Mapping Influences Over Time
Wow, the first Boston album to come out in years! I had heard all manner of rumors regarding the long absence of new Boston material. One was that the guitarist severely broke his hand and was rehabbing for years. I should see if Bing.com heard that one. OK so the reality is much more frustrating …
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If you have been following along from the beginning, you’ll recall that My Musical Evolution had a good sized dose of Classical music way back in my early childhood courtesy of a few classical compilation albums that my mother had. My interest in classical music exapnded with the discovery of Switched-On Bach at my aunt’s …
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Here is yet another example of how pursuit of a song from an earlier era resulted in a newfound appreciation for the artist and that in turn twists the linear evolution into a tangled yarn. I suppose that really isn’t a fair assessment. Perhaps this musical connections to childhood and reconnections later in life are …
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Wish You Were Here is another of the Iconic Album Covers collection. It seems strange to me now to think that this album was on the shelves by the time The KISS Age started. I saw it there in the record stores. I wondered about the significance of the man on fire. At this point in My …
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During The Scratchy 45 Days, The Moody Blues was synonymous with Nights In White Satin In The Academy Days, that expanded to include The Voice. The notion of Won’t you take me back to school was something I occasionally dreamt about but aprt from that, I really didn’t know much about The Moody Blues. Oh …
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I mentioned this album a couple posts back. It was my example of how the advent of the Compact Disc had ruined my linear Musical Evolution. I loved the new Compact Disc format. I still do. I was driven to collect as much of My Musical Evolutionon CD as possible. I bough this Compact Disc during The Roach …
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I find it interesting to look back at the past 100 posts, particularly the ones that feauture the music from the radio and MTV. Seeing it all in this condensed time lapse format highlights how quickly the popular mainstream music sound changed over the course of the decade. Men Without Hatsand Culture Club faded away …
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Madonna’s next album, True Blue opened up with controversy. Her song Papa Don’t Preach seemed to bother activist groups all over the place. The religious groups thought the song was promoting premarital sex. The Pro Choice people were upset that she didn’t get an abortion. What bothered me was that this was turning point where Madonna ceased …
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Even with my voluminous collection of music, there are still thousands of songs that passed through My Musical Evolution that never made it to The Eclectic collection. You can buy everything. Who knows, maybe if I wasn’t playing Compact Disc catch up, some of these artists during The Roach Days might have made to my …
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I had my own Compact Disc player and at the time it seemed like Digital Compact Discs were going to be the meduim for music forever. My mission had three goals. 1. Replace my old cassettes and vinyl LP’s with CD’s. 2. Buy the music from my life, namely things from The Scratchy 45 Days …