Errands and other matters to tend to today, but when I strategized about writing or actually wrote, these were the playlist. Two of my favorite lyricists and artists, spanning decades of my life. I’ve also enjoyed several books about them.
Neil Young’s Harvest and After The Gold Rush, and Warren Zevon’s Warren Zevon, Excitable Boy, and The Wind.
ETA: The Z in Zevon makes it official; I’ve gone through the CD’s in my alphabetical binders and those with hardcovers that are kept in a separate box in the same cabinet. It was poignant for the last song to be from Zevon’s last record The Wind before his death, “Keep Me In Your Heart.”
Hold me in your thoughts, take me to your dreams
Touch me as I fall into view
When the winter comes keep the fires lit
And I will be right next to you
To me, your music knowledge is extensive. Do you know how many albums you own?
Not many albums. I once had a collection near 500, which is not actually a lot compared to many people I know. I gave a lot of those away. I think I lost around 300 in the flood in 2017? Some of those losses were quite painful.
I have a lot of CDs, but again, not as many as other people I know have.
One thing I appreciate is YouTube. When I get a song in my head, I can go listen to it. Recently, as I was falling asleep, I heard a lyric from a particular song. It seemed so random that a day or so later, I decided to listen to it on YouTube. It made me cry when I realized how accurately it explained one of my characters (not The Musician, ironically).
Music definitely can take on the role of Muse for me.
Do you keep your precious belongings at height now? Serious question!