Changing of the guards

I've just listened to "Changing of the Guards" with only one ear piece in. Not even stereo. Nearly brought me to tears. I was very moved. It's magnificent when you discover deep treasures in overlooked music. This is not supposed to be one of his good albums.

Reminds me of when I first heard Gorecki's Symphony number three on a cheap one-speaker transistor radio from Radio Shack--at low volume no less, because I was at work, and was mesmerized by it. Went out and got the CD. Ah, the days of CD's. I will miss the feeling of possessing a CD and feeling like you owned something, like you earned something. I remember the worry and fear I would feel when I thought that I was buying something that would turn out to be crap. What a waste! The CD was more valuable than gold to me.

Now I still value the music itself of course, but it's somehow divorced from the monetary sacrifice that it was once intricately tied to. I have myself to blame for that one...

Having said all that--would I give up my iPod? Probably not. Incidentally, I listened to Symphony No. 3 just last night while doing the dishes on my iPod.