Music ask: 1 - 4 - 20 - 39 😃
1. a song from the year you were born~~ Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley 1956
2. a song that reminds you of school~~ Smokin’ in The Boy’s Room by Brownsville Station 1973…Junior Year of High School.
3. a song tied to a specific moment in your life~~ Downtown by Petula Clark. I always remember living in Yokohama, Japan on base housing when I hear it. 1965, I was 9 years old. Armed Forces radio would always play that song on my transistor radio.
4. a song that is not sung in your native language ~~ “Komm, gib mir deine Hand/Sie liebt dich” German language versions of I want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You by The Beatles 1964.
20. a song you’re dying to master all the words to~~ I can’t think of one at the moment.
21. a song that you could SLAY at karaoke~~ Black Rose by Waylon Jennings.
22. a song you can’t help but dance to~~ Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane…and tons more….hell, I dance to TV theme songs!
23. a song that makes you want to dance on a table~~ Dance to The Music/I Want To Take You Higher by Sly and The Family Stone
24. a song that makes you wanna STRIP~~Name it, I’ll strip…not that you’d really wanna see that.
25. a song with a great music video~~ The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats…I always dug that one.
26. a song that makes you act out the music video when you hear it~~ Paperback Writer The Beatles…I just wanna go to a flower garden and sing it.
27. a song with counting~~ All Together Now by The Beatles
28. a song with spelling~~ Respect by Aretha Franklin
29. a song with lots of clapping~ I want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles
30. a song 40 years older than you~~ You really want me to go back to 1916? Something by Al Jolson or Enrico Caruso perhaps?
31. a song you wish your parents didn’t know the words to~~ I can’t think of one at the moment.
32. a song whose lyrics shocked you once you were old enough to understand them~~ None really…I’m not shocked by much.
33. a song you have ZERO patience for~~ 99.9% of rap/hip hop. Sorry, but I’m not a fan of that particular genre of music. I start to sound like my parents when I hear it….”Turn that crap down” What the hell are you listening to?” “It sounds like someone is strangling a cat” …that kind of thing runs through my mind.
34. a song you’d like your favorite artist to cover~~ My mind is blank….can’t think of one.
35. a great song you discovered thanks to a movie~~ "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)“ -by The Hombres From Elizabethtown
36. a great song you discovered thanks to television~~ Things Have Changed by Bob Dylan from the soundtrack of NCIS
37. a song you’re ashamed to have in your music library~ None really, my collection is impeccable.
38. ok what’s the song you were too ashamed to even post for #37~ None, I mean it.
39. the most played song in your music library ~~ John Lennon’s Imagine and Sgt. Peppers and the white album by the Beatles get the most play.
Thanks for asking! I hope someone reads this….it took awhile.
