{"id":1073,"date":"2005-09-22T23:43:50","date_gmt":"2005-09-23T04:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2007-09-17T00:43:34","modified_gmt":"2007-09-17T05:43:34","slug":"a-music-meme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"A Music Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yikes! Phil, finally returned to blogging after a brief hiatus from his blog Shades of Gray (Umbrae Canarum)<\/a>, has tagged me with a meme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The meme involves the following:<\/p>\n

1. Total volume of music
\n 2. Last CD I bought
\n 3. Song playing right now, or last song played
\n 4. Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me <\/p>\n

Quick. Simple. Easy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

1. Total Volume of Music<\/strong>
\nAbout 500 MB of MP3s and roughly 175 CDs. I just haven’t transitioned to the MP3 fixation yet. The actual number of CDs is tough, since I’m guessing at what’s scattered around my cubicle or over at the fiancee’s house.<\/p>\n

2. Last CD I Bought<\/strong>
\nProbably either Run-DMC’s Greatest Hits<\/em> or the Team America: World Police<\/em> soundtrack or some Scottish folk music.
\n
\n3. Last Song Played<\/strong>
\n“Calling You,” from Blue October’s History for Sale<\/em>.<\/p>\n

4. Five Songs That Mean a Lot to Me<\/strong>
\nNow’s where the meme gets tough. <\/p>\n

Well, let’s start with two for the fiancee.<\/p>\n

1) “Let Me Go,” by Cake, from Prolonging the Magic<\/em>. In no lasting way do the specific lyrics of this song remind me of the fiancee. It’s really just the concept of a girl saying stay away and I’ll want you. The fiancee and I, at one time, worked for the same company. I kind of pursued her and somehow, after much no-thank-you-but-well-maybe behaviour on her part, began dating her. I had already decided to leave my job, and right after we actually began dating, a company flew me to Denver for an interview. The sweet hotel they put me up in had a Cake sample CD and the song just reminded me of our relationship to date. I played it for her and it’s stuck.<\/p>\n

2) “Calling You,” by Blue October, from History for Sale<\/em>. This is a good love\/rock song for any couple. Especially for a couple that has to persevere separation.<\/p>\n

Now, two from the undergrad days at Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

3) “The Aggie War Hymn,” by the Fighting Texas Aggie Band. My CD version is from Recall! Step-off on Hullabaloo!<\/em> Gig’em, Aggies.<\/p>\n

4) “You Never Even Call Me by My Name,” by David Allen Coe, which I have on his 17 Greatest Hits<\/em> CD. Ah, Northgate. You’ve changed a lot, but the Dixie Chicken and Dudley’s Draw are still the same.<\/p>\n

Now, my favorite from my senior year of high school, a song that has resonated with me for Lo! These many years.<\/p>\n

5) “Kayleigh,” by Marillion, from Misplaced Childhood<\/em>. I tend to love songs for their lyrics, and the imagery in this one is amazing. I actually recommend the entire album, a concept piece about a relationship gone wrong, a night of contemplation and a dawn of new reckoning. Besides, after all these years of grooving on the song, I’m pushing, so far successfully, for the beautiful name Kayleigh as a name for a possible daughter.<\/p>\n

What the hell, Phil cheated and listed six. Besides, what’s a song list without Frank?<\/p>\n

6) “Summer Wind,” currently my favorite Sinatra, from the highly recommended The Very Best of Frank Sinatra<\/em> (which tragically lacks “The Lady is a Tramp”). I waited too long in coming to appreciate the man’s work. A late-blossoming affection for vodka martinis helped. Frank and a martini glass just mesh beautifully — it’s like the universe shifts into proper alignment.<\/p>\n

I’ll tag no one, as I tend to tag the same folks again and again. However, anybody is welcome to participate in the meme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yikes! Phil, finally returned to blogging after a brief hiatus from his blog Shades of Gray (Umbrae Canarum), has tagged me with a meme. The meme involves the following: 1. Total volume of music 2. Last CD I bought 3. Song playing right now, or last song played 4. Five songs I listen to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogosphere","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/targetcentermass.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}