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“It’s definitely been quiet.”
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s lobbying firm, Christie 55 Solutions, stopped lobbying for all eight of its clients earlier this year. | Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Dylan turned 80 two months ago.
And one of the greatest albums, Joni Mitchell’s “Blue,” just celebrated its 50th anniversary. She’s 77.
Makes you stop and shake your head for a second, doesn’t it?
Why are the ages of the musicians and the music so many of us grew up with such a big deal?
These musicians and their music articulated the pangs and passions, the hopes and heartaches of such a crucial part of our lives, our youth. That groundbreaking, soul-searing, blood-pumping music of the Beatles, Dylan and Mitchell helped shape who we were and who we’ve become. It connected us to each other with a bond that transcended the heady harmonies of the Beatles, the revelatory lyrics of Dylan and the turn-your-soul inside-out eloquence of Mitchell. So because that music was such a soundtrack of our lives, it – and the musicians who made it - serve as a marker of who we were and who we’ve become.