Friday five - music

[ringsandcoffee]

thefridayfive FOR JULY 21, 2017

1. Have you come to the conclusion that your parents music (music popular in their time) isn't so bad?
This is funny, because there's an HD radio station that plays 70s music. I'm pretty sure I know many of the songs because, born in 1977, I had to listen to whatever my parents played in the car my first 8 years or so of life. I remember liking most of it, and enjoy it now. Some songs, however, seriously make me go o_O

2. Is there a song/group/singer you once adored, but don't now?
Singer: I would not use the word 'adored,' but I really liked Michael W. Smith in jr. high & high school. Bought his new albums as soon as they came out. That died out somewhere in college.
Song: I liked the song "American Pie" as a kid, but cannot stand it now.

3. Is there a song/group/singer you once despised, but is okay now?
Might have to come back to this one as nothing is coming to mind.

4. Have you ever heard a favorite song and suddenly had a reinterpretation its meaning?
Not a favorite song, but it never crossed my mind that the lyric "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" is about boobs until someone posted this realization on their FB wall. Yeah, I'm a little slow.

5. What song would you just as soon never hear again?
"American Pie" as mentioned above. My sister ruined "Desperado" by the Eagles by singing it all the time. "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie drives me crazy.

Comments

[hopefulspirit.livejournal.com]

I tend to think that my parents felt about my music the same way I felt about theirs. Some of it was okay, most of it I didn't care for, and some of it managed to grow on me over the years. lol It would have been funny to ask them about it.

American Pie, I'm with you on that one, I really don't care for it. One song I can't stand to hear is Hotel California by the Eagles. That's blasphemy according to some, I know!

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I go back and forth on Hotel California mainly because I hear it on so many stations plus Pandora. It's more being sick of it than disliking it.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Someone told me that Piano man was about a gay guy hooking up. I still don't really see it.

I think "American Pie" was given a lot more credit for being deeper than it is. It seems like a bunch of stream of conscious thoughts than anything else. Not a fan, either.

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Funny you mentioned Piano Man because that is another song I now dislike. I don't see it as a hookup song either.

Somewhere I once heard or read that American Pie is about a cult. Whether that is true or not, for some reason it's an earworm I can't stand.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Even when they try to explain it line by line, it still comes out as gooblity gook. I'll pass. There are many more songs that I would rather listen to.

I don't see it as a hook up song myself, even after having the references explained. I ask my son (who's gay) about it and he just made a funny noise. I'm thinking not so much.

[eowyn.livejournal.com]

Haha - did you think she meant actual milkshake?

I thought it was about sex in general. Cos "she could teach you, but she'd have to charge."

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

LOLing at the icon.

I don't hear "Milkshake" often as it's not a genre I usually listen to, so never really thought about the lyrics. In fact, those 2 lines are the only ones I know. I know it wasn't an actual milkshake though.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Some songs from the 70s are pretty dire. Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha by Cliff Richard is terrible! It all about how he's dumping his guy friends because he's found out about a woman's "sweet sweet love". Seriously ick. It was released in 1972 (so he was about 30 and way too old for such immaturity).

"Tomorrow" from Annie is pretty awful.

Wanna be friends? I love Jane Austen, chocolate, coffee, LOTR, books...

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know if a Cliff Richard song was playing, but I'm sure I've heard him before. The DJs like to poke fun at him on occasion on Absolute Radio.

A few of the songs I've heard on the HD stations, which don't usually have DJs to say what the title or artist is, could be from the 50s, 60s, or 70s. Ones that I've only heard once but stick out in my mind include a man who keeps calling his former girlfriend's mother begging to talk to the girl one last time before she gets married, and a trucker who picks up a girl hitchhiking, who falls asleep, then turns out to be the best one-night stand he's ever had before she disappears.

Sure, we can be friends. :)

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Aw, Michael W. Smith! I saw him live once, here in The Netherlands. You make me want to go on YouTube and look up his songs now. Big attack of nostalgia!

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

I hoped someone would recognize him! I went to 3 or 4 of his concerts.

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

I listened to some of his instrumental music yesterday while cooking. Still very good!