Rock and Roll Never Forgets

Many times I use song titles for the titles of my blogs. I'm not really sure why I do it, I guess maybe I find it entertaining or just a good way to kill time. Anyway I bet you are wondering what the purpose of writing all this. I know I certainly am, so it's no doubt that anyone reading this would, too. Well, all that got me to thinking about music, and how a song can sometimes effect a person. Mostly how certain songs will always reminds me of certain things, people or places in your life. Isn't that a trival pursuit category?

Anyway, there have been certain songs that remind of certain songs or even singers that remind of things in my past. Like I associate Rain Drops Keep falling on my Head with my Grandmother because she used to sing it. And Love and Marriage because when we used to watch Married with Children when we were over her house she would sing it. Well in fact I associate anything Sinatra with her. My other grandmother is that Tisket a Tasket thing, but I can't remember any of the words. Oh and Sweet Chariot, I think that's what it's called you know that song with that really deep boom to it. And my friend Liz, it's Little Miss Can't be Wrong because in high school she used to change the words to Little Bitch Can't be Wrong about me. It used piss me off like you can't believe, but I think it might be because there's some truth to it. The can't be wrong, not the bitch part, well sometimes I'm a bitch, I am a woman after all. Hmmm let's see if I can think any others. Big Balls I think of Aaron, because he played it, and introduced me to AC/DC. God he was so much cooler back in High School. Johnny B Goode reminds me of my first boyfriend, he was always playing it on his guitar. Though I'm not really sure he was even that, we only made out a couple of times. Oh and Cream and Clapton he sorta introduced me to them. My first real boyfriend, is the song Always. It was our song, maybe it explains a few things. Oh and Wind of Change, I'm not really sure maybe it's just because we used to listen to it a lot. Oh and anything Guns N Roses, he introduced me to them. My Mom is anything Elvis, she's a fanatic. Jon and Liz again and Jon's ex-girlfriend is Ruby Soho I still remember the day back in college we spend the day driving around brooklyn and singing it in the car. We drove poor Jon nuts. Now as for times. I've already mentioned a few, but let's see if I can come up with some more. Hmmm prom night was I Swear by All for One, I remember that's the song it ended with. Electric Slide I remember the time we were dancing it in my friend's backyard. We had a lot great times at her house.

It's kinda funny but until I wrote this I didn't fully really realize how much other people have influenced my music tastes. Especially when it's something that I don't want to admit to liking. Let's see if I can list them, maybe I should get the most embarrasing ones first. My Grandmother from Dad's side gave me the ability to stomach some country music. As a New Yorker that's a tough pill to swallow, at least I still can't tolerate bluegrass. My other Grandmother gave me my love for Sinatra. As I've gotten older I've come to terms with it. My Mom was Elvis, don't tell her I pick on her relentlessly for liking him. My friend Liz influenced my love of 80's music. As you probably figured from the above paragraph Aaron influenced my love of AC/DC, and Jon Rancid. Jon also gets credit for the Chili Peppers. I hate to give Jarrod credit for anything good, but he gets credit for Clapton, Cream, and Chuck Berry. Mark gets credit for Guns N Roses, partially Nirvana and there's probably some other stuff too. He'd take credit for Aerosmith too but I loved them long before him. My last ex can get credit for Led Zeppelin. Maybe I can say it was the Lord of the Rings instead, hee hee hee. After all it was Ramble on that sold me on the fact they were cool. And the Stones and the Beatles were my mom.

Hmmm now where Billy Joel, Aerosmith, the Who and the Ramones came from? Aerosmith I heard on the radio and I just instantly loved them. I think it was the same thing with the Ramones, even though it had been years since they had been out their stuff still got a lot of play on stations. The Who I think was just an influence from the Beatles and the Stones. As far as the Allman brothers, the Kinks, and Lynyrd Skynyd I think that was mostly 104.3. The rest of the stuff I like I just think was either a direct or indirect influence of things I've already mentioned.