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Lifelong Love Affair With Music Ends At Age 35
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Aug 06, 2004 7:30:09 am PDT #4416 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Aug 06, 2004 8:06:09 am PDT #4417 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lifelong Love Affair With Music Ends At Age 35
Heh. Hell, I hit that wall earlier than 30. It is like a relationship though. It's funny because it's true. I've gone through multiple major re-evaluations of Music and Me.
There was: "I don't care if it it's Springsteen or Lollapalooza, I'm never seeing a ginormous show again. If it's not in a small club, I just don't get a charge."
And: "Fuck it - I can't see shows that start after midnight and go to work the next day. Plus, my back starts killing me if I have to stand for two hours."
And: "Gah! Why do I have all these albums that I don't listen to, just to be a completist. That's it! If I haven't listened to it in two years it's out the door!"
Buying a tape deck specifically to make mixes dramatically changed both my listening habits and my collection.
And getting the iMac has also drastically changed my listening habits again.
I'm much much more of a musical archeologist than somebody keeping up with current trends.
Alicia K - Aug 06, 2004 9:59:55 am PDT #4418 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
A few of my most hated songs by my most beloved bands/artists:
U2 "Red Light" (from "War")
REM "West of the Fields" (from "Murmur")
Just a big, fat "yuck" on both counts.
Ginger - Aug 06, 2004 10:03:41 am PDT #4419 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
"Fuck it - I can't see shows that start after midnight and go to work the next day. Plus, my back starts killing me if I have to stand for two hours."
Wimp. I'm older than you are and I still do it. I can sleep when I'm dead.
Hayden - Aug 06, 2004 10:12:09 am PDT #4420 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
REM "West of the Fields" (from "Murmur")
I love this song. But I'm pretty partial to Murmur.
Jon B. - Aug 06, 2004 10:57:48 am PDT #4421 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Plus, my back starts killing me if I have to stand for two hours.
I used to have that problem but, I swear, my Fluevogs have added years to my club-going life.
Hayden - Aug 06, 2004 10:58:32 am PDT #4422 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2004 11:05:21 am PDT #4423 of 10003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I used to have that problem but, I swear, my Fluevogs have added years to my club-going life.
I'll take "Things Overheard At the Rockers' Retirement Home" for $400, Alex.
Jon B. - Aug 06, 2004 11:08:25 am PDT #4424 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I was just going to post the Rick James news, Hayden. Sad.
Har-de-har, Steph.
cathy - Aug 06, 2004 12:34:06 pm PDT #4425 of 10003
"Why do the facts hate America?" - Jon Stewart
Least favorite song by my favorite band? Easy – “Gary’s got a Boner” by the Replacements.
Thought of another one – “Candy from a Stranger” by Soul Asylum. I don’t even own that album, but they played it live and it confirmed my conviction not to buy that album.
Forgive me if someone’s already brought them up, but the new Snow Patrol is my favorite album in the world right now. Tom, I know you would love it. Kind of Ride/MyBloody Valentine like stuff.
Rick James was not one of my favorite people, or musicians even, but it’s sad when someone dies too young.