I find I am behind
I was the drum sergeant in my high school drum and bugle corp. I heard rousing military music there. I had some little Golden records as a kid, including Bizet and Mozart. I knew I liked classical music before I knew it was called "classical". When I took a date to a dance at my high school or attended a dance at college, I didn't pay much attention to the music.
The most forceful reminder that I haven't paid attention to popular music comes when I look up some search term on Duckduckgo or Google and find that the words are also the name of a popular music group. References to the group far outnumber the explanations and references to what I am after.
Two accidental events lately have focused my attention on my ignorance of popular music. Lynn mentioned that she wanted to watch "South Pacific" again. Because of her interest, I perked up to a reference to the show, followed up and "There's Nothing Like a Dame" was playing all of a sudden. I knew I had heard that song before and I was immediately taken by it again.
"There are no books like a dame, and nothing looks like a dame…"
"There's not a thing wrong with any man here,
that can't be cured by putting him near a female, feminine sort of a dame."
Similarly, Lynn stumbled across a recording of Joni Mitchell singing "Both Sides Now". I knew I had heard her sing that before but I hadn't paid attention to the lyrics. How philosophical! What poetry!
posted by Bill @ January 02, 2025
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