Asking someone to give you their play list is this decades ‘hey baby can I have your number’ so personal it seems that out of the 5 people I asked this of this evening 1 said no, 1 said let me pick the songs, 2 of them handed me their music players (*I didn’t feel like endorsing) and 1 looked really nervous but agreed.
“Hi, I don’t think you know this but I write for a blog called www.rocknycliveandrecorded.com.”
Suddenly I felt like a narcotics agent in a hash bar. After the stunned ‘why’ ‘cool’ and ‘what’.. the question came to my assignment.
I need to review your play lists.
I need you to put your hash on the table and empty your pockets.
By far the best response was to suggest that by my hearing their play list I was to analyze their personalities… well yeah sorta.
Think of it. Iman, a complete stranger with a mutual, friend had me pegged in an instant just upon hearing what I listened to. So here was my turn. My objectives aside from filling my assignment were to discover a bit more about my assembled group. I cant call them friends or business associates or peers. But a room full of people.
I have three play lists to review-
1- an executive at a major international corporation
2- an at home mother of 3 year old twins
3- what appears to be a fresh out of university high school teacher
Now- lets see If I can figure out using 5 songs each, which list belongs to which person. The alcohol is flowing as I leave the room. A ‘scribe’ is designated
and I come back moments later to 3 pieces of paper. All involved swearing they were all legit songs that came up on shuffle of each persons music device. I have brought these lists home and listened to each song. I offer my opinion as an added bonus.
Let my Playlist Olympics Begin
List A
1- Kid Rock Cowboy.
Pure Florida redneck trash. I cant stand Kid Rock and Ive never chewed Skoals either. This is what I hear when I have to go to the car dealership to get an oil change. yuck
2-Metallica Four Horseman
WTF! Metallica screams too much but the drummer is a cutie- no thanks here either
3- 30 Seconds to Mars – The Kill
These guys are back and now have facial hair. I do love this song and its actually on Rockband so you can pretend to be in the band.
4- Aerosmith Sweet Emotion
God I hate this band
5- Linkin Park-Bleed It Out
I like this song!
List B
1- Montgomery Gentry – Roll With Me
I love strings- but this makes me wanna strangle myself with a fiddle string
Country songs tell stories. Very long Very detailed stories ……about shit I don’t care about.
2-Rascal Flatts – He Aint The Leaving Kind
The intro is almost pretty.But again country boys don’t sing they speak in melody as they tell you a story. This singer has a helium tank shoved up his ass too. But I got the vision of 20 women with giant hair singing along at the nail salon smoking cigarettes and watching Dr Phil. Americana trash.
3– Colbie Callait- hang on I have to brush my teeth after vomiting. I cant stand this bastard sister of Sheryl Crow.Her name is also a type of cheese. I cant even discuss this its so horrid.
4- The Frey How to Save a Life.
subtitled ‘how to make Hel take her life’. What trash I hate the Frey almost as much as I hate Nickelback
5 Train- Hey Soul Sister.
Train is a band that is sorta soft in the heart to me as the very first CD the kid wanted was the single ‘Drops of Jupiter” She would belt that tune out from the back of the minivan in that enormous car seat.” AY AY AY AY.” Apparently they still like to say AY AY AY- this song is sorta cute. Its got a happy back beat and despite feeling like I’m gonna die any moment I have to say this is a win. I’ll let the shrimp give it a listen if/when she wakes.
List C.
1- Phish- Glide.
OK we are at a Trey Show so here’s the Phish fan and not just someone who scored free VIP tix. 1 word- Banjo
nuff said. The only banjo I want to hear is Harolds as he exits the car falling off the cliff after Maude passes on. Otherwise get your twangy stringed noise pollution the fk away from me.
2- The Outlaws. Song for You
Just fucking kill me I’m totally not listening to this shit I love blogging but I gotta draw the line
3 Rolling Stones- Beast of Burden
This song isn’t that bad but it is about 50 years old. rough enough tough enough enough enough eeeeeeeeeough.
4- Molly Hatchet- “I’ll Be Running”
WHAT THE HELL with the vocalist! HA!! Was this cool in 1975? NO WONDER I TURNED TO PUNK this is plaid flannel keg party in the woods gobs of pot smoke dirt bags. Oh my fucking God gross. I listened and now can say I took this for the team
5-The Doors- Moonlight Drive
This song is nothing but sex. This is dim bulbed drunken sweaty sheets tangled around your leg while your partner accidentally rolls onto your hair. Which ain’t a bad thing
So there ya have it.
So who’s is whose?
1-C 2-B 3-A
What does it mean?
I spent the night with a bunch of fuckin squares.