Today kicks off our blog challenge over at the Nestie HV board. Today's topics: Fave song, food and day of the week. So here's my list. Or lack thereof. LOL
1) FAVE SONG
Well, this is a little hard for me. I have several songs that I just LOVE. But there are three that will always top my list.
The first one: Love Street, by the Doors.
I love the Doors. They are one of my all time favorite bands. I discovered Jim Morrison and the Doors when I was 15 years old. There was a dusty copy of his biography No One Here Gets Out Alive. I found it at my Mom's job one day and took it. I read that book cover to cover 3 times that summer. I was in love with Jim by August. The Doors spoke to me. Their lyrics weren't always happy go lucky, they were profound, dark and made you think. Just right for a brooding 15 year old girl. I thought that the ultimate romance at that time was Pam & Jim. I knew nothing of dysfunctional love at that point. Jim and Pam were dysfunctional, but this song, Love Street, was a love song to Pam. He DID love Pam. No matter how much they yelled, screamed, cheated, Jim's heart always belonged to Pam. You feel it in this song. When I hear it, I think of my life so far, and it fits me. I'm not the only one to think this as well. Others who know me say the same.
Fave Song #2 - Sugar Magnolia by the Good Ol'Grateful Dead!
Oh how do I love the Good Ol'Grateful Dead. If the Doors spoke to my dark and brooding side, the Dead speaks to my happy sunshiney gal. I LOVE the Grateful Dead and my life as their fan. Because of them I have met some of the best people in my life. They are my FAMILY. From my time with The Dead, I learned to love. I traveled to places, I probably would not have. I have had a lifetime of experiences and the best people in my life because of this band. People who have come and gone in my life. People that I probably would never have met because of this band. I took my son out on tour when he was just 2 years old. Some of the best times we had just driving around in my truck going to see them play. The day Jerry died, 8/9/95, I'll never forget. As much as I would like to. I can still remember that day and it's been so long but I know what I was doing and where I was. The tears that spilled. The phone calls. The complete feeling of being lost.
But let me tell you a funny story about the song Sugar Magnolia and how it became my nickname. *flashback wavy sounds* Picture it......March 1991. A young Tee, she's about 20, smitten with a beautiful long haired man that had just started at her first job out of college. His name is Joe. I loved him madly, even though I had a boyfriend at that time, I was completely head over heels for Joe. He was beautiful. I knew the Dead. I had gone to a show in Albany with some friends from college. I dug them, but I REALLY got into them when I met Joe. He made me my first tape of the Dead. Gave to me as a present. We scored Spring Tour tickets and not only did Joe and I go, but my buddy Sean went as well. I worked with them both and I would call them "My Knights in Shining Armor" because they were always there for me. We were all relatively close in age and got along well. But back to the story....
It's a windy March day. We duck out of work early. The three of us get in Joe's car and head to Long Island. The Dead were playing at Nassau Coliseum as was their custom for Spring Tour in NY. We um, shall we say, indulged a bit on the way. Nature's finest. We're all feeling pretty good. We get to Nassau and I decide I need to change from my work clothes and hey, I'm at a Dead show...I'll change in the car. I didn't mind. I pop out of the car changed. Just jeans and a loose sweater...but much more comfy than my skirt and blouse from earlier. Joe's roomie Scott has met us at the show. Joe and Scott are across from Sean and I. We are leaning on Joe's car while the other two are leaning on Scott's. We're just chatting. I am feeling pretty darn good. A perma-grin on my face and Sean's as well. Next to me, I'm not really focusing, but there are two young men talking. Something seems to pass between them. I glance over and smile and the one guy says "Hey." I say "Hey" back. Look to Sean. Look back at the stranger, still grinning and yes, back at Sean. Sean asks "What's going on there." and I look at him and start to giggle "I don't know!" and now just into a fit of laughter. Scott comes up to me, puts his hands on my shoulders and says "I dub thee Sugar Mags!" and that was it. My nickname forever.
Fave Song #3 - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
I ADORE this song for one reason only. It is my opinion that this is the single greatest love song ever written. Stephen Stills wrote this song for his love at the time Judy Collins. My favorite all time lyric "This does not mean I don't love you, I do. That's forever. Yes and for always." I LOVE THIS SONG. The video posted is from the movie Woodstock and it's just an amazing rendition of this song and what these men could do when they were younger. They can't hit those notes as high any more but they still perform this song beautifully.
The rest of this post will not be as interesting as the previous. Why? Because I LOVE music. I love listening to music and seeing it performed live. I worship band boys and I'm not ashamed to call myself a groupie or as many of band boys call me "a band-aid". Almost Famous is one of my all time favorite movies. But let's move on, shall we?
2) Fave Food
Well, I adore chocolate. A little too much given how heavy I am these days, but I do love chocolate cake, candy, ice cream and chocolate milk. My friend told me of chocolate covered bacon and I almost died.
3) Fave Day of the Week
I don't think I have one. If I had to pick, I guess it would be Sunday because The Bear is home from work and it's usually a relaxing day. I'm usually working or running chores on Saturday. Sundays are for us to hang around the house or just go out and do stuff together. Plus, most Sundays. Bear makes breakfast and he's AWESOME at it.
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