This is an easy one, no thought required. A song that is always guaranteed to make me laugh is: Be Careful, It’s My Heart performed by Bing Crosby. Obviously, there is a story behind this one. It goes something like this: Back in the fall of 2000, my Grandpa was going in for a major…
Hmm? A song that I want played at my funeral? When I first started considering this topic, a couple of songs came to mind: there was Celebration by Kool & the Gang, of course; and Dead Man’s Party by Oingo Boingo. There are a couple of problems with these songs, however. First, I doubt anyone…
Being already married, I’ve already gone through the process of selecting songs for my wedding, fuzzy as that process is in my memory. There are lots of traditional “last songs” which are played at the end of a reception. “Last Dance” is probably a popular one, for instance, but the Puckish person inside me has…
Just like the song I listen to when I am angry, I don’t really feel the need to turn on music on those very rare instances when I am sad so this is a very difficult one to answer. The best I can do is refer folks back to day 4, a song that makes…
Unlike the previous day, this one is easy. A song that I like to listen to when I am happy is: Photograph by Def Leppard I used to have the Pyromania album–the actual album, not cassette or CD. And I would listen to it endlessly. Nowadays, whenever I hear the song, I am happy. I…
This is probably the most difficult category so far. The problem is that it is not very often that I am angry. And on those rare occasions when I am angry, I am generally not in the mood to listen to any music. So trying to come up with a song that I listen to…
Picking a favorite album is a lot like picking a favorite song. It’s difficult to choose just one across all the varieties and genres. When I started thinking about this topic I thought that Pink Floyd’s Meddle might be my favorite album. But after giving it a lot of thought, I decided that Def Leppard’s…
I imagine if I listened to a different radio station, I’d hear this song, but even when I listened to classic rock station, I’ve never heard it played on the radio: The Last Resort by the Eagles This is my favorite song by the Eagles and whenever I hear it, I am reminded of that…
For many, many years I didn’t listen to the radio. Mostly it was because I couldn’t stand the DJs banter or the commercials. When we got our new car in November, it came with SiriusXM Satellite radio. Since then, I’ve pretty much been hooked on the 80s on 8 station. The DJs are all good…
I’ve mentioned my Autobiography playlist several times over the last few weeks in my 30 Day Song Challenge posts and it makes sense for me to post the playlist here for people to see it. At first I thought I would provide an explanation for why each song appears on the list but with nearly…
When I was a little boy, five or six, possibly younger, I came to learn the lyrics of what had to be the first song I ever memorized (aside from children’s songs, of course). I would sing the song as often as I could and my parents found it amusing to have me perform for…
Can any one person be described by a single song? I suppose if that song were written about you, perhaps, but I’m sure no one will find it difficult to believe that there have been no songs written about me. It has to be pretty amusing to go through the various responses Day 15 and…