One evening she called and said "you will be presenting songs to the children this week". He loved presenting songs to the children. He believed the music they listened to was pathetic and only exposing them to songs from previous century could salvage their musical tastes. He had presented music to children twice. During those times, he had tried to make it as intellectual as possible. He presented music by Amazonian tribes and Native Americans. Another time, he presented Violin recital by Shankar and a recital by a quartet of Ravel's composition. He also presented music by Dead can Dance. All soft and all in the higher realms of western and world music.
This time, he toyed with the idea of presenting soundtrack from different movies. He had music from American Beauty, The Insider and one of the numbers by Ennio Morricone in his mind. But he decided not to play it safe this time. He decided to present the pop and rock music from the previous century. By that, he did not mean to play Michael Jackson or Pink Floyd. He planned to be a bit obscure. The first song to be played was obvious to him, Queensryche's "Out of Mind". The song was in his list of greatest songs ever made right from the moment he listened to it. It was like Rainbow's "Temple of the Kings"; the song struck a chord in his heart. He loved everything about the song; the riff that plays through the song, the heartfelt singing by Geoff Tate, the touching lyrics, the song's layout and the sad images the song evoked. Not many on the planet knew about this group. Almost no one he knew had heard of this song. He thought "the world has so many music lovers and yet when it comes to music, they don't go farther than their doorsteps".
Many years ago, he had bought a cassette seeing the name of the group and the album. It had turned out to be one of the best albums he had listened. It continues to be one of the best album he had ever heard. The album was "Automatic for the people" by REM. Since then he had heard a number of REM songs; not a single one bad. A song from the album "Night Swimming" was one of his favourite songs. It brought in a sense of peace and calm. He played the song at the gathering and many who had lived as adults in the 1990s came to him and thanked him for bringing back memory of those days. There are not many on the planet who are capable of not liking Michael Stipe singing "Night swimming deserves a quiet night".
Seattle has produced a number of great groups. Queensryche is one of them. They pioneered the progressive metal movement with albums like "Operation Mindcrime". In the early 90's, a set of groups from Seattle took the rock music world by storm. They brought in Grunge that almost killed many other sub-genre of rock and metal music. The groups were a part of the alternative rock movement pioneered by groups like REM in the early 80s. Pearl Jam was one of the groups that rose from Seattle in the early nineties. He could never forget watching the video of "Jeremy" for the first time. Eddie Vedder's singing and his powerful presence ensured that he was a Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder fan forever. He liked them more than "Nirvana". From his point of view, Kurt Cobain could never match Eddie Vedder's singing. He loved almost all Pearl Jam songs from their initial five albums. Of the songs, he could only play "Nothing man" to the children. It was a soft and beautiful song. He was sure everyone would like the song.
As in the last two sessions, everyone loved his songs. Most people had not heard the songs or groups and were surprised that such good songs existed on the planet. A ten year old walked up to him and said "I liked your session but I did not like any of the songs you played. Why do you play such old songs?"
Seattle has produced a number of great groups. Queensryche is one of them. They pioneered the progressive metal movement with albums like "Operation Mindcrime". In the early 90's, a set of groups from Seattle took the rock music world by storm. They brought in Grunge that almost killed many other sub-genre of rock and metal music. The groups were a part of the alternative rock movement pioneered by groups like REM in the early 80s. Pearl Jam was one of the groups that rose from Seattle in the early nineties. He could never forget watching the video of "Jeremy" for the first time. Eddie Vedder's singing and his powerful presence ensured that he was a Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder fan forever. He liked them more than "Nirvana". From his point of view, Kurt Cobain could never match Eddie Vedder's singing. He loved almost all Pearl Jam songs from their initial five albums. Of the songs, he could only play "Nothing man" to the children. It was a soft and beautiful song. He was sure everyone would like the song.
As in the last two sessions, everyone loved his songs. Most people had not heard the songs or groups and were surprised that such good songs existed on the planet. A ten year old walked up to him and said "I liked your session but I did not like any of the songs you played. Why do you play such old songs?"
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