How can it be?
Wow!!! I'm almost 36 years old. I've been a musician in one way or another for around 24 years. I've loved all sorts of music over that time. When I was 14, I fell in love with synthesizers. Christmas... Casio... 49 mini keys.. auto-accompaniment. Then a used Realistic MG-1 (yes Realistic... as in RadioShack... but it was manufactured by Moog.. the GOD!!!)
A couple years later.... Oberheim!!! Another GOD!!!! I was the shit!!!!
During this entire synth experience, I discovered bass guitar (Thank you with all my heart, Geddy Lee.)
I spent most of my "at home time" in my room or the basement deciphering every song I liked or could learn from (I know.. it should be "from which I could learn".. but hell... I'm old and I don't care.)
My tastes in music really started with 80s new wave (duh) and continued into rock and eventually progressive metal. That became my true love. Metal with thought and control and timing and timbre and softness and harshness and purity and complexity and all the while getting to express every feeling I could possibly have.
So where the hell did all this come from? One song. A song I love. Have loved since the first time. Will always love. And yet I never realized what it means to me, does for me, does to me. This week, thanks to atljimbear giving me a "mix tape" out of nowhere, I realized I truly can say that out of a million songs I've heard and/or played throughout my entire life... I have a favorite. And "how can it be" this song? The group is bubblegum new wave. They didn't even know English. But they wrote a song that is a true work of art and passion. "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by none other than.... a-ha. Have a listen someday. Read the lyrics. This is NOT pop drivel.
I have listened to it non-stop since Friday night. And no other song has ever made me think about my life (past and future) like this song. I remember playing it on the Casio and the MG-1. Learned every single note. I could flick every single switch on both keyboards as needed for each individual part's sounds... within an instant. Full Volume.
I'm almost 36 years old... and I finally have a favorite song. Wow!!!
A couple years later.... Oberheim!!! Another GOD!!!! I was the shit!!!!
During this entire synth experience, I discovered bass guitar (Thank you with all my heart, Geddy Lee.)
I spent most of my "at home time" in my room or the basement deciphering every song I liked or could learn from (I know.. it should be "from which I could learn".. but hell... I'm old and I don't care.)
My tastes in music really started with 80s new wave (duh) and continued into rock and eventually progressive metal. That became my true love. Metal with thought and control and timing and timbre and softness and harshness and purity and complexity and all the while getting to express every feeling I could possibly have.
So where the hell did all this come from? One song. A song I love. Have loved since the first time. Will always love. And yet I never realized what it means to me, does for me, does to me. This week, thanks to atljimbear giving me a "mix tape" out of nowhere, I realized I truly can say that out of a million songs I've heard and/or played throughout my entire life... I have a favorite. And "how can it be" this song? The group is bubblegum new wave. They didn't even know English. But they wrote a song that is a true work of art and passion. "The Sun Always Shines On TV" by none other than.... a-ha. Have a listen someday. Read the lyrics. This is NOT pop drivel.
I have listened to it non-stop since Friday night. And no other song has ever made me think about my life (past and future) like this song. I remember playing it on the Casio and the MG-1. Learned every single note. I could flick every single switch on both keyboards as needed for each individual part's sounds... within an instant. Full Volume.
I'm almost 36 years old... and I finally have a favorite song. Wow!!!