Remember Y2K?
It's scary, but we are getting to the point where many of you may have not even been alive when we ticked over to the year 2000 on the calendar. While Y2K gets all the attention, it was actually the time leading up to January 1st 2000 that was quite exciting. Studying at university to enter the IT sector, there was a lot of uncertainty about what might happen when old code tried to do when dates that had been coded as two digit variables hit that "00" mark.
Needless to say, a lot of time, money, and resources were pumped into getting things ready for what some thought might be the end of the world.
Clearly that didn't happen, utilities continued to work thanks to tremendous foresight or the fact that it was simply a non-issue. The financial sector continues to plug along and it turns out people screwing around with the real estate market was a bigger issue than some COBOL code that some guy wrote a decade or two ago.
This post isn't really about Y2K. It is about the year 2000, but for a much different reason than you are probably thinking. After a brief hiatus, I am back to talking about the bands that were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their respective years. In case you haven't figured it out yet, this week I am talking about the class of 2000 for my #threetunetuesday post sponsored by @ablaze.
You actually might not recognize a lot of the names on the board for this year, but I think there are a few that should jump out at you. I wouldn't say this was the best year for inductees, there were clearly other ones with a lot more well known talent. However, there are some my personal favorites in the class of 2000 and it's only right that I highlight them here.
As you may or may not know, a short time ago I finally got the chance to see James Taylor live. He had been on my bucket list for a while and after a failed attempt about ten years ago, I was finally able to get to a show. Even in his early days James had a way of telling a story with his music and painting a picture with his lyrics that many attempt, but often fail at.
There is a reason his songs are so timeless and still loved by scores of people today. I've never been to "Mexico", but this is one of my favorite songs by James Taylor, so I felt it was only right that I should include it in this post.
It has a good rhythm and the lyrics might not be his most reflective, but they are still interesting and fun. It's just a good song and when you look at the scope of his work, it's pretty clear why he was inducted into the hall of fame.
Next up we have the Lovin Spoonful and if I have to be honest, this is almost the story of two separate bands. It's not that they aren't the same, but they have two very distinct sounds that don't seem to go together. When you consider their hits like "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" and "Do You Believe In Magic", it's almost hard to think it is the same band that is responsible for "Summer in the City". A song that I will always associate with Die Hard since it was featured in the beginning scenes of Die Hard 3. I remember seeing that movie in the theater and being absolutely shocked by the cold opening of that movie.
It just worked so well and was so nicely done. If you have never seen it, you really need to go back and take a look at it. Even if you just watch the opening, then imagine seeing that on a big screen and not knowing what was coming.
It was almost as good as the train wreck scene in The Fugitive (also saw that in the theater). Here, let me help you out:
Oh yeah, this guy was inducted too...
As much as I wanted to highlight Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, and Earth Wind and Fire, it would be an absolute crime if I didn't recognize "slowhand" himself for being inducted in 2000. While "Lay Down Sally" may not be one of his bigger hits, it is one of my personal favorites, so I decided to share that instead of some of the other songs you might have expected. The fact is, you can share just about anything from Clapton and it will be amazing.
It's almost too hard to pick one song to share because he not only has so many, he also has a huge variety. Between his rock stuff, his blues stuff, the stuff he did with various bands, and anything else, it's just a massive catalog to choose from.
This is going to be a bit shorter than usual, but that's all I have for you today. I hope reminiscing on the Class of 00 brought back some good memories for you. I remember my cousin graduated from high school in 2000 and I used to tease him that he was the class of zero zero, the class of nothing. We were so cruel back then huh? Either that or people could take a joke better!
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Sounds great! I liked them a lot. I do think I'm going to add a few of them to my playlist!!
Thanks! Have a great day!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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lol y2k what a fluffing let down that was... the world never stopped lol
Haha, nope!
We were all scared that the world would come to a stop because of a computer glitch! :)
Yes we were! It was an interesting time!
ahh yes because some BIOS didn't work to well with the year 2000 and would jump back to 1972 if i remember correctly , never sold so many new computers in that time .
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Haha yeah, it was a pretty big deal. Until it really wasn't.
Y2K mostly ended up being a non-issue because all of the "bugs" were taken care of ahead of time. A lot of the COBOL code that banks used would have definitely been a big issue since for the most part it only supported 2 digit dates. Now, I'm not exactly sure what would have happened if banks suddenly thought it was 1900 again but probably nothing good. There were a few years leading up to Y2K that it was a great time to be a retired COBOL programmer looking for some extra money. It was a non-issue for PCs (even if it was a bug that wasn't patched it wouldn't have been that big of a deal for most people). Not sure how other industries would have been affected but I don't think planes would have fallen out of the sky or anything.
Taking a look at songs released in the Y2K era, it's hard to believe some of them are 25 years old...
No, I think it was a lot of paranoia. I don't think things would have went totally smoothly if they had just let it be, but I don't think the world would have ended either. I only had one semester of COBOL behind me at that point, so I wouldn't have been much help anyway.
Eric Clapton was the only name I recognized on this list :) Though I definitely heard Summer in the City, that is a great song!
I recall the Y2K thing as I started working for Fujitsu Consulting in summer of 1999 after graduating from the University of Kansas with a Masters of Accounting and Information systems.
Really? You aren't familiar with James Taylor? I'm sure you know some of his songs even if you don't really know him. He had a bunch of hits.
Really, somehow I completely missed him :) I looked up his famous songs like Fire and Rain and a few others and for sure never heard those...
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