Strange things were happening on my iPod throughout this holiday – I ended up listening to a lot of music that I owned but had hardly listened to, so it made for a refreshing change.
One horrifying discovery that I made that I am actually willing to share is that I found out I actually had nine Billy Idol songs on my iPod. NINE! With this discovery I set about listening to Billy on repeat and I can now proudly state I am a fan.
So now I will try and assign some Billy Idol songs to experiences on my trip –
Hot in the City – played very loudly flying into JFK
White Wedding – I got to see one wedding whilst I was away and this was at the gorgeous wedding in the Chapel at Edinburgh Castle
Cradle of Love – my bed in Nashville – HUGE!!!
Flesh for Fantasy – the Naked Cowboy doing his thing in Times Square when it was -10 degrees.
Sweet Sixteen – the hours spent getting from LA to Melbourne
Mony Mony – pronounce it as ‘money’ and it is something I spent a lot of!
Rebel Yell – what I did lots of at Universal Studios
To be a lover – what Howard K Stern wishes he was!
This trip was kinda strange musically. Normally I really play lots and lots of Hunters and Collectors/Crowded House/Diesel while I am away for a taste of home but that didn’t happen much at all. Other artists that got mass rotation for no particular reason include Bob Dylan (great flying music), Elton John (great to listen to when you need something to play in the ‘background’), Patsy Cline (even before Nashville – she is just my all-round holiday music anyway) and another strange happening – 80s power ballads. They were awesome to listen to! Peter Cetera, Chicago, Foreigner, Glen Medeiros – the songs that you know all the words to even though you hardly listen to them!
I am a man who will fight for your honor
I’ll be the hero you’re dreaming of
We’ll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love
In my notebook I would constantly be scribbling songs I would find so I could get them when I got back. Nashville catered for a lot of this so I have ended up purchasing some selections from Kenny Chesney, Trace Adkins, Taylor Swift, Faith Hill (Like we never loved at all is a fave at the moment) and Big & Rich.
Another shock discovery was on Amazon. Many years ago, late night on TV I saw this very rare AC/DC show with Bon Scott from the London Hippodrome in the 70s. It was an amazing concert and it has been on Amazon for years with no release date planned. I was so excited tonight when I found I could pre-order it! Until I saw the release date – 2010! I kid you not.
Read the reviews – you can see how great it is. So 3 years and counting…