Listening Journal: August 28, 2011

In 1974, Shuggie Otis wrote "Inspiration Information," with an upbeat, feel good feeling to it. The tempo isn't slow, nor is it lightning speed, but it had a nice fast pace to it. There did not seem to be much to the lyrics, which made it easy to follow and roll with. The musician choose to have a mellow instrumentation because it is easier to listen to and fit the time period of the 70's. There wasn't much heavy metal or rock and roll in the 70's. There also was more substance in the musicality than there was in in the lyrics. Sometimes the instruments drowned out the actual lyrics.