I don’t listen to DMB anymore, but after seeing Red Rocks, this album was the obvious choice for my morning walk. One of my favorites; in heavy rotation in the Jetta during the summer of our wedding, 1998. Lots of good memories at DMB shows back in those days. #thegorge #sandwich #bestofwhatsaround (“The Beginning of the Soundtrack”)
A Practically Perfect Side One #paintingmusic #sundaymornings
30+ years later, and this song still reminds me of being at a PHS basketball game. #runningsongs #GoBulldogs #BeatKamiakin
It’s funny, I always assumed this song was about a shitty summer of studying for the bar exam. Turns out it’s about living during a pandemic. #runningsongs (“Heroin Girl, or Heroine Girl?”)
A disproportionate number of U2 songs came on shuffle during my run today, proving that it’s undeniably fall. Also, I’m now fairly certain that “Where the Streets Have No Name” is about a year of pandemic, and the need to go somewhere off the grid and scream as loudly as you can.
Today FB reminded me that two years ago, I was at a Foo Fighters show. Remember when we used to go to rock concerts? It’s a tiny thing in the grand scheme of all we have lost in the past few months, but I still miss it. I heard Everlong on my run today. I’ve always thought that it was about the bliss of being at a concert (“And I wonder/as I sing along with you/if everything could ever feel this real forever/if anything could ever be this good again”). Maybe it isn’t about that.
Anyway, it’s available to you if you need loud music and want to visualize yourself as a drummer. Then follow it up with some Jane’s Addiction and Nirvana to really piss off your headphones and generate an Apple Health warning about the volume being too high.
True story. This song came on the radio while stuck in LA traffic after dropping our oldest off at college. In heavy air, it clicked with both my husband and me right away, and I pulled up the video on YouTube to explain to our daughter. Ironically, it provided us all with a much-needed laugh.
“Nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop, and……..” #Quarantunes
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