Great music — Thanks, Dad!

Or: “The greenhouse was locked. Again.”
I brought home most of Dad’s CDs, since I will be able to donate for a worthy cause those CDs none of us wants.

In the last several years I have been using Rolling Stone magazine’s
• Top 500 Albums — http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531 — and
• Top 500 Songs — http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407
lists to catch up on the music that has grown up in my lifetime. (Point of reference: I was in 2nd grade when the Beatles first performed on the Ed Sullivan show.) This has led to my “discovery” of Dylan in my 50’s, but better late than never, right?

Anyway, Dad had this set of Time/Life CDs covering the early years of rock ’n’ roll. These 7 disks contain 33 of Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Songs. Among them: “Johnny B. Goode” (“the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom”), “Maybellene” (“Rock & roll guitar starts here”) and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On” (Lewis’ “breakthrough hit … had already been cut four times and gone nowhere”).

With Elton John’s Greatest Hits at the bottom of the stack in the photo (“Your Song,” “Rocket Man,” “Candle in the Wind” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”) and 50 Number One Country Hits (Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” and the Everly Brothers’ “Bye, Bye Love”), Dad’s music has added 39 titles to my RS Top 500 Songs playlist. Thanks, Dad!

A year ago (“Another holiday preparation…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-12-19

[Rick Schies]

That looks like some awesome music Thom. I love those oldies.

[Michelle]

Such a wonderful collection.. Maybe the green house is shut to make you shoot outside of your comfort zone again ;) Wishing you a very Merry Christmas x