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| What you're about to read is a collection of pointers to some of the music I've discovered on the iTunes Music Store, music I like enough that I want to share it. If you're an iPod owner and an iTunes fan (and if you aren't, what are you doing here?), maybe you'll find something new. Click on any of the CD covers to bounce over to the store and sample a few tracks. And then maybe stop by my other blog for a few well chosen words (and maybe a random snark or two). | 
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 |
| Leroy Anderson - Greatest Hits / Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops | |
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If I want to feel old, I just think of all the commonplace items in my
life that aren't commonplace any more. 45s. Heck, records of any
kind. Telephones that ring. (Mine now plays Linus &
Lucy.) The sound of a typewriter. Does anybody remember the
sound of a carriage return?
Not that I regret the loss of typewriters. After all, once I discovered my first word processor I never wanted to look back. But it's sad to think that there will be generations who won't understand Leroy Anderson's Typewriter song. Or who won't hear The Syncopated Clock and think about old movies on a cranky black & white television. I suppose Sleigh Ride will still get airplay, at least around Christmas. Better than nothing, I suppose. There's a lot of great music on this album. And what's amazing is how familiar Mr. Anderson's music is, even if he himself isn't. Strange that such a successful composer is so little known. Somebody ought to do an updating. The Text Processor? The Digital Clock? SUV Ride? On second thought, forget I said anything. |
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