Recently the idea came to my mind to share a couple of songs that I deem good \/ are important to me. Might even make this a recurring category here. No specific style or genre, just good music that has some meaning (for me).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here we go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gil Scott Heron – I’m new here<\/strong> – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eV_astp3BjM<\/a> I did not become someone different
I had the wonderful opportunity to get to listen to a live (!!!) concert by Gil Scott-Heron around a decade ago at a the Nova Jazz & Blues Festival<\/a> in Austria. I went there with friends who happened to be colleagues (ok we met in the office) and I had no idea what to expect, what the line up was etc. So we went to this outdoor festival, had some food and drinks, weather was good. Then some bands played and some clouds came and dusk was setting in. It started raining a bit and the crowd tried to pack under the ‘roof’ to be safe from water. Then an old guy came on stage, sat at the piano, lighted a cigarette and started playing some tunes. And began to speak. Gil. Scott. F***ing Heron. I had no idea who he was and what his role in the history of music was (check out his wiki entry – shame on me I didn’t know him before). Wow. Just wow. The voice. The roughness. The coolness. Absolutely stunning and amazing. And the perfect weather for this. I’ll take care of you was the song he started with and oh my god – I still love this song and showed it to so many people (incl. women of course). Check it out and let me know what you think \ud83d\ude42 However, since I had some rough months in the past year, I chose the song “I’m new here”, because lyrics:
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That I did not want to be
But I’m new here
Will you show me around?
No matter how far wrong you’ve gone
You can always turn around<\/p>Gil Scott-Heron, I’m new here<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n