365 Day Song Challenge: Day 119 – “Calypso”
Day 119: Your favorite song by a band/artist whose name begins with “D”.
“Calypso” – John Denver
If it weren’t for my friend Jenny, today’s post would probably not be John Denver.
Back in the day (and we’re starting to get to the point where it’s way back in the day), we were an item. Insofar as you can be an item in the second grade. I guess in reality, we were close friends. As a result, our moms became good friends, too.
Jen’s mom liked John Denver, and as sometimes happens, she turned my mom on to his music, at least a little bit. Not that John Denver, with his country-boy charm and folksy image was really that far out of my mother’s usual taste range. But, to my knowledge, before Jenny’s mom, my mother showed no interest in John Denver. Read More
Iggy Pop is a scary-looking dude. Not literally frightening, but just really difficult to look at.
I originally wrote most of this post on a plane. (A plane that was delayed over 45 minutes once we were boarded and on the tarmac.) And the problem with planes is that you don’t have Internet access. Well, this plane did, but to get it you had to pay handsomely for it. So, like I said, I didn’t have Internet access. Which meant that my means of fact checking was not available to me. And this led to some problems. Which I will point out as we go along.
Billy Joel may be too obvious a selection for this, being the “Piano Man” and all. (But why should he get sole claim to the title just because he wrote a song with that name? Shouldn’t Elton John or Bruce Hornsby or even Liberace have a shot at it as well? These are questions that should be addressed.)