Sweet Summertime
Is there a song that establishes a mood any more effectively than does "Night Moves" by Bob Seger? It makes me miss the 60's, and I wasn't there for them. Every time it comes on I stop, look up, and pleasantly remember that there is a song called "Night Moves." I mean, it has background singers and it still works! I don't get it. Pure magic. A banger that I can probably only hear once a quarter or I'll ruin it.
I was doodling on the guitar with a quintessential 90's worship song, "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever," which I have been playing since the 90's. I have been singing it close enough to forever. There was a delightful sense of continuity in that, and also a hard sign that I need to continue to broaden my repertoire.
I've been enjoying trying to delve into the music of the present-day youths. It's hit-or-miss, as unfiltered current music always is. The biggest thing I feel is an unmooring from genre with the decline of radio. Something like "Circles" by Post Malone is almost uncomfortably nonconformant: a white rapper with face tattoos singing a heartbreak ballad over a bass line with generational significance. It works, but it feels like you have to start every listening session asking the band, "So, what's your deal?" And with outfits like Glass Animals and Twenty One Pilots, that is not a simple answer by any means.