Backdated Respect

The first impression is the generally the strongest, but that does not make it correct. I was probably too young when I received my first impression of Joni Mitchell and I carried it with me for a long time, unfairly tied to horrible assumptions. When I learned about Jaco and came back to Joni I felt real sheepish, almost guilty, very quickly... The other example that comes to mind is getting a kick out of the Randy Newman skit on Family Guy. Although only "actually" being familiar with Short People (being a short guy myself) and the Toy Story theme song, I created a Wall of Conjecture around Randy Newman. I did not even realize I was preventing myself from truly discovering his music. The Lindberg Baby sang 'Louisiana 1927' at a gig a while back and I asked 'who wrote that nice number there' and he said 'Randy Newman' and my brain exploded and my eyes got wide and some even say my black grinch heart grew two sizes that day. I accepted Randy Newman into my heart and vowed to do right by him. Then, I tried to nod and play it cool so Pete couldn't tell I was in total shock.