Music Appreciation

lastlib

(28,363 posts) Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:15 PM Monday

Al Stewart -- Modern Times

" I got no use for the tricks of modern times,
They tangle all my thoughts like ivy....."

Brillian lyrics!

to Al Stewart!

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Al Stewart -- Modern Times (Original Post) lastlib Monday OP

Thank you! BobTheSubgenius Yesterday #1

Al Stewart was pretty good at it! lastlib Yesterday #2

Yes, I'd say he was at least passably good at the genre. BobTheSubgenius Yesterday #3

BobTheSubgenius

(12,233 posts)

1. Thank you!

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:57 AM

Yesterday

One of my VERY favourite albums from any era. I love songs that tell stories, like Roads To Moscow, Old Admirals, and The Last Day Of June, 1934.

lastlib

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2. Al Stewart was pretty good at it!

Reply to BobTheSubgenius (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:04 PM

Yesterday

This song always brings to my mind a young friend (he was just 20, a dozen years younger than me) who committed suicide. It was heartbreaking for me, and for everyone who knew him. I kinda think he felt he never fit in socially, and it seems the character in this song had that same feeling. - -

BobTheSubgenius

(12,233 posts)

3. Yes, I'd say he was at least passably good at the genre.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:20 PM

Yesterday

I still listen to AS songs 50-60 years old. There are not that many that age so well.

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