…and it's brought me almost to tears more than once. It's all well-known stuff of course but they're pieces I haven't heard in years. Right now Smetana's The Moldau is playing, and I can't help but envision the translucent yellow vinyl copy that I buried in my collection somewhere. So-called classical is the music that got me into music in High School. (The first rock album I bought was Elton John's Caribou and when my mom heard it playing in my room I thought she was going to have a stroke.)
My folks were big into music. Neither played an instrument, but I remember the house always being filled with music. Classical was their first choice, but this being the 60s and 70s, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Barbra Streisand and even Ferrante & Teicher (? ) would often make an appearance as well.
I'd really like to know what's happened to that vinyl, however. It hasn't been that long since I last hauled this out (maybe four years tops), and at the time there was no black in that disc whatsoever. It was all translucent yellow, one of the mesmerizing things I remember about this from childhood is how the grooves appeared to swim back and forth while the disk was playing. Except for a few errant pops and clicks, it still sounds good, but this is sad.
Is it a glitch in the matrix?
No it is not ==> Sad
That piece of vinyl aged, ok.
And so did you, alright.
The difference being that you aged way better than that LP, for you became experienced at whatever you fancied along the years passing by, while that 'yellow plastic disk' still depends on you to be played.
I understand the comparison and how easy it may feel. Kind of 'getting old, I feel as tarnished as much as my vinyls are getting dusty…'
Some let themselves easily into the drama-queen la-di-dah.
Please do not. You are much better than that.
I have seen and read that here in this very blog for a while.
Chin-up! For you are not alone 🙂