Michel Jarre used synthesizers and bizarre electronic gadgets …