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| From | mkropp@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: musical mates |
| Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:15:49 +0000 |
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As someone who has stood in Cliff and Beth's kitchen and marveled at the sheer volume of stacked CDs in their cupboard, I can attest to how important music is to them (not to mention all the gigs and music equipment they have going on). ;-)
My wife and I will be married 17 years this November, and music was definitely a catalyst in us getting together.
I buy the bulk of the music in the house, but she likes a large percentage of it. She knows and understands my obsessions with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who (for starters). She's a fan as well. Also Ben Vaughn (my music hero).
She likes a lot of the "Audities" type stuff she hears, but doesn't always know who is who or why - she just likes some of the stuff. She does, however, know and like when I play Cliff (of course), Michael Carpenter, Myracle Brah, and some others.
She also has some stuff that she really likes that I just don't get (Train, The Fray) - but we always agree on NRBQ (our first dance at our wedding was "I Love Her She Loves Me" - on the strength of that one dance we have turned lots of friends and family onto the Q).
One artist I love that she doesn't like one little bit is Chuck Berry. And I don't think it has anything to him being kind of a nasty dude - she just doesn't like the sound.
In turn, our 12-year-old has no time for Chuck either ;-), however she has borrowed some of my Kinks albums, loves The Beatles, solo McCartney, and is currently going though her own version of Monkeemania. LOL.
All in all, a fairly "harmonious" house.
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From: beth2459@aol.com
>
> I was just commenting to fellow auditeer and all around nice fellow Mark
> Eichelberger that to the outside world Cliff and I have THE EXACT same taste in
> music, and in turn our similar tastes are probably what got us together in the
> 1st place, but in reality we've probably got a 35-50% overlap when you get right
> down to it. I think we've both opened eachother's eyes to musicians we may not
> have really heard of otherwise, so?musci still?tends to be a connector in our
> relationship.
>
> And speaking of Patty Smyth I have had the opportunity to see? them play live a
> number of times this summer and have to say I have a better appreciation for her
> than I had prior to seeing the shows. While the music is kinda goofy, she really
> gives it her all and sounds very good especially considering she's a 50 year old
> mom.
>
> as far as bands you are supposed to like but don't- feel free to unsub me when I
> confess that I tried tried tried but Big Star doesn't speak to me. The bands
> that are influenced by them totally, but I was never moved by the original.
> Sorry folks!
>
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