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The Dream Dinner

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You know that question – the one that asks, “If you could have dinner with six people, living or dead, who would it be?”  Yeah, that one.  Who would you pick?  That’s not rhetorical; I’d really like to know.  Comment below with your list if you please.  Here’s mine:

  1. Benjamin Franklin: I bet he was hilarious in life.  Plus, he’s one of the founding fathers.  I kinda have to have one of these guys on my guest list, or risk being called a bad historian – which I am on my own enough as it is.  I don’t need you telling me I am too.
  2. John Lennon: Because I love him.  No, really. I do.  I’d love to pick that brain apart and just hang with him.  Combined with Ben Franklin, I think it’d be a damn near religious experience.   Hey, they kinda look alike…
  3. Jim Carrey: Don’t be hatin’.  I love me some Jim Carrey.  I love that he can go from dead serious to wacked out crazy hilarious in two seconds flat.  Also, his recent Emma Stone video had me ROLLING!!!!
  4. Mary Wollstonecraft: Because she’s like the first feminist.  She was around during the late 18th century and I can’t imagine what she saw in her life.  I’d love to hear about her struggles with being a great female thinker in a male-dominated society. (Read more) 
  5. Sigmund Freud: Can you imagine the hilarity that would ensue from a Franklin, Carrey, and Freud meeting?!?  On second thought, he and Mary might exchange a few heated words – I can’t imagine her jiving with him…  Oh, what the hell.  I’d have him along too.
  6. Emma Stone: But only if she’d be cool w/ sharing a table with Jim.  I love her timing, and I’d just like to hang with a cool chick like her.  I may or may not have a little heterosexual girl crush on her… 

 

So that’s my six.  Your turn!  Comment below babies!!

Lennon & Morrison

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Wow! Substantial week for Rock and Roll history, huh?  Yesterday was the anniversary of John Lennon’s death and would have been Jim Morrison’s birthday. 

Thirty years ago yesterday, the John Lennon was taken from this world. 

Morrison was 27 when he was found in a bathtub in Paris; Lennon was shot just forty years after his birth.

Who knows what the music world would be like if they’d both survived their relative demise, but that’s just a big, fat “what if?” game.

Both impacted the music world forever and surely neither will ever be forgotten.  Since I have just posted one of Lennon’s songs right before this one, here’s one of my favorite songs by The Doors:

Do you have a favorite song by The Doors?

That Amazing Song (My #25)

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You know which one.  The one that makes you remember your first love, or your first break up.  The one that dredges up memories of a listless summer or of a frigid winter.  What are those songs that have impacted your life and that have stayed with you?

I’m admittedly kinda Bogarting an idea here with my list of amazingly life-changing songs.  SPIN Magazine regularly posts lists of pivotal albums, awesome artists, or influential music in some form or another.  I like the High Fidelity aspect of the lists.  If you haven’t seen High Fidelity, I feel insanely sorry for you.  Here’s a clip–not the best, but it was the only list scene I could find without any Jack Black cussing tirades (which I love, but I’m trying to keep this blog as PG-13 as possible):

Anyway, I’m going to start my own list of 25 songs that have affected me, or that will stay with me forever–the ones that, for me, are simply the best.  They’re in no particular order, and I’m not going to do these every day, but here we go!

#25 Imagine John Lennon

Yes.  I’m serious.  And don’t give me crap about it being cliché.  I was a teenager when this song first touched my heart, before I really cared what cliché musical choices were.  My musical education, from my earliest years, consisted of the greats of 1960s and 1970s Rock and Roll: The Beatles, The Stones, The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Z Z Top, and the like. 

The Beatles have always been one of my favorite bands and so it was natural that I would fall in love with John Lennon’s solo work, and Imagine is probably one of the best songs ever written.

The melody, the lone piano, the simplicity of the song is just…well…there really aren’t words for the musical genius that is this song.  It’s always given me a peaceful feeling and, like no other song before or after, it has the ability to calm me down and give me a little moment of perspective.  I think John would be proud of his song’s influence, and I hope I’m not the only one.

Ahhh!  It gives me chills.  I LOVE this song to the bottom of my heart.

What are some of the songs that have impacted you?  I’d love to know!  Please share them with me below.

xo

6 Pictures from 6 Albums

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Recently, a friend of mine sent me something on Facebook entitled “15 Albums.”  The object was to list out 15 albums that have profoundly impacted you at some point in your life.  Well, sure, this is a great exersize for anyone who is familiar with a variety of music genres, but I *know* I probably had some friends read my list and think, “Who? What? Huh?” 

So, because this is my own personal little virtual doodle pad, and I can do whatever I want to do here, I figured I’d recreate a shorter version of the list here and select one song (okay, that’s REALLY hard for some of these albums) and post it for you here.  I shooting for 5, but came back with 6.  Enjoy!! ;)

1) Imagine (John Lennon) “Imagine”

2) For Emma, Forever Ago (Bon Iver) “Flume”

3) Lungs (Florence + the Machine) “You’ve Got the Love”

4) Girls and Boys (Ingrid Michaelson) “Far Away”

5) Black Holes and Revelations (Muse) “Glorious”

6) Billion Dollar Babies (Alice Cooper) “Billion Dollar Babies”

The object of the game was to name off the 15 albums in 15 minutes, without really thinking about it all too much, but these six albums were really easy to come up with.  What would be your top album/song choices?