“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” – John Cage

Hello all

” Music was better in my day”

It’s a saying I have heard so many times, do I agree with it? not really, but I think I know the reasoning behind it, you get old.
Let me explain, as people get older, they stop keeping up with popular music. Whether the demands of parenthood and careers mean devoting less time to pop culture, or just because they’ve succumbed to good old-fashioned taste freeze, music fans beyond a certain age seem to reach a point where their tastes have “matured”.

While we are talking about young and old, my daughter went to see a reggae cover band with her friends on Friday night, once I found out I teased her and told her I was going to come along. She said no, and that she was going out with her friends, and would not tell me the venue. One of her friends did tell her you should have brought Frank along as he would have loved this.

I don’t think my daughter wanted her friends to witness a bit of dad dancing, and the old Frankie skank.

Well, am I suffering from a good old-fashioned taste freeze, nope, at the start of the week I did jump back to some to 1979, to listen to some old reggae in the form of Joe Gibbs & The Professionals ‎– Irie Reggae Hits. I then moved forward to 2012, with a new group to me AMJ Dub Collective, their form of Dub reggae has sparked my interest so I purchased the vinyl of their first release AMJ Dub Collective feat. The General ‎– Sound History Volume One.

Part of my midweek listening was Alanis Morissette ‎– Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, which I found not as catchy as Jagged Little Pill, and in places, the music is a lot darker. Andrew from lovely the music pointed me towards Mini-Feature – Alanis Morissette he had done, where he asked the question Do I want my emotional scabs picked quite so well? Good reading if you get the time, he also showed me a happy side of Alanis!

I then moved onto Fun Lovin’ Criminals ‎– Come Find Yourself from New York, which were more popular in the UK, than their homeland. There is just something great about their mix of alternative rock and Hip Hop that really works for me.

On Friday night I continued my adventure into Jazz and shared my thoughts in A Frankie View – Jazz Vibe 2, where I have started to notice my liking for female jazz vocalists, one of these being Cécile McLorin Salvant. Andrew from lovely the music pointed me towards an NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert that Cécile McLorin Salvant had done, this lady has such control of her voice and great tones.

Friday night with the help of a bottle of cider I decided to go back to 1966-68 and a Rocksteady complication, First Class Rock Steady. Below is a little taster of what is on there.

I spent a great Saturday afternoon with three old schoolmates, Tom Burke, Phil Bowes and Steve Mellins, we had a great catch up on what was going on in our lives. Tom was going on to see a Clash tribute band perform the whole of the Clash album Sandinista! at the 100 Club. Sandinista! is a triple album containing 36 tracks, and it features funk, reggae, jazz, gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, disco, and rap. He did point out I may like some of the dub tracks on it.
He also explained how it was the first time, the band’s traditional songwriting credits of Strummer and Jones were replaced by a generic credit to the Clash, and the band agreed to a decrease in album royalties in order to release the 3-LP at a low price.

I also enjoyed reading how Steve for the Deaf was struggling with the mini heatwave we just had in CHAISE LOUNGE – WET LEG,

Well, it’s time for me to wrap up, I am off to see Gary Crowley’s Lost 80s 2 at the Sounds of the Suburbs today.

Stay safe all, and have a good week.

Oh, seeing I didn’t go to work last week, this would have been my commute listen.

I have always been putting together these playlists, I normally make up a playlist from a variety of different music genres and see if they fit together. So lately I have restricted myself to the albums I have posted about and have decided to share them with you, as we did in the old days with tapes

The only way I can think of sharing playlists these days is with something like Spotify, so above is some of what I have been listening to this week.

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