In 1969 at the age of twelve, I was already record collecting, even thinking a few crates of records was a lot, never dreaming 50 years later I'd have 80,000+. This was pre disco, house, hip-hop, we didn't even call it dance music, what we called it was rock n soul, as that's what it mostly was. It's easy to say I preferred soul, that's what stuck as my base... but I was always open to a lot more... even pop. My sister, 2 years older, played her music loud, & when she got a new record, she did play it over & over again, really beating a lot of pop music into me. When she first started playing a lot of Simon & Garfunkel... at my age, it just seemed a little too soft, but after The Graduate movie I was eventually won over. I even went to see them at a rare 1969 concert at Carnegie Hall. Seemed like that was just the ultimate place to see them... it did sound quite incredible. After that, they seem to be occasionally be putting out a song here & there with a little more rhythm & percussion. In 1969 it was "Cecilia". Still basically a pop song, but I always longed for a version where the rhythm section took off & grooved for a bit. I guess that's what inspired this edit I did a while back, now out. "Cecilia" Can't say I ever met a Cecilia :) Stay well, Danny
