Weekend Update.

Did you know I really like when people just freak the fuck out when they sing. Not in a "Hey...we're called 3 inches of blood...rooooooooccckkk!!!!" sort of way. Think more along the lines of Joplin. I mean she had one of those voices that you only get from smoking unfiltered Pall Malls for 20 years; that kind of gravelly, melodic voice that you appreciate for it's ability to make your hair stand on end when she really gets after it. Melissa Ethridge can do that, or could anyway, maybe not so much now. I also want them, the singer, to surprise me when they do it. I don't want them to start right out singing like that because it loses it's effect on me when it doesn't slap me in the face. Kurt Cobain, he could do it.

Everyone can agree, or should agree, that some music transcends arguments about whether or not you like it. No one should have to ask if you like the Beatles, you just should. But what about songs that aren't all that good, either lyrically or musically or both but have "your thing" in them and because of that one thing you will agree with your friends when asked "is this crap or what?" but secretly add that song to your iPod play list. For example, I have on my iPod a song by Brandi Carlisle that is not really a fantastic song, decent, but not great. It's called "the story" and I listen to it solely for the fact that at 2:55 into the song she just comes unglued for a second before she regains her composure. It's cool. Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother, decent song. Wouldn't be in my play list were it not for the freak outs. They needn't be total melt downs though. A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay, dig that song too. David Gray - Disappearing World also qualifies. Both of those to a lesser ( a much much lesser) degree though.

Another example, Joy likes songs that have the phrase "sha-la-la" or variants there of, in them. It so happens that there are some great tunes with "sha-la-la" somewhere in them. If you tell her that the song has "sha-la-la" in it though she's probably going to think it's alright, even if it sucks pretty hard. No offense. It's cool.

So what else? I mean it seems like a lot of people that I have known have had something like that; something that will bias them toward a song for no good reason. I'd be interested in knowing what those things are. So, if you please, Artist and song Title if you decide to leave a comment.

I'm in New York working at the Lincoln Center for the next two weeks. I'll be staying in an apartment somewhere in downtown Manhattan, not exactly sure where, don't really care. I have the address at my office. I was kind of hoping to be more towards mid-town, since the Lincoln Center is in mid-town and that would seriously cut down on my commute every morning. Our office is on Broad Street though and it wouldn't surprise me to find out that the apartment is in that vicinity. I have the weekends and evenings to myself so I'll be wandering about trying not to get crushed by a falling piano. Sounds stupid until you realize who's blog you're reading. I'll try and post from the city. I imagine I'll have that capability... be kinda pissed if I don't.

more soon.....


Music: "For No One" - The Beatles