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Music Notes

A simple music themed blog for Jeff’s "Invalid Item"

challenge, and also to dump my thoughts about the 48 Hour Media Challenges when I don’t feel like creating a story or poem from the provided material. I may also add random poetry in here if I feel like it doesn’t qualify for a separate item.

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NaNotatoGo!

Oct 15, 2024 at 12:09pm
In response to "500 Miles (I'm Gonna Be) (ID cover)"

That was an amazing performance. Dan certainly has a sense of showmanship..

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QPdoll is Grateful

Oct 12, 2024 at 8:00am
In response to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine (CCR)"

I've only known the Marvin Gaye version. I have to say that CCR did it justice. The drums and that bass. So cool.

Excellent choice!

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♥noVember tHiNg♥

Oct 12, 2024 at 7:45am
In response to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine (CCR)"

Great song choice! There is also a version with Gladys Knight and the Pips that may or may not have been the first one. It was the first one that I heard.

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Dave Ryan

Oct 11, 2024 at 8:19am
In response to "If I Had a Hammer"

Puff the Magic Dragon is a great song for traumatising the kids. There's nothing like a happy ending, and that one is definitely nothing like a happy ending.

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QPdoll is Grateful

Oct 10, 2024 at 7:57am
In response to "Fast Car (Jonas Blue cover)"

This is great! I love this song and have heard a couple of different versions, but I've never heard this one. Thank you for sharing.

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♥noVember tHiNg♥

Oct 9, 2024 at 9:07am
In response to "Fortunate Son"

Love Centerfield and Have You Ever Seen the Rain, also!

So many wonderful songs!

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♥noVember tHiNg♥

Oct 8, 2024 at 9:00am
In response to "I Won't Back Down"

Great song choice!

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QPdoll is Grateful

Oct 8, 2024 at 6:15am
In response to "I Won't Back Down"

I like Tom Petty, too. My favorite song is Mary Jane's Last Dance. However, I like the message of I Won't Back Down. It's a fine choice.

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tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 12:23pm
In response to "Creeque Alley"

This is when I like AI. The song is a story about when the group was formed. It was released when I had first started college. Where? In California! Good choice of song.

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QPdoll is Grateful

Oct 6, 2024 at 7:58am
In response to "Three Little Birds"

It's been a long time since I've heard this song. I don't know if I've heard it from beginning to end. I think it's just been in pieces in different instances. Thank you for sharing. I don't have a playlist, but the song is fun.

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February 11, 2024 at 8:59am

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A Touch of Motown

I don't have much Motown on my playlist, but I consider myself relatively familiar with the genre. My Mom used to like a few songs from The Temptations, and the local Goodwill district we shopped at played retro/Motown almost exclusively.

For some reason, I don't remember this particular song from years past; the first I became aware of it was in summer of 2023, on a retro radio station in a thrift store. It does have a certain haunting feeling, as though I've heard it before, and I probably have, but I guess I never gave it any thought. This time, though, the hook caught my attention and wouldn't let go: "I know I've got to find some kind of peace of mind..."

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted is a 1966 single from Jimmy Ruffin, the brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin. He asked for this song when it was in the process of being assigned to another artist, because the lyrics resonated with him.

Indeed, they resonate with me as well. There's something vaguely comforting about the slow, steady beat and the poetic, gloomy, soulfully desperate words as he sings about love and loss and searching for renewal. When I found this I had it on repeat for a few days. It felt almost like a track from Imagine Dragons 2015 album Smoke + Mirrors; I have grown so attached to that album, I can quickly identify a "kindred spirit" sort of song.

The words go beyond the triteness of a breakup; it could easily be about grieving the loss of a loved one who has passed away.

According to Wikipedia,

the original intro included a spoken verse, which was later removed. Spoken words in songs make me nervous, so I can do without it.

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