I have started so many posts and not finished them over the course of this wonderful pandemic. Recipes, helpful hints, productivity app reviews. For some reason, I just don’t seem to finish them. I’m going to blame the pandemic and isolation and hellish homeschooling situation. Even if that’s probably not actually the issue.
So. Rather than bring you more high quality content you might actually want to read, here is a capture of the 30-Day Song Challenge I’m doing to try to dilute some of the politics and tragedy in my social media feeds.
Anyone want to do a blog hop?
Day 1 – I was genuinely surprised by the first song to pop into my head with a color in the title. I haven’t listened to this in YEARS, but I loved Garth Brooks in high school. The Red Strokes by Garth Brooks
Day 2 – Ok, I don’t think the title of this song originally included the number, but it was so well known by the number that it is now generally included as part of the title. 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone
Day 3 – So, the first song I thought of was Summertime Blues by Alan Jackson, but that song doesn’t *actually* make me think of summer. It’s just the first song I thought of when thinking about the word summer. So, a song that really brings me to summer every time I hear it is Barefoot Children by Jimmy Buffett. I mean, really Jimmy Buffett is the sound of summer for me. As a kid, we had this amazing deck behind our house that was two levels and wrapped around our above-ground pool and had a suspension bridge to the poolhouse (an old shed :-D). There was a sign on the gate that read “Margaritaville” and my parents played Jimmy Buffett all summer long on the deck.
Day 4 – This is a really hard one. So many songs make me think of so many people. My first thought was songs that make me think of my partner – Moondance by Van Morrison and Because the Night, the 10,000 Maniacs version. But immediately, my brain went, “But what about Boo?” Every time I hear Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey, it’s like my brother is reaching out to me. And another song that brings him to me every time I hear it in a very powerful way is Some Nights by Fun.
Day 5 – I mean, really any great song needs to be played out loud, but some songs just demand to be turned up and the one song that I absolutely blast when it comes on in the car is Mirrors by Natalia Kills.
So there are the first 5. What are yours?