Music
This is inspired by lawbrat's recent fun blogthing about musical influence. I tried taking the survey, and found it a bit lacking. So for want of a better survey, I'm just going to list the CDs that I've got sitting in my current rotation. I don't necessarily listen to all of them all the time, but they're a very representative sampling of the music I think has influenced me.
1. Chris Rice, Past the Edges
2. Sheryl Crow, The Very Best of
3. Simplicity: String Quartet (instrumental hymns)
4. Abba, Gold: Greatest Hits
5. Billy Joel, Greatest Hits Vol. III
6. Chris Rice, Run the Earth, Watch the Sky
7. Simon and Garfunkel, The Concert in Central Park (one of my favorite CDs of all time)
8. George Winston, Montana: A Love Story
9. WOW Worship (Red)
10. Barry Manilow, Ultimate Manilow (music from my childhood, can't help it)
11. Chris Rice, The Living Room Sessions
12. Cambridge Singers, A Portrait of (the)
13. Prayer: A Windham Hill Collection
14. Lifescapes, Celtic Harp (cheesy Target kiosk music)
15. Lifescapes, Solo Piano (ditto)
16. Sara Groves, All Right Here
17. Women of Faith, Outrageous Joy
18. Rich Mullins, Songs (another all time favorite, even though I own most of the other tapes/CDs this stuff mostly came from)
19. Jia Peng Fang, Faraway (Chinese erhu, 2-stringed instrument that sounds like a violin)
20. Jia Peng Fang, Rainbow (ditto)
21. Linda Ronstadt (with Nelson Riddle Orchestra), 'Round Midnight
22. Norah Jones, Feels Like Home
23. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (actually my husband stole this to play in his car, but it SHOULD be here)
24. The Essential Simon and Garfunkel
25. Aselin Debison, Sweet is the Melody (young Canadian girl with a lovely voice)
26. Billy Joel, Fantasies & Delusions (his foray into classical piano, written by him, but performed by someone else. Eh?)
27. Chicago, Greatest Hits 1982-1989
28. Lionel Richie, Truly: The Love Songs
29. The Beatles, 1
30. John Denver, An Evening with (another music-from-my-childhood entry)
1. Chris Rice, Past the Edges
2. Sheryl Crow, The Very Best of
3. Simplicity: String Quartet (instrumental hymns)
4. Abba, Gold: Greatest Hits
5. Billy Joel, Greatest Hits Vol. III
6. Chris Rice, Run the Earth, Watch the Sky
7. Simon and Garfunkel, The Concert in Central Park (one of my favorite CDs of all time)
8. George Winston, Montana: A Love Story
9. WOW Worship (Red)
10. Barry Manilow, Ultimate Manilow (music from my childhood, can't help it)
11. Chris Rice, The Living Room Sessions
12. Cambridge Singers, A Portrait of (the)
13. Prayer: A Windham Hill Collection
14. Lifescapes, Celtic Harp (cheesy Target kiosk music)
15. Lifescapes, Solo Piano (ditto)
16. Sara Groves, All Right Here
17. Women of Faith, Outrageous Joy
18. Rich Mullins, Songs (another all time favorite, even though I own most of the other tapes/CDs this stuff mostly came from)
19. Jia Peng Fang, Faraway (Chinese erhu, 2-stringed instrument that sounds like a violin)
20. Jia Peng Fang, Rainbow (ditto)
21. Linda Ronstadt (with Nelson Riddle Orchestra), 'Round Midnight
22. Norah Jones, Feels Like Home
23. Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (actually my husband stole this to play in his car, but it SHOULD be here)
24. The Essential Simon and Garfunkel
25. Aselin Debison, Sweet is the Melody (young Canadian girl with a lovely voice)
26. Billy Joel, Fantasies & Delusions (his foray into classical piano, written by him, but performed by someone else. Eh?)
27. Chicago, Greatest Hits 1982-1989
28. Lionel Richie, Truly: The Love Songs
29. The Beatles, 1
30. John Denver, An Evening with (another music-from-my-childhood entry)
posted by Andrea | 9:45 PM
6 Comments:
I could totally hang out with you. Until you put the Chicago on.
Susie, heehee...I don't like the old Chicago stuff so much, just the ones from when I was in high school :) That CD spans jr. high/high school perfectly.
I could totally hang out with you with Chicago on. Pass on Nora Jones though. Other than that, I wish I had your CD collection!
ahhhhh..another person who enjoys Chicago. Good big band/rock music! Ignore those musical simpletons who scoff at your *good* tastes in music. Henryk_
The fun part for me about looking at this list is seeing how much influence my dad's musical taste has had on me, AND how much mine has had on him. John Denver, Abba, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles, Linda Ronstadt, and anything classical/instrumental are his influence on me. And any George Winston, Rich Mullins, and any Asian-inspired music in his collection (and more besides that, I'm sure) are my influence on him.
Last summer, I bought him and my mom tickets to Simon and Garfunkel for Father's Day; and my husband bought me a ticket for Mother's Day so I could go too :) That was fun.
That is so cool Andrea! My dad had a big influence on my musical tastes also. Stevie Nicks, REO speedwagon, Journey, some Ted Nugent (I love Fred Bear- its my 'going into exam, listen to song very loud' it gives me confidence somehow) Moody Blues, Chicago, oh so many. I got him hooked on The Cranberries. He took me to my very first concert. Men At Work. I'll never forget that.
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