Just Digging Around

Scottieholics! Salutations! I was hoping to be back in this saddle a couple of days ago, but things have been rather groovy. An x-amount of days ago, I've been coming through the cyber landscape as well as the offline landscape for some music. At times, I wish the obscure music is a bit more accessible, but it would risk losing the intrigue and luster it has. It's like a rare jewel no one bothered to come across nor let alone recognize its presence. I came across one song in particular in my journey. It's in the YouTube video down below. It's a 1970s movie bumper from a New York television station. Listen for the background music.



I came across this video before YouTube became a household word many moons ago. It made my inner-1970s kid glow with zest and delight. I always thought it'd be cool challenge to find the background music. I knew right off the bat it wasn't Henry Mancini. It would've been cool if it had been, but it wasn't. It just had that certain flair I couldn't wrap my finger around it. I didn't care which format I would find the song in. I didn't care whether it was on vinyl, CD, cassette, or
MP3. Hell, even on 8-track. I still have an AM/FM 8-track stereo sitting in my mother's basement.

About a week and some change ago, I managed to find it in MP3 format and was excited. After all of these years and waiting, I finally get to hear it in its entirety. It really sparked my interest to keep digging for the obscurity regardless of the time finding it. It took me nearly 10 years to find a song to add in my music collection. Over the years, after embracing and going through different mediums, the journey has been easier and things happen to pop up when I least expected.

I'm sure I will come across more obscure songs in my lifetime through different mediums. One of my future plans is to go to England and go through a good load of record stores. A CD, record, 8-track, or MP3 tells a story on how I came across it, when, and where I bought it. It's always fun learning about it.

On a sadder note, I just learned Michael Jackson passed away as I was composing this. I was hoping to type something like that in the next 30 to 50 years. I was cranking up one of his songs a couple of days ago. I never thought that day would come. Expect a journal entry in regards of the King of Pop soon. In the meantime, arrivederci and Godspeed.