Sometimes I forget...

Yep, sometimes I forget how much I love music and how much music moves me. So a thank you to HBO for airing the rock n' roll hall of fame special! Can there be anything better than Simon and Garfunkel, Jeff Beck and Bruce Springsteen? I doubt it. Oh, there is lots more including special guests, but that is what stood out for me. I think Jeff Beck is Dorian Gray, he doesn't look a day older since he was with the Yardbirds, nor does he sound old. In the 1990's I was lucky enough to see him in concert with Stevie Ray Vaughn and I have never forgot that great experience. Simon and Garfunkel are easily within my 3 top bands ever. I think Art Garfunkel is part angel, at least his voice. That such profundity can be brought to us in such a beautiful way is amazing. Then there is Bruce Springsteen. I am pretty sure that anyone who has ever been 15 -19 can't resist born to run. It is wild and lustful and one of my very favorite songs EVER.

Now as a teenager I mostly listened to Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and all other popular heavy metal bands. I still like those, in a nostalgic way. However, before that I loved folk and rock/pop, thanks to my mom and older sisters and that is still what I really LOVE. Sometimes I feel like a out of time hippy. :) As a 4 year old, I loved Smokey Robinson and could sing you most of his songs. I moved on from there to Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and so on. There was even country, such as Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins.

OK, just reminding myself that even though I don't listen to it as much as I once did -- I still love music! Sometimes I think that it is really only music that makes us human.