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!

[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.

[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."

[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...

[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!