"St Augustine defines virtue as ordo amoris, the ordinate condition of the affections in which every object is accorded that kind of degree of love which is appropriate to it.11 Aristotle says that the aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought.12 When the age for reflective thought comes, the pupil who has been thus trained in 'ordinate affections' or 'just sentiments' will easily find the first principles in Ethics; but to the corrupt man they will never be visible at all and he can make no progress in that science.13 Plato before him had said the same. The little human animal will not at first have the right responses. It must be trained to feel pleasure, liking, disgust, and hatred at those things which really are pleasant, likeable, disgusting and hateful."

CS Lewis The Abolition of Man

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Sashaying Through the '70s

Because there is Spotify, I have been able to reach back into time and re-listen to old albums from high school. The re-release of Rumours has triggered a bit of reminiscing. I am amazed that after all these years I still can sing along with songs I haven't heard since 1979.

Here is a sampling of who I was in 1978 with a few of my favorite albums.

 Rumours

I loved Stevie Nicks. Wasn't she just so pretty?  Later in another phase I threw this album away along with most of the others. I thought listening to Leslie Philips would be the "Christian" alternative. I should have just kept this album. Do you think it stands the test of time?  I still find it compelling. Favorites: Dreams, Songbird, The Chain....and the rest.




Between the Lines
Janis Ian

At 17 I listened to this and for some unknown reason related to the angst but in spite of the maudlin introspection, the songs on this album are beautiful and at 51 I find myself still enjoying a moment of angst.







Louisiana's Leroux
 I visited New Orleans in 1978 with my Dad's baseball team. This album is the representation of that trip in my life.  Leroux ended up in that huge pile of one-hit wonders.  Too bad they couldn't capture that harmony on more of their songs.

Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder 

The only happy album on this list :)


 

Mudslide Slim and The Blue Horizon
James Taylor 
This was my Dad's album but I stole it.



Running on Empty
 Jackson Browne
I could listen to The Load-Out/ Stay sequence all day long then and sometimes now.






And then the '70s ended, I got married, started having lots of babies and totally missed the '80s and 90s (although this fact is not obvious from my hairstyles) and from what I hear on the radio now it was no great loss.  As you can tell from this list I was not the ZZ Top/ Ted Nugent-type. I stuck to the singer/songwriters.

And for the record, Saturday Night Live was better in the '70s too even though most of the cast is now dead.
Posted by Cindy Rollins at 2/13/2013 09:27:00 AM
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7 comments:

  1. Oh, you're singing my songs, Cindy. Weren't the 70's just the best! When we were stuck in a hotel in Idaho Falls last year (blizzard on the way to our Montana Thanksgiving), I introduced my boys to a lot of my old music via Spotify. I think they still listen to some of it, especially Supertramp. The Logical Song was (is) on of my all time favorites. I caught a bit of the early 80's music via as it was piped into the college bookstore where I worked, but we moved overseas in '88 and American music is pretty much a blank slate for me since then.

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  2. I barely remember the 70s, but I do and LOVE Fleetwood Mac. Gypsy is a long time favorite. I remember being enthralled by the video. I got The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac a few years ago, and it has all those songs and more.

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  3. I, too, had the Rumours album as well as Jackson Browne. How can you not love Stevie?? (Nicks or Wonder...) I also remember having a Cars album or two. They may have been early 80s, though. Not sure. I AM a bit younger than you, after all. (Heh, heh) :)

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    1. I am going to guess The Cars were the '80s :) but I am happy you at least heard a little music in the 70s.

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  4. I forgot all about my favorite Carly Simon Album Hotcakes from 1974.

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  5. I was lamenting the loss of my Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks albums just the other day. Chalk it up to a short lived Gothard phase of "spiritual cleansing" and immaturity in my walk with Christ. And now I have an earworm--"Landslide" will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. :)

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  6. Oh Cindy...Leroux???? YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM? And I thought I was the only one! We are kindred spirits for sure..... New Orleans Ladies... I had that album!

    wow....

    80s - gave up on rock/pop and listened to Christian music.
    90s - gave up on Christian and returned to country roots.
    now? - having fun returning to all kinds of roots and really enjoying Indelible Grace's version of "contemporary" Christian (if you can call old hymn lyrics contemporary!)

    Hugs!

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