What did you think I would say at this moment...
I've been thinking about old songs quite a bit lately. That is to say, I've been thinking about songs that were originally released more than twenty years ago. Not that these songs are old or the people that remember them are old, but...well, I think you get what I'm trying to say.
I had to dig through our old albums to find some of the songs that had been haunting me for the past few months, but it was well worth it. Am I the only person that gets a little nostalgic when I hear the sound of a needle hitting vinyl on an old record player? Sure, the sound quality of your average CD totally blows vinyl away, but for me there's nothing that takes me away like the old snap-crackle-hiss of an old record on the turntable. Or Calgon. Calgon takes me away too, but that's another story.
Anyway, so I've been hearing these snippets of songs in my head for months now. It would start off with Kansas ("Dust in the Wind" and "Carry on my Wayward Son"), meandered through some of the Beatles White Album ("While my Guitar Gently Weeps" ran through my head almost constantly for a solid week interspersed with "Rocky Raccoon" and "Obla-Di Obla-Da"), and finally wound up with Erasure and The Cure battling for supremacy in some kind of weird auditory wrestling match. After finally locating the albums and giving them a listen, I felt so much better...
I had to dig through our old albums to find some of the songs that had been haunting me for the past few months, but it was well worth it. Am I the only person that gets a little nostalgic when I hear the sound of a needle hitting vinyl on an old record player? Sure, the sound quality of your average CD totally blows vinyl away, but for me there's nothing that takes me away like the old snap-crackle-hiss of an old record on the turntable. Or Calgon. Calgon takes me away too, but that's another story.
Anyway, so I've been hearing these snippets of songs in my head for months now. It would start off with Kansas ("Dust in the Wind" and "Carry on my Wayward Son"), meandered through some of the Beatles White Album ("While my Guitar Gently Weeps" ran through my head almost constantly for a solid week interspersed with "Rocky Raccoon" and "Obla-Di Obla-Da"), and finally wound up with Erasure and The Cure battling for supremacy in some kind of weird auditory wrestling match. After finally locating the albums and giving them a listen, I felt so much better...
I know EXACTLY what you mean! I was huming Norwegian Wood by the beatles the other day.
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Anonymous |
6:37 PM
Thanks to ITunes, I've become a 70's rock junkie. My computer at home cycles endlessly through Joe Cocker (Feelin' Alright), Boston, Journey, Emerson Lake and Palmer (Why is the Gypsie Queen covered in a glaze of Vaseline?) and Styx. Lennie Kravitz makes the obligatory appearances, but only because he fits in with the crowd.
As a kid, I remember finding my great-grandparents' collection of WWII 45s. They were awesome. Probably where I get my weird appreciation for big band and jazz.
Posted by
Anonymous |
9:22 PM
apathy prevents me from commenting more than this.
Posted by
Anonymous |
8:06 PM
harumph harumph harumph!
Posted by
Anonymous |
6:12 PM
What's up, Spewie Stewie!
Posted by
Anonymous |
5:49 PM
BAHHHHHHH!
Fooey!
Posted by
Anonymous |
6:46 PM
Bubkis!
Nada!
Zero!
Zilch!
Posted by
Anonymous |
4:48 PM
Post, damn you!
Posted by
Anonymous |
11:42 AM
IT IS OFFICIAL
As of today, it has been 1 solid month since Jes, aka Big Hoppa, posted a blog on his blog site.
What Chad had begun has now been put asunder by apathy and lethargy. Jes has retired.
Jes, by the powers vested in me (which wasn't a smart idea in the first place) I hereby absove you of all duty and responsibility for regular posting and cast your blog into the watery depths of the internet wasteland.
Announcements regarding a memorial service and grave side benediction to follow.
Y.I.T.B.,
Greg "Father Guido" PP#104
Posted by
Anonymous |
2:25 PM
Should I buy paper flowers for the funeral- it's a journal website?
I believe the appropriate thing to do with Jes's website would be to press the delete button. Then we should format c on his personal computer. After that.... hmmm. We could have a replay of the scene in Office Space with the printer in the field!
Jes, now that you know the proposed future of your blogsite, would ya please write one?
Posted by
Anonymous |
7:19 PM
dude somun got on you. blog them some too.
Posted by
Anonymous |
7:28 PM
Tie me Kangaroo Down Mate? Hey post lately sir? *grin* Turn around and I'll tell you a fable!
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Anonymous |
7:08 AM