A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff. I may also write about the 48-Hour Media Prompt Challenge if I don't feel like writing a story or poem inspired by the given song. Other bits of poetry or different topics of discussion might end up here as well.
Thank you so much for sharing that. It was genuinely fascinating and surprisingly educational. I sometimes worry that I come across a little too serious, but we all muddle through in our own ways, don’t we? I’m really glad you took the time to write this. It gave me a new way to think about things, and I appreciate that more than you know.
Amethyst Angel, this version of "Carol of the Bells," reminded me of the version by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Classic Music with a techno beat and I go way back. I found the Ferry Corsten version of Barber's Adagio years ago, and it remains one of my all-time favorites in that genre.
Sorry if this is a shock to the system to find out that a retiree likes music with a heavy techno beat. But in my defense, there is a much younger man, hanging out in this aging body, waiting for the Lord Jesus to return. Then, I can be young, again, during His Millennial Reign.
I'm with 🍬Candywyn🎶 on this one. Just look up, "Carol of the Bells" (all genres), and see how many versions there are. I just did, and found a YouTube video, that was nearly a half-hour long with at least a dozen versions of it.
Sorry for the long comment, but "Carol of the Bells" is one of my favorite Christmas songs. Can you tell?
My second track is another deceased artist, John Denver, with his 1972 hit Rocky Mountain High. He died in 1997.
This is a quaint and folksy song, describing the wonders of camping in the stars in Colorado. John Denver was an environmentalist who tried to share the beauty of the outdoors with others so it could be protected.
When my mom played me this song a couple weeks ago, I couldn't remember if I'd ever heard it before. I looked at Denver's biography, looked over the lyrics on Genius, and decided it's a good song from a well-meaning artist. People like to say it's about getting high, but he took great pains to explain it is not.
I like it because it paints word pictures of nature and the feeling of awe one gets when camping in the mountains under a brilliant sky, far from the interference of city lights. Though I've never been camping, I can dream about it.
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