Well, as seems to be my M.O. - I had
high hopes of sticking to a writing schedule with the Sunday Picture
Challenge being a fiction installment and a post later in the week on
something more 'coast-y'.
One post in and I lost all ideas.
And interest.
I wish I could pinpoint a cause.
Life is good around here.
Maybe that's the problem.
I have no angsty, dysfunctional
complaints.
I mean, take a look – even the first
10 random songs on my ipod are happy...
American Kids
Kenny Chesney
First off, let it be known
that I have exactly ONE Kenny Chesney song on my ipod. I hate to
admit that there are a handful more of his that I like, as long as
they are the more Trop-Rock and less of the whiney country ones.
Second, note that this song
is about people who have everything and are enjoying it.
Hello, I Love You
The Doors
A love song in its most bare
element...and Jim Morrison...come on, long haired hippy with a smokey
voice....
Hot Fun in the Summer-Time
Sly and the Family Stone
Its right there in the
title. Hot fun. In the Summer....
Whenever I Call You Friend
Kenny Loggins
Of note, this was the FIRST Kenny on my
playlist. He will always evoke good 'feels' for those early adult
days when nothing was complicated.
And, its a song about friends no matter
what...
The Way
Fastball
So, this one I had to look
up.
I was ready to blame this
one on the kids and their one time joint use of our i-tunes account
until I listened to it.
On the surface it is a song
about two people chucking everything and taking off together. Living
the dream. Oh sure, it is probably, in that 90's manner, a superbly
depressing take on excess but on the surface...well...its right there
in the refrain:
"anyone can see
the road that they walk on is paved in gold
and it's always summer,
they'll never grow old"
This is the most accurate
description of my current situation there ever was.
Chasing Hemingway's Ghost
Scott Kirby
The story of an artist
following his dream.
Or, how I like to see
myself...
Hungry Heart
Bruce Springstein
This may actually be the
saddest song on the list. Guy deserts wife, meets some tramp in
Kingston, leaves her too...
But Bruce is notoriously
hard to understand and there is just something exciting and
energizing about the music...
The Tiki Bar is Open
Jimmy Buffett
(written by John Hyatt)
Alcoholic on the wagon falls
off because the Tiki Bar is open...
Again, maybe if you scratch
the surface not the most inspirational.
But, its summer.
This is a bouncy, happy
song.
And we just got back from an
awesome Tiki Bar in Chicago...
Three Dots and a Dash - the wall of skulls as you wander down the stairs from the alley... Three Dots and a Dash is morse code for V as in Victory |
note the 3 dotes, and 1 dash garnish |
the signature drink and glass |
Lucky
Jason Mraz
The song's title is LUCKY.
Come on people.
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
This actually had me
laughing out loud.
For starters, who doesn't
love a good Van Morrison tune. And this one is such an iconic song.
A friend of ours, who played
drums in a weekend band, once lamented the fact that all they every
do is play Brown Eyed Girl, left our table when the break was over to
return to the first request of the second set from the table full of
bridesmaids – you guessed it – Brown Eyed Girl.
Also, I am a Brown Eyed
Girl.
And, if you haven't noticed,
every RomCom this side of 2005 is required by law to have at least
three Van Morrison songs in it.
I was a little sad to see my
new favorite song – Havana by Camila Cabello – didn't make the
random cut. But hey, its my blog and I can add her in just like
this...
Here's wishing each of you a
non-angsty, happy-go-lucky playlist and summer.
I'll be back, eventually.
Hope you will be too!
the result of Three Dots and a Dash... exotic flower and skull pics sold separately |