The Generational Divide

The generational divide reared its ugly head the other day. We were studying for that test in spanish, and the question came up "which ones are the adjectives?" It made me feel bad for the younger generation, because they weren't raised on these:



I even started singing parts of it for mis compadres to explain. It made me wish that these songs were en espanol to help with language absorption.

In playing it to find for this blog post, Ed commented that his favorite Blossom Dearie song is the lovely minor key composition "Figure 8". Those of you who enjoyed these back in the day, which one was your favorite?



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