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Song Titles Meme
I quote: This is a twist on the Letter Meme. Instead of coming up with ten items for a certain letter, you come up with five song titles for a certain letter and explain why you picked them. If interested then leave a comment. I'll give you a letter. You post this blurb in your journal along with your list.
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theodosia gave me "V".
1. "Video Killed The Radio Star", The Buggles
Today is the 25th anniversary of MTV, and back when they still showed videos, they started off with this one. Yes, not only am I so old I remember when MTV showed videos, I'm so old I remember before MTV showed videos.
1a. "Voices Carry", 'Til Tuesday
Another 1980s song well known for its video, though Aimee Mann continued to have a singing career, while Trevor Horn went behind the scenes as a producer instead.
2. "Verb: That's What's Happening", Schoolhouse Rock
See above for note on my age. Yes, this list is dating me something fierce. I'm of the cohort who can hear the word "conjunction" and immediately get earwormed.
3. "Verdi Cries", 10,000 Maniacs
I discovered the Maniacs while in college, and was lucky enough to buy In My Tribe before they pulled "Peace Train" off the disc over the Yusuf Islam/Salman Rushdie fatwa problem. As many people do, I discovered a lot of music during my college years.
4. "Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven", Les Misérables (Broadway Cast)
Another college experience was seeing Les Mis. I'd worked tech for a couple plays in high school, so I wound up spending time admiring bits of lighting design and scenery construction when I should have been paying more attention to the show, but hey.
5. "Vancouver", They Might Be Giants
I still remember buying Flood at the Newbury Comics in Harvard Square, lo these many years ago. Perhaps one of these days I'll get to a TMBG live show. The Venue Songs album is quite good; it reminds me of the writing prompts that many of the writer-folks on my flist take and run with, producing great stuff from a small seed.
theodosia gave me "V".1. "Video Killed The Radio Star", The Buggles
Today is the 25th anniversary of MTV, and back when they still showed videos, they started off with this one. Yes, not only am I so old I remember when MTV showed videos, I'm so old I remember before MTV showed videos.
1a. "Voices Carry", 'Til Tuesday
Another 1980s song well known for its video, though Aimee Mann continued to have a singing career, while Trevor Horn went behind the scenes as a producer instead.
2. "Verb: That's What's Happening", Schoolhouse Rock
See above for note on my age. Yes, this list is dating me something fierce. I'm of the cohort who can hear the word "conjunction" and immediately get earwormed.
3. "Verdi Cries", 10,000 Maniacs
I discovered the Maniacs while in college, and was lucky enough to buy In My Tribe before they pulled "Peace Train" off the disc over the Yusuf Islam/Salman Rushdie fatwa problem. As many people do, I discovered a lot of music during my college years.
4. "Valjean Arrested/Valjean Forgiven", Les Misérables (Broadway Cast)
Another college experience was seeing Les Mis. I'd worked tech for a couple plays in high school, so I wound up spending time admiring bits of lighting design and scenery construction when I should have been paying more attention to the show, but hey.
5. "Vancouver", They Might Be Giants
I still remember buying Flood at the Newbury Comics in Harvard Square, lo these many years ago. Perhaps one of these days I'll get to a TMBG live show. The Venue Songs album is quite good; it reminds me of the writing prompts that many of the writer-folks on my flist take and run with, producing great stuff from a small seed.