Funny what is Classic Music nowadays
One of the blogs I find myself reading lately is from Wil Wheaton (yes, of Star Trek fame and now an accomplished author and blogger). I find myself in tune with his Just a Geek history (I refer to myself as Friar Tech sometimes) and he is only a couple years younger than I am so I can relate to many things he faces in life (even if I cannot relate to his love for poker). Recently he has caught an idea from another blogger about writing 10 minutes each day just to make sure something gets written in his blog.
WWdN: In Exile: six thousand seconds “I’m trying to do that ten minute exercise where I just ramble on incessantly for ten minutes in order to keep up my blog and not feel like I’m ignoring my first and original blog.”
Sounds like a good idea both in terms of writing (ala Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way) and as a good spiritual discipline (a sort of journaling).
So, I was thinking about what goes for classic music nowadays. Two stories from last weekend. We were chaperones for a gathering of Iowa High School students and Foreign Exchange students from all over the world to get to know one another more and to discuss issues that impact the world. Friday night there was a dance. We lurked along the edges (doing our job as chaperones) and bouncing around a little bit (about as much dancing as I can confidently do) to the music. There was a group of songs that really caught my attention: The Mamas and the Papas with a club underbeat mix. I loved it and more importantly the kids loved it. Those “good old songs” got them off their chairs and onto the dance floor.
I even caught myself saying, “I remember when that song came out back in good old Nineteen hundred and something.”
Cut to Saturday night, we were watching the Iowa High School Dance and Drill Team competition on Iowa Public Television. It seems like half the songs were from that same era (late 60′s early 70′s). I commented that we can pinpoint the relative ages of the teachers and parents who choose and put together the programs.
And it is nice that the next generation has found something to share with us old people (I turn 48 this year). And it is good for some of that music to get back out (except for disco, I’m still not sure if I can welcome the return of disco, but that might be better addressed at another time.)
