Sunday, January 18, 2015

Take a look at my girlfriend -- on BET

From voice recording #132, Nov. 25. The recordings from the 24th all were apparently from interviews at the Mavericks game, and this was probably recorded on my way home. We flew to Charleston for Thanksgiving on the morning of the 25th, and I didn't record any of my impressions about songs while we were there.
The Calling, "Wherever We Will Go", 2001. 3,900.
Destiny's Child, "Survivor", '01. 4,175. I didn't turn off my phone's recorder after this, so I got to hear most of it while I was listening to the recording. I'll move it up to 3,800.
Backstreet Boys, "Shape of My Heart", 2000. 4,700.
Pink, "Get the Party Started, '01. 3,300.
Kelis, "Milk Shake" from '03. It was about this time that a friend, Sara Brown, suggested that I should be watching BET and listening to the songs on "106 and Park" to learn a little bit about black culture. "Milk Shake" was one of the popular songs then. In deference to Sara, and because it was a pretty good song I'll give it 3,850. Just looking at the headline I wrote for this post. To be clear, Sara is female and a friend, but is/was not my girlfriend. More by her choice.
Incubus, "Drive", '01. 4,300.
Gym Class Heroes, "Cupid's Chokehold", '06. It borrows lyrics from a Supertramp or Cheap Trick song: "Take a look at my girlfriend, girlfriend, she's the only one I got. Not much of a girlfriend." That part's pretty good. I think Gym Class Heroes are a small step up from Scrubs. They did OK in this one: 4,550. Checked, and it was a Supertramp song.
Owl City, "Fireflies", '09. I know I've done this one before, and I'm guessing my score was somewhere in the range of 3,800-3,900.

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