Yesterday at work I got to work the store by my self for six hours and things got a liiiitle bit boring stocking shelves and such, so I tried to make my day better by putting some music on that I actually enjoy. Instead of the up-tempo country/Taylor Swift/We Shot the Moon playlist that gets played over and over again, I turned on Chicago! I love this band I think, mainly because my dad would play the greatest hits cd in our old house in california along with Natalie Cole on occasion and would teach us kids how to dance. So as my Chicago playlist is playing and I'm stocking, Saturday in the Park (my ultimate favorite) came on and as soon as it did, I could hear this man humming and whistling along as he waited for his wife while she was trying some stuff on. He slowly made his way over to me and commented on my choice of music. I love talking to older people (not the grumpy ones) that come into the store. They're usually so witty, clever and polite! So the point of this story is that this man and I started talking about how unique the classics are like Chicago and Pink Floyd. All in all we agreed that the majority of popular music today lacks talent and class. (Side note- he was originally from London so it made the conversation that much better). As soon as he left I went through my ipod to kind of analyze the kind of music I've been listening to lately and found that some of my favorite artists really are talented and unique. My number one- She & Him. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward got together a couple of years ago and made an almost anonymous album simply titled Volume One, then later a Volume Two. They wanted their music to speak for itself. I love it! Zooey writes the songs and M. Ward produces and arranges them. To me, their music is the epitome of springtime.
4 comments:
you and i should live together in the city near a park and furnish our apartment (that has a balcony filled with flowers) with the home decor at anthropologie. we can have chicago and she and him playing in the background constantly and we can buy all of our grocerys at whole foods. YEAH?
That sounds fun, can I come too? Oh wait, I can't. As long as there is money in the equation then I think it could work-ish!
That's fun music and I think I could even pull those dance moves off but not that wink at the end but I bet you could Michelle.
this song plays at anthro! and i think of you every time!
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