{"id":985,"date":"2012-06-29T08:32:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=985"},"modified":"2012-06-29T08:32:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:32:59","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-122-academy-days-abracadabra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/06\/29\/my-musical-evolution-part-122-academy-days-abracadabra\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 122 Academy Days Abracadabra"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Steve<\/a>Today, I’m a little surprised that my entry into the Steve Miller Band<\/em> was this album Abracadabra.\u00a0 <\/em>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<\/em> 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 <\/em>and I will not apologize.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

Abracadabra, <\/em> 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.\u00a0 At that time I really wasn’t aware of the rest of the Steve Miller Band’s<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/em>\u00a0 As you’ll see, in a few years I’ll pick up a greatest hits CD and shift away from Abracadabra<\/em> but today, this is sounding pretty good and It keeps me wondering why.<\/p>\n

Keeps Me Wondering Why<\/em>
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