THE WINE GUY

Someone who loves the wine and spirit industry having worked in it for a lifetime. Having worked in it for a lifetime I have met some wonderful people and have had great experiences. Also though, having worked in it for a lifetime I have met some real idiots and seen a lot of stupid sales, marketing and management decisions made (not all of them mine!). As a consequence I laugh at the 'innovations' that the 'bright young things' come up with thinking "been there, done that"

Monday, 12 January 2015

SONGS THAT HIT THE SPOT

http://youtu.be/0vrDIFYuc4Q

Good old Neil.

Simple lyrics that niggle a nerve.

That's what clever writing does to elicit nostalgia (in about a million words less than Marcel Proust used).

I thought about this song as I rode a train north from Toronto (Ontario) last year. We all have our favourites and to be honest Neil Young wasn't really one of mine but folk/rock/jazz/pop performers of one's generation carry the common cultural values that we grow up with in some form or other.

The song was evocative when I was young, meaningful when I was in that huge country last year and visceral when I listened to it tonight.

3 comments:

Richard (of RBB)13 January 2015 at 13:52
So visceral that you forgot the link.
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THE WINE GUY13 January 2015 at 21:01
Yeah.
Bastard computer drops things off.
Getting old like me I reckon.
Back on now.
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Richard (of RBB)14 January 2015 at 18:13
Yeah, good song. I hope you're doing well up there, old man.
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