The students at Franklin begin every school day singing a song during the opening announcements. It's usually patriotic in nature or something that celebrates a specific culture being highlighted during the month. Through the first eight weeks of school, we sang "God Bless America". This week, we switched to an uptempo and ridiculously high version of the classic Woody Guthrie tune, "This Land Is Your Land" (& when I say fast & ridiculously high, I mean Alvin-and-the-Chipmunks-hopped-up-on-5-hour-energy-and-sucking-helium fast & ridiculously high).
Anyway, after two days of this nonsense, one of my second grade girls has had enough. She told me this morning that she didn't want to sing "This Land is Your Land" anymore.
Instead, she said she'd rather listen to Lil Wayne.
Lovely.
That got me to thinking about what song I'd want to sing every morning. I haven't settled on one just yet. Got any suggestions?
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Music Monday: I Still Remember
Last week, a good friend of mine was trying to sell me on Spotify. You know, the new music site that lets you listen to 3 trillion songs, in multiple languages, all at once. At least I think that's how it works (There's a slight chance I could be wrong. If I am, be sure to let me know in the comment section.). Given that I'm a little protective of my music-listening habits, I wasn't quite ready to jump on the Spotify bandwagon. After all, I could be potentially drastically altering one of my most treasured pastimes, consuming music.
Anyway, after discussing it with my buddy for awhile, I could tell just how much he's enjoyed discovering all that Spotify has to offer. So I left the conversation agreeing to check out Spotify within the next couple of weeks and getting back to him with my reaction to it.
One thing that is keeping me from embracing the never-ending library of songs is the possibility of judging music too quickly in order to move on to something that is more immediately satisfying. I'm worried that I might overlook music that would eventually mean a great deal to me simply because I wasn't initially impressed by it.
Nearly a week later, I've yet to download even the free version of Spotify. Like I said, I'm hesitant to have so many songs at my disposal. I'll get around to checking it out eventually. But in the meantime, I've been wondering what bands/albums/songs I might have passed over if I would have had access to Spotify over the last few years.
Case in point: British band Bloc Party's second album, A Weekend in the City. I admittedly was completely disappointed by the album the first dozen times I listened to it after purchasing it. If I had listened to it on Spotify, I imagine I would have listened to it, been unimpressed, and moved on. There wouldn't have been the same desire to give the album an extended opportunity to catch my attention. Because I had purchased the album and it thus became part of a relatively small library of music, I gave A Weekend a 27th chance. And I'm glad I did. I now consider it one of my top five favorite albums and home to an absolutely beautiful guitar riff that has an indescribable effect on me every time I hear it.
I'll get around to trying Spotify, and it'll be sooner rather than later. But when I do, it'll be with a sense of caution. After all, I still remember each album I own and it's place within my library. When I open the door on Spotify, I'm afraid that will no longer be the case.
Anyway, after discussing it with my buddy for awhile, I could tell just how much he's enjoyed discovering all that Spotify has to offer. So I left the conversation agreeing to check out Spotify within the next couple of weeks and getting back to him with my reaction to it.
One thing that is keeping me from embracing the never-ending library of songs is the possibility of judging music too quickly in order to move on to something that is more immediately satisfying. I'm worried that I might overlook music that would eventually mean a great deal to me simply because I wasn't initially impressed by it.
Nearly a week later, I've yet to download even the free version of Spotify. Like I said, I'm hesitant to have so many songs at my disposal. I'll get around to checking it out eventually. But in the meantime, I've been wondering what bands/albums/songs I might have passed over if I would have had access to Spotify over the last few years.
Case in point: British band Bloc Party's second album, A Weekend in the City. I admittedly was completely disappointed by the album the first dozen times I listened to it after purchasing it. If I had listened to it on Spotify, I imagine I would have listened to it, been unimpressed, and moved on. There wouldn't have been the same desire to give the album an extended opportunity to catch my attention. Because I had purchased the album and it thus became part of a relatively small library of music, I gave A Weekend a 27th chance. And I'm glad I did. I now consider it one of my top five favorite albums and home to an absolutely beautiful guitar riff that has an indescribable effect on me every time I hear it.
I'll get around to trying Spotify, and it'll be sooner rather than later. But when I do, it'll be with a sense of caution. After all, I still remember each album I own and it's place within my library. When I open the door on Spotify, I'm afraid that will no longer be the case.
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