Old School

As the years go by I realize more and more how "old" I am. This is not necessarily a bad thing, just something I've learned to embrace over the years. With that being said, this old schoolness has carried over into my tastings of music.

I really don't like this stuff people have the nerve to call "music" on the radio lately. I've slowly distanced myself from the music that pop culture deems that I must like and approve of. True, every now and then I do like to expand my musical tastes and I do, very seldom now, like the occasional new song, but like I said before this stuff they playin' ain't music. So now I find myself enamored with stuff from the old school. All kinds of old school.

The "oldest" of old schoolness would be that of classical music. No words, just pure genius in sound. I've realized more and more that I have an almost obsessive predilection for Chopin. That is not to say everything else in classical genre isn't good, because it's ALL GOOD!

Motown, the Beatles, and stuff from the 60s and 70s have struck a chord with me in the past, but now more so than before. It's just something about these 20 so years that really inspired good music. Marvin Gaye, Elvis, and stuff like 鄧麗君 (Teresa Teng, yes even stuff from the Motherland) have almost been on repeat constantly.

Hymns and old school gospels (especially by Mahalia Jackson) have been on my mind too. It's something about this music that really captures the heart and soul that goes into the worship of Our Beautiful Savior. Nothing like the old stuff to praise the Lord. Amen, Hallelujah!

As I mourn the current situation, I still hope somewhere down the line music will be good again. For now...I know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold inside. Losin' you would end my life you see......