I picked the boys up from their grandparents this evening and was driving home happily listening to my ipod through the car stereo.
On the ipod was Black Sabbath Paranoid.
I like that record.
Then I had this thought that maybe my kids had been momentarily exposed to the dark side and would forever be cast out.
But then I remembered that Black Sabbath (from the hard rock capital of the world, Birmingham, England) cited various jazz musicians among their list of musical influences.
I guess I just need to avoid playing the Jimmy Scott stuff that Liam introduced me to. Look what that Jazz stuff did to Ozzy Osbourne's head.
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At this point, jazz is what's keeping Ozzy alive. That, and probably a lot of drugs.
i'm glad to see you're introducing Jimmy scott to the boys, Shuman, and I'm sure you'll reap the benefits in 20 years time when they're on the equivalent of TOTP with their hit "Delusional" or "Someone's following me".
My son has no chance. My wife recently bought "The Best of Doris Day" and insisted we load it onto the ipod to listen in the car. the poor child. She does a nice version of Que Sera Sera which seems apt. You think you someone before you get married, eh?
At least it wasn't "But seriously Live!" by Phil Collins. that would cause major problems.
oh my god. Doris Day. Ahem.
If I were you I'd be looking to dig the old tape of No Jacket Required out of the attic Liam.
Anything to fill the airwaves other than Doris Day.
btw - does Doris Day do any Black Sabbath covers?
That ozzy is one crazy butter-obsessed dude these days. He's barely keeping it together... but is managing to keep on swearing very coherently nonetheless
this has got me thinking - what's the worst album you've ever bought? I'm not talking of the albums that you knew would be bad but that maybe you bought in a post-modern-ironic-kind-of-way, or you liked one particular song but knew the rest weren't up to much but...maybe the best way to ask is "what's the album that caused you the biggest disappointment?"
Here's an example of what I'm talking about - remember two years ago or so Brian Wilson, after 30 years, released "Smile", a supposedly long lost classic that nearly drove him over the edge? All the reviews were glowing, finally this masterwork was available, we have run out of superlatives, the complete musical odysessy, etc? well, I rushed out to buy it, got really excited putting it into the car, it starts very well with "heroes and villians" and then...well, for me, it's very disappointing and i've listened to it about three more times only. for a while you pretend you like it and wonder "am i missing something?" but no, I think it's rubbish!
Another one is Scott Walker's "the Drift" - I still think of all the things I could do with the €18.99 I spent on this classic. A mad album, full of animal noises and "thumping a donkey on the streets of Galway" lyrics (honestly). It gets four stars on amazon and that still baffles me.
tough question. I bought the last foo fighters CD and thought it was going to be great but it wasn't. Ditto Pearl Jam's last CD. In general terms though most of the stuff I buy is poor by other people's perceptions.
Perhaps I just have terrible taste in music.
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