Three days ago I was doing a crossword puzzle and I totally blanked on the old name for New York.
This afternoon I took a nap. When I woke up this song was stuck in my head.
They Might Be Giants-Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
“Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can’t say. People just liked it better that way.”
Again, thank you They Might Be Giants. You guys are awesome.
Ah, sweet muse Euterpe.
In my youth I was obsessed with music. First pop music, then metal, then heavier metal, for a while it was choral pieces and opera… I just love music.
I remember asking my mom about songs that were popular when I was little and she said she didn’t listen to the radio when my brother and I were small. I thought she was insane, but now I get it.
My kids are now four and I am working my way back into first love – music.
I find myself loving Pandora and Blip.fm.
Today I was chatting with Twitter about my music guilty pleasures. I think they become guilty pleasures when my husband makes fun of my for listening to them. You may have to check my blip.fm stream to get the whole story but let’s just say John Denver and Boys II Men were both mentioned.
Obviously, I’ll be inquiring about your guilty pleasures but we also need to talk about the Rolling Stones. Without further ado:
1) What is you guiltiest, guilty pleasure song?*
2) What is your favorite song by The Rolling Stones?**
3) What is the best new album you have heard this year?
4) Name one song that changed your life.
5) What is your favorite song of all time?
If your kid was singing “Hey ho let’s go, put me in the bath tub.”
And you were all like “No, no, honey. It’s shoot ‘em in the back now.”
You would feel really stupid after you realized what you had done.
Just like I did.
Especially if you were at Trader Joe’s and all of the crunchy people near you in line heard you do it.
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Other titles considered for this post: Ramones Mania, Road to Ruin
I’m talking about Kidz Bop.
As if the hits of today didn’t already suck bad enough. How could children singing poorly written pop songs possibly make them more palatable?
What parent in their right mind would purchase a Kidz Bop cd and then allow their child to listen to it in their presence?
Maybe it would be hilarious if you were divorced and you would send the child and their evil cd over to your ex’s house with a boom box… but barring revenge what is the upside?
And for the love of God – Why are there 15 of them?
And yeah, that Hanukkah Kidz Bop image is for real as far as I can tell.
Also – do you think these children understand what “sprung” means or “groupies”? What the hell is going on here?
Behold: children and “Baby Got Back”.
If you really want to piss off a fan of Coldplay make sure you refer to them as “You know, that band with Apple’s dad.”
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