TDS Drink, Watch, Hear

 The senses are amazing triggers.  A sight, a sound, a smell can instantly cause your brain to start rifling through its filing cabinet to retrieve a memory.  For me, my brain is an a$$hole a lot of the times since it only gives me part of the memory or just a hint of it...just enough so that I know it's there, I can see it, feel it in my mind's eye, the old "right on the tip of my tongue" thing ...but not enough to actually remember it clearly, you know, when it is useful like in a conversation or just to not leave me frustrated that I can't remember.  Whatever.  I get to call them Senior Moments, now.

Music does this for me a lot.  A song can transport you in time.  Like old Andy Dufresne said, "That's the beauty of music.  They can't [take] that from you."  I may have mentioned before, at least musically, I'm kinda stuck in the 70s, 80s, and some 90s (mostly for Country music).  The world, in general, started slipping off the tracks about then.  Oh sure, you can make an argument that it's always been on a slippery slope because, well, humans.  My geology professor in college called it the Human Cussedness Factor...just can't always predict what those people will do for no apparent reason.

Anywho, here are some random music selections for your listening enjoyment...or not.  If you ask nicely, with that Harvard mouth and extend me some f&#king courtesy, I might play some requests.

Let's start  with Warren Zevon.  I'm hoping this little venture doesn't require  Lawyers, Guns, and Money.

The Outfield - I think a seriously underrated 80's band.  We all know about Josey being on vacation, but they had a lot of great music beyond Your Love.  So, this is For You to experience...see what I did there?

Chris LeDoux - Never heard of him until Garth put him in the lyrics of Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old.  I went down a rabbit hole and found a bunch of good songs...more like old country and not pop nonsense.  This is how I want to run my bar...Five Dollar Fine.

Speaking of Garth, got a ton of popular songs to choose from.  Yeah, I know he's kinda pop nonsense at times but he does have some classics and certainly knows how to put on a show.  In keeping with the barroom theme, let's join a meeting of the American Honkytonk Bar Association.

When I first attempted college, my roommate was a guy from NJ named Dan Welker.  Looked like Letterman, tooth gap and all, except shorter and stockier, a rugby version of Letterman.  Big Rolling Stones fan.  At 18, I was not.  We got along well except for that.  One of the funniest (to me) times was when the dopey neighbors got really drunk, got up to pee in the middle of the night, walked instead into our room, and pissed all over his Stones albums.  He was not happy.  I've learned a lot since that one year at Gettysburg.  First, lock your dorm room at night.  Second, the Rolling Stones are friggin awesome.  I'm not a full-blown fanboy but they are Top 10 all-time.  I saw them on the Steel Wheels tour.  I know you're jealous because I Can Almost Hear You Sigh.  And, thanks Dan, wherever you are...urine awesome dude for forcing me to listen to your LPs.

I learned to play an instrument in 6th grade.  Drums.  I lasted about 2 months, maybe.  Couldn't stand practicing.  I'm a helluva dashboard/stickshift drummer though.  So, you can take my opinion to the bank when it comes to music and "best" and "top 10" because I've obviously put in the time to get this knowledge.  No doubt hands down 1000% consensus that this is a Top 10 guitar solo, could be Top 5.  Ladies and gentlemen, Free Bird.  You know the song but you haven't listened to it in its entirety in forever.  Take 10 minutes now.  You deserve it.

It's 2fer Tuesday.  Have another...or three.  Steps.  Gimme Three Steps.  For sure.

Yes.  Such a positive affirmative band.  Let's take two from them, shall we?  France, 1984.  I remember but I don't know if my fellow Frenchies from that trip do (or if they'll even see this).  Whatev.  Leave It.

You might be thinking Owner of a Lonely Heart is next.  You'd be right in thinking that...great song....but you zigged and I zagged and, you know, It Can Happen.

Led Zeppelin.  Another band I am ashamed to say I just didn't get into in my youth.  I can't explain it, they just didn't do anything for me.  Then I heard Model Citizens do a cover at a bar in Oneonta, can't even remember which song, and that opened my eyes.  I'm not a die hard fan but I certainly appreciate them and love some songs....here are two.  I mean, Ramble On references LOTR and Gollum...how do you not like that, teenage Karl?!?!

When you're done with that, ramble on over to Kashmir.  Lordy, what a trip and a song.

Is it Tuesday again???  2FERS...drink, drink, listen, listen.

Supertramp, another eclectic band from the 70s and 80s.  Sadly, for me, another band that I just didn't dive deep into.  Oh, I knew the hits, and you're getting two here, but I didn't go beneath that surface.  I still have time.  It's on my to-do list.  With a group this good, it's only logical.

It was an early morning yesterday.  I was up before the dawn.  Ahh, such was most of my teen years, being a paperboy for the  bucolic village of Worcester.  Goodbye Stranger.  It's been nice.

Brooks & Dunn.  Kix and Ronnie.  No idea which is which but they've been cranking out hits since the late 80s.  Two of my favorites, on the slower side, and, kinda ironically given my penchant for questioning the Man upstairs, both related to faith, sort of.

You're My Angel

I Believe