Archive for January 10th, 2010
I am 57 years old, I grew up listening to music in the late 50′s and 60′s. The sound of electric guitars and bass guitars inspired me so much I studied bass guitar and have been in several bands in my day.
My daughter Ashley is the youngest of my three daughters, she will be 14 in about a week, she reads my blogs and likes the ones I have written that are about Freddie Mercury and Queen, and Pink Floyd but doesn’t get my obsession with others involving guitars.
There was a time riding in my GMC pick-up ( what can I say I’ve turned into a redneck) the radio belonged to me, now since Ashley is getting older and developing her own taste in music I must share the radio. Whenever a song comes on that she can identify with she would ask me “What do you think of this song? Most times I would tell her it’s not my style of music but it’s OK.
Two songs Ashley has brought to my attention are “Empire State of Mind” by Alicia Keys and Jay Z, and “Run This town” by Rihanna and Kanye West. I’m sure it’s an age thing but Rap music I just don’t get. I don’t see where it takes any musical talent at all to be a Rap star. Listening to Rihanna on “Run This Town” I wonder whose song is it, She is so good it seems she’s there to make the song better. Alicia Keys role in “Empire State of Mind’” is so good the song belongs to her, she makes you forget about the fact that Jay Z is doing his Rap thing also. The more my daughter listens to this song she is starting to agree with me the song should just be Alicia Keys.