Okay, we are in lockdown part II. I am home, better safe than sorry. I chose to make the best of the situation by enjoying some good food and music. Tonight, yours truly cooked up some delicious hamburgers. After stuffing myself, I went out to the balcony to enjoy a cold beer while reading and plane spotting.
Did I say I went outside for a cold beer? Cold was not the adjective… more like freezing! It was so cold out there I could hardly hold my beer for too long. Eventually holding the table became a chore so I went inside.
Before cooking the burgers, I started my evening listening to old school hip hop from King Tee. I discovered that he had recently released a new album, so I started to listen…I could only get through two songs before giving up. It turns out that one of my favourite rappers from the old days has adopted the current style of hip hop which I have no use for.
I switched to Hall and Oats… a duo from the olden days famous for blue-eyed soul and adult contemporary music… music our parents listened to… and I always loved as a child. This fantastic duo also released a new album for 2020 which I had just stumbled upon. A few songs in and I realized, although the music was good, it could not live up to their classics from the 1970s and 1980s.
I switched genres to house… my go-to. I just love soulful house, garage house, African house, tech house, etc. I let this play while I cooked the delicious hamburgers. Yes, those hamburgers were delicious. I also realized that I had not eaten a restaurant burger in close to a year. Why bother when I make such good burgers at home?
After eating, I went to relax on the balcony while reading, drinking beer, and listening to house music. Remember I said it was too cold outside? Yeah it was. I went back inside and set up a laptop by the living room window.
I started listening to Korean ballads, then Korean trot, then Afrobeats, then songs by Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti (his son), and others in the Afrobeat genre. Yes, there is a difference between Afrobeats, and Afrobeat. Afrobeat is the original jazz-fusion-African sound made famous by Fela Kuti during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Afrobeats (plural) refers to the new hip-hop/reggae/African-inspired sound by artists such as Tiwa Savage, Wiz Kid, and Davido.
I really do love music from around the world. So far this week I have listened to Salsa, rock, house, Afrobeats, Afrobeat, traditional Yoruba music, blue-eyed soul, dance hall reggae, Korean trot, Korean ballads, and hip hop.
I just love music and I am sure that music loves me.