epilogue
HUFFINGTON
09.23.12
Music & Literature
Author
Rick Moody
Lists Five
Albums for
Five Decades
Here’s a chronological list,
one album for each decade
of my life. Because my
taste has changed so much
over the years it seems
sort of inaccurate to indicate where I am now and
nothing more. This is perhaps another way of saying
that music is always about
change. It’s always moving,
and so are you.
Bridge Over Troubled Water
THATCHER KEATS (MOODY)
by Simon and Garfunkel
My mom was afflicted with Simon and Garfunkel in the sixties — I’m pretty sure we had every
note they had recorded in our house — and those
albums had a great impact on me. Not only because the harmonies were extraordinary, but also because the lyrics were
ambitious. There are some incredibly sophisticated songs
on this particular album, but almost anyone can understand