Weird Music Moods

I don't know how it works for you, but there are days when I wake up and I've got a song stuck in my head.  I have no idea how it got there or why that particular song is ear-wormed.  For me today, it's Led Zeppelin's Fool In The Rain.  I do like that song quite a bit, but it's not my favorite way to get the Led out.  Nonetheless, there it is.  It's playing while I write this post, and yeah, I guess I ought to link the video because God knows that LZ needs some exposure, right?

I know how some songs get stuck in my head.  You see a commercial on TV that features it, someone else is singing it, you hear it when you're out and about, etc.  But where do these one-offs come from?  Do they arise Phoenix-like from dreams?  Are they buried deep in the subconscious and some trigger lights the fire?  I have no clue.

I sometimes say that I have a hankering for a song and I just need to hear it.  It happens frequently in the morning right after I get up, but it can pop up anytime.  I recently had a hankering for a particular track from James Brown.  Get Up Offa That Thing!  Maybe it's because I'm a bit of a lazy sod now that I'm retired?  Hahaha, I hope not.  But check out this tune and JB.  My word, I wish I could move like that!

Here's another song that has buzzed in my head recently.  It's by Big Audio Dynamite, the post-Clash band led by Mick Jones.  That band featured a lot of samples and electronica and still seems pretty modern.  I like(d) them and have a bunch of their CDs.  While this song is really strong, again it's not my "go to" BAD song.  Yet it pushed its way into my brain and wasn't satiated until I listened to about 10 times.  

That song seemed to kick-off a need to hear other bands from waaaay back (70s and 80s).  The Buzzcocks are one of my all-time favorite bands, and could very well have put on the best live show I ever saw - it is certainly in the top 5.  And this track is one that I just LOVE.  RIP Pete Shelley.  One last thing - check out the video for the lip-synching - best seen when watching the drummer and listening to the track.  Hahaha!  Top of the Pops it is!
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Another song that gets stuck a lot is by the English Beat.  Save It For Later is just an all-time classic and sits firmly in the BRP Hall of Fame.  But this video so dated!

Are you at work?  Great, you can listen to a few more tracks.  Just lean into the computer so people think that you're concentrating hard.   Keep a grim face, too.  And don't let anyone see that screen, haha!

Here we go.  Up first, it's Semisonic with The Rope.  Great track and only two years old, too!  I like the video and I love dogs, but don't you think the dog love (over, say, having kids and loving them?) is getting a bit overdone?  C'mon, kids are harder but they're better.  

Big mood shift on this tune.  Delbert McClinton!  Let's all head to Texas and enjoy this fun track.  If you walked into a juke joint in Austin and this track was playing, you would think "oh hells yes!"  And you would be right!
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Wait, don't leave!  One last song, ok?  I was hoping that these guys were playing live when I was in England recently, but no such luck.  This song is awesome, and this band, Hard-Fi, is great, too.

​I hope you wake up tomorrow and one of these songs is stuck in your head.  Why?  Because they're all GREAT!  See you soon.  Logo time!
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