Let it Be…the way it wasn’t.
Music.
That is the subject of this week’s List with Stasha.
Cassie @our foto friendly family picked the topic.
Music. Easy peasey.
Not so easy it seems. I can think of so many ways to go with this….but can I come up with 10? Let’s give it a shot with:
Songs I Learned to Appreciate with Age. My age. Not the song. Though guess the songs are getting older too.
10. Santana.
Really anything by the man. Incredible talent but used push another radio button when he came on.
9. Dream On.
Every time when I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It went by, like dusk to dawn
Incredible lyrics. Not many of them but what there is — is spot on. Just didn’t get it when I was 10.
8. Brenda Lee.
Up until a year ago, if someone had asked me who Brenda Lee was — I’d of said a petite redhead country music singer. Then I had the privilege of interviewing her for an article and learned she was there with the Greats at the birth of rock-n-roll.
She danced with Elvis backstage at the Grand Ole Opry and played two weeks in Hamburg. Her opening act was a little known group called the Beatles. The only woman in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
I listened to so much of her music — she was so talented. Her biggest hit was Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. But I loved Sweet Nothings. So did Elvis. She said that was his favorite of her songs.
What a killer voice.
7. Queen.
Never appreciated the genius of Freddy Mercury. Then again, I was just in elementary school. Why hasn’t anyone made a movie about his life?
6. Mark Knopler.
Sure I loved Dire Straits. Just never appreciated his talent with the guitar. Heck put Emmylou Harris in at 5. She’s awesome too.
4. Johnny Cash.
Another one I never could appreciate his talent and charisma till I got older. There is so much emotion in his songs. Not the kind of stuff a 10 year old notices.
Oops looking over this I’m not really focusing on songs. Hmm.
How about:
3. Disco Duck.
2. Gladys Knight and Midnight Train to Georgia.
One of the greatest songs of all time. Her voice, the Pips — the lyrics. Just perfect. I need some Pips behind me.
1. Let it Be.
Once again. I was terribly young. I wanted bounce and bubble gum. I couldn’t understand why the most popular music group in the world would release this mopey ballad.
I think a little differently now.
What about you? Any songs you have gained a deeper appreciation of as your taste in music changed?
