{"id":133,"date":"2004-09-13T14:15:34","date_gmt":"2004-09-13T19:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summerofjim.com\/?p=133"},"modified":"2006-03-15T09:30:40","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T14:30:40","slug":"it-surprised-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/summerofjim.com\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":"It Surprised Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the little things that catch you unaware that excite me. That it should be something from music should not be totally unexpected. I do love music. Plus, I have finally finished getting my favorite songs list completed (only six months in the making). I have also embarked on expanding my CD collection… trying to restore my selection from the “vinyl days” (I have just picked up the Rolling Stones Let It Bleed<\/em> and Rod Stewart’s first solo album An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down<\/em>). <\/p>\n

So the music is in the air, if you know what I mean… <\/p>\n

Of recent, my morning routine has me running for 7 miles or so and I have used the occasion to catch up on re-runs of Inside Actors Studio<\/em> or something on the History Channel. Seven miles has never been easier to run… <\/p>\n

I was initially disappointed this morning to see that Inside Actors Studio <\/em>had been pre-empted by the Songwriter’s Music Awards. But then I got caught up in the proceedings: a combination of speeches (impressively short in length) and performances. Stevie Wonder was honored. Roberta Flack did a breathtaking version of Killing Me Softly<\/em> (the guy who wrote the song was being honored… I forget his name). Neil Sedaka got a lifetime achievement award & he performed a song from his ample book. <\/p>\n

But just short of the 2.5 mile pole, when my sweat is running freely, Don McLean came on, accepted his award, and then launched into American Pie.<\/em> <\/p>\n

No it didn’t make my “Best Songs List”. It had been off my “radar” for awhile. Maybe it had too much air play when it first was released. Maybe it seemed trite. Maybe I needed to hear it again, and maybe I needed to hear it performed by a man who is of my age, his voice more mellow, perhaps with not the same vigor; but sung with additional life\u2019s experience to add texture and meaning. <\/p>\n

So I was lucky this morning — got a surprise… I listened to some wonderful music, saw them performed beautifully & as I made two and half miles my tears got lost in the sweat that flowed down my cheeks… it was just me and my music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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