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Baker's Dozen: 2021 Beats in Review
It's that time of year again - Spotify Wrapped lists have been revealed! It would take far too long to go down all 100 of my top tracks this year; so how about a baker's dozen to describe my 2021? I have to admit, it was a tough choice to choose a mere 13 of these tracks! But I have, and here they are to tell you the story of my 2021.
By Megan Baker (Left Vocal in 2023)4 years ago in Beat
Seventy Years of Soundtrack. Top Story - November 2021.
As I rock ānā roll toward my seventieth birthday, I canāt help but reflect upon all the music I listened to, that helped get me through these past seven decades on the planet. I have lived through the 1950s where Elvis and Buddy Holly changed the face of popular music forever. I spent the 1960s in grade school and welcomed the sights and sounds of the Beatles and the Stones and the Supremes in the lower grades and felt the (flower) power of the Haight-Ashbury scene and Dylan, Eric Burdon and the Spoonful as I reached my last year in Grade 12. In the first half of the 1970s, I attended university and met new friends who introduced me to new music from the Dead and Zappa. I was around when the icons of rock music died ā Hendrix and Morrison and Joplin ā and I remember how their music moved me and how it changed the way I looked at the world. In the second half of the 1970s, I became a farmer and Cash and Owens and Haggard and Kristofferson became my minstrels of choice. Eventually, they gave way to the sounds from Elton John and Purple Sagers, Prairie Leaguers, Daredevils and Eagles. In the 1980s, I started my work life as a teacher and, out of necessity, or convenience ā Iām not sure which ā I began listening to Steve Earle and Hank Williams Jr. The Boss and Billy Joel and Elton John, Van Halen, Police and Duran Duran. By the time the 1990s were well into swing, my music collection had transformed mysteriously into a Country & Western collection with contributions from Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Martina, Reba and so many others. At the turn of the century, I began to cultivate my once-long-ago attraction to Canadian artists. Gordon Lightfoot and Neil Young, The Hip and Blue Rodeo along with Joni Mitchell and Bruce Cockburn became my āmusique de jourā. In 2011, I remarried and moved to China. While in Asia, my wife's performance background in music, helped me to become reacquainted with all of the music I had listened to for the first 60 years of my life. It was then, I came up with the idea of listing 30 songs and/or albums that were most meaningful to my life to that point. The list I came up with is featured below. The songs are not listed chronologically as far as their release dates are concerned but rather in the order of my life when I used them to help explain and narrate my day-to-day world. Neither are the songs listed in order of importance or personal popularity. No song on the list is any more or less important than any other song ā just like no friend or family member is any more or less important than any other ā they all contributed to who I have become, and they should all be included in the soundtrack of "ME". I have also included one short personal blurb with each entry on the list, to tell a little about my life and to demystify why the song was important to me.
By John Oliver Smith4 years ago in Beat
Trance Tunes for Teleportation
How do you connect to music? Do you get fueled from the energy of a beat? Or maybe you turn to your favorite playlist to find solace and feel consoled if you're hurting...maybe it's an outlet for some pent-up rage, or maybe it's an uplifting force? The truth is, there's no such thing as a wrong answer...in fact, that's the beauty of music: It's the only art that can deliver it all at the same time.
By Federica Brandi4 years ago in Beat
Songs About Immigrants and Refugees
In another piece on songs about roots, I concluded with a number that disparaged the very concept of roots, a song about following your dreams and searching for freedom. "People have the ability to lay down their own roots, wherever and whenever they want," I noted. "Maybe part of growing up is not accepting the roots you came with but setting down your own roots in a place and with people of your own choosing."
By Marco den Ouden4 years ago in Beat
Scorpion Rebels
This article lists examines Scorpio Musicians, or performers born between October 23-November 21. There are many more musical artists with a Scorpio horoscope than those I have highlighted here. I focused on artists who's music I recognized or who's biography/discography showed cultural significance. Let me know if I missed a favorite of yours.
By Lucy Alice Dickens4 years ago in Beat
Suddenly It's Christmas
Halloween is over and Suddenly Itās Christmas . I have created a playlist mirroring this that you can listen to here. This was inspired by the Loudon Wainwright IIIās song (Rufus and Marthaās dad) which I have led in with , so here are some notes on this non Christmas Christmas playlist.
By Mike Singleton š Mikeydred 4 years ago in Beat
ECLECTIC MIX OCTOBER 21
Well last month finally seen autumnal weather hit us, a little later than usual most probably due to climate change, which in itself is ironic as my city of Glasgow hosts COP26. The treeās have now practically dropped all their leaves, and the wet and windy weather is giving way to shorter, darker colder days and nights. So itās time to get cosy, crank the heating up (not too warm now, think of the planet) and enjoy home comforts while the weather shifts closer to winter.
By Gary Packer4 years ago in Beat
Music Lover
My absolute favourite past time has always been to dance and to dance, I need music. This is where my love of music began. At first it was children's rhymes and knee jerking movements that can never be replicated, but when I danced I was on top of the world.
By Colleen Millsteed 4 years ago in Beat
Songs About Zombies and the Undead
There's a Youtube playlist at the end of this commentary. Zombies! What is it about zombies that makes them so popular? Sure everyone likes a good scare and zombies are a staple of horror movies. But they are much more than that. In an article at Vox, Zachary Crockett argues that āthe creature is more than an aesthetic horror ā it is a form of political commentary. For 80 years, the undead have been used by filmmakers and writers as a metaphor for much deeper fears: racial sublimation, atomic destruction, communism, mass contagion, globalism ā and, more than anything, each other.ā
By Marco den Ouden4 years ago in Beat
