Posts Tagged “I Hate Music”

Dance, Dance, Dance

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Dance, Dance, Dance

I chaperoned my first middle school dance this past weekend. Each of the catholic schools in the area take turns throughout the school year hosting dances for the middle school students. August has been to a couple of dances at other schools, and this past Friday evening it was his school’s turn to host. Of…

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Music Monday: Love And Rockets

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Music Monday: Love And Rockets

I was introduced to Love And Rockets, really, in 1987, though I had heard a couple of songs before then. It was the video for “No New Tale To Tell” that got my attention. I love the cardboard drum kit. Anyway, so I picked up the band’s then current thrid album Earth, Sun, Moon and enjoyed…

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Music Monday: Thank You Bosstones

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Music Monday: Thank You Bosstones

Dear Joe, Tim, Joe, Ben, Chris, Lawrence, John, Kevin and Dickey (along with Nate, Tim, Josh, and others I am forgetting), Thank you. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones has been an important band in my life for a long time. I have blogged about my association with the band and music several times over the last…

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Music Monday: Picking A Favorite

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Music Monday: Picking A Favorite

It is no secret The Beatles is my favorite band. If it is a surprise then you haven’t been reading this blog very long. Sometimes I am asked what my favorite Beatles song is. For the longest time it was “Rocky Raccoon” for reasons I don’t really quite understand to this day (and no, it…

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Music Monday: Letters To Cleo

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Music Monday: Letters To Cleo

People are often surprised at some of the bands I like. This one is probably one of them. And I don’t care. I became aware of Letters To Cleo through the song “Here And Now” like pretty much everybody else did, though not necessarily through the Melrose Place soundtrack single and video that most people seem…

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Music Monday: Rhythm Nation

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Music Monday: Rhythm Nation

I showed this video to my daughter a couple of weeks ago. She is into dance – having taken a few different classes before settling into Irish Dance a few years ago. This blew her away. There are two components to this video. The first is the song itself. Listen to the words. Rhythm Nation is…

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Music Monday: Queen (Part 3)

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Music Monday: Queen (Part 3)

I now have all of Queen’s released studio recordings, which may not seem like a big deal, but it is not as clear cut a prospect as you might initially imagine. There are of course the fifteen albums the band has released, but that’s not the whole of it. Each of those studio albums has been…

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Music Monday: Eurythmics (Part 2)

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Music Monday: Eurythmics (Part 2)

I have always liked The Eurythmics. I was introduced to them, as most people were, through the single “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)” and its corresponding music video. It may have been a bit unusual to see a woman appearing like that int he music video in 1983, but when the band appeared on…

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Music Monday: Oingo Boingo

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Music Monday: Oingo Boingo

I remember distinctly my introduction to Oingo Boingo. It was some point in the early 80s and it was Saturday morning, perhaps Sunday, but most likely Saturday. It would be late morning or early afternoon. There was a show on sort of like “American Bandstand” or “Soul Train” but probably a local show, not nationally syndicated. The…

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Music Monday: The Who (Part 3)

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The second time I saw The Who it was 2008 during the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Harmonix had found success with the core Rock Band game as well as some downloadable tracks the previous year (though it had created the genre a couple of years earlier with Guitar Hero). While the concept had proven feasible,…

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