When I was growing up in
With the WXRT precedent behind me, I construct the following playlist or soundtrack for my life.
Chet Baker, “Let’s Get Lost”
John Coltrane, “Naima”
“Whatever Lola Wants,” Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, as performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Buddy Johnson, “Since I Fell For You”
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” Rolling Stones
“Blue Skies,” Willie Nelson
Celia Cruz, “Guantanamera”
Don Giovanni (Commandatore Scene), Mozart
“Dance This Mess Around,” B-52’s
9 comments:
I like your eclectic soundtrack, Michael! And I hope we never lose those crazy radio stations that play everything (I think they've mostly migrated to the web, though).
Great soundtrack, Michael! And I also remember WXRT fondly from when I was an undergrad at Northwestern.
Fun soundtrack, Michael!
Isn't it great how that weird unruliness is such a treasure in art and music? (Not in accountants and bankers).
Thanks, Meredith. I always think that music tastes say a lot about a person -- as does ownership of specific dog breeds, etc., etc. I'm a little nervous about what some of my music tastes say about me.
Whenever I'm in Chicago (usually a couple of times a year), I still tune into WXRT -- and, amazingly, they still play much the same music they played in the 80s. By that time, they'd eliminated most of their diversity, but they still were the best station in town, I thought. Glad to have a fellow listener in you, Reece.
Thanks, Rebecca. And in fiction too: knowing when to break the rules seems about as important as knowing when to obey them. (But no, not in bankers or accountants.)
Man, that is one sweet soundtrack, Michael.
Man, that is one sweet soundtrack, Michael.
Thanks, Gary -- pretty mixed, too, like the rest of my life.
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