I do that with Thorogood's Who Do You Love. You wouldn't believe the looks I get as a 60ish year old guy in a 7-series rocking out at a stop light.
Greg

I get a little more heart broken for Warren b/c I feel like he should've been so much bigger, commercially, than he was.

I do that with Thorogood's Who Do You Love. You wouldn't believe the looks I get as a 60ish year old guy in a 7-series rocking out at a stop light. My kids claim I have damaged their hearing for the rest of their lives. Pfffft. So? It was worth it, huh?

Greg

I hope we can all get away from the non-stop bickering about gun control, mass murders, Trump, and all of the other tired subjects for just one thread. Tonight, I wondered if others have the same sort of response to certain music or even words in a poem that just get to you and cause an emotional response you have a hard time controlling.

I have been an Eagles fan since high school in the 70's. They were the first big band I saw live and it was in Savannah, GA. They weren't yet a 'superband' and it was 1974, I think. It was the beginning of a love I shared with millions of others and every single song Glenn Frey wrote and/or sang stayed with me through several girlfriends, almost flunking out of college, and dozens of down times as I found my way in my 20's. In 2016, a month or so after his passing, I was on a commercial flight late one night after my earlier flight had been cancelled. I was seated next to a window on a crowded flight and decided to zone out with my iPhone and noise cancelling headphones. I was well ensconced in my own little world with my head back on the seat and eyes closed listening to shuffle played songs chosen at random. Then, I Dreamed There Was No War played. One of Glenn Frey's last works. The tears started flowing. I tried to be inconspicuous wiping my cheeks to avoid being that fully grown man weeping on row 19.

The only thing that is disappointing about this piece is that it is only about 90 seconds long. I kept getting a mental image of Glenn winking at the world on his way out knowing that he would be teasing us for eternity with this too short piece of instrumental beauty. For those that are not familiar with the piece, here is a link to an old fat, bald guy that does a quite respectable job of it and expands it at the same time. I think you will have to buy the album Long Road Out of Eden to hear the original.

watch

There is another somewhat obscure song done by John Denver that I have rediscovered in the past few months. Now, I can't listen to it because it cuts to the core of my relationship with my father. He and I have always been drawn together by our love for flight. He taught me to fly 40 years ago and even taught my son to fly in the same airplane in 2016. I have shared the sport of soaring with both of them and my son will finish his glider rating in a couple of weeks. John Denver also had a love for aviation and soaring and he wrote a song about his father (that was also a pilot) and his passing. With my Dad about to turn 87 years old, I can't listen to that song. Just can't.

Share that piece of music that draws an emotional response for you. Give us the back story about why it is special for you.

Greg

ETA: I guess I overlooked this original version of I Dreamed There Was No War on YouTube. Enjoy: watch

I go to see Thorogood in concert Saturday.

I go to see Thorogood in concert Saturday.

Amy Grant does that to me. First Christian artist I ever listened to.

Also "In the Light" by DC Talk.

Many Alison Krause songs bring a tear.

I kinda wanted to see him but my wife turned her nose up at the idea and I never bothered to find someone to go with. Local show is sold out now. Are you coming up to Grand Rapids for the show?

I think Vince can sing higher than her.

Yeah. I wanted to see him before he pulled a Tom Petty on me. I was going to go see Petty again last year and decided against it.

And when I was looking at tickets they hadn't announced the date in Toledo. So we are making it a road trip.

That is what StubHub is for.

Yeah. I wanted to see him before he pulled a Tom Petty on me. I was going to go see Petty again last year and decided against it.

And when I was looking at tickets they hadn't announced the date in Toledo. So we are making it a road trip.

Who is John Elway"?

I am going to be the dick and point out that Johnny Cash covered Nine Inch Nails on Hurt. It is an awesome song and I think means a lot as it came out shortly after June Carter passed away on not long before he died. It was recorded before all of that, but a very powerful song and cover.

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