Marty Riemer rocks my socks off!!!

The simple pleasures of music.

Hearing a song I love. Hearing a song I havne't heard in ages. Loving the artist who plays the song. Hearing new music that I learn to love. Hearing funny songs. Listening to the radio for the first time in years.

Yep, that's what I'm doing. I haven't done it in a long time. My favorite station is 103.7 FM. They play old rock, new rock, singer/songwriter rock, hot band rock, classic rock, indie rock, pop rock, grunge rock, country rock, folk rock, and sometimes even steer towards punk rock and metal rock. Rock rocks. Their station rocks.

So a little thing I did back in the day was to listen to the radio for a good amount of time and write down any songs that I liked. I only did it a few times, but it was a good thing to do. What annoyed me was when the DJs would quickly go through the names of the songs and the people who played them, not giving me enough time to write them down. But what I could write down, I would.

I looked through that journal last night. I decided to go through it and look for songs I may have not heard since, or any songs that would make good additions to my Napster collection. I got some good ones, and I was amazed to see songs recorded down that I didn't really know back then but I know very well now. I thought about listening to the radio again for the first time in a long time.

And as I said earlier, I did today. I was talking to Alan at the same time. It was quite an experience. I started writing the good music down, like I used to. I then found the advantage of having a laptop with me--I can google the songs, the artists, or any lyrics and find said song if I needed to. Later, while perusing their website, I found that I can actually see what song they're playing at the moment--freaking awesome, yo! They played good favorites of mine, by good artists. Dire Straits, Neil Young, U2, John Lennon, Davie Bowie, Sting, and Tom Petty--just to name a few. Everytime one of those songs came up I would exclaim the artist to Alan. I would pretty much tell him every time when a song or an artist came up that I knew. It was so exciting. Music is just one of those things that can get me so excitied. And then...
This radio station does a thing in the afternoon called "Desert Island Disk." They pose the question: If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 albums would you want to have? I thought about it for a while, and knew I had to have some Beatles with me. I picked the White Album--not only does it have good songs, but it's two disks. The more Beatles, the better! So I hear a caller tell her answer: The White Album. "Done!" exclaims Marty Riemer, the DJ for the afternoon. I hear the jet sounds in the beginning of Paul McCartney's playful jab at the Beach Boys, "Back in the USSR." Of all picks, and there are a HELL of alot of picks, the one I was thinking of made it in. "OOOOOOOOOOOOH!" I type into Alan's chatbox, and explain it to him. I was so happy!!
As he said:

[18:26] Alan Gordon: I don't think I've ever seen you this excited
[18:26] Alan Gordon: EVER

Then came the 5:20 funny. They play a little clip from a stand-up comedian at this time. The guy I heard was good, talking about where our bad health really comes from: the food. I missed the guy's name though... I found their website, and looked all over for where I might find this out, but had no luck. After the comedy bit, they played a really funny song. I got the name of the band, but couldn't find them anywhere when I googled them. I resolved to email the DJ--something I don't normally do. I asked about both the comedian and the song. And he replied! Very quickly! Like, within the hour quickly. I got the name of the Comedian, where the clip was from, and the name of the band with the funny song. It was so awesome!

So yeah, music made my day really happy. Which was good, I needed cheering up. Happy Day and Night to you all!

To hear that song and read a little story closely related to mine, go here: http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001315.html