Yes, those are iPOD CLASSICS in the image space. No damn cellphones for whatever streaming service you’re thinking of! Classics representing here. So I’ve done favorite movies by year and favorite albums by year, so now I’d like to do favorite songs by year! From the year you were born up until 2017. You can do ties but try not to do TOO many. Continue reading Favorite Songs By Year!

My kids have spoiled a lot of music I used to love. For instance, once I was in the car and this popped up on my iPod: I turned it up, digging the groove, and my teenagers reacted with outraged shrieks. “What the fuck? He’s singing about putting a woman in a CAGE? That’s just WRONG!!” I tried to explain that it was just braggadocio, but they weren’t having it. “Sexual harassment, Mom.” Then at Christmastime, I started playing this one because I love the duet: Could I enjoy the delicate interplay of melodies and the call-and-response lyrics? I could … Continue reading Music: The Wake-Up Bomb: Songs You Now Hear Differently

Most of the music in my collection has one arrangement, one production and sound. Sometimes a particular piece may be performed live, but even then, the performing artist usually sticks close to the studio interpretation. If The Rolling Stones are playing “Satisfaction”, for example, it’s going to sound quite close to the way they recorded it in the studio in 1965. So, if I start singing a few bars of a familiar tune, like “Shake It Off”, most people are going to hear what it sounded like when originally recorded in their heads. Sometimes, however, there are exceptions, and those … Continue reading We’re One, But We’re Not The Same: Artists Reinterpreting Their Work