. . . lyrics that have grown and matured along with my generation. A sexy looking group of guys having drinks in the lobby of The Peabody. Joe Walsh at Mud Island, one of the easier places for a minor to get alcohol. The only cassette that we found in my grandfather’s car after his […]
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, quiet summer evenings and a concert with Noah wiggling in my tummy.
Love songs, name changes and a concert in the UT Martin smells-like-a-horse arena. When you go from Woodstock to small town Martin, TN, I think it’s time to retire your music career. Artists from Woodstock who I’ve seen in concert: Starship, The Who (Atlanta) and John Sebastian (Mud Island).
Hearing The Fifth Dimension, Roberta Flack, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, The Bee Gees, Elvis, Doris Day, Jan & Dean, Bobby Sherman, Donovan, Tony Orlando and Tom Jones take me to another place in time with my mother. Usually in the car. I drift back somewhere with my father whenever I hear The Statler Brothers, Johnny […]
. . . my first musical love and my first unrequited love. It is memorized lyrics. It is long nights listening to Dark Side beginning to end. It is midnight showings of The Wall at the Plaza. It is laser light shows at Pink Palace. It is camping out for tickets with my mother bringing […]
. . . UT Martin’s Jazz band. It’s a small group of band geeks playing music that people actually like to hear. It’s Phi Mu Alpha. It’s the backdrop to Tommy’s infancy, played to help him sleep or soothe away the fussies. It’s music that never fails to transport me back to another place and […]
I wouldn’t have known about this if I hadn’t seen it on Colbert last night. Now I can hear Noah play it on the guitar over and over OR on You Tube over and over. Right now he is watching the video and singing. Loudly. Update: Now he’s moved on to playing it on Guitar […]
Although my memories of Rick Dees are completely different, the rest of this post echoes the thoughts of many of us out there.
The good thing about Guitar Hero is the classic rock songs that your “Jack’s Big Music Show” household hasn’t heard in a decade. The bad thing about Guitar Hero is hearing your 11-year-old singing a few of the above mentioned songs. Ooooh, I forgot about that line.
Even though I grew up listening to Muppets sing a soft porn song, it still sounds wrong to hear Ren and Stimpy pushing Sarah Lee products.