What would your life be like without music? When you are scared on a flight, music can ease your plight. When you’re sad and grieving, music can provide a melody to help with the dreaming. When you’re ecstatic because of a big win, music can provide a dancing […]
A non-fictional band has a top 10 hit. Stevie Nicks wrote a rave review of a Amazon series that is a fake documentary of a fake band. However, many would say that tbe Six -Featuring Daisy Jones- could be based on the great, legendary band Fleetwood Mac. I […]
As I did my morning exercise routine, I listened to music as I always do. It then hit me. There are certain lyrics that stick with me that I even dare to sing out loud on the exercise path. As I exercised this morning, I took those lyrics, […]
I loved Wham! I loved George Michael. But, I didn’t really know much about Andrew Ridgely. I hadn’t focused on him during my Wham! fandom phase. Actually, that phase has yet to end. On a whim, I decided to watch the Wham! documentary on Netflix, and I was […]
I love working out. I often begrudgingly wake up early to go work out. I either go for a 60-minute walk or 45 minutes on the elliptical. Once I’m working out, I get pumped and jazzed. Sometimes working out longer than originally intented. Why do I get so […]
How would you improve your community? If you were a fan of the television series Mad Men and caught the series finale you would have heard a folksy, yet very commercial song from the early ’70s that on occassion, I find myself singing out loud. What song? “I’d […]
It’s just another day,Where people cling to light,To drive away the fear,That comes with every night–oingo boingo What a day! The amount I accomplished yet not accomplished is both outstanding and staggering on some levels. All day, I’ve also had a ringworm pounding in my head. I’ve been […]
It’s almost midnight. And, rather unexpectedly I started humming to myself the song Midnight Train to Georgia. I have never really listened to the song. I just did in order to see what my humming was about. That song is actually rather sad about shattered dreams and returning […]
I’m not a huge Elton John fan. Although, there are several of his songs that I do know the lyrics of and can happily sing along to; i.e. I’m Still Standing. As such, not being the greatest fan, I found myself surprised at waking up with Goodbye Yellow […]
Have you ever written down a list of song lines/lyrics that stayed with you for ever and ever? Personally, there’s a really long list. One that keeps me laughing is “this will go down on your permanent record”. I believe I first heard that in a Violent Femmes […]