❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵
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UnquietDreams
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Day 29: A song that reminds you of a childhood memory
I grew up with people reading to me. My mom, my grandparents, the neighbor girls who wanted to be teachers when they grew up. I grew up with the sound of voices telling me stories, and that never lost magic to me. I love reading in any form, spoken aloud always has had a special place for me. And I passed that on to my kid, reading The Iliad and The Odyssey, sitting up with her as a baby when she was too young to complain. I have continued here as well. I have done a small bit of audiobook reading, with a script and takes and post, but I really love to record for someone, sitting with a book and a mic, just reading as if they were there wtih me. Mistakes, rereading, the whole thing. (I had once when I had to read the last paragraph of a short story three times, because it would make me break a little, and I left all three in.) Reading aloud is amazing to me.
This is Andrew Nielsen, a "Lit-core" rapper who performs as MC Lars; George Watsky, a slam poet turned rapper under the stage name Watsky; and actor, writer, and musician Charlyne Yi who preforms as...Charlyne Yi.
"Keep all your nickels and dimes, feed me your riddles and rhymes
Read me your Wrinkle in Time, build me a bridge out to Terabithia, meet me at nine
On the mysterious island, right at the scene of the crime
Come with Captain Nemo, but I'm emo, don't leave me behind
Starin' at the sun out on the quay 'till we're legally blind
Treasony, Mutiny on the Bounty, just carry me there
Out by Where the Red Fern Grows and then bury me there"
It is an ode to childhood reading, and how it makes us stronger. To paraphrase G.K. Chesterton, "Fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist. Children already know that monsters exist. Fairy tales tell children that monsters can be killed."
"Now suddenly
For the first time
I'm ready to be lost"
"Never Afraid," MC Lars, Wtasky, ft. Charlyne Yi
(Bury me there...)
I grew up with people reading to me. My mom, my grandparents, the neighbor girls who wanted to be teachers when they grew up. I grew up with the sound of voices telling me stories, and that never lost magic to me. I love reading in any form, spoken aloud always has had a special place for me. And I passed that on to my kid, reading The Iliad and The Odyssey, sitting up with her as a baby when she was too young to complain. I have continued here as well. I have done a small bit of audiobook reading, with a script and takes and post, but I really love to record for someone, sitting with a book and a mic, just reading as if they were there wtih me. Mistakes, rereading, the whole thing. (I had once when I had to read the last paragraph of a short story three times, because it would make me break a little, and I left all three in.) Reading aloud is amazing to me.
This is Andrew Nielsen, a "Lit-core" rapper who performs as MC Lars; George Watsky, a slam poet turned rapper under the stage name Watsky; and actor, writer, and musician Charlyne Yi who preforms as...Charlyne Yi.
"Keep all your nickels and dimes, feed me your riddles and rhymes
Read me your Wrinkle in Time, build me a bridge out to Terabithia, meet me at nine
On the mysterious island, right at the scene of the crime
Come with Captain Nemo, but I'm emo, don't leave me behind
Starin' at the sun out on the quay 'till we're legally blind
Treasony, Mutiny on the Bounty, just carry me there
Out by Where the Red Fern Grows and then bury me there"
It is an ode to childhood reading, and how it makes us stronger. To paraphrase G.K. Chesterton, "Fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist. Children already know that monsters exist. Fairy tales tell children that monsters can be killed."
"Now suddenly
For the first time
I'm ready to be lost"
"Never Afraid," MC Lars, Wtasky, ft. Charlyne Yi
(Bury me there...)
BreukelenAnima
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Day 29: A song that reminds you of a childhood memory
I grew up in New York City... As a young kid, you would take an old ticket stub, put a five dollar bill under it and get past an usher at Madison Square Garden with a small "tribute." .....We used to call it "five-in."
This was the NY Knickerbockers pre-game song back then... This song challenge helped me rediscover it. Good memories for an incorrigible city scamp.
I grew up in New York City... As a young kid, you would take an old ticket stub, put a five dollar bill under it and get past an usher at Madison Square Garden with a small "tribute." .....We used to call it "five-in."
This was the NY Knickerbockers pre-game song back then... This song challenge helped me rediscover it. Good memories for an incorrigible city scamp.
ctarrantella
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Day 29: A song that reminds you of a childhood memory.
Van Halen, When its love
One of My first cds as a kid. This and Maidens 7th Son. Got them from my Dad for my birthday with the cd player.
Van Halen, When its love
One of My first cds as a kid. This and Maidens 7th Son. Got them from my Dad for my birthday with the cd player.
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First album I ever bought with my own cash. Loved this song, one of my most accomplished on guitar too, that said I was still terrible!
First album I ever bought with my own cash. Loved this song, one of my most accomplished on guitar too, that said I was still terrible!
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7th son. Yes. All the loves.
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I’m going to risk the spanking today. Kids everywhere are gearing up for a new school year.
Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school.
Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school.
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That's my listening for this afternoon sorted. My thanks, Shady!
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Day 30: A song for going back to school.
I'm a 90s grunge kid at heart. Seen these guys a few times. Chino is a massive asshole but still love them.
I'm a 90s grunge kid at heart. Seen these guys a few times. Chino is a massive asshole but still love them.
Whiskeyjack
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Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school
This one goes out to my 10th grade English teacher. Here's to you, Ms. S.
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
This one goes out to my 10th grade English teacher. Here's to you, Ms. S.
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
lavendersilk
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Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school
Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
Young teacher, the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
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positiveflirt
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Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school
I love punk with all my heart. The attitude, the raw emotion, the political aspects, the counter-culture, everything.
Except the commercialization.
The Ramones struggled with money. They were popular, sure, but they weren't pulling in cash. Through many tours they stayed in ratty motels, could barely afford food, even though they're one of the most prolific touring bands in history playing more than 2200 shows during their 20 year career.
So, after 4 critically acclaimed but low grossing albums, they started working with Phil Spector to rake in some moolah. Yeah, that guy. With the mad hair and a penchant for murder. Their 5th album, End of the Century, was fully produced by Phil and is one of the first full-fledged pop-punk albums in history. It's..... good. Not great. It's fun. But not emotional.
Fucking Phil Spector. Eugh.
Ramones - Rock n' Roll High School
I love punk with all my heart. The attitude, the raw emotion, the political aspects, the counter-culture, everything.
Except the commercialization.
The Ramones struggled with money. They were popular, sure, but they weren't pulling in cash. Through many tours they stayed in ratty motels, could barely afford food, even though they're one of the most prolific touring bands in history playing more than 2200 shows during their 20 year career.
So, after 4 critically acclaimed but low grossing albums, they started working with Phil Spector to rake in some moolah. Yeah, that guy. With the mad hair and a penchant for murder. Their 5th album, End of the Century, was fully produced by Phil and is one of the first full-fledged pop-punk albums in history. It's..... good. Not great. It's fun. But not emotional.
Fucking Phil Spector. Eugh.
Ramones - Rock n' Roll High School
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Right?!
hotoldrguy
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Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school
Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World
RosewoodTulip
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Days 29&30
Grease 2 - Back To School
curious_slut
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Day 30: A song for going (or going back) to school
No one hated school as much as I did. I literally had fantasies about a report card full of Fs because it would mean I was rebelling as much as I wanted to
My favorite "class" was recess/lunch. I hated the structure, I hated getting up early, I hated learning anything I wasn't interested in. I guess that's why I liked college. The lyrics don't particularly relate, but the vibe of the song matches my bad attitude fairly well.
Gin Wigmore - Black Sheep
No one hated school as much as I did. I literally had fantasies about a report card full of Fs because it would mean I was rebelling as much as I wanted to
My favorite "class" was recess/lunch. I hated the structure, I hated getting up early, I hated learning anything I wasn't interested in. I guess that's why I liked college. The lyrics don't particularly relate, but the vibe of the song matches my bad attitude fairly well. 
MisterChillax
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Day 30- A song for going back to school
