Previously…

In an effort to attempt to blog a little more, I’m somewhat “borrowing” a schtick from Blobby at Blobby’s Blog. I guess this makes the second thing I’ve borrowed from him actually. Maybe one day I’ll come up with something of my own.

I have this method of ranking music in my library, which currently consists of 34,968 songs: By default, all new songs in my library get ⭐️⭐️⭐️. As I listen to them, I sort them as follows: ⭐️ means it’s “rubbish” (as Dr. Spo would say) and I’ll probably delete it from the library, ⭐️⭐️ means it’s just “meh” but I’ll probably keep it, ⭐️⭐️⭐️ means it’s okay and we will probably talk over it, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ means I really like and may potentially sing at random, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ means everyone better shut the fuck up because my song is on! You know the kind of songs I’m talking about. We all have them.

These are mine, one post at a time.

I’m starting my approach to this with songs I’ve given ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to in iTunes. There’s only 90 of them at the moment. I’ll probably sneak in an occasional ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ as well.

It’s probably no secret (or maybe it is?) of my love for 1940s-era music. I couldn’t tell you why I love the 40s era music, but I do. The swingy/boogie-woogie/jazzy/bluesy-ness is just… awesomeness to my earholes. At my tattoo studio you can often find 40s music playing, which is probably somewhat confusing to people when they walk in.

So when something “new” comes along, I tend to fall for that too.

In 2006, Christina Aguilera released an album called “Back to Basics”. While I’ve never been a fan of hers, there is one song on the album I love. It’s done in a similar style to many songs performed in the 1930s and 40s by the likes of the Andrews Sisters, Cab Calloway, Carmen Miranda, etc. Add to the fact that the song is a little… risque. Of course I’m going to love it!

And it doesn’t hurt either that the video is actually done well.