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"Knockin' Round The Zoo" by James Taylor
Curated by: Jared Paul
Spotify: bit.ly/KnockinRoundTheZooJT
Genre: #classicrock
I've always been intrigued by the evolution of an artist. The sound they worked through before landing on the sound that the masses now associates them with. I'm fascinated by the influences that served as the inflection points on their arc. And those outlier tracks that will stump most any music lover when asked "Who is this artist?"...those are the best.
Having featured a few of those recently, the one that sticks out is the Bee Gees "Marley Purt Drive". When 99% of people think of the Bee Gees, they think "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever". And while those tracks are fun and groovy, I much prefer their "Marley Purt Drive" vibe. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Today's feature is another tricky prankster, though maybe not quite the contrast of the previous example. When I think of James Taylor, I think of his beautiful acoustic ballads "Carolina in My Mind", "Fire and Rain". "Mexico", and "You've Got a Friend". Total classics and totally JT.
Granted his earlier stuff, namely his self-titled 1968 album 'James Taylor' had a bit more pep and a real psych folk sound, but c'mon now, no way you guess that "Knockin' Round The Zoo" is sweet baby James. Well that is unless you grew up in the 60's, which I unfortunately did not.
I first heard this song live when Widespread Panic covered it as the first set closer in Atlanta on 12/31/98. I very well could be wrong of this date, but whatever show it was, I immediately became smitten. And my mind blown when someone answered my question "Who is this artist?"
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"Knockin' Round The Zoo" by James Taylor
Curated by: Jared Paul
Spotify: bit.ly/KnockinRoundTheZooJT
Genre: #classicrock
I've always been intrigued by the evolution of an artist. The sound they worked through before landing on the sound that the masses now associates them with. I'm fascinated by the influences that served as the inflection points on their arc. And those outlier tracks that will stump most any music lover when asked "Who is this artist?"...those are the best.
Having featured a few of those recently, the one that sticks out is the Bee Gees "Marley Purt Drive". When 99% of people think of the Bee Gees, they think "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever". And while those tracks are fun and groovy, I much prefer their "Marley Purt Drive" vibe. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Today's feature is another tricky prankster, though maybe not quite the contrast of the previous example. When I think of James Taylor, I think of his beautiful acoustic ballads "Carolina in My Mind", "Fire and Rain". "Mexico", and "You've Got a Friend". Total classics and totally JT.
Granted his earlier stuff, namely his self-titled 1968 album 'James Taylor' had a bit more pep and a real psych folk sound, but c'mon now, no way you guess that "Knockin' Round The Zoo" is sweet baby James. Well that is unless you grew up in the 60's, which I unfortunately did not.
I first heard this song live when Widespread Panic covered it as the first set closer in Atlanta on 12/31/98. I very well could be wrong of this date, but whatever show it was, I immediately became smitten. And my mind blown when someone answered my question "Who is this artist?"
