House at Pooh Corner
September 28, 2009
We had a fun time last Wednesday – we went to see Loggins and Messina in concert.
Some of you may be old enough to remember them – there I go, showing my age again – Kenny Loggins had had a long (and still-continuing) solo career which included several movie themes including, “I’m All Right” (from Caddyshack) and “Danger Zone” (from Top Gun), along with his classic hit, “House at Pooh Corner.”
Jim Messina was in the very popular groups Buffalo Springfield and Poco before teaming up with Loggins in the early 70s. – there I go, showing their age!
And age is actually what I want to talk about here. Because as we sat watching the show, we also were watching the crowd. By our estimate, the average age of the people in attendance was “late 50s”, and from 30 seconds of Google research, I determined that the age of Loggins and Messina themselves was 61.
Here’s the cool part. Sometimes when you go and see the aging artists you listened to growing up, you leave a bit disappointed because, well, they don’t sound that great any more. In contrast, Jim Messina’s playing skills and voice were still strong. And Kenny Loggins’s voice, in particular, was still incredible. At age 61 each! (Three others whose voices still remain as strong – if not better – than in their youth: Steve Winwood, James Taylor, and Stevie Wonder.)
And while Loggins and Messina and their fantastic band were rocking it on the stage, the people in the audience were up on their feet dancing throughout the show, reconnecting with the music they grew up listening to, and seeming to regress in age 20, 30, even 40 years right before our eyes – if not physically, then surely in terms of attitude.
So much of what we can accomplish is based on our perception and outlook on a given situation. Instead of sitting at home, bemoaning the rapid approach of their 60th birthdays, these people were out dancing in the aisles to the music of two legendary musicians who were doing exactly the same thing on stage.
Whose music are you dancing to today?
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