Tunes – Page 96 – Not Spinning My Wheels

March 2018 Faves

I’m not sure what made me think of my second apartment and this CD:

but I thought about it as I washed dishes one evening at my house.

I used to listen to this CD (back when one used to buy CDs, in the days before streaming) as I got ready for work in the Fall and Winter of 2007. I was still teaching English back then. I wasn’t sure of the names of the songs that didn’t get radio play but I especially loved this first one!

I was never saved from the darkness and in retrospect, it wasn’t even darkness, rather dusk. I didn’t know how dark it would get in the years to come given my health but I still managed to buy a house and get my Masters degree so I’m not trying to have a pity party.

Sean came into the kitchen as I was washing dishes and listening to this CD on Apple Music. I’m not sure what song was playing but he remembered it, told me that he liked it, and asked who sang it. I kind of laughed as I told him that I used to listen to thisCD all the time in our second apartment. I appreciated that he has a memory of these songs that played a huge part in my life some 11 years ago.

Well, since I’m not out of my house much so I haven’t really heard much newer music, I had to share at least three songs and I absolutely love the first line of this one!

These songs really show my age but I’m OK with that. Today marks the beginning of “Birthday Month” for me, the last year of my mid 30s and the year where I will be closer to 40 than I am to 30. 😄😄😄

February 2018 Faves

So, with the snow and my healing knee, I haven’t been getting out of my house much. My son has been taking me to ATI and we listen to his playlist on his phone. Here are some of his song choices that I really dug. I never really thought about the fact that songs that I listened to repeatedly can become songs that he likes too:

“Say It Ain’t So” Weezer

“Chariot” Gavin DeGraw

Another time, he was driving my car and I have XM radio (I got it in grad school) so we listened to backspin (because he likes songs that came out when I was in high school) and jammed to some songs:

“My Boo” Ghost Town DJs

“Ms. Jackson” Outkast

We listened to some DMX and some Notorious B.I.G. but they are a lot more explicit than I remember them being so I’m not going to put them on my blog! I am kind of excited to see what other songs he has on his playlist in the future and jamming to some old school tunes is fun with my son because I still know all the words! It kind of impresses him!

AXS tv

Because the AFC and NFC championships are this weekend, there was only one broadcast of Good Morning Football and then it changed over to a different show about Championship Wednesday. I’m really not into any of the teams in the championships for both the AFC and NFC so, I started to channel surf and I ended up on a channel called AXS tv. There was a documentary about Bob Marley titled Marley.

I have never watched anything on this channel before and based on the show advertisements, it’s all about classic music. I ABSOLUTELY loved Bob Marley my junior and senior years! My friend, Bobby, turned me onto him. I used to call him, “Bob-O” because when I would call him ( I called his house back then) and his dad would answer the phone, he would call him to come to the phone and it was always, “Bob-O.”

I was a bit bummed because the documentary was already on for an hour before I started to watch it and I wondered if I missed my favorite song but shortly after I started watching it, my favorite song came on:

“No Wonan No Cry” Bob Marley

It was SO interesting! I learned about Jamaican politics and his toe injury. I never knew that he had 11 kids from seven different women! TONS of great music was playing for the duration of the show. I love SO many of his songs and I have Bobby to thank for that!

My cousinT, Dawn’s husband really likes him and this was their wedding song that they danced to:

“Is This Love” Bob Marley

I’m not sure of what point I started to cry, but I did. I cry often nowadays. I can’t control it. PPA sucks! I cried a lot when I talked about his death and cancer! I remembered my senior quote from high school,

“Good friends we’ve have and good friends we’ve lost along the way, (hey) in this bright future, you can’t forget your past, so dry your eyes I say.”

I never saw that in print because we never got our yearbooks. I didn’t think I would hear my favorite song but just before it ended, it played:

“Buffalo Soldier” Bob Marley

It was a really good documentary and I’m glad I watched it! I hope to catch it again soon! Now that football is drawing to a close for the season, I think I will.

ALMOST Forgotten Tune #13

I really haven’t left my house very much since the spring of last year. It’s a combination of my knee and MS. One song I heard the other day on my way to ATI was a song that I vividly remember liking, listening to, and singing along with as I drove myself to Barwis. I listen to my Apple Music playlists often when I am doing the dishes, loading my crockpot, or puzzling. I absolutely DO love me some Gavin so I am surprised that I had not heard that song for so long, even when I put my playlist on shuffle that’s why it was ALMOST forgotten until I Heard it on the radio.

“The Best I Ever Had” Gavin DeGraw

One Week

Well, it’s been one week.

“One Week” Bare Naked Ladies

This song reminds me of my roommate in college at WMU when I was a Freshman, (she listened to them a lot). I also think of my CousinTs, Dawn and Shannon because they went to one of their concerts and my cousinT Shannon told me that they put on a really good show! I have been singing this song in my head constantly because today marks “one week” that I have started to drink Garlic Tea three times a day.

I first heard about this Tea in one of the groups I belong to on Facebook. I have been hearing for a long time about the health benefits of garlic so I thought I’d give it a try. I’m sure that I smell terribly, Sean really hasn’t been so bothered by it, except that he says the tea smells disgusting as I am making it. He has been squeezing the lemons for me because I don’t have then strength to do it myself anymore. I think it tastes really good! I have been warning all of my friends that I may smell like garlic because I am taking this tea now. It’s a good thing that I am a chain gum-chewer now because of Adam at Barwis, back when I was on garlic supplements. I have been chewing Blue 5 since then.

It’s really good! I told my group on Facebook that at least I have proof now that I am NOT a vampire!

ALMOST Forgotten Tune #12

Sean went back to school today so I was able to jam out to my music as I loaded up my crock pot. I have different playlists for my Apple Music and I haven’t played Train in a LONG time! I thought of going to see them in concert twice with my cousinT Shannon:

and then this song came on and I thought of Parker! I haven’t heard this song in a long time! Then I heard my favorite line, “I love you from your toes to your face.” I remember my mom thought that line was stupid, she asked, “What about the top of their head?!” I don’t sing along as loud as I used to, maybe that’s my age or the fact that I’m tired and don’t have the energy to belt out songs at the top of my lungs…

“If It’s Love” Train

January 2018 Faves

Well, this is the ultimate New Year’s Day song for me!:

“New Year’s Day” U2

With my knee healing, (I think I may have spoken too soon about it being better!) I haven’t really left my house. My family came to my house for Thanksgiving and Christmas so I didn’t have to leave my house in this cold weather and I just left for my Tenex procedure in December so I really haven’t listened to the radio much.

Most recently, I completed this puzzle:

While I “puzzle,” I listen to my Apple Music playlists on shuffle. Most notably, I’ve heard these songs:

“Take Your Time” Sam Hunt

“Machine Gun” Sara Bareillis

“(Nice to Meet You) Anyway” Gavin DeGraw

Hershey’s Kisses Wishing Me a Merry Christmas

I saw this commercial just after Thanksgiving and still during November so I thought that was a bit premature to share it. I saw it again yesterday and called to Sean to come watch because, “This has been a commercial since I was like 10 years old.” I like the, “Phew” at the end.

Turns out, I was 7, not 10; so, it pretty much has been as long as I can remember, It’s always been a commercial. When I see it, it reminds me of being a child living at my parents house with green carpet in the living room. My Mom has hardwood floors now. My brother did them and he did mine too.

Diggin’

So, watching Good Morning Football every day, during the commercials, I fill my crockpot or wash dishes or something and lately I have been hearing this commercial.

CLICK RED WORDS OR PICTURE TO VIEW COMMERCIAL

I do not know who sings this song and I do not know if I could dig it for the entire time it plays and not the 30 seconds for this commercial. I will find out and maybe put it in my January Faves for 2018 but I’m diggin’ it right now in the commercial form.