So let's get to it immediately. To wit:
...if you were writing this here blog, your first candidate of choice for a future Weekend Listomania or Essay Question would be...?
The short version: A certain Shady Dame and I are heading off on vacation (Paris and the South of France) next Wednesday, and I want to have all of that week's entries ready to go before we leave.
Only problem is -- gee whiz, as The Everly Brothers would have it -- I'm totally stuck for a theme for next weekend's post. Think of it as pre-TSA pre-check writer's block, although that's transparently an attempt to get me off the hook for being the indolent slacker that I self-evidently am.
In any case, I'm turning to you readers for a helping hand here.
And to motivate you all, whoever comes up with the List or Question I actually wind up using will be awarded a coveted PowerPop No-Prize© in perpetuity.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. 😎😎
And have a great weekend, everybody!!!
Okay, I was actually thinking about something for my place, but if you dig it, you can have it.
ReplyDeleteWith the trailer for the new Spaceballs released, it made me think, "Can I be the only one wjho hated "Spaceballs?" I mean, I love...nay...LURVE...Mel Brooks. But I found "Spaceballs" painfullly unfunny and forced.
So...a song that is universally loved that you cannnot stand. This should exclude all current pop, divas, etc.
So post-Elvis but pre-the 21st Century? Interesting....😎
DeleteYou're not the only one who feels that way about Spaceballs
DeleteA song or album or opening act that made an important difference in your enthusiasm for or enjoyment of a particular genre of music - for example, when the beatles burst on the scene, for us early boomers - it doesn't have to be as big a deal as that - how could it? - but something that fed your head, even if it didn't quite blow your mind that time
ReplyDeleteSal, I thought I was the only one who thought Spaceballs was unfunny!
ReplyDeleteA post-Beatles song or album you did a 180 on? For example, I hated Exile on Main Street when it came out, both for the murky sound and the, to me, seeming lack of ambition. I now shake my head at how wrong I was!
ReplyDeleteOn a similar tack, the song you despise the most that is by one of your favorite artists/bands.
ReplyDeleteYou are wise, grasshopper. 😎
DeleteOh, and I should add -- I'm not gonna announce a winner till next Friday, when I actually post the piece.
ReplyDeleteI know, I know -- the suspense is already killing you. 😎
Howzabout songs with titles or lyrics containing numbers or, could also play this game using colours. Just a thought.
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I may have done those back in the day. I will do the research, as today's youngs say. 😎
DeleteDid the colors one back in 2008. Yipes. 😎
ReplyDeleteSongs about places that no longer exist (e.g., "Back in the USSR")
ReplyDeleteBands whose music bore an uncanny resemblance to a well known group
ReplyDelete???????? 😎
DeleteHow about worst movie by Mel Brooks? Not really a music topic, but there already seems to be a basis for discussion :) :)
ReplyDelete"Beloved" or "important" songs by important artists that you simply cannot stand. My choices?
ReplyDeleteIMAGINE
EVE OF DESTRUCTION
and TWO by Graham Nash
OUR HOUSE
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN
Essay question: What is the future of Rock music? Yeah, I know, that's a very broad question. I'm prompted by my favorite internet drummer who dropped this earlier today:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZjWLR6tSlo
That's actually a very interesting one. We will see. 😎
Deletespeaking of "our house" by graham nash - that 'two cats in the yard' phrase applies chez moi - our beloved cats at their eternal rest in the back yard - if cremated i can join them - otherwise no
ReplyDeleteand speaking of spaceballs - i've never even felt tempted to watch it
DeleteHow about best and worst songs associated with the heyday of CBGB, say, 1974-1984? Please feel free to adjust the year range as appropriate.
ReplyDeleteAnother might be best 1980s through current day powerpop; cut out the ‘70s powerpop we all know and love and see how the genre has held up.
Best/ worst songs referencing really bad people : men or women. Explain and elaborate on the badness as required.
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Movie Directors and the music they used in their films ? 🧐
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