Do you wish your favorite music was more popular?

I’ve been around a lot more popular music than I have been for awhile. I’ve been hearing the big hits of the day at the new office and I think that music is fine but I’m so in love with the weird corners of music. I’m giving Can a big listen for the first time. And I’m kind of glad this song “Bel-Air” doesn’t air on big corporate radio. I love that there are still bands that aren’t household names but are absolutely part of the fabric. There are legit big bands that comparatively very few know about. You might think everyone knows who Spoon is. No, that’s cause you have a bunch of friends who know who Spoon is.

Embrace that level of intimacy. Embrace that level of it being okay to be what only two out of ten dentists agree on.

The Can song “Bel-Air” is only in epic in therm of how many intimate moments it strings together.

Enjoy it and imagine a world where everyone likes this song, where no one questions it, where it is supposedly on every playlist. Imagine a world where you could never play Can for an adult who had never heard of it. Imagine if Can was something everything grew up hearing? Like ABBA levels of everyone.

I don’t think it’s quite as fun. You want to share this music with others, but you’re glad not everyone messes with it. There’s some things you’re glad are kind of an acquired taste. The secret community of smaller bands with weirder stories. It’s special. So if this is your first introduction to Can, welcome aboard.

Another great way to get introduced to music that I hope still happens, the kitchen intro. Somebody has a kitchen job and one of the chefs is super into this or that band. I feel like Atmosphere first traveled the world through mix tapes by kitchen employees. That’s this way to introduce someone to a group without the pressure of forcing yourself to not talk over the music. It’s like a stationary road trip. Stationary road trip, that sounds like a great idea!