Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Spending some quality time with JT

Tonight on PBS there is an episode of Great Performaces featuring the great James Taylor. He was honored this year at the MusiCARES person of the year. Unfortunately, James Taylor didn't play for the entire hour and half because it was a tribute concert. But there were some people that I like ( Bonnie Raitt and Sting to name a few). And India.Arie had the awesomest bag ever which had a picture of a very young (circa "Sweet Baby James") James Taylor on it. It seems so weird to see James Taylor (and other singers that my mom loved like Emmylou Harris, Judy Collins and Paul Simon) looking old because when I was first introduced to them, they were still young (from seeing album covers). I always think "JT when did you get so old and lose all your hair!?" (For the record, I think the same thing when I see Paul Simon too. Less so for Judy Collins and Emmylou Harris, I mostly think about how pretty their silver hair looks.) My friend Fiona from the Academy used to refer to another employee as JT and I of course always thought she meant James Taylor. So I hate when people refer to Justin Timberlake as JT. Even after James Taylor dies, Justin Timberlake will never be JT.

"My Sloppy Joe is all Sloppy and no Joe."- Bobby Hill

2 comments:

Lise M. said...

At least Justin will NEVER be "sweet baby"! I remember a comment Rachel made when she was little - she asked if the guy who played "Ironsides" was Perry Mason's dad! Old movies, old pictures, and old album covers can really confuse a person, huh?

Andy said...

how did i not hear about this being on tv!?
dang it.
and i think the same thing when i see james taylor (from owning the sweet baby james album)