Somewhere there's an elevator wondering where its music went.
There is an elevator that plays music this good? If I ever find myself riding an elevator that is playing Peter Green, then I might not get off at my floor.
Genesis - every time RP plays it, for some reason, I have to check again to make sure I rated it a 10, and of course it hasn't somehow slipped down on its own! When I hear this played, I wish there were possibly three songs I could rate higher than 10, and this would be one of them.
I cannot explain in words why I have been such a fan of Jorma Kaukonen all of my life, well since I was old enough to use my parent's turntable. The first records I bought were Jefferson Airplane. I remember my mother telling me, "when you grow up, you won't like this music any longer, you are wasting your allowance!" I tried to explain to her that while I agreed with her that Nat King Cole was a god, I seriously doubted I would ever find Jefferson Airplane to be something that I would grow out of. Needless to say, I never did. I am 60 now and she is 85, maybe I will call her up today and tell her, I never completely grew up.
To this day, this song stops me dead for its duration.
This song always stops me cold in my tracks. Perfect 10. Sometimes you have to thank an artist for creating something that moves you so.
This is exactly what this song does to me too - it amounts to a total system reset. It so happens that today I am having a bad day ... and then this song came on as if by fate. It changes my attitude on what is happening to me today, and puts it all into a better, calmer, wiser perspective. Thank God for good Music.
I don't think I had ever heard of Nick Drake before hearing him on RP. The more I have listened to his songs, the more I like them. In fact over time, RP has transformed what I listen to. Repeatedly I have said to myself, "why was I not listening to this 10, 20, 30 or 40 years ago! Over time, RP has profoundly expanded my appreciation for music. Nick Drake is just one of many examples of this. Thank you Radio Paradise.
I wonder sometimes why I like very much, songs like this one, with an average rating below 7 and too often a significant number of haters ... Fortunately I get to listen to these great songs more frequently by "tuning" to the RP Eclectic Mix. Thank you RP.
Eight minutes and twenty nine seconds of Susie Q. Fabulous ... wait a minute! People are ranking this lower than 10? I guess I have drifted off again into my own little world.
This is one of those songs, where the first time I heard it on RP I was stopped dead in my tracks and I could not believe that I was not familiar with this artist. I have no idea how much great music I might have missed out on, if it were not for RP.
Hmmm, I'm listening to this thinking "this is pretty good", go to iTunes to put it on my wish list and find that I already purchased it. Maybe that means I finally have too much music to listen to it all, or else senility is finally settling in...
Welcome to the club; I cannot remember when I joined.
This is one of a few songs that transfixed me so long ago ... and still does. Every time it is played on RP, my OCD compels me to check to makes sure I have rated it a 10. I wish I could rate a few such songs higher.
Update: I listened to it again today on RP, and if I didn't check yet again that I had rated it a 10! I also found this post I had made a year ago, which I had forgotten about; sheesh. I note Surrealistic Pillow was the first LP I purchased as a kid.
Yeah. This is one of those songs, where I don't understand why the average rating is as low as it is, not that it matters of course. It doesn't. Everybody is hit differently by the music they hear ... one of the things that makes music so interesting.
With most songs played here, my own affinity for a work seems to follow the general consensus. However, once in a while I bring up Radio Paradise in my browser to rate a song, and I am shocked at how far off the mark I am from the consensus. I love this song, and it would seem that I am so far from the main stream this time, my feet are dusty.
A while back, a friend of mine had been working diligently on his audiophile HiFi system, and put a lot of time into it: amplifiers, speakers, and he literally built his own turntable out of discarded parts. It all sounded good, quite a bit better than good actually. Everything seemed to work with everything else – nothing had been left to chance.
One day he invited me over for a listen. He pulled out a vinyl copy of “The Dark Side” - still wrapped in the original cellophane. This was apparently from a collector's pressing that he bought at the time of the original release when he was a kid in school, and he had kept it for decades – unopened, until that moment.
Now he is retired.
He put it on the table, put a heavy weight on top of the disk center and dropped the needle (an expensive cartridge too,) and I sat on the couch, and we listened to this, with some refreshments.
There is an elevator that plays music this good? If I ever find myself riding an elevator that is playing Peter Green, then I might not get off at my floor.
I cannot explain in words why I have been such a fan of Jorma Kaukonen all of my life, well since I was old enough to use my parent's turntable. The first records I bought were Jefferson Airplane. I remember my mother telling me, "when you grow up, you won't like this music any longer, you are wasting your allowance!" I tried to explain to her that while I agreed with her that Nat King Cole was a god, I seriously doubted I would ever find Jefferson Airplane to be something that I would grow out of. Needless to say, I never did. I am 60 now and she is 85, maybe I will call her up today and tell her, I never completely grew up.
To this day, this song stops me dead for its duration.
This is exactly what this song does to me too - it amounts to a total system reset. It so happens that today I am having a bad day ... and then this song came on as if by fate. It changes my attitude on what is happening to me today, and puts it all into a better, calmer, wiser perspective. Thank God for good Music.
I doubt anybody would rather listen to that.
Hmmm, I'm listening to this thinking "this is pretty good", go to iTunes to put it on my wish list and find that I already purchased it. Maybe that means I finally have too much music to listen to it all, or else senility is finally settling in...
Welcome to the club; I cannot remember when I joined.
Update: I listened to it again today on RP, and if I didn't check yet again that I had rated it a 10! I also found this post I had made a year ago, which I had forgotten about; sheesh. I note Surrealistic Pillow was the first LP I purchased as a kid.
Yeah. This is one of those songs, where I don't understand why the average rating is as low as it is, not that it matters of course. It doesn't. Everybody is hit differently by the music they hear ... one of the things that makes music so interesting.
A great idea! I want this as my mobile phone's ringtone. It would be something ... going off while attending church.
One day he invited me over for a listen. He pulled out a vinyl copy of “The Dark Side” - still wrapped in the original cellophane. This was apparently from a collector's pressing that he bought at the time of the original release when he was a kid in school, and he had kept it for decades – unopened, until that moment.
Now he is retired.
He put it on the table, put a heavy weight on top of the disk center and dropped the needle (an expensive cartridge too,) and I sat on the couch, and we listened to this, with some refreshments.
What a gift, I felt very lucky indeed.