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Music Passion Two
R&B
childhood joy
appreciably grew
when I found
The Motown sound
middle aged boy
many years flew
still I tug that whistle cord
singing “TOOT TOOT” with the Pips
In the living room dancing
with my fun-loving big sis
arms water wheel, synchronous hips
swaying to Spinner’s, O’Jays
and Temptation’s hits
Jazz
Temple of free expression
infuses me with avant garde cool
in unified jamming session
unique instrument voices pool
Dixieland, that happy contagion,
the first memory of which
was a bizarre occasion
a New Orleans
solemn funeral procession,
scene from a James Bond movie,
transformed into a celebration
after slaying a good secret agent
now that Jazz, my more mature brain,
thinks is groovy
Published 6th Apr 2021
Author's Note
There was no YouTube when I was young but I watched the Motown Groups on daytime talk shows Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore. And on Saturday afternoon's Soul Train and American Bandstand.
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- Edited 6th Apr 2021 4:33pm
6th Apr 2021 4:29pm
Just a brilliantly written kinda love story to your first true love (imo! Music is that important to you) I enjoy your shared memories and the clever way you've broken it up to really accentuate genres and why they're so importance to you. Conveying that there are certain songs, groups, and styles that have had tremendous impact on you and your very make up as a person. Which I relate to 100%.
You are simply killing NaPo, BB. This was a perfect submersive piece reflecting your musical soul and giving us a glimpse into what makes GW tick...move and groove.. 🎶 🎤 🕺🏻 💃
Outstanding work!
🌹
xoxo
🐇✨🐻
You are simply killing NaPo, BB. This was a perfect submersive piece reflecting your musical soul and giving us a glimpse into what makes GW tick...move and groove.. 🎶 🎤 🕺🏻 💃
Outstanding work!
🌹
xoxo
🐇✨🐻
6th Apr 2021 7:18pm
Tick, move, and groove...I love it🙏❣️❣️ There is just some music that one can't help but bewitch me in to move'n and groove'n. And it's always a more fulfilling when done with someone of like groovy mind. Thank you dear, Lady and blue, for enjoying this piece of my fabric and for adding me to your billboard 100 reading list. 🐻💋🐻💋🐻
6th Apr 2021 6:34pm
I used to work at a radio station and spent many hours spinning mini disks in a former iteration of myself some decades ago, and it was truly my first love & healer; music.
All sorts of genres and eras tickle my fancy as I’ve developed an eclectic taste for music, over the decades.
Love the way you connect with music as it’s apparent that you feel the same way about music too.
Peace be unto you...🙏
All sorts of genres and eras tickle my fancy as I’ve developed an eclectic taste for music, over the decades.
Love the way you connect with music as it’s apparent that you feel the same way about music too.
Peace be unto you...🙏
6th Apr 2021 7:23pm
"truly my first love & healer;" describes so perfectly the role that music plays in my progression through this existence. I appreciate very much your comment Lady Shadow_Starzz and I envy very much your former dream-job spinning music for the masses.❣️🙏
6th Apr 2021 8:01pm
6th Apr 2021 9:38pm
Thank you so much, squ3akychair! Your kinds squeaks😁 encourage me to write more.🙏
6th Apr 2021 8:16pm
6th Apr 2021 9:35pm
Some of my favorites for sure. I appreciate your kind word, Remy. I'm a half you like the piece.🙏
9th Apr 2021 3:40am
5th May 2021 6:50pm
Thank you LJ🙏 Music has been and ever will be my intimate friend, consoler, and counsellor. I am so happy that you like this piece.
