{"id":2329,"date":"2012-10-05T07:57:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T11:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2012-10-05T07:57:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T11:57:50","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-288-roach-days-revisited-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/10\/05\/my-musical-evolution-part-288-roach-days-revisited-america\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 288 Roach Days Revisited America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"America<\/a>I\u00a0mentioned\u00a0this album a couple posts back. It was my example of how the advent of the \u00a0Compact Disc had ruined my linear\u00a0Musical Evolution. <\/em>I loved the new Compact Disc format. I still do. I was driven to collect as much of My Musical Evolution<\/em>on CD as possible.<\/p>\n

I bough this Compact Disc during The Roach Days<\/em> because I\u00a0was pursuing Horse With No Name<\/em> which was a favorite from The Scratchy 45 Days<\/em>.\u00a0 This is where things sort of get out of control and my linear evolution becomes a tangled ball of yarn like String Theory<\/em> as described by that\u00a0Quantum Leap guy.\u00a0\u00a0Horse\u00a0With No Name<\/em> belongs in\u00a0The Scratchy 45 Days<\/em> but\u00a0this album belongs here.<\/p>\n

It was during The Roach Days<\/em> that I discovered<\/em> that America<\/em> had a lot of great songs beyond\u00a0Horse With No Name. <\/em>I played this CD a lot on those hot, lazy and air conditioner-less days of summer.<\/p>\n

Ventura Highway<\/em> made me think of life in Vermont.\u00a0 The acoustic mellowness has made\u00a0this my favorite\u00a0America <\/em>song and a staple of the mix tapes of the future.\u00a0 There is something about this song that calls me to a long road trip. The rest of this album follows along with melodic simplicity. It is soft and easy to digest and makes me wonder why I never purchased any other America<\/em> albums.<\/p>\n

A Horse With No Name<\/em><\/p>\n