FMM: Amazed

It's Good Friday, and also, Friday Magic Madness day.

And today, we're going back, way, way back to the 1920s.

"Amazing Grace" is a song that's been around for a long, long time. The original hymn was written in 1772 and has been sung, and continues to be sung until today. 

While trying to look for the earliest recorded version of the song, this version from 1922 came up, and listening to it was a transformative experience:

You can tell by the sound quality, the singers, and even the instrumentation, that this song is from an older, bygone era. But the song itself, it remains beautiful and timeless.

Now, that's amazing.

Roaring

There's this often asked question: "If you could have been born in another decade, what decade would that be?"

My answer to that question would be: "The 1920s. Definitely."

Art Deco. Jazz. Cloche hats. Charlie Chaplin. Buster Keaton. Laurel and Hardy. Mary Pickford. Louise Brooks. Jean Patou. Jeanne Lanvin. Flapper dresses. There's definitely of highlights during this decade.

It's also this interest in the 20s that fuels my excitement about the modern retelling of "The Great Gatsby."



I'm expecting to be transported back into the 1920s for a few hours. And with Baz Lurhmann leading this journey, it'll definitely be a visually spectacular one.