friday random elevenish: “big game” edition
Honestly, nothing’s changed since I posted yesterday about boxing day. I did exactly the kind of stuff I said I was going to do; played video games for an hour or two. Took a long walk in the park. Went to the grocery store bar and had a pleasant drink with my lovely spouse (for the record, I had one of these. It was *amazing*). I plan on doing more of the same for the next week or so.
The only thing I really want to talk about is the fact that this song has been a weird earworm for me for the last week or so. I have no idea why. I didn’t hear it anywhere. I haven’t even thought about this band for years. The only real associated memory I have of it was that there was some connection to Greenpeace because the MTV VJ mentioned it once introducing the video, and for some reason that little nugget stuck in a brain cell for the last 36 years or so.
But it’s got a killer hook, and they use that term for a reason, and it did knock Maria Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” out of there, so I call it a win.
Anyway, I fed that song into the streaming service algorithm to see about dislodging it, and ended up with this playlist that is pretty much exactly the soundtrack of my high school years, including the song my buddy Ethan (gonna have to look him up; last I heard, he was a working pro musician down in Texas) and I played at homecoming my senior year coming up at #3, the headliner of my first *real* concert closing things out, and what I still consider one of the best guitar solos of the 20th century in at #11, mostly because of those last. four. notes...
- “Little Fighter” – White Lion
- “When You Close Your Eyes” – Night Ranger
- “Love Song” – Tesla
- “Seventeen” – Winger
- “Holy Water” – Bad Company
- “Edge of a Broken Heart” – Vixen
- “New Thing” – Enuff Z’Nuff
- “Born To Be My Baby” – Bon Jovi
- “Big City Nights”- Scorpions
- “Face Down in the Gutter” – XYZ
- “I Remember You” – Skid Row
- “Why Can’t This Be Love” – Van Halen
- “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” – Nelson
Oh, and I updated my gigs page with a few more dates, as I received a few acceptances/confirmations in the last couple of weeks. Looks like it’s going to be a busy (for me, at least) first half of 2025!
