We have always enjoyed listening to all kinds of music, but lately we’ve really been on an Old School kick. If you follow us on Twitter, you’ve probably seen our tweets about it. For the past week, we’ve tuned in to our Ray Charles Pandora station every where we go -in our office, in our car, in the kitchen doing dishes, even on our walks. At least one of us are always iphone-in-hand. So with our iphones in our pockets, we listened to Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, etc. while we walked around our neighborhood yesterday!
We have the funniest neighbor named Bob (who will always have a new joke to tell you) who we decided to stop by and visit. We knew Bob had a recording studio in the back of his house, but we had no idea how many records he had! Old school, right? 
Well, of course, the idea of listening to Ray Charles seems Old School, but we wanted to actually listen to his record to get the full Old School effect. So, we asked Bob if he had any Ray Charles, and he just looked at us and said, “Heck, yeah, I have Ray Charles.” So he took us to his “library” of records to search for Ray Charles, and because he had SO many records we had a hard time finding it. However, we now have a promised Ray Charles Date with neighbor Bob as soon as he finds the record!
It’s funny how some music can never get old! Yesterday we were discussing how music’s just not the same as all the Back-In-The-Day people who didn’t have the awesome equipment musicians have today. Some of the older stuff just seems better to us. What do you think? What’s your favorite Ray Charles song or your preferred Old School musician(s)?
Oh, man….THIS IS SO WHY WE’RE FRIENDS!
I have an “Etta James” Pandora station that I kick on when my “old school” mood strikes. No lie.
I knew you guys were awesome, but I didn’t realize just how awesome.
One of my many fave Etta James songs is “A Sunday Kind of Love.” The lyrics are brilliant and the music is soooooo full of smooth soul.
Sam Cooke “Nothing Can Change This Love” uuuuggghhh….LOVE IT.
You guys rock….old school.
I still love the scratchy sound of vinyl. Though for me, it was less music back in those days, and more Bill Cosby.
I definitely miss the days gone by, but I think that’s always going to be the case. Kids today are going to say someday, “remember the iPod? Those goofy things were so much fun, and so much simpler.”
Ray Charles is the man. Great stuff.