The Power of Music

OK my last few posts have been a little intense. Sometimes we get intense on issues we are passionate about. Last night I was able to kick back a little. I got to see Billy Joel in concert. I have seen Billy a number of times back to the days when he was actively recording.

As always he put on a good show. I ran into an old friend I have not seen in about ten years. The last time I saw him was at another Billy Joel show. Billy made the best when a speaker seemed to go out in the middle of a song. He through out the first pitch at the Indians game just before the concert. That was good because when he put on a baseball cap at least it wasn't from the Yankee scum!!

I was struck how may people his music has touched. I was sitting next to a guy that couldn't have been more than 22. He knew the songs as well as I did. There is just certain music in every ones lives that can take them back to a certain point in their life. Billy it is for me. As much as I love Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin their music doesn't transport me that way.

As he played Vienna, I was back in high school with my first Independence. On the songs from Glass Houses I was living through my first heartache after the breakup of my first love. We didn't start the fire took me back to when my wife and I listened to that CD as we dated and got to know each other.

Everyone seems to have some kind of music that can do that for them. I love many kinds of music, from some classics, to Benny Goodman to hard rock. Last night took me back to some of my favorite. Thanks Billy!