Yeah … yeah … yeah.<\/p>\n
I know, I’m like …<\/p>\n
What, three days late with these?<\/p>\n
And I really don’t have any good excuse …<\/p>\n
Except that I was just doing some life stuff,<\/p>\n
You know, Making AmyNews ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Anyways,<\/p>\n
The questions this week really aren’t that great … meaning they nicely resemble Friday Fives of the past !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Yay !! Just like old times !!<\/p>\n
1. Who was your favorite band\/musican when you were younger?<\/i><\/p>\n
Well … this sort of depends on what you mean by “younger”, contrary to the age I act … chronologically, I’m well into the middle age of life. (For those inquiring minds, I’m 41 years old, but I don’t act a day over 35 and I certainly have moments where my behavior resembles something much younger than that !)<\/p>\n
I’ve always really like Top 40 music … so that means that the music I generally like has a life-span of about 6 weeks … and most such groups\/musicians have a career span of about one disc.<\/p>\n
However … a few bands\/musicians stick out in my mind,<\/p>\n
And I’d say that the following have qualified as my “favorite” …<\/p>\n
At various points in my life:<\/p>\n
The Partridge Family<\/a> Well … because I liked their music, duh !!!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n The Partridge Family<\/i> had fun, upbeat pop tunes; 3. Are they still your favorite\/one of your favorites?<\/i><\/p>\n Actually, yes. All of them are except for Kim Wilde. She doesn’t do anything for me now. In fact, I just listened to a song off her first album, and I sorta think she sucks … as such I now formally apologize to my roommates my freshman year of undergrad for playing that krap waaaaaay too much … heck, I probably should extend that apology to everyone who lived on or visited our hall in the quad .. Sorry !!!! \ud83d\ude42 And, based on a recent picture of her<\/a> … I’m really not interested in looking like her at all. Meow. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 4. What is your favorite of their songs?<\/i><\/p>\n Let’s see …<\/p>\n The Partridge Family – I Think I Love You<\/i>. Yeah, I know it’s like their most famous song and all, so it’s very mass populace to like it, but it’s still my favorite … and … I used to sing it for kareoke when I was a boy.<\/p>\n Jim Croce – Operator, (That’s Not The Way It Feels)<\/i>. It’s a song that is easy to relate to and just conveys so much bummed-out-ness as it develops. Very touching and very real.<\/p>\n Journey – Hmm, tough call … Feeling That Way<\/i> probably. I love the keyboard at the beginning. Though Anyway You Want It<\/i> has some really sweet-butt Amy-wan memories associated with it.<\/p>\n The Knack – Good Girls Don’t<\/i> … figure it out. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Kim Wilde – There are generally three songs of her’s in the U.S. that people might recognize … Kids In America<\/i>, Chequered Love<\/i> and You Keep Me Hanging On<\/i>. And I decided to choose my favorite from those three. To aid me, I listened to each one again. Unfortunately, I have come to realize that none of those songs are very good … clearly answering in the negative the query Can You Stand The Test of Time<\/i>? As such, I’m just going to have to say when it comes to my favorite song of hers … “No thanks, I’ll take a zero.<\/i>”<\/p>\n Def Leppard – Yeah, I know … you think I’m going to say Pour Some Sugar On Me<\/i> … because it’s sorta the phrase I exclaim when I’m happy about something, you know … I’ll either do the arms fully extended above my head, hips gyrating back and forth move while saying Pooooouuuuur Some Sugar On Me<\/i> or the hard head bop with my arms hanging low and wrists turned in while sort of guttering the phrase Pour Some Sugar On Me<\/i> move (the former is used usually when I’m giddy happy, the latter usually when I’m happy about kicking someone’s ass) … but noooo … it’s not my favorite Def Leppard song, actually … my favorite Def Leppard song is Photograph<\/i>. Which I overplayed even more than anything from Kim Wilde … and for which I probably also owe everyone who lived on the third floor of my fraternity my sophomore year of undergrad an apology … Sorry !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 5. Are there any specific lyrics you hold dear?<\/p>\n Yes. Plenty. But none are from the list of favorites I offered here. Take a gander at some of the following:<\/p>\n In Your Eyes<\/a>, Peter Gabriel Yeah, I know … nothing too deep there and rather straight-forward. But they cover surviving, attitude and love … pretty much the basics to life in general, at least in my opinioooon ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yeah … yeah … yeah. I know, I’m like … What, three days late with these? 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\nJim Croce<\/a>
\nThe Knack<\/a>
\nJourney<\/a>
\nKim Wilde<\/a>
\nDef Leppard<\/a>
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\n2. Why?<\/i><\/p>\n
\nJim Croce<\/i> wrote and sung the most amazing stories;
\nThe Knack<\/i> had some fun edge to them for one album;
\nJourney<\/i> had a good pop-ized rock sound AND it had keyboards when Jonathan Cain joined the group, which I love … keyboards are the best;
\nKim Wilde<\/i> was English, had a decent voice, sang some pop alternative-flavored songs and I wanted to look like her (What? Did you actually think that type of thought never crossed my mind growing up ?? ;));
\nDef Leppard<\/i> … They are the BEST !!!! Great music, emotional lyrics, band members have personality and they do both great rock ballads along with rocking hard guitar songs … and the vocals of Joe Elliot … he tops Steve Perry in my mind, and he’s a helluva lot kuter !<\/p>\n
\nTruly Madly Deeply<\/a>, Savage Garden
\nCrazy for You<\/a>, Madonna
\nNever Surrender<\/a>, Cory Hart
\nTime<\/a>, Chantal Kreviazuk
\nIt’s My Life<\/a>, Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n