tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086921903930375180.post2279253194009474747..comments2024-03-27T12:14:54.948-05:00Comments on The College Crowd Digs Me: 200 Lost Gems & Forgotten Diamonds:-->Pt 13Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08533951169372328417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086921903930375180.post-77784823937867665122009-11-05T23:24:43.420-06:002009-11-05T23:24:43.420-06:00Anon...Much appreciate the insightful comments.
H...Anon...Much appreciate the insightful comments.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy some of my choices...though on a different day I might have chosen a different tune.<br /><br />Growing up, I was surrounded by parents heavily in love with music and primarily rock of the 70's.<br /><br />Lps and cassttes and CDs from that era were/are always in constant states of rotation.<br /><br />(I can only let you imagine the # of albums my folks collected that have a "Poverty Records" sticker on the front from a now defunct record trade store.)<br /><br />I also remember tons of discussions around the coffee table on the merits of a ...supergroup"...Or who was the more talented...Emerson...Lake or Palmer? That's just the way it has always been around my house growing up. Still is!<br /><br />The tag..."The College Crowd Digs Me" was a weekly column (give or take) I contributed for 3 years while in college. The Vantage from Newman University. I liked it and just kept it.<br /><br />I graduated this spring and have recently been hired by a major airlines. (We'll just have to wait and see where that goes).<br /><br />Anyway...I find rock music from the 70's (and old movies)...fascinating and often surprising...so I tend to keep my hands dirty in this RnR mud.<br /><br />I encourage you to return from time to time...or even subscribe.<br /><br />Set me straight if you think I've goofed.<br /><br />And tell it when I get it right.<br /><br />Thanks again!Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533951169372328417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9086921903930375180.post-34098970271083025942009-11-05T22:05:26.583-06:002009-11-05T22:05:26.583-06:00How appropos, since I literally stumbled upon this...How appropos, since I literally stumbled upon this post while seeking BOC lyric references to literature.<br /><br />The college crowd digs me? Do I correctly interpret this to mean you are not of the college crowd? Not to keyhole anyone by their musical tastes but at least 2/3 of your "Lost Gems, etc." are the hallmark companion to my coming of age in the 70's. BOC's lyrics and music composition 35 years later, still fascinate me as do Eliot's poetry. Music and lyric layered with nuance of the dark, teasing those who truly listen down one path, then another--rudely in your face when you least expect it. <br /><br />But they're too easy to pick out among the lesser known but more worthy music of the 70's. I didn't really bite until I got to your Bob Welch selection. That is the supporting beam of my hypothesis regarding your DOB. Bob Welch was not famed for much in the way of popular music and what did hit the charts was at best pedestrian. He was at the top of his game when he cut loose and stopped trying to reach people and instead channeled his muse. Tricky for someone not entrenched in the day to be able to separate his wheat from chaff. It was all so entwined and most of his recording after Fleetwood Mac jostled bland and sometimes stupid pop up against flashes of brilliance.<br /><br />Thanks for the memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com