Thankyou for that interview. I read everything that you write with an open mind to absorb as much knowledge as I can. I am also 90. Not too much with the dancing though. Still active and very grateful that I can keep learning.
My favorite musicians of that group are
Simon and Garfunkel. My favorite movie this year is CODA. Thanks for everything that you do. You are certainly a Renaissance Man for certain.
Your quote from Clive says, "Great music [leaves] a permanent effect on you and your soul and your being..." For me, it describes how music can touch the depth, the innermost place of who a person really is, the heart, the soul, the being. It's a mere glimpse of intimacy, of a person's potential to experience that in one's self and with another person.
Clive also says that great music "permeated the iron curtain. It's music that can pierce that and be so important to life, culture, and to the world itself." This part of the quote describes the power of music, that it can melt & meld groups of people who may be very different from one another in so many ways. It is the opposite of war and the need for power, to acquire it by any means possible.
Recently, I attended a recital by Itsak Perlman. I felt moved by the tone of the first note of the first piece. Then, when he played the theme from "Schindler's List", tears arose in me and in many people in the audience. It was truly a shared experience that affected us, our souls, & our beings. In those moments, we were united, no matter the race, religion, gender, age, education, country of origin, profession, wealth, political party & beliefs, etc. We all shared a beautiful experience of great music. While the music was composed for a story about the Holocaust, it also stirred a lot of feeling for Ukraine.
I'm in awe of the vastness of Clive's quote. Music is so vast, delicate & powerful, that it permeates the innermost of the individual as well as the outermost of humanity.
Thank you, Ari, for your thoughtful, interesting articles & broadcasts.
Cindy
P.S. Sorry my response is so long. Your piece was inspiring.
When you asked Mr. Davis about his life highlights, I was blown away by his answer. He almost sounded surprised that the connections he made with so many artists remain so strong today. The fact that the bond that only he could create with them is the thing that he cited about the highlights of his life, that’s just WOW! BTW, I’d love to see him in the outfit Miles Davis gave him 😎
Favorite artist from the partial - too hard to answer! Can I pick top 3? Whitney, Gil, Simon and Garfunkel.
I think you touched on this concept with George Clinton as well--the idea of keeping an open mind and listening to what's out there right now. I *thought* I was open-minded before but now I'm making even more of an effort, especially with music. I don't want to be too set in my ways when I'm old.
As for my favorite Clive Davis artist, I mentioned him last week: Billy Joel. I'm a sucker for piano players. I even took piano lessons as a kid. It didn't work out. But that's a story for another time.
Oh, and I definitely agree with music having a permanent effect on your soul. When I feel music, I *really* feel music.
I attended the event last week and found it fascinating. You asked great questions and his mental acuity was remarkable. I hope you do more of these in the future. Thank you.
I had no idea Clive brought Janis Joplin to our popular music experience. Janis was not only a great bridge to introduce so many people to Soul Music, she was an icon for girls and women of the 1960's and 1970's. Her music touched me as a child and pushed me to be an independent woman with my own individual goals and aspirations. Clive Davis shared so much unique music artistry with the world and all generations, we have all been "blessed" to discover great artists through his insight and vision.
The dance part of today’s newsletter title made me remember Michael Jackson’s Let’s Dance and Shout, Shake your Body to the Ground😃 I will be doing a lot of dancing when I get to Clive Davis’ age.
I tuned in (online) for last week’s conversation between you Ari and Clive Davis …he is a legend🤩 I remember him saying that he has good listening ear to music. I love that he lets the artists to be themselves. Clive Davis’ last word from the interview definitely sums up what music does…music is indeed the universal language of mankind.
Who is your favorite artist from this (partial) list of Clive’s artists?
I can only hope to be dancing at the age of 90! Losing parents in your teenage years (or anytime for that matter) causes you to look at life differently. Seems that experience may have developed in Clive a determination to not always go with the sure bet, but to trust your God given instincts & abilities (Davis’s ear). During your interview with him at 92Y he was so impressive with the wisdom nuggets and the recollection of so many stories about his artists. Truly enjoyable. Yet, the thing that stuck me the most was his outlook on life…..make sure you stop to smell the roses along the way to success. He understands from childhood that spending time with loved ones is his greatest accomplishment. Life is a fleeting proposition.
To your question, I love Dionne Warwick. Her songs got me through some heart-breaking times with songs like: I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, I’ll Never Love This Way Again. To uplifting my spirits with songs like: I Say a Little Prayer. Thanks for asking us to share our walk down memory lane. I might have to dust off my mini dress and white go-go boots!😂😂😂😂
Have a great weekend, be safe, and quit taking your parents record collection!😉🥰😂
WHITNEY.I,LL BE 90 ARI,COME MAY 30TH.1932 AND FROM MY HEARING NAT KING COLE SING 'nature boy"when i was 16/thru pat metheny play ;ARE YOU GOING WITH ME' and then ben platt in DEAR EVAN HANSEN.MUSIC AND 44 YEARS PLAYING RAQUETBALL.FEELING BLESSED1
Who is your favorite artist from this (partial) list of Clive’s artists?
Whitney Houston....Whitney Houston....Whitney Houston....! 🥰 He referred to her, I believe, as the GOAT (not with quite that expression, of course 🤣). And she was.
🎶Ooh I wanna dance with somebody🎶🎶 always gets me mooovvvviiinnngg! 💃🏾
OMG old soul Ari! another great piece! music and dance have been and are essential to my soul. I have never stopped dancing or appreciating music: the universal healing language. I love all the artists on the list but for me - Gil Scott-Heron, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Sly and the Family Stone in that order.
What a wonderful blessing to be a part of so many talented artist's careers. To be 90 years old, and still be working to try and find new artists to bring to music lovers is amazing!!!
To answer your question, my favorite artist from the list is Billy "Piano Man" Joel!!!🎹🎹🎹
In reference to your title, "How to live to 90 and keep dancing...Listen and be yourself." Love that so much, because music will make you feel young and alive. We can listen to a song or we can get up and boogie and just enjoy life!!! Thanks Ari for bringing us a fun topic for today!!! Have a great weekend, and dance like no one is watching!!!!😊🎼🎹🎤
Hi Ari, I think Santana personifies great music that will feed your soul. I can feel the sensation of his acoustic guitar and congas in the background. His music is so eclectic, rock, jazz, Afro-Cuban with a Latin sound.
In the song, “Smooth” some of the lyrics are I could change my life to suit your mood” is filled with passion and emotion. This is the music you have to turn up and dance in the moment.
I learned to dance the salsa and merengue from a Cuban colleague. This should be the way that work can be fun as well as a way to
build a positive work environment.
I think many people would remember Santana’s Black Magic Woman and Evil Ways. The later is a great song to sing as well as dance to.
Santana will be performing with Earth, Wind, and Fire in Mansfield, MA in August. I may have to go just to experience this timeless music in person.
Thankyou for that interview. I read everything that you write with an open mind to absorb as much knowledge as I can. I am also 90. Not too much with the dancing though. Still active and very grateful that I can keep learning.
My favorite musicians of that group are
Simon and Garfunkel. My favorite movie this year is CODA. Thanks for everything that you do. You are certainly a Renaissance Man for certain.
Anne Piscioneri
Ari,
Your quote from Clive says, "Great music [leaves] a permanent effect on you and your soul and your being..." For me, it describes how music can touch the depth, the innermost place of who a person really is, the heart, the soul, the being. It's a mere glimpse of intimacy, of a person's potential to experience that in one's self and with another person.
Clive also says that great music "permeated the iron curtain. It's music that can pierce that and be so important to life, culture, and to the world itself." This part of the quote describes the power of music, that it can melt & meld groups of people who may be very different from one another in so many ways. It is the opposite of war and the need for power, to acquire it by any means possible.
Recently, I attended a recital by Itsak Perlman. I felt moved by the tone of the first note of the first piece. Then, when he played the theme from "Schindler's List", tears arose in me and in many people in the audience. It was truly a shared experience that affected us, our souls, & our beings. In those moments, we were united, no matter the race, religion, gender, age, education, country of origin, profession, wealth, political party & beliefs, etc. We all shared a beautiful experience of great music. While the music was composed for a story about the Holocaust, it also stirred a lot of feeling for Ukraine.
I'm in awe of the vastness of Clive's quote. Music is so vast, delicate & powerful, that it permeates the innermost of the individual as well as the outermost of humanity.
Thank you, Ari, for your thoughtful, interesting articles & broadcasts.
Cindy
P.S. Sorry my response is so long. Your piece was inspiring.
When you asked Mr. Davis about his life highlights, I was blown away by his answer. He almost sounded surprised that the connections he made with so many artists remain so strong today. The fact that the bond that only he could create with them is the thing that he cited about the highlights of his life, that’s just WOW! BTW, I’d love to see him in the outfit Miles Davis gave him 😎
Favorite artist from the partial - too hard to answer! Can I pick top 3? Whitney, Gil, Simon and Garfunkel.
I think you touched on this concept with George Clinton as well--the idea of keeping an open mind and listening to what's out there right now. I *thought* I was open-minded before but now I'm making even more of an effort, especially with music. I don't want to be too set in my ways when I'm old.
As for my favorite Clive Davis artist, I mentioned him last week: Billy Joel. I'm a sucker for piano players. I even took piano lessons as a kid. It didn't work out. But that's a story for another time.
Oh, and I definitely agree with music having a permanent effect on your soul. When I feel music, I *really* feel music.
I attended the event last week and found it fascinating. You asked great questions and his mental acuity was remarkable. I hope you do more of these in the future. Thank you.
No doubt Sly and the Family Stone, I want to thank you for letting me be myself, says it all.
I had no idea Clive brought Janis Joplin to our popular music experience. Janis was not only a great bridge to introduce so many people to Soul Music, she was an icon for girls and women of the 1960's and 1970's. Her music touched me as a child and pushed me to be an independent woman with my own individual goals and aspirations. Clive Davis shared so much unique music artistry with the world and all generations, we have all been "blessed" to discover great artists through his insight and vision.
wow, great interview and message.
I loved (love) dancing to sly and santana is such an awesome
musician. I like and admire the entire list.
Clive Davis, what a successful life story.
Macy Gray and Buffy Saint Marie are also some great talents that I truly enjoyed listening too.
Hey Ari and Happy Fri-YAY😃 Fri-YAY at last😃
The dance part of today’s newsletter title made me remember Michael Jackson’s Let’s Dance and Shout, Shake your Body to the Ground😃 I will be doing a lot of dancing when I get to Clive Davis’ age.
I tuned in (online) for last week’s conversation between you Ari and Clive Davis …he is a legend🤩 I remember him saying that he has good listening ear to music. I love that he lets the artists to be themselves. Clive Davis’ last word from the interview definitely sums up what music does…music is indeed the universal language of mankind.
Who is your favorite artist from this (partial) list of Clive’s artists?
Earth, Wind and Fire (not in your list😄)
Whitney Houston
Have a nice weekend, Ari…Cheers🍾🥂
I can only hope to be dancing at the age of 90! Losing parents in your teenage years (or anytime for that matter) causes you to look at life differently. Seems that experience may have developed in Clive a determination to not always go with the sure bet, but to trust your God given instincts & abilities (Davis’s ear). During your interview with him at 92Y he was so impressive with the wisdom nuggets and the recollection of so many stories about his artists. Truly enjoyable. Yet, the thing that stuck me the most was his outlook on life…..make sure you stop to smell the roses along the way to success. He understands from childhood that spending time with loved ones is his greatest accomplishment. Life is a fleeting proposition.
To your question, I love Dionne Warwick. Her songs got me through some heart-breaking times with songs like: I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, I’ll Never Love This Way Again. To uplifting my spirits with songs like: I Say a Little Prayer. Thanks for asking us to share our walk down memory lane. I might have to dust off my mini dress and white go-go boots!😂😂😂😂
Have a great weekend, be safe, and quit taking your parents record collection!😉🥰😂
WHITNEY.I,LL BE 90 ARI,COME MAY 30TH.1932 AND FROM MY HEARING NAT KING COLE SING 'nature boy"when i was 16/thru pat metheny play ;ARE YOU GOING WITH ME' and then ben platt in DEAR EVAN HANSEN.MUSIC AND 44 YEARS PLAYING RAQUETBALL.FEELING BLESSED1
Who is your favorite artist from this (partial) list of Clive’s artists?
Whitney Houston....Whitney Houston....Whitney Houston....! 🥰 He referred to her, I believe, as the GOAT (not with quite that expression, of course 🤣). And she was.
🎶Ooh I wanna dance with somebody🎶🎶 always gets me mooovvvviiinnngg! 💃🏾
OMG old soul Ari! another great piece! music and dance have been and are essential to my soul. I have never stopped dancing or appreciating music: the universal healing language. I love all the artists on the list but for me - Gil Scott-Heron, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Sly and the Family Stone in that order.
What a wonderful blessing to be a part of so many talented artist's careers. To be 90 years old, and still be working to try and find new artists to bring to music lovers is amazing!!!
To answer your question, my favorite artist from the list is Billy "Piano Man" Joel!!!🎹🎹🎹
In reference to your title, "How to live to 90 and keep dancing...Listen and be yourself." Love that so much, because music will make you feel young and alive. We can listen to a song or we can get up and boogie and just enjoy life!!! Thanks Ari for bringing us a fun topic for today!!! Have a great weekend, and dance like no one is watching!!!!😊🎼🎹🎤
Hi Ari, I think Santana personifies great music that will feed your soul. I can feel the sensation of his acoustic guitar and congas in the background. His music is so eclectic, rock, jazz, Afro-Cuban with a Latin sound.
In the song, “Smooth” some of the lyrics are I could change my life to suit your mood” is filled with passion and emotion. This is the music you have to turn up and dance in the moment.
I learned to dance the salsa and merengue from a Cuban colleague. This should be the way that work can be fun as well as a way to
build a positive work environment.
I think many people would remember Santana’s Black Magic Woman and Evil Ways. The later is a great song to sing as well as dance to.
Santana will be performing with Earth, Wind, and Fire in Mansfield, MA in August. I may have to go just to experience this timeless music in person.