Musically Eclectic

A few weeks ago I said I would continue to 'splain my musical preferences.

Country - I got into country music for a while back in the mid- to late-70s. Even went so far as to go line dancing a few times. What was I thinking? Most of the stuff released lately, the last 10 years or so, is blah and tune-less. Not many toe tappers or catchy tunes. Yeah, even Shania. I like some of Tobey Keith's songs, Garth Brooks is OK (though he's really more 80s-90s), and Trace Adkins is OK. And you can keep the real old, twangy country, a la Hank Sr., Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, etc. The only one of the old-timers that I really like is Patsy Cline. Some of the individual songs are OK, like "Take Me Down To The Little White Church". Don't know if that's the actual name or not. I used to like Sugarland, then they started doing syrupy ballads. Yuck! But then they redeemed themselves when they released the one about the fatal attraction, "Stuck Like Glue".

80s and 90s rock/pop - Mostly depends on the individual song. I don't usually pay attention to who sings what, if the radio station even announces it. One local station puts tags at the ends of all the songs with artist and title, so I've picked up on some of the names. And actually, when disco ended, I didn't pay attention to WHEN songs were released. They all kind of slopped together. I like "Africa" by Toto, "Land Down Under" by Men At Work, "Saturday Night" by Kiss, "Come On Eileen" by ? (DD calls it the armpit song because the guys in the group wear bib overalls with no shirts and spend most the time with their arms in the air), "Who Are You" by The Who (and their two other CSI themes). There's one that sounds like it should be called "Tin Lizzie" but I don't think that's the name. I like Heart, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles. Sometimes I start humming or singing along with a song and DD looks at me like I'm nuts, because she thinks I shouldn't like that kind of music because it's a relatively recent release. (Say THAT three times fast.) And even though it's parody, I think I should include Weird Al Yancovic - "Another One Rides The Bus," "Stop Draggin' My Car Around," "I Love Rocky Road," etc. I like most of Al's songs, as well as the originals that they're based on.

Ethnic - I like polkas (Saturday morning radio when I was little), like Hawaiian/Polynesian, LOVE bagpipes, like Greek, Russian, other eastern European (particularly with balalaika), like samba, rumba, etc. (favorite is a tango, "Jalosie"), like Middle Eastern (belly dancing music), like some reggae. Don't care for oriental.