We’ve all had that song that gets stuck in our head. That happened to me today. Not sure how it happened, since I didn’t hear the song in a commercial or TV show, or anything like that. Just one second, it was there.
The song? “Edge of Seventeen,” by Stevie Nicks.
So when it came time to go pick D up from school, as we departed from the house, I cranked that very song in the truck for S and I to enjoy. While sitting at a stop light, I decided to use the Genius function to create a playlist of like-minded songs, and here’s the result:
* “Edge of Seventeen” — Stevie Nicks
* “The Chain” — Fleetwood Mac
* “Magic Man” — Heart
* “Wheel in the Sky” — Journey
* “Hungry Like the Wolf” — Duran Duran
* “Heat of the Moment” (Acoustic) — Asia
* “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” — The Police
* “Hold The Line” — Toto
* “Sharp Dressed Man” — ZZ Top
* “Brass in Pocket” — The Pretenders
* “Your Love” — The Outfield
* “These Dreams” — Heart
* “Baby, I Love Your Way” — Peter Frampton
* “Leather and Lace” (with Don Henley) — Stevie Nicks
* “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” — Dead Or Alive
* “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?” — Rod Stewart
* “Go Your Own Way” — Fleetwood Mac
* “Renegade” — Styx
* “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” — Journey
* “Crazy On You” — Heart
* “So Caught Up In You” — 38 Special
* “Dream Weaver” — Gary Wright
* “Just What I Needed” — The Cars
* “Here I Go Again” — Whitesnake
* “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — The Who
The inclusion of “The Chain” raised my eyebrows. I expected Fleetwood Mac to make an appearance, given Nicks’ membership in the band. The rest of the list, mostly staples of the ’80s, is also not surprising, except for “Dream Weaver” and “Here I Go Again”. Losing the former makes the playlist that much better, and the only reason it’s in my library is because it was on a soundtrack (likely Wayne’s World) or compilation.
Tag: music
Awesome.
You can follow along with the lyrics.
[From my sweetie via e-mail.]
Like a lot of kids who came of age in the ’80s, I was not, and to this day am really not, a fan of Paul Simon. But every kid who came of age in the ’80s knew who Paul Simon was, thanks to this video:
I can still watch it just any ol’ time…
Animal is my favorite Muppet. Just for the record.
With thanks to my frient Tom, who lifted my spirits with this earlier today.
Weird Al. Who else?
I mean to post this yesterday, but totally forgot…
Jonathan Wight asked how many covers of “Ring of Fire” one had in one’s iTunes library. For me, the answer is two: Joaquin Phoenix’s from the “Walk the Line” soundtrack, and the oldie but goodie from Social Distortion.
This led to the following random tracks being played after shuffling the results of a search in iTunes for “fire”:
1. “Ring of Fire” — Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2. “City of New Orleans” — Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire, Disc 2
3. “Consuming Fire” — Third Day, Offerings: A Worship Album
4. “Ring of Fire” — Social Distortion, Social Distortion
5. “Fire Woman (N.Y.C. Rock Mix)” — The Cult, Fire Woman EP (import)
6. “Far and Gone” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
7. “Waiting” — Fireflight, The Healing of Harms
8. “Shine” — By The Tree, World On Fire
9. “Reborn” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
10. “Wake Me” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
Apparently, my copy of iTunes has a thing for the Man in Black and Day of Fire. I can live with that.