Friday and the Random Ten (Lonely Heart Edition)

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This Day in Music History (10/12): Fleetwood Mac/Tusk

Tusk is the 12th album by the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Released on this day in 1979, it is considered experimental, primarily due to Lindsey Buckingham's sparser songwriting arrangements and the influence of punk rock and new wave on his production techniques. Bassist John McVie has commented that the album sounds like "the work of three solo artists" (Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie), whilst Mick Fleetwood later proclaimed that it is his favourite and the best Fleetwood Mac studio album created by the group. Costing over $1 million to record, it was the most expensive rock album made up to that point.

Friday and the Random 10 (Smashing Pumpkins Edition)

So yes, Hurricane Matthew came and closed Disney last Friday, but fortunately that's all he did. We avoided the heavy rains in my area, while enjoying the full on breezy evening. Best of luck to the others who were not so lucky though.

October and pukey orange only means one thing where I'm from (no not pumpkin spice flavored anything): Alabama versus Tennessee! Welcome to Hate Week.

Friday and the Random 10 (24 Hour Disney Day Edition)

And here we go again. It's the Friday before Memorial Day so what does Disney go and do to us again? Yep, it's that deal where we stay open for a whole 24 hours. I have a 13 hour shift, but at least I am not part of the overnight crew. So to honor all us hard working cast members I am going to copy what I did in this countdown from the previous over-nighter and do a Top 24 list, instead of top 10. Yeah it's one of those special event type things. Next week will return to normal (or for what passes for normal around here).

Even though it does not apply this week, you can still check out last week's Random 10 by following this link, or trying to figure out the artists from the cool picture below: 

As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top next to the Home tab.

Friday and the Random 10 (101 Edition)

Here we go again. Nothing new to report this week, just work and rainy weather. There have been a few "101's" (Disney lingo for operational down times) which has slowed the days down a bit, but otherwise it's been a typical May in Florida. The heat and humidity suck, as does wet socks while you're trying to work. Some of ya'll know what I mean. 

Last week's countdown was okay. No one got banned so everything is fair game this time around. As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's get 10 songs in while we are still 102...

Tusk

Here's another song that reminds me of a very specific time and place.

I was living out in Ladonia (outside the city limits), but because my mom worked for the school system I could still go to school in town. For awhile we - me, my mom, dad and two brothers - had to drive in early together in an old pickup truck. Yeah, we were packed in there pretty good.

I was the last one to be dropped off so it was just me and my dad and we would listen to the radio on the way to my school (anyone remember Bear O'Bryan?). This song was popular at the time and we always turned it up when it came on.

Fleetwood Mac. Tusk. Yeah.

 

Friday and the Random 10

Well that time is once again upon us peeps! Time to roll the dice and chance the hands of fate by turning the controls of media player over to the gods of randomness. Will they be kind to us? Or will they make me an object of ridicule? Will I be a man or a mouse? There's only one way to find out, so here we go!

1) Rick Wakeman(!)/Angel Falls - Apparently his album about his tribute to water. He hasn't shown up for quite awhile. If you don't know the joke with him, check out the size of his discography, particularly in the 90's. If there was a topic, he did an album about it.

2) Kansas/I Counted On Love - The follow up album to Power, which had its moments but wasn't as good.

3) The Moody Blues/Meet Me Halfway - Sounds exactly like you think it would.

4) Brittany Spears/Piece of Me - Here, take my man card. Time to break out the new award. Britney, this song has fallen to the Cybermen.

5) Chicago/Prelude to Aire - Little jazzy intro on Chicago VII. Album cover winner for the third time, therefore I think it goes into retirement after this.

6) YES/Roundabout - Finally some redemption! I'm in the middle of covering this album right now. Check out Side 1, which includes this song, right here.

7) The Human League/All I Ever Wanted - So 80's, which makes it awesome by default.

8) Sammy Hagar/Two Sides of Love - Welcome to the party pal! First appearance!

9) The Moody Blues/To Share Our Love - Meh. Almost sounds like it's from the 50's.

10) Fleetwood Mac/Gypsy - Was there ever a more perfect song for Stevie Nicks than this? Classic.

Could have been better I guess. I lost my man card, we broke out a new award, retired an album cover, and welcomed a new artist. That's actually quite a lot for one week. The Spinal Tap Commemorative Song (STCS) is Jon Anderson/Hurry Home (Song for the Pleiades).

Play us out Stevie, while I go see about that man card...

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Groundhog Day and the Random 10

OK, I haven't done this in quite awhile and want to get back to it. I guess I should probably lay out some of my ground rules here. I open up media player on my computer (you can use iTunes or an mp3 player or whatever), put the music on random (I currently have 38.7 GB), and list the first 10 songs that pop up, no matter how embarrassing. Sometimes a theme will emerge which will be indicated in the title. Other times, eh...

And a few other notes... I like to include my own personal awards such as Album Cover Winner, Video Winner and Lyrics Winner when appropriate. There are also special categories such as the Spinal Tap Commemorative Song, or STCS (some people will get it) and the Recycle Bin Award which goes to songs that are so bad I just have to delete them from existence.

Also, as a running joke and because he released 1,837 albums during the 1980's, Rick Wakeman is guaranteed to show up at least once per list...

...and away we go!

1) Fleetwood Mac/Go Your Own Way - good way to start, everyone just about knows this song

2) REO Speedwagon/Keep Pushin' - classic oldie from the boys

3) Velvet Revolver/Dirty Little Thing - OK  this is one of those things I downloaded to try out so this is probably my first listen to it. It can stay.

4) REO Speedwagon/Start a New Life - wow, two songs from them already? This is an oldie, but not a classic

5) Van Halen/House of Pain - from the classic 1984, though not some of the better stuff from this album

6) Pink Floyd/The Grand Vizier's Garden Party - and then there's crap like this. I still think YES is better.

7) Genesis/Paperlate - love this song

8) YES/Silent Talking - just so you know, YES will always win the album cover challenge

9) Korn/Daddy - some people inspire me to try different music sometimes (this one's obviously you Tabitha). My first listen for this one.

10) Boston/Peace of Mind - freaking epic

And the STCS for this week is Kansas/Journey from Mariabron. Good stuff. Hope you enjoyed. Play us out Genesis: