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Can You Overdose on Nostalgia?

Southern Pessimist
@SouthernPessimist
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Probably, but I am going to try anyway. I have started a new project.

I tried to make a list of the albums that I have listened to the most. I am up to about 50 albums so far, and almost all of them are from late adolescence and young adulthood. This means these are old albums I haven't listened to in a long time. I listen to one of them every day while I am walking for exercise.

For a small monthly fee, I can listen to every album I have ever heard! The internet is an amazing thing. I have only done this three days so far, but it has brought back memories that might have been lost forever if I had not done that.

Of course, I never know if those memories are real.

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  • namlliT noD@DonTillman

    Heh-heh...I do something similar, but opposite. I try to listen to all the albums I never got a chance to listen to.

    I was in my formative high school years in the early 70's where there was so much amazing music being released that, even though I had a sizable record collection and a couple wonderful radio stations on tap, I simply couldn't keep up with even a tiny fraction of the music. And I've always been wondering, what does *that* album sound like.

    So every dog walk is an opportunity.

    And this applies to classical and jazz also.

    Recently: Henry Cow, Keith Jarret, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Tony Williams, Godspell, The Grass Roots, John McLaughlin, Telemann, Paul Williams, Jack Bruce, West Bruce & Laing,...

    And podcasts, too.

    Dog walks are just wonderful in the 21st century.

  • Southern Pessimist@SouthernPessimist
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    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Heh-heh…I do something similar, but opposite. I try to listen to all the albums I never got a chance to listen to.

    I was in my formative high school years in the early 70’s where there was so much amazing music being released that, even though I had a sizable record collection and a couple wonderful radio stations on tap, I simply couldn’t keep up with even a tiny fraction of the music. And I’ve always been wondering, what does *that* album sound like.

    So every dog walk is an opportunity.

    And this applies to classical and jazz also.

    Recently: Henry Cow, Keith Jarret, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Tony Williams, Godspell, The Grass Roots, John McLaughlin, Telemann, Paul Williams, Jack Bruce, West Bruce & Laing,…

    And podcasts, too.

    Dog walks are just wonderful in the 21st century.

    Thank you, thank you. I had totally forgotten about Paul Williams and his amazingly soulful voice and bitter sweet lyrics.

  • namlliT noD@DonTillman
    ReplyingtoSouthern Pessimist

    Southern Pessimist (View Comment):

    Thank you, thank you. I had totally forgotten about Paul Williams and his amazingly soulful voice and bitter sweet lyrics.

    And gorgeous melodies. His album "Life Goes On" includes:

    • "Out in the Country" (for Three Dog Night)
    • "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (for the Carpenters, this is the song with the chorus "When there's no getting over that rainbow...")
    • Traveling Boy (for Art Garfunkel)
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