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Bryan Adams – "Heaven" (1984)

2010/03/04

It is so easy to get caught up in particulars. Who doesn't want a better job, better house, or a better life. It is never as perfect as we might like.

Last night I awoke with concern that G was out, her car stuck in a ditch somewhere. I went from asleep to awake instantaneously, "what ifs" flying through my head. I jumped out of bed, and peeked out to the window. Sure enough her car was parked in the driveway in one piece. I felt so relieved and lucky to have the life I have with G. The details really aren't that important. Or as the song says…

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven

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Click here for more info on Bryan Adams – Reckless – "Heaven".

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L7 – "Pretend We're Dead" (1992)

2010/02/28

After a late night of RockBand and hanging with some friends, I have another highly influenced choice, "Pretend We're Dead", which I haven't heard in years and years. L7 wasn't as popular as some other grunge bands in the 90s (e.g. Pearl Jam, Nirvana), but they may be the most successful and famous female grunge band ever. I cannot even think of another that was all women. If I were a woman I would totally want to be in an all girl band. Alas.

Speaking of bands, the "band" I am in finally got together. We played along with a couple dozen songs, had a good time, and achieved little else. We didn't play this song by L7, but I think Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and The Pixies "Here Comes Your Man" went well! It was great!

We were joking at one point about naming the band Maggot Head. (Really it wouldn't work unless we punked up a bit.) Sadly even our joking band names appear to be taken! See!

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Click here for more info on L7 – Bricks Are Heavy – "Pretend We're Dead".

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Spose – "I'm Awesome" (2009)

2010/02/27

G found this one. Too funny …and awesome, of course!

AND I'm awesome too apparently! It is awesome how many of the characteristics of his awesomeness I share. "I've got the swagger of a cripple." Check. "There's no voicemail nobody called." Check. "Physically the opposite of Randy Moss." Check.

Oh and as G pointed out, one of the instruments appears to be the "pan flute" on a synthesizer. That IS awesome!

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Click here for more info on Spose – "I'm Awesome".

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Tom Petty – "Free Fallin'" (1989)

2010/02/27

For some reason many of the radio stations in my area are treating "Free Fallin'" like it just came out. It is on heavy rotation and now it is stuck in my head. For some reason I thought this song was release in the early 90s, not the late 80s. I think perhaps it was just on the radio so much and for so long after it came out, that it seems sort of timeless. Tom Petty's music is a kind of timeless rock anyway I suppose. I thought it somewhat appropriate that in the future portrayed by the 1997 movie "The Postman", most people had perished, but Tom Petty lived on.

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Click here for more info on Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever – "Free Fallin'".

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Julian Casablancas – "11th Dimension" (2009)

2010/02/26

A few weeks ago someone (my neighbor friend, I think) had recommended Julian Casablancas to me. Julian is best known for being the lead singer of The Strokes. I am late to the party when it comes to listening to his solo project and album "Phrazes for the Young".

I must say I love "11th Dimension" but since I first heard it, there was something too familiar. The opening notes on the synthesizer sounded like a song I had heard before. Something 1970s or 1980s-ish. The closest I could come after much searching was Animotion's "Obsession" (1985):

I included G in the puzzle though and she delivered. The clear influence is David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" (1974):

Listen to the beginning of "11th Dimension" and then "Rebel Rebel" and you'll see what I am talking about! I still love the "11th Dimension" mind you!

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Joey Scarbury – "Believe It or Not" (1981)

2010/02/23

I vaguely recall "The Greatest American Hero" show on TV. I was pretty young. If it wasn't a cartoon it did not hold my attention, so I only really remember the theme song. So cheesy. But shouldn't it be the song of the day everyday?

Here is a longer version, possibly the radio version:

…and also the obligatory George Costanza answering machine from Seinfeld version:

…and finally, the rock influenced Hep Alien from Gilmore Girls version:

PS: Although sung by Joey Scarbury, it the music is by Mike Post and lyrics by Stephen Geyer.

PPS: This is all G's fault. She put it on last night and I woke up humming it.

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The Steve Miller Band – "Jungle Love" (1977)

2010/02/19

One of my brothers use to listen to The Steve Miller Band. We had a stereo and a pool table in the same room, so images of learning to shoot pool come up when I hear this nostalgic tune. This song also conjures images of running around the pool table to try to get away from my angry older brother. It was during those times I learned there is a time to bite your tongue. Not every sarcastic remark should be expressed, at least not until you have a pool table between you and your older sibling, and regardless be ready to run! Yup growing up was a bit of a jungle. G compares my youth to Lord of the Flies. Ah the good old days!

I was reminded of The Steve Miller Band when I asked a coworker about music she liked. She said she cannot recognize songs on the radio. When her husband would make her guess the band, she would usually just guess "The Steve Miller Band". I put on some of The Steve Miller Band songs on my crappy work computer speakers and asked her which band. She didn't know. Too funny!

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Click here for more info on The Steve Miller Band – Book of Dreams – "Jungle Love".

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