I first came in contact with this song in 2000 at the end of
the movie “Proof of life” with Meg Ryan and Russell Crow. Back then I was
really young and my only interest in music was rap, primarily Eminem. Don’t get
me wrong I still love rap music and Eminem, I’m just saying I was musically
limited to what my peers were listening to and needless to say, Van Morrison wasn’t
it. Years later I was trying to find a cheap way for a broke unemployed 19 year
old to get her parents a gift. What that
means is Mix tape! I knew they always loved this song, but had no idea who the
artist was or even its name. After I did
some careful internet digging I found who the artist was along with the title and
downloaded it on my IPod, burnt a CD then gifted it to my parents. Putting my
IPod on shuffle many times, this song would pop up and it grew on me, as some
songs do. Now it is one of my top favorites and I never get tired of listening
to it. It also expanded my musical taste and allowed me to discover other music
that normally I wouldn’t even considered.
Love, love, love your background for this blog. Very interesting topic...Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteGood story. I think we all have that one song that changes how we perceive music, even if we don't always remember which one it was. I pretty much thought louder was better until I heard Soundgarden's "Burden in My Hand".
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