When we talk about music, I pretend I’m cool but I’m not.
You may have noticed.
You are all things music. Just like I am all things sarcasm.
You know names of artists, their genre, their era.
You appreciate all the music greats from Cash and Haggard to The Who, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
You talk about the true rock era and artists that made a difference and I listen and smile and nod and agree.
You are musically brilliant. But I’m musically simple-minded.
I grew up listening to Cat Stevens’ Morning Has Broken and Crystal Gayle’s, Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue nestled between the farm commodity reports, funeral notices and Paul Harvey.
To get my Rick Springfield fix, I had to put tin foil on my antenna to channel a pop station from 60 miles away.
My mom liked Engelbert Humperdink for God’s sake.
You really shouldn’t except much from me.
But, I feel like I’ve been fooling you and it’s probably time that I come clean. There are a few things you should know about me.
1. When I was a kid, my uncle gave me and my siblings an Anne Murray album for Christmas.
2. My second album; Captain and Tennille.
3. When I was young, I tried to memorize all the words to The Devil Went Down to Georgia and Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.
4. My first concert was KISS but about a year later I saw Loverboy. I believe that probably cancels out the KISS experience.
5. Hooters opened for Loverboy.
6. In college, while others may have going through a promiscuous phase, I was going through an equally shameful country music phase.
7. One day recently, Hungry Eyes from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack, was playing on my computer and I tried to talk really loud so you wouldn’t hear it, but you did.
8. If you create a New Kids on the Block Pandora station, it will play Hungry Eyes.
9. My other Pandora stations are Adele, Saving Abel, Diamond Rio and Disturbed. I like to think I have a station for every mood although, more than likely, it’s a sign of a possible personality disorder.
10. When you tell me Metallica hasn’t made good music since they cut their hair, I nod and agree but secretly, I didn’t even really know of them until they cut their hair.
11. I told you recently I ran across my CD collection, this is it, in all it’s glory.
I think it’s what’s left over from a Columbia House membership.
12. I listened to the Forest Gump Soundtrack as I wrote this.
I also have the Forrest Gump soundtrack! lol There’s some kick ass 60′s & 70′s tunes on there, so I don’t think that was a bad pick.
I memorized the Devil Went Down to Georgia too! Of course, that was in between skating in my socks around the hardwood floors to my Neil Diamond & Elvis-Burning Love 8 tracks! Yes, I did say 8 tracks!
I consider myself a music enthusiast and the Anne Murray Christmas album stands the test of time. Love your blog so far!