I’d like to proclaim a moratorium on all songs about how to enjoy music, if that’s okay. To me, listening to a song is kinda personal and I’d like to keep implicit directions out of my experience. For example- The Lovin’ Spoonful’s ‘Do You Believe in Magic.’ The line “…don’t bother to choose/ if it’s jug band music or rhythm and blues/ just go and listen…” You mean, I can just select ANYTHING? And listen to it? Nice. (On a side note, I think that the Lovin’ Spoonful’s best work EVER was scoring Woody Allen’s ‘What’s Up, Tiger Lily.” It was so random and wonderful. Every time the camera would cut to them even THEY would look around like, “Why are we in this film?”)
Also, Bob Seger’s ‘Rock and Roll Never Forgets;’ “Go down to the concert or the local bar/ check the local newspapers, chances are you won’t have to go too far.” Do I really need to be reminded of how to go about finding a show? Really now, local listings? Get off my bum, Seger.
Thirdly, (and also firmly ensconced in the ‘classic rock’ genre- sorry, it’s just what’s on my mind and consistently on my radio) ‘The Doctor’ by the Doobie Brothers. (And for the record, the Doobie Brothers can be added to the short list of bands I truly thought were brothers, a la the Righteouses and the Everlys. Oh, those last ones really were? Okay.) So, ‘The Doctor.’ “Music is the doctor/makes you feel like you want to.” How gloriously vague! How basic! That’s like me writing a short story called Don’t You Just Love the Written Word? (It really engages the eyes!)
Don’t even get me started on songwriters singing about writing and singing songs. ‘Turn the Page?’ Please. (Sorry Seger- I love ‘Hollywood Nights’.)
And now an apology. SiteMeter lets me check the intro and exiting page that people use for my page- also search queries, if any. To all of the people who Google “Patrick Swayze” with the hopes of finding info on one of my favorite actors, I am so sorry. I wrote one post. I love him, yes, but I do not know him personally, nor do I have anything else to add on his condition or new show (it’ll be awesome). Oh man, does this mean I now have TWO posts about Patrick Swayze?
This is either a heartfelt apology gone awry or a clever marketing scheme to drive up blog hits. Okay, fine, it can be both.
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