Every 2 weeks I update my iPod library. Picking 30 or 40 albums out of 400 is always a wrenching experience since I don't really know how my musical needs will be several days later. Not to mention I'm very good at wanting to listen to THAT specific song which happens to be out of the iPod, argghh...
This moment of selection is a frequent opportunity to look at my tastes and how they evolve as months pass by.
I always noticed that whatever the trends, I always come back to the music I loved when I was a teenager. Actually this is true for all people who really care for music. No wonder Jeff Beck is a huge rockabilly fan, Lemmy Kilmister and Ozzy Osbourne have always looked up to the Beatles.
Have you ever felt tattooed by some songs or albums? I'm quite sure you dug these songs when you were twenty-something or before.
To be honest, if I were to stay for a looooong, long time on a desert island I'd rather stay in touch with myself with a bunch of CDs instead of a TV set.
My sanity kit would be made of 10 albums :
Ozzy Osbourne "Just say Ozzy"
Ennio Morricone "Once upon a time in America/the West"
Jeff Beck "Guitar Shop"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Paco de Lucia "Sirocco"
Van Halen "1984"
Kenny Garrett "Pursuance"
Aerosmith "Pump"
Michael Jackson "Dangerous"
Pablo Casals "JS Bach's cello Suites"
What about yours? :)
Peace
JF
