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fullygoldy) wrote2006-06-18 08:57 am
fullygoldy) wrote2006-06-18 08:57 am
Indiana or Bust
Whew! That was tiring! I spent 14 of 30 hours between Wed & Thur driving through the middle section of Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Its 6+ hours each way, so I asked my NBF if I could borrow some books-on-tape from her officially “in storage” library. I selected “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier, and “About a Boy” by Nick Hornby. I was really looking forward to them, but the rental car only had a CD player. Drat. I had to content myself with a rock-n-roll retrospective instead.
I have decided though, that I’m going to need new road music, because there is a very good chance I’ll be making this trip monthly. Of course, I’ll still attempt the audio-books thing, and who here doesn’t think that Billy Crystal reading Christopher Moore’s “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” would be the most perfect entertainment EVAH?! (Except for the part where you'd drive off the road into a ditch and land upside down because you snorted Red Bull out your nose - Again!) I wonder how you can make requests for these things? But really, there is no substitute for good road music. Unfortunately, after 20 yrs or so, the shine has kinda worn off of “Bat Out of Hell.” And while I love Elvis to death, I’m thinking The Clash might be more my speed this year. Also, some Blue Oyster Cult (Mirrors), maybe some AC/DC to replace Meatloaf, definitely need to replace my long-lost Donnie Iris (Back on the Streets). Some Rush would be good. And there’s always my Beach Boys anthology. And some Go-gos to mix it up a bit. Also, The Mavericks. Some of these are already on my amazon wish list, but I usually put the more mellow stuff there. I tend to forget to add music to the list anyway – I use my list as more of a “reading” list. But really, it’s time for new music in the car.
Stay tuned for more observations and thoughts from the road... I've got stuff about food, and small towns and life and and and... truly, you should all be glad I don't make voice posts, LOL.
This was my playlist, which I started just north of Janesville, as that’s when I lose my favorite local station:
(Wed)
1. Journey – Greatest Hits
2. The Police – Regatta de Blanc
3. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Greatest Hits
4. The Who – The Millennium Collection (twice)
5. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
6. Stray Cats – The Best of Stray Cats
The return trip (Thur)
7. Finished up Stray Cats
8. Sting – Sacred Love
9. Meatloaf – Bat out of Hell
10. The Who – (again)
11. Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix (good & long)
12. Journey – (again)
13. Back to 105.5 as I hit the outskirts of Stoughton
What do all of these have in common? Besides that they are in my CD case? Hell if I know! The only thing I can definitively point to is they sound good *loud* and I know all the words (except Jimi, I tend to just groove to Jimi). For the most part, they’re upbeat, and help me stay awake. But if I’m not singing along, my mind is wandering all over the place. All y’all should be grateful that I’ve never learned to make voice posts, or you would be subjected to hourly rambles of what’s playing in my brain. This isn’t exactly 6 hours of music each way, but there were plenty of work-related phone calls that required me to pause, so it sufficed.
While listening, I started recognizing some interesting patterns. Stuff where I can actually see where or how artists influence each other. It all started with “on the road songs.” Journey’s ‘Wheel in the Sky’ references being gone for over a year, Jimi complains about 99.5 days. So I started thinking about all the songs in this genre that I’ve heard over the years (Hell, Jackson Browne made a whole career out of the topic). Of course, now that it’s Sunday, I can’t remember all those intelligent, fascinating connections off the top of my head, so next time I’ll have to take notes.
(Wed)
1. Journey – Greatest Hits
2. The Police – Regatta de Blanc
3. Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Greatest Hits
4. The Who – The Millennium Collection (twice)
5. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
6. Stray Cats – The Best of Stray Cats
The return trip (Thur)
7. Finished up Stray Cats
8. Sting – Sacred Love
9. Meatloaf – Bat out of Hell
10. The Who – (again)
11. Jimi Hendrix – Experience Hendrix (good & long)
12. Journey – (again)
13. Back to 105.5 as I hit the outskirts of Stoughton
What do all of these have in common? Besides that they are in my CD case? Hell if I know! The only thing I can definitively point to is they sound good *loud* and I know all the words (except Jimi, I tend to just groove to Jimi). For the most part, they’re upbeat, and help me stay awake. But if I’m not singing along, my mind is wandering all over the place. All y’all should be grateful that I’ve never learned to make voice posts, or you would be subjected to hourly rambles of what’s playing in my brain. This isn’t exactly 6 hours of music each way, but there were plenty of work-related phone calls that required me to pause, so it sufficed.
While listening, I started recognizing some interesting patterns. Stuff where I can actually see where or how artists influence each other. It all started with “on the road songs.” Journey’s ‘Wheel in the Sky’ references being gone for over a year, Jimi complains about 99.5 days. So I started thinking about all the songs in this genre that I’ve heard over the years (Hell, Jackson Browne made a whole career out of the topic). Of course, now that it’s Sunday, I can’t remember all those intelligent, fascinating connections off the top of my head, so next time I’ll have to take notes.
I have decided though, that I’m going to need new road music, because there is a very good chance I’ll be making this trip monthly. Of course, I’ll still attempt the audio-books thing, and who here doesn’t think that Billy Crystal reading Christopher Moore’s “Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal” would be the most perfect entertainment EVAH?! (Except for the part where you'd drive off the road into a ditch and land upside down because you snorted Red Bull out your nose - Again!) I wonder how you can make requests for these things? But really, there is no substitute for good road music. Unfortunately, after 20 yrs or so, the shine has kinda worn off of “Bat Out of Hell.” And while I love Elvis to death, I’m thinking The Clash might be more my speed this year. Also, some Blue Oyster Cult (Mirrors), maybe some AC/DC to replace Meatloaf, definitely need to replace my long-lost Donnie Iris (Back on the Streets). Some Rush would be good. And there’s always my Beach Boys anthology. And some Go-gos to mix it up a bit. Also, The Mavericks. Some of these are already on my amazon wish list, but I usually put the more mellow stuff there. I tend to forget to add music to the list anyway – I use my list as more of a “reading” list. But really, it’s time for new music in the car.
Stay tuned for more observations and thoughts from the road... I've got stuff about food, and small towns and life and and and... truly, you should all be glad I don't make voice posts, LOL.