This household has climbed
another rung up the technology ladder. My partner, enamored with the Internet
streaming opportunities, has decided to invest in Amazon Prime even though we
live too far from a major city for same day delivery of products.
We now have a ton of
programming off Amazon lined up to watch on TV via our Roku device. In
addition, membership lets us stream music.
There’s been a lot of classic
seventies music thumping down the hall today, leading me to a realization. While
the songs are not bad, some quite excellent, I just don’t enjoy listening
overmuch.
The musicians are talented,
for sure. I mean, we’re talking about a lot of great artists here. I have
attributed my preference for newer music to the fact tunes like “I Heard it
Through the Grapevine” by Creedence Clearwater Revival get way too much classic
radio airplay.
Today I realized that much of
the material, aside from a select few examples (“Hotel California” comes to
mind, and of course it played this morning), leaves me feeling melancholy. This
sensation, a weird revelation, built over many minutes.
Why should this be? Then I
reflected upon what a disenchanted, miserable child I was in the seventies.
Don’t get me wrong. My
childhood was not terrible by any means. Many would call my upbringing idyllic
with no argument from me. That child just could not be pleased. Perhaps it was
hormonal, a black cloud building long before the storm of mid eighties
adolescence. I don’t know.
All I can say is I’m glad the
music has been turned off. Maybe I’ll listen to Palaye Royale’s “Boom Boom Room
(Side A)” again now. Next spring should see “Side B” for sale. Hurray! But I
digress…
Let’s hope seventies film
offerings don’t have the same effect. My partner found a channel featuring
‘grindhouse’ style schlock. I did enjoy when Robert Rodriguez and Quentin
Tarantino directed odes to the genre ten years ago. We actually saw those in
the theater.
Have you seen “Planet
Terror”? Now, an image to make me smile...
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| Remington Leith, Palaye Royale Frontman, Monkeying Around |
We've got Amazon Prime right now. We order a lot of stuff online for the boat and it works out to save us money with the free shipping. Plus we're enjoying watching shows on it. I just finished "The Patriot" which was quite funny in a black comedy kind of way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information. I like black comedies. ~grin~ Be well!
DeleteOh, Darla, you are something else...I love that about you. I have not been online much. Health, minions, minions health...it is a blur...but, I am working on it. Thanks for sticking with me. HUGS!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you appreciate my quirks. ~grin~ Be well, my dear. ~hugs~ I wish you all the best.
DeleteOH NO....I LOVE 70s music! I grew up during the 70s so that is my time, my fav music.
ReplyDeleteI remembered that. You rock. ~grin~ I'm coping. LOL
DeleteI can't abide "Hotel California". It's on a very short list of songs I can not listen to.
ReplyDeleteAs for the '70s, easy to get burned out on, I would think. But that's true of anything, really.
Interesting! I still haven't burned out on listening to Palaye Royale every day. ~grin~ Be well!
DeleteIt's funny how music can bring to mind a certain time in your life, either positively or negatively. Funny though, isn't Hotel California quite melancholy? Lyrically, anyway... "Such a lonely place..."
ReplyDeleteI find the lyrics eerie in a good way. ~grin~ Be well!
DeleteIf there is one song I hate it is Hotel California. We were not as kids allowed music in our home due to our cult religious upbringing, so I kind of missed out on all that. I listened to my generation's teen music when I was much older, well into my 20's.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I am sad that you were so restricted. How awful on many levels. ~hugs~ Be well, my dear.
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