Trying to find pillars of one's musical memories is not easy.
Many artists and songs have affected my 'in progress' taste and traits, although, in truth, I believe that inceptive listening are very important for each other's growth.To mention some of them:
Woody Guthrie,
with This Land is Your Land,
The Byrds,
with Turn Turn Turn and their version of
Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan,
Crosby Stills Nash and Young and their version of
Woodstock
by Joni Mitchell,
Marrakesh Express,
Blackbirds,
Teach Your Children,
but the same Neil Youngself, with
Heart of Gold, Old Man,
Harvest,
and the whole Woodstock '69's generation,
con Bob Dylan and his
Blowing in the Wind and
Times They Are A’changin’
that recalls the nonviolent movement from America with
We Shall Overcome sang
by Joan Baez and
Where have all the Flowers Gone by
Pete Seeger the magnificent
Joni Mitchell whose listening procured me a series of lumps in throat, like, from Blue, the wonderful
A Case of You that, with no coincidence, is added in our
Songs we Love. At present I pretty often like to listen to
Joni Mitchell's orchestrate version of
Both Sides Now
dated 2000, where I love to contemplate the evolution of the mature artist having an intense impact interpretation. Great!! After that I proceed with
Janis Joplin,
Cry Baby,
Me and Bobby Mc Gee,
Peace of My Heart,
Jimi Hendrix,
Hey Joe,
Led Zeppelin,
Stairway to Heaven,
Guns and Roses wonderful their interpretation of Dylan's
Knocking on Heaven’s Door .
Deep Purple
conSmoke on the Water,
Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon,
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit,
Santana
Samba Pa Ti,
Oye Como va,
Joe Cocker
Unchain My Heart,
With a Little Help From My Friend,
You are so beautiful,
Tom Waits
Waltzing Matilda Tom Traubert’s Blues, and
Fleetwood Mac
Gypsy,
Seven Wonders,
Patty Smith
Becose the Night,
People have the Power,
Lou Reed
Perfect Day,
A Walk in The Wild Side,
Velvet Underground & Nico
Sunday Morning,
Femme Fatale,
Eric Clapton
Cocaine,
Layla,
Tears in Heaven
Mark Knopfler
Golden Heart and still,
Chieftains,
Sinead O’Connor,
Tanita Tikaram,
Tony Childs,
Joan Armatrading,
Tracy Chapman,
Annie Lennox,
Shade,
Carmel,
Peter Gabriel,
Genesis,
Jethro Tull,
Phil Collins,
Beetles,
Rolling Stones,
Creedence Clearwater Revival,
Bob Seger ,
Rod Stewart,
Eagles
Desperado,
Nina Simone
Strange fruits,
Aretha Franklin,
Anna Moffo,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Sarah Vaughan,
Bonny Raitt,
Sting,
Mercedes Sosa,
Billy Holiday,
Eva Cassidy,
Billy Bragg,
Elvis Costello,
Joe Jackson,
Nick Drake,
Jeff Buckley,
James Taylor,
Jackson Brown,
Noa,
Ricky Lee Jones,
Sarah Kay,
Bruce Cockburn,
John Renbourn,
Leo Kottke,
Dougie McLean, and the great composers
Mozart,
Puccini,
Vivaldi,
Bach,
Beethoven,
Morricone...and our very good singer songwriters,
Fabrizio De André,
Francesco Guccini,
Lucio Battisti, and traditional music groups like
Cantovivo,
La Lionetta but also
Jacques Brel,
Edith Piaf
Non,
Je ne regrette rien,
L’Hymne à l’amour,
Gilbert Becaud
Et Maintenant,
Louis Amstrong......... and many more....
