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Music Notes

A blog, generally about music, usually for projects hosted by Jeff

. I may also write about the 48-Hour Media Prompt Challenge if I don't feel like writing a story or poem inspired by the given song. Other bits of poetry or different topics of discussion might end up here as well.

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SAD Holiday Potato

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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Merry QPdoll

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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♥HOOves♥

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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Merry QPdoll

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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♥HOOves♥

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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♥HOOves♥

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

Great song choice!

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Merry QPdoll

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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Merry QPdoll

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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September 26, 2024 at 6:01am

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No Vacancy

My sixth track is No Vacancy, a bright, spunky, tropical and summer-flavored EDM song OneRepublic released in between album cycles in 2017.

As I was starting my extremely cautious musical explorations that year and looking into OneRepublic as a decent band which seemed to hold my interest, I discovered their lead singer Ryan Tedder had recently gone through a near nervous breakdown.

To be exact, when I heard the news of Chester Bennington's death (a person I knew nothing about) I had a feeling I should Google Ryan's name and check his headlines just to see how he was doing, even though I hardly knew if I liked his band or not yet. And that's how I found Ryan had to drop all performances and promotion of OneRepublic's 2016 album Oh My My out of sheer exhaustion and take an extended break from anything related to music.

I say this because No Vacancy is OneRepublic's "comeback" song, one of their first tracks released after Ryan recovered and ventured back into doing his favorite thing again. He said his kids loved it and constantly asked him to play it for them.

Ryan threw himself enthusiastically into No Vacancy, reaching out to no less than three different artists to create foreign language remixes of the song: French, Spanish and Italian. The French version features singer Amir and garnered a special music video ▼ showcasing behind the scenes production.

When I found this song, I was completely enamored with all four versions of it. In my naivete, I thought it was the most delightful thing in the world to feature the different languages, and babbled happily about it to my editor pen-pal Max (@TossingDice) on Genius. He, being more mature and serious minded, plus living in the Netherlands where songs in multiple languages are not at all unusual, was not nearly so impressed with the admittedly cheesy EDM of No Vacancy.

One reason I appreciated the song so much is it provided a "head substitute" for two songs of a similar style which were all the rage at the time and I didn't approve of: Ed Sheeran's Shape of You and Justin Bieber's bilingual collaboration, Despacito. (What, Gboard actually spelled that made-up word I've never used before

) Anyway, as I wrestled with developing my own personal musical tastes, I found myself repulsed by those two songs yet getting them somehow stuck irritatingly in my head. No Vacancy was my answer to both of them.

After a while I put it aside, and by the time I started downloading my music onto a personal playlist in 2021, I'd almost entirely forgotten about it. It wasn't until the summer of 2023 I listened to No Vacancy again. The very first notes brought a smile to my face as I remembered how much I'd enjoyed it during that time of my life. Despite my deeper preferences and more mature understanding these days of what makes songs tick, I still like it. The bubbly theme and irrepressible, bouncy electronic dance melody create a fun and happy song which adds a bright spot to any day.

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