of "crap"....i don't think in those terms. there's music i like and music i don't. i try not to disparage others' their taste. i like saying, much like the zappa quote, musical tastes are just like chili recipes. everyone thinks their's is best.
of "greatest" show......"favorite"....my scale and perspective have changed. i came of age in the mid to late sixties; feeling too young and afraid to outwardly rebel against my democratic in name only father about the war but remembering i felt real different than he. music is what allowed me to silently 'protest' like those that were doing it with fists and peace signs. so i was weened on the sweet harmonies of crosby, stills, and nash. now...this was after seeing the beatles on my black and white t.v. in my pajamas watching the folks watch audience reaction with mouths agape. ah...but csn? protest music. been a fan.
when i got to see them play, with young circa '73, it was the 'greatest' show i'd ever seen. details would be boring but i held that show as the pinnacle, and have for decades since but my thinking is, i only did that for nostalgic reasons.....sort of like a legend. the further away you get, the 'greater' it becomes.
now i'm just as blown away by the astounding guitar work of richard thompson; experiencing squeeze's glenn tillbrook empty a pub room out on a busy urban street corner like a mintrel, and then back again to join us all in giggling about it; and realizing the unexpected pleasure......attending live music with expectations and having them dashed by something really special. watching sonny landreth play in john hiatt's band for the first time for example.
everybody has their 'favorites'....their 'greatests'....their own chili recipe. it's just too bad mine are best!
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