Haven’t been feeling so great the last few days, but this morning I was up and had paid some bills, done a little housekeeping, and showered, shampooed, etc. and was out the door by 8:30.
I almost never hear my iTunes catalog because I play different music at home. Let’s acknowledge it; for 14 months, it’s been a lot of home for me. So it’s fun to see what will come up as I’m driving. Looking at my display as I drove, I decided my music makes me seem like I’m living in the past, but there are SO MANY pasts represented.
Here you go. Don’t mind the dust. The car has been collecting that shit for the same 14 months.
79. “Jessica” by the Allman Brothers Band. I have three sisters in a planned novel who are named for ABB songs by their father. I went a while without wanting to hear ABB but I rediscovered them along about 2016 and now they stay in regular rotation.
80. “Easy to Be Hard” by Three Dog Night. Oh, the stories I could tell. In my memoirs…
81. “More Than This.” The boyfriend who introduced me to Roxy Music is decades gone. The music remains. That worked out for the best.
82. “Dancin’ Across the USA” by Lindsey Buckingham. Between his guitar, his voice, and his lyrics/music, there’s nothing of his I don’t enjoy hearing. I think this might have been the flip side to “Holiday Road” from National Lampoon’s 1983 film Vacation.
83. “Where Were You When I Needed You” by the Grass Roots. Another chapter for the memoirs.
84. The Grass Roots again with “Lovin’ Things.”
85. WHAT WAS IT? If I think about it, I may remember. Because I know something split up this rash of Grass Roots songs.
86. Back with the Grass Roots’ “Walkin’ Through the Country.” The stories Lynne could tell about Dennis Provisor and his… voice. =)
87. Mr. Bruce Springsteen with “Human Touch.” There are no bad Bruce Springsteen songs. I’d go all meme on you and say “Change my mind,” but you can’t.
88. “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” by Simon and Garfunkel. I wish I knew all the words to the descant.
89. “Little Bird” is a Dennis Wilson song recorded by the Beach Boys. Dennis Wilson is my forever muse.
90. The Grass Roots are being so pushy today! And reminding us “Let’s Live For Today,” and how I love to hear Warren Entner counting 1-2-3-4 and the lines he gets while (the late) Rob Grill sings lead. Teenage soundtrack.
91. “Give It Away,” a lesson about generosity from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Always loved this band. Recently, I’ve been checking out some of Flea’s posts on Instagram. Liking him.
92. “Ain’t No Sunshine” is a great Bill Withers classic. My version here is by the Neville Brothers. Outstanding.
93. Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America.” A band I listened to a lot with a different boyfriend from the one referenced in 81. Keeping the band and losing the guy was me dodging a bullet. Could have ended up meaning that literally.
94. This is George Harrison’s version of the Bob Dylan song “If Not For You.” There is NO DAY that won’t be better for me if it involves music from either one of these artists. Coincidentally, one of my characters feels the same way.
95. “Running On Empty” by one of my favorite singer/songwriters Jackson Browne. The guy who introduced me to Jackson Browne for the first time still shows up in my blog comments occasionally. Whatever else transpired between us in our long, strange trip of a friendship, I’ll always be grateful about the Jackson Browne thing.
I’m thinking the missing No. 85 was George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord,” because I know that was playing while I was watching train cars roll by. Why is it when you’re in a hurry, a train is THE WORST, but when you’re running errands and loving your music, a train and its graffiti are a little bit amazing?
I am here for the everywhere-ness of art.
ETA: I AM WRONG. “My Sweet Lord” played while I was watching the train, but that was later. The song at No. 85 was Collective Soul’s “The World I Know.” Saw them in concert with Tom and Lynne in 1994 at the Summit when they opened for Aerosmith. My memory has served me well today. Now I’m going to write.
I used to know all the lyrics to “Scarborough Fair/Canticle,” because my friends Jennifer, Heather, Erik, and I sang it in a high school talent show performance when I was maybe 16 years old. I wish it had been recorded, because I remember us sounding really good together.
I’ll bet you did. =) I need to learn that other part, even though lord knows I’m only an alone-in-the-car singer.
Goodbye Stranger reminds me of a former friend
It (“Goodbye Stranger”) makes me think of the hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle. Some people think it’s about suicide, which I believe is a stretch.
I think George Harrison’s “I Me Mine” is the perfect song for the Age of COVID.
Oh i think it’s about wandering and hitting the road …which I get, but the chorus remind me of Former Friend. Before that I loved the song, and I kinda still do….
I’m trying to think if there are songs I stopped liking or listening to because they remind me of someone. Not any because of a relationship gone wrong, that I can recall.
There is a song I never want to listen to again. I used to sing it with someone, play the record for someone, have it played on guitar for me by someone. He didn’t hurt me, but I failed the song’s promise, and therefore him, and I can never fix that.
We saw collective soul? Is that when I got their cd that I still love ?
Dennis Provisor…. no stories here… none I will tell
Yes, we saw Collective Soul. You either already knew their music or you really liked them during their warmup, which would be true either way because they were really good. I feel like Jess was with us, too, but I could be crazy.
Do you remember Aerosmith? They were shooting video during the concert that was later used in their “Blind Man” video, and they gave sunglasses to the audience to wear for the footage. Any of that ring a bell? I think I still have my sunglasses.
Or do you remember that I abandoned you all and managed to get to the bottom and stand right in front of Joe Perry, at the edge of the stage–close, but not quite close enough to touch. I was mesmerized by his hotness. So much hotness. =)