I am just literally laughing at the wonderment of some younger music addicts discovering the joy of Spilt Milk for the first time. What a precious joy to watch their faces like Christmas morning as they hear something vaguely familiar and yet beyond anything they have ever heard. Eyes wide, mouths open they want to exclaim but are speechless. YES YES this is great music that your father loved before you and now you can share it together.
If you don't know this seminal record by Jellyfish you can still understand the graduation from Abbey Road to modern pop at its absolute FINEST. Its wonderful to hear Grizzly Bear mentioned as connected to the middle section of Russian Hill. AND THEY ARE - but thank Henry Mancini who was there first.
There is hope. There is a Santa Claus Virginia. If young music lovers can appreciate this record. One of the most special of the sometimes confusing 1990s then yes there is hope for the future.
Then you go to youtube and are amazed at the live performances and wish to God that you could have seen them. Maybe you did. Maybe the next Jellyfish is coming to your town soon. You may want to get your ear to the ground and get out there and find them. Or be them. Go forth young musicians and change the world.
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I love even easily dismissable pop artists like Derek Bell citing them as an influence & covering Joining A Fanclub at his shows.
ReplyDeleteI'm thankful I got to see them (just a few weeks before they broke up). I hope they weren't a once in a lifetime anomaly.
jelly fish is sick, someone please find another group like that? or become one .
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