The Meme-Mandated, Semi-Regularly-Updated, Occasionally Coherent Thoughts of G.M. Skarka
Today’s challenge: A song by a band you obsessed over as a teen. I’m going to have to do a little bit of arrangement here, since I see that tomorrow’s challenge is New Wave, and there’s a significant degree of overlap there.
I was undeniably obsessed with U2 as a teenager. Then they discovered America, and it ruined them. They had me through Unforgettable Fire, and started to lose me with Joshua Tree. I’m solidly early post-punk U2.
Today’s challenge: Song by your favorite JAZZ musician.
Big Band and Swing counts as Jazz, so instead of posting “Take 5” by Brubeck, I’m going to go with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXVxE_YeP4
Today’s entry is the first truly odd challenge: A song about Food.
First of all, it specified food, not drink, so I can’t go with any of the myriad songs about drinks (I’d have gone with “Black Coffee In Bed” by Squeeze, if you’re curious. You probably weren’t. Shut up).
Second of all, it says ABOUT food — but I’m ignoring that. I figure metaphors are just fine. And I’m going to dodge in general, by picking an instrumental: