Two things catalyzed the concept of this new monthly feature: my realization that some people on social media are shocked, and sometimes amused, by my listening choices, and the fact that I am starting a year long journey to get my chops back in order to start bar gigging again.

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I am going to share some of the music I listen to, which might surprise people, and I will be asking you to tell me what you listen to that seems to surprise people, or gets a few lifted eyebrows, ha ha.

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I will also be posting updates on my musical journey.

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I am sure I will post other random music themed things from other blogs, and places, too.

I saw this tag on Anne's blog INKED BROWNIES. You can see her songs: HERE.

THE RULES

⚫ List the first 10 songs that come on shuffle, no skipsies!

⚫ Write your favorite lyric or verse from that song.

⚫ Anne added little anecdotes, so I am going to do the same.

⚫ Tag others.

I am going to do five from my iPod and five from my Kindle Fire. If I did all ten from my iPod I think most of them would be Classical.

Yes, I have an apple green iPod Nano! Ha ha! I inherited it from my son when he got his iPod Classic. I love it. ❤

iPOD SHUFFLE

CLAIR DE LUNE by DEBUSSY

No lyrics. I have a lot of Classical on my iPod because it is calming on crazy crowded public transportation.

RACHMANINOFF CELLO SONATA

YO-YO MA

I love and adore both Rachmaninoff and Yo Yo Ma, so therefore it is a perfect pairing.

HANDS ALL OVER by SOUNDGARDEN

This is a protest song...

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"Hands All Over"

Hands all over the Eastern border

You know what? I think we're falling

From composure

Hands all over Western culture

Ruffling feathers and turning eagles into vultures

Got my arms around my baby brother

Put your hands away

Your gonna kill your mother, kill your mother

And I love her

Hands all over the coastal waters

The crew men thank her

Then lay down their oily blanket

Hands all over the inland forest

In a striking motion trees fall down

Like dying soldiers

Hands all over the peasants daughter

She's our bride

She'll never make it out alive

Hands all over words I utter

Change them into what you want to

Like balls of clay

Put your hands away

Your gonna kill your mother

And I love her

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I used to proof read and edit college papers for students at a teachers' college for extra cash, and one student gave me a paper titled, The Negative Effects Of Heavy Metal Lyrics On Adolescents, in which she said this song was telling listeners to kill their mothers. Hahahahaha! I told her that "mother" was "mother nature" and it meant we were killing mother nature. I also informed her they were Grunge Metal.

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They are probably my second favorite band next to Faith No More. I was only able to see them in concert once at Lollapalooza in 1996. I was lucky enough to see the Ramones at that festival, also, because they played their last show ever three weeks later. .

Erik Satie - 3 Gymnopédies, for Piano

I also have a lot of Classical on my iPod because I use it when I go walking.

THE CURE - A STRANGE DAY

I have a lot of The Cure on my "Rainy Day" playlist.
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Held for one moment I remember a song

An impression of sound

Then everything is gone

Forever

A strange day
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I always used to say Robert Smith had a "I need a hug" stage presence, so when my friend went out to dinner with him and her friend, who was Robert's publicist at the time, she gave him a hug from me. Awww...

KINDLE SHUFFLE

SMUTS - EN SAN SOM FATTAT ALLT

No favorite lyric because they are Swedish and I have no idea what they are singing about. Ha ha! I was crusing European Punk on my Kindle and I found them. There are only two downloadable songs, though, boo hiss, but in looking for this song on YouTube I found some live stuff to watch later. Yes.

JOE LOCKE - SIGNING
Jazz, ha ha. I hated listening to my stepfather's jazz growing up and my Jazz Improvisation class in college was the bane of my existence! However, about ten years ago I started loving it. Yep. I have jazz playlists for dinner music.

JANI LANE - PHOTOGRAPH
Hmm... I don't know why the video photographs are of Warrant because he did this when he was kicked out of the band. Anyway, I am happy my buddy showed up in the shuffle. I miss him dearly. I think this cover sounds better than Def Leopard. Ha ha.

MOTLEY CRUE - LOOKS THAT KILL
Favorite lyric? Ha ha. Oh yes these lyrics are so deep. I have seen these guys in concert the second most times at nine, to Aerosmith's 12. Why Aerosmith so many times? My ex and my old best friend were rabid fans.

JOHNNY WINTER - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
I was born in a crossfire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain
But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas
But it's all right
I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash, it's a gas, gas, gas
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This man was my guitar hero. I only got to see him in concert twice in my teens, I wish it could have been 12 times instead of Aerosmith.

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Now I know why I don't ever listen to my songs on shuffle it would be too weird.