Musical musings...
Ok, I'm a dork, but I think that title is pretty amusing. See? I did it again!!
Yeah, I know I need help.
Ok, Joan passed me the baton, so here is my attempt to describe my random and varied musical taste. Thus follows my musical notes (I am on FIRE!)
Total volume of music on my computer: I know how much space I have left, but can’t figure out how much I actually have. I have 224 songs…but I need to pull in all my other CDs.
The last CD I bought: Tom Waits “Closing Time” in LA this past weekend. Much to the chagrin of the Sony boys who want me to just download from their service. Although they do get points for providing me with the player….
Song playing right now:At the moment, nothing which is generally not the case when I am home and online. Then I just have everything on shuffle - -this way I don’t have to listen to one artist all the time and it keeps things interesting.
CD in your car right now: A mix that I made due to the aforementioned short attention span.
Last song played on your iPod: Well, now that I have a shiny new Sony Network Walkman (shameless plug) I tested it out and heard Collective Soul’s “Better Now”
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me: Oh geez…this might be hard…too many to choose from and it changes by the minute.
I generally listen to a bunch of songs a lot in short bursts. My taste in music is varied and short lived, changing from one moment to the next. So there are only a handful of songs that have stood the test of time. And even though I have favorite songs, there will be plenty of times where I change the station before it has ended.
1. Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Not even sure how to describe why this is my absolute all time favorite song. The only song I have consistently liked. It is about sailing, love, is pretty depressing and hopeful at the same time if you listen to the lyrics, and if I could make it my wedding song, I would. But lyrics like “she is all that I have left, and music is her name” isn’t the kind of message you want to send at a wedding.
2. Feeling Good (Nina Simone). A fairly new song to me, introduced to me by my sister who was always (and still is) more hip than I could ever be. Also a pretty depressing and uplifting song at the same time, a song about starting over, looking to the future, and well, feeling good. And boy, that woman can sing. “Freedom is mine, and I know how I feel. It’s a new dawn, a new day, a new life, and I’m feeling good.”
3. Pachelbel’s Canon in D (Pachelbel). Heard it every Monday morning during the 5 years at Williams. Was far too cool to admit that I actually liked the music and really wished not every bride to be walked down the aisle to it (not that there is any type of wedding for me in my near future) but it is just a beautiful piece of music.
4. Conquer Me (Blues Traveler). Wow, I really pick lots of depressing songs as my favorites. I think if there were ever a song that described “my inner turmoil” (if I can say that without being too pretentious) this would be it. Lyrics like “Conquer me. Figure me out and set me free. I got a hundred million things to show you, as many more to see, but only if you conquer me.” And “Hail to all you mountain climbers, all you dreamers on the run. I’m your self appointed solicitor, yet I speak to only one. Whoever she is now, whoever she’ll become, I’d like to ask her to hurry please, if she’s walking could she run. It’s not my impatience though perhaps just there I lied, it’s just I’m feeling invincible and it has me terrified.” Ok, first, replace the “she” with “he”, but that pretty much sums me up. It is a bit hard to admit to this – on the one hand, I’m really not all that deep and liking this song makes me feel like I am one of those guys who think they are the guy in “Desperado” – just a loner that needs to “let somebody love you, before it is too late”. On the other hand, it strikes a chord in me that I can’t ignore.
5. Laid (James). Fun, happy song about a dysfunctional relationship with really great sex. Was also ironic that I was dating a James at the time. I so wanted to steal the poster “Get James Laid”. Lyrics include the torrid “This bed is on fire, with passion and love. The neighbors complain about the noises above.” And the dysfunctional “Moved out of the house, so you moved next door. I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall. I find you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone. You’re driving me crazy, when are you coming home?”
Honorable mentions: Stairway to Heaven for all those last dances at High School dances, Pour Some Sugar on Me for my metal-head years, The Reflex because Duran Duran ruled, Why Don't We Get Drunk and all things Buffett, and countless others.
Five people to whom I'm passing the baton:Yeah, I don’t know anyone else with a blog. This dies with me.
Yeah, I know I need help.
Ok, Joan passed me the baton, so here is my attempt to describe my random and varied musical taste. Thus follows my musical notes (I am on FIRE!)
Total volume of music on my computer: I know how much space I have left, but can’t figure out how much I actually have. I have 224 songs…but I need to pull in all my other CDs.
The last CD I bought: Tom Waits “Closing Time” in LA this past weekend. Much to the chagrin of the Sony boys who want me to just download from their service. Although they do get points for providing me with the player….
Song playing right now:At the moment, nothing which is generally not the case when I am home and online. Then I just have everything on shuffle - -this way I don’t have to listen to one artist all the time and it keeps things interesting.
CD in your car right now: A mix that I made due to the aforementioned short attention span.
Last song played on your iPod: Well, now that I have a shiny new Sony Network Walkman (shameless plug) I tested it out and heard Collective Soul’s “Better Now”
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me: Oh geez…this might be hard…too many to choose from and it changes by the minute.
I generally listen to a bunch of songs a lot in short bursts. My taste in music is varied and short lived, changing from one moment to the next. So there are only a handful of songs that have stood the test of time. And even though I have favorite songs, there will be plenty of times where I change the station before it has ended.
1. Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Not even sure how to describe why this is my absolute all time favorite song. The only song I have consistently liked. It is about sailing, love, is pretty depressing and hopeful at the same time if you listen to the lyrics, and if I could make it my wedding song, I would. But lyrics like “she is all that I have left, and music is her name” isn’t the kind of message you want to send at a wedding.
2. Feeling Good (Nina Simone). A fairly new song to me, introduced to me by my sister who was always (and still is) more hip than I could ever be. Also a pretty depressing and uplifting song at the same time, a song about starting over, looking to the future, and well, feeling good. And boy, that woman can sing. “Freedom is mine, and I know how I feel. It’s a new dawn, a new day, a new life, and I’m feeling good.”
3. Pachelbel’s Canon in D (Pachelbel). Heard it every Monday morning during the 5 years at Williams. Was far too cool to admit that I actually liked the music and really wished not every bride to be walked down the aisle to it (not that there is any type of wedding for me in my near future) but it is just a beautiful piece of music.
4. Conquer Me (Blues Traveler). Wow, I really pick lots of depressing songs as my favorites. I think if there were ever a song that described “my inner turmoil” (if I can say that without being too pretentious) this would be it. Lyrics like “Conquer me. Figure me out and set me free. I got a hundred million things to show you, as many more to see, but only if you conquer me.” And “Hail to all you mountain climbers, all you dreamers on the run. I’m your self appointed solicitor, yet I speak to only one. Whoever she is now, whoever she’ll become, I’d like to ask her to hurry please, if she’s walking could she run. It’s not my impatience though perhaps just there I lied, it’s just I’m feeling invincible and it has me terrified.” Ok, first, replace the “she” with “he”, but that pretty much sums me up. It is a bit hard to admit to this – on the one hand, I’m really not all that deep and liking this song makes me feel like I am one of those guys who think they are the guy in “Desperado” – just a loner that needs to “let somebody love you, before it is too late”. On the other hand, it strikes a chord in me that I can’t ignore.
5. Laid (James). Fun, happy song about a dysfunctional relationship with really great sex. Was also ironic that I was dating a James at the time. I so wanted to steal the poster “Get James Laid”. Lyrics include the torrid “This bed is on fire, with passion and love. The neighbors complain about the noises above.” And the dysfunctional “Moved out of the house, so you moved next door. I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall. I find you sleeping next to me, I thought I was alone. You’re driving me crazy, when are you coming home?”
Honorable mentions: Stairway to Heaven for all those last dances at High School dances, Pour Some Sugar on Me for my metal-head years, The Reflex because Duran Duran ruled, Why Don't We Get Drunk and all things Buffett, and countless others.
Five people to whom I'm passing the baton:Yeah, I don’t know anyone else with a blog. This dies with me.
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