I don't know about you folks, but since I've got my ipod, I need it to survive while on the bus to work. Yeah, it gets to me now. The silence, the occasional coughs, and the mindlessness of it all. By gosh, if I'm going to be mindless, I had better have music to at least make it pleasant numbness.
I was looking at my playlist and I really get it now. I am not hip. I'm not even close to cool. I'm an outdated older guy with streaks of pepper in his salt. I guess it's time to just recognize this and move on...just listen to your music, get over it, and just listen to what you like...even if it's all you know.
So, these are ten tunes I've got in my ipod.
1. My Old School-Steely Dan...That's a timeless tune that makes me think back to my own misguided youth and ridiculous behavior. Besides, those guitar riffs at the end just plain "do it for me..."
2. Eat the Rich-Aerosmith...Okay...Stephen Tyler is an old guy whose pacemaker is set on overdrive. If I'm not in the mood to walk into the office, I can put this on and the energy alone sets me up right. Plus, Tyler's burp at the end makes me feel juvenile again.
3. Secret Smile-Phish... At the end of a hard day ,when I'm sinking deeply into my seat, Secret Smile lets me know that the world is okay and makes me long to look at J to see her secret smile.
4. Brown Skin-India Arie...Okay...I'm lily white, but this song is just so damn sexy that I can't help but listen to it. Her backup band also plays sooooo tight! Besides, J.'s skin is a beautiful light cocoa brown.
5. Old Love-Eric Clapton...I have two versions of this tune...from "24 nights" and "unplugged." This one just goes on and on and you can just dive into the bluesy solos each of the players get time to do. This lasts probably for one quarter of my bus ride.
6. Your Latest Trick-Dire Straights...Mark Knopfler just oozes cool, besides...he paints this great picture of a late night city in his lyrics.
7. Get Here When You Can-Oleta Adams...I'm a romantic sucker and this tune just puts me in the mood and can bring me to tears.
8. Aint it Funny How Time Slips Away-Lyle Lovett and Al Green...These guys are the two coolest dudes on the block. Lovett gives hope to ugly men everywhere. The way they do this song makes it even more timeless than it was to begin with!
9. You'll be Satisfied- the Subdudes...I can't describe these guys other than they are one of my favorite bands. If you get a chance to see them live or just hear them, do it.
10. Kissing a Fool-Michael Buble...Okay, I'm just a cheesey old fart. That says it all.
What about you guys? What do you have on your ipods or MP3's? Give me some ideas of what I can listen to next... I do think I'll throw Bohemian Rhapsody on it next anyway...
5 comments:
I was going to comment that you can't be that old or out of touch since you actually have an ipod, but after seeing your playlist- you may be right!
I do like you selection though.
Since it took me over a month to figure out how to get songs onto my iPod I can't judge anyone's playlist.
Since it took me over a month to figure out how to get songs onto my iPod I can't judge anyone's playlist.
Hell, it took me several months to gather up the courage to figure out my iPod shuffle my sister gave me... and I'm still judging people's playlist.
Nah... really, I, too, am out of touch. The other day, I said something like, "Kanye West... now he's a musician, right? I've heard his name somewhere..." Yeah, people laughed.
- oh, and called me old.
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