Musicality

I encountered the music of Eva Cassidy on one of my Pandora stations, and I was immediately drawn to her voice. She was singing a cover of Sting’s “Fields of Gold”, and it sounded great.

While listening to “Fields of Gold”, I read over the biography of this gal. It’s amazing. It is such a tragic story that it doesn’t seem to be real. It can be read here.

Anyway, I found more music from Eva and have fallen head-over-heels in love with this one:

“Over the Rainbow”, performed by Eva Cassidy.

I don’t think this requires much introduction. Enjoy the music - I sure do!

1 - Ces Soirees-La

2 - The Early Years: A Scrapbook

3 - Cry For Me

4 - Backup Sessions

5 - Sherry

6 - Big Girls Don’t Cry
 

7 - Walk Like A Man

 
8 - December 1963 [Oh, What A Night]
 

9 - My Boyfriend’s Back
 

10 - My Eyes Adored You
 

11 - Dawn [Go Away]
 

12 - Big Man In Town
 

13 - Dialogue - A Little Trouble
 

14 - Beggin’
 

15 - Dialogue - See How You Handle It
 

16 - Medley: Stay/Let’s Hang On/Opus 17 [Don't You Worry 'Bout Me/ Bye, Bye, Baby]
 

17 - C’Mon Marianne
 

18 - Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
 

19 - Working My Way Back To You

20 - Fallen Angel
 

21 - Rag Doll
 

22 - Who Loves You
 

Classic Rock is still a genre that I admire - a lot! I get tired of it quickly just because it’s never “new,” but that doesn’t keep me from having favorites from years past.

I think I started hearing Chicago music as a kid while my parents jammed out to them on the family stereo. I think I started listening to them at such a young age that I don’t conciously remember learning the lyrics to this song. It’s just as if I’ve always known them somehow.

Regardless of the true beginnings, I went through a period where I would only listen to Classic Rock. I purchased many CDs - both albums and compilations - to gain a broad understanding of the sounds of that era, and then I focused in on a few groups and artists that really seemed to stand out to me. Chicago has always been impressive, as they have been able to blend rock and jazz in a truly unique fashion. I can’t think of another group that does this so well, and so I keep coming back to the wonderous Chicago.

At number eight, one of my all-time-favorites: “Saturday in the Park” by Chicago.

Have you ever wondered that about Billy Corbin? It’s soooo freakin’ weird.

I’m not going to pretend to hate it, though. I’ve always had a strange attraction to this song, and, as with the last few, this song also reminds me of my paperboy days.

This song was so cool to me that I actaully rode my bike about 3 miles in the middle of winter to go buy it at Kmart. WalMart was much closer, but they didn’t carry it for some reason. Trust me - I tried there first. It was freezing cold, but I had the money to buy it from all of the Christmas tips that I had received that year, and I just couldn’t wait any longer to get my mittens on it. This album is really where my CD collection started, and I’m quite positive that I still have it.

At number six, here’s “Tonight, Tonight” by The Smashing Pumpkins.

This is another song that I remember from my paper route days. In fact, much of my musical taste was developed while I listened to music early in the morning as I roamed through my neighborhood. I would also listen to the majority of Casey’s Top 40 every Sunday morning, as it always seemed to take ALL FREAKIN’ MORNING to deliver the Sunday papers. Sheesh.

Anyway, back to the song. This song was like the Unicorn of lyric mastery. It took many listens, and the purchase of the single on cassette, to figure out what they were saying in this song. Then, after learning the words, I began to wonder if it was really a song that I wanted to know or if it was entirely about using crack. Well, regardless, it’s still a reminder of my early teen years and it’s still one of those songs to which I always sing along.

Number five is “I Want You” by Savage Garden.