Forgotten Classic Rock and Cheap Wine
Thanks to PJ Lifestyle readers and friends in general for all the positive comments received about this new series. Now I am really feeling the pressure to solidify the “brand,” so here goes.
But first, if you missed the inaugural post and are curious about my classic rock credentials, click here, but come back immediately or we will begin without you.
While we are waiting for the newcomers, here is the background regarding my second “forgotten” classic rock album recommendation.
It was the fall of 1972 and I was a wild-child 17 year old from Needham, Massachusetts, a close-in suburb of Boston. My senior year at Needham High had just begun when my college-bound girlfriends and I collectively declared ourselves “to cool” for the boys in our class.
This attitude led us to nearby Boston College, where on Saturday nights we would wander the dorms in search of on-going hall parties. (Harmless fun then, but I would strongly warn any school girls against doing this today.)
It was on one of those excursions I met Chuck from Ohio. Chuck was a musically hip freshman who invited me on a future date to see what he could only describe as a “new band from England.”
Little did I know I had accepted an offer to witness what I still consider to be the most profound concert experience of my entire life — David Bowie’s performance of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
The colors, lights, costumes, make-up and hair, combined with the most captivating music I had ever heard, from the wildest, most spell-binding performer I had ever seen, transported me from my seat in that small theater to an interplanetary excursion.
As a lover of both classic rock and cheap red wine, this feature is a win-win.
There’s a lot of music in the 60s, 70s, and 80s archives that hasn’t lost its freshness or savor. Concerning cheap wine, I trust that some coverage will go to the products of Bully Hill and Boone’s Farm…?
Obviously you missed the first installment of this series. Here it is.
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/08/11/forgotten-classic-rock-and-cheap-wine/
You forgot Kijafa.
How wonderful! An apolitical lifestyle dialog!!
However, I’m too old to appreciate this new blogging series–my musical tastes stopped evolving with the 50s. I’m an American Songbook devotee.
But as to wine, even Prosecco is not cheap enough for me! I drink Inglenook–I credit reaching 92 dementia-free to (1) playing bridge (2)going without shoes most of the time (massages those 100,000 nerve endings in the soles of your feet) and 3) having a martini or few glasses of wine every evening.
I could not afford #3 without going cheap-o, so best NOT to develop a sophisticated palate.