{"id":16372,"date":"2020-06-27T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kenny-loggins-we-are-in-the-climate-change-danger-zone\/"},"modified":"2020-06-27T01:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:56:00","slug":"kenny-loggins-we-are-in-the-climate-change-danger-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kenny-loggins-we-are-in-the-climate-change-danger-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kenny Loggins: We are in the climate change \u2018Danger Zone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kenny Loggins: We are in the climate change \u2018Danger Zone\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 26, 2020 |<\/span> 6:56pm |<\/span> Updated June 26, 2020 | 7:20pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n Kenny Loggins exudes strong dad energy on the phone: His alarm goes off mid-conversation, and he gushes at length about his son\u2019s work in sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter \u2014 who straddled two decades of American pop, first as half of the multiplatinum soft-rockers Loggins and Messina in the 1970s and then as a 1980s solo singer and soundtrack artist without peer \u2014 is taking what he calls \u201ca dry run at retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been great,\u201d says the 72-year-old while in semi-lockdown at his longtime home in Santa Barbara, California, with the obvious joy of someone who\u2019s spent a half-century as a performing artist. \u201cAt first, I went a little crazy. I\u2019m learning how to slow down, which has always been a challenging task for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, \u201cslowing down\u201d is a relative term. He just wrapp<\/a>ed an appearance on \u201cJay Leno\u2019s Garage\u201d where the pair took a spin in a Porsche 365, re-creating a scene from 1986\u2019s \u201cTop Gun.\u201d In fact, Loggins has a seemingly inexhaustible font of good humor about his contributions to pop culture, having appeared in \u201cFamily Guy\u201d and \u201cArcher\u201d as himself and referencing his \u201cTop Gun\u201d soundtrack song, \u201cDanger Zone,\u201d both times. He\u2019s also prepping a June 28 live set to benefit Santa Barbara\u2019s historic Lobero Theatre, which is part of his history of charity work in the area since moving there in 1973, and giving concerts to benefit Toys for Tots. Oh, and he\u2019s about to launch a radio show.<\/p>\n

Loggins is, naturally, fluent in almost every genre of music. He had a country trio, the Blue Sky Riders, which he formed after moving to Nashville in 2008 with the intention of recording a breakup record after his second divorce, from wife of 12 years Julia Cooper, in 2004. He also recorded a children\u2019s album, \u201cReturn to Pooh Corner,\u201d which featured a version of \u201cRainbow Connection,\u201d Paul Williams\u2019 immortal contribution to \u201cThe Muppet Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I did it, I cut the middle bridge out, and I got a call from Paul, saying, \u2018Kenny, what happened to the bridge?\u2019 \u201d Loggins said. He\u2019s also done big-band versions of his songs with arrangements by his bass player\u2019s father, Artie Schroeck and, furthering his love of gospel music, has sung in a local church choir.<\/p>\n

But Loggins can also claim the distinction of being one of the first musicians to really become aware of the dire need for a conversation about climate change, writing \u201cConviction of the Heart\u201d in 1991, a song Al Gore would later enshrine as \u201cthe unofficial anthem of the environmental movement,\u201d which clearly still delights Loggins. That said, he\u2019s not particularly thrilled about the situation currently. (Speaking of the 2020 election, he declares: \u201cGod help us.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been very depressing,\u201d he says flatly. \u201cBack when I was looking at it in the late \u201980s, early \u201990s, they were saying it was the eleventh hour back then. I just wonder \u2026 what\u2019s going to be done? What can be done? And then, with Trump in office dismantling all the protections in order to make more money off the planet. To me, the environmental movement is a spiritual movement. We are connected to the Earth. We are part of it, and the damage that we do to the Earth is the damage we do to ourselves and to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although he feels connected to Mother Nature, Loggins doesn\u2019t quite feel the same way about his fellow humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t actually have a lot of hope for this species,\u201d he says. \u201cBut I guess that comes from getting older and having some cynicism sneak in. Obviously, there\u2019s still a lot to do and we always seem to pull something out of our asses when we need to, so there may be a miracle coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

While in lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, he says he\u2019s spent time looking at \u201cphotographs of cities and environments that were suddenly clean\u201d and hoping his fellow man would be inspired to act, but still feels cynical.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planet really wants to come back, and the only thing keeping it from happening is humans,\u201d he says. \u201cI was sorta hoping that once we saw what could happen if we cleaned up our act, we might actually be motivated to try and do something about it. But old habits die hard. We\u2019re so addicted to fossil fuels and the lifestyle that we\u2019ve become accustomed to, and so I think it requires a shift in consciousness, an awareness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s that time in my life where I\u2019d like to take the things I\u2019ve learned and extend them to others, to teach, if I can. So, I think I am in a good place.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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