WISH

So tonight, I was on a drive with my wife. I put on Genesis - "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". It could be one of the most amazing concept albums I know. Peter Gabriel was still writing for them, Phil Collins was still behind the drums - just amazing. It made me think - who would I love to see on tour? I'm talking arch enemies who have vowed to never set foot in the same town much less on stage together jumping on a bus and hitting the road. Here's a list. Feel free to add to it. Let's limit it to bands with 3/4 of the original members still living.

1. Genesis - the original line up with Peter Gabriel on vox.
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Yes
4. Metallica - original line up
5. Bad Company
6. Black Sabbath
7. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
8. *I'm sad because I want to put Boston here, and Brad Delp is no longer alive. Sad.
9. Cream
10. Eagles
11. Fleetwood Mac
12. Jethro Tull
13. Journey
14. King Crimson - the 1969 line-up
15. Pink Floyd
16. Police
17. Pretenders
18. Rush
19. Steve Miller Band
20. Styx
21. Supertramp
22. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
23. Van Halen - original line up
24. AC/DC

You'll notice that these are mostly classic rock bands. I realized this list was getting out of hand. Anyway - add to the list. You know you want to . . .

Musik

Watched an old movie tonight with my wife. Notting Hill. Sappy - laugh if you must. The score for the movie is quite brilliant. The main theme has so much texture and they were very creative with the way it was weaved through out the film.
I was once a fan of making mixed tapes. I once made one for a particular girl who I happened to be dating. I had several great tunes on this tape. If you know me, you know how much time I put into this 60 minute tape. It took 3 rough mixes to get it all together. At the end, I took great care to put 3 instrumentals that I thought to be quite nice.
I knew we would never last when she finally listened to the tape all the way through and said "most of the songs were nice, but why'd you waste the end of the tape with that music with no words?"
I could have pushed her out of the truck.

The Leader of the Band Has Died . . .

I was sad to read that Dan Fogelburg passed away yesterday morning. There are so many influences that pushed me toward music. Fogelburg is one of the bigger ones. When I think of singer/songwriters, he is one of the first that comes up. His delivery of heavy lyrics in such a sincere package of melody always shot right through my heart.
When I was a kid, I used to go to work with my father any time I had a day off of school. I can remember his alarm clock going off and being tuned to AM 750 in Atlanta. Back in the day, they used to play music during their morning broadcast. Great AM classics from Dan Fogelburg, Stephen Bishop, the Beatles, Julian Lennon. All sappy - all have shaped my view of music. I'll never forget riding to the job site with my dad nodding in and out of sleep with all of this music in my head. I can still remember the first time I heard Fogelburg's "Leader of the Band". I always feel overwhelmed when I hear "Same Old Lang Syne" - I once LIVED the experience described in that song . He put into words what I have only wished. I will miss him greatly.