Ramblings 26 Jun 2007 01:08 pm
Shuffle 10 Part 2
It’s time for another installment of the Top 10 Shuffle (insert canned applause) I’m going to take advantage of some down time to tell you opinions and stories about the next 10 songs that come up on the old iPod. Ready? Go.
J. Geils Band – Houseparty. I love these guys. The bad boys from Boston know how to rock (I mean, they have a harmonica player named Magic Dick). The song is pretty good, but the story that comes to mind every time I hear J. Geils is even better. Back in 2002, Roo and I ventured out to Chicago to pick up Sophie and bring her back from the windy city. It’s a grueling 16hour (depending on tailwind) voyage that we completed, round trip in about 50 hours. This included the time spent in Chicago. Basically we got there, found Sophie, ate some deep-dish pizza and came home. ANYWAY. We hadn’t even cleared the Boston city limits when we had our first memorable conversation. We were discussing the mix CD’s that we both had made and were conversing amiably when this happened (to the best of my recollection):
R: I’m getting Hungry
J: Hungry like the wolf?
R. Ha. Yes. Peter Wolf.
J: haha.
R: (looking at the mix cd) Did you know that the lead singers name in the J. Geils band is not J. Geils?
J: yea…
R: I can’t remember his name though. I think he is from Boston.
J: ha, um, are you serious?
R: yea, why?
J: His name is Peter Wolf.
R: HA. Oh.
For more on this trip, you can check here.
Dispatch – The General. I don’t think that there is ANYONE who went to school in New England who doesn’t know these guys. It’s not a bad thing.
Counting Crows – Time and Time Again. I’ve already ranted a little bit about the atrocities of lead singer Adam Duritz so I won’t go into that again. I enjoy this album but only make a point os listening to it a few times a year.
Another point about Roo and Peter Wolf just came to mind. We had just finished eating dessert at Coldstones downtown and were milling around outside talking with some friends when this tall lanky guy dressed all in black with a scarf on passed us. Immediately Roo looks at me and says. “Is that who I think it was?” I nod. “We should go after him! Get a signature or something. Was that really him, do you think” Anyway we spent the next 10 min discussing whether we thought it was him or not and by the time we came to any real conclusion, he was gone.
Sublime – What I Got. I think that it was this album cover that initially put the back tattoo in my mind all those years ago.
Rascal Flatts – Bless the Broken Road. Initially I thought the name of the lead singer was Rascal. I was wrong. And if you hate country because you think it’s cool to do, then you are wrong too.
Hootie and the Blowfish – What do you Want from Me Now. Wow, it seems like this is a post more about lead singers and song names. We all know his name isn’t Hootie, that would be cruel. It’s Darius, because that’s MUCH better.
Led Zeppelin – The Battle of Evermore. One of the feature tracks off of one of the top selling Zep albums of all time, thanks in part to the song When the Levee Breaks… I mean…Stairway to heaven.
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals – Glory and Consequence. They had their biggest hit with Steal My Kisses back in 1999. Probably just as well because there is a lot of good stuff on his albums, and I would hate to seem them repeated ad nauseam on the radio.
Guns N’ Roses – Civil War. It was years before I realized that the opening quote to this song was from the movie Cool Hand Luke. It made the movie seem cooler and the song seem a little more silly. For the record, G N’R was probably the only band who made it “cool” to us the N and apostrophe together. Too bad they didn’t gross as much as another band that used it in the mid to late 90’s…
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl. Nobody will ever confuse the lead singer of Van Morrison. It’s Van Morrison. At least, that’s what I thought until MJG regrettably informed his fiancé and I that he sometimes confuses Morrison with Elton John. We will NEVER let him forget that, I promise. Actually, if you see him, you should remind him too.