Name That Tune.......

Some of the most hilarious moments Hubby and I share are those that spring up spontaneously and take on a life of their own. I'm guessing we aren't the only couple in the world who do that. We have little sayings and phrases that are meaningful only to us, and if we try to explain them (not that anyone asks), they don't make sense to anyone else. I'll write about those another day, for they are only tangentially related to this topic.

Are you impressed that I used the word "tangentially" in my blog? No? Darn.

We were sitting on the beach the other day, just watching the waves and waiting for the occasional mostly uncooperative dolphin to appear. Hubby was drinking beer, and I was drinking those little tiny bottles of wine that come in a four-pack. Only I poured it into a wine glass. On the beach. What a dork. I don't even DRINK wine. Much.

While we were sitting there, it began to sprinkle rain just a little. Not even enough to cool things off much, just a scattering of drops. I don't know who started it, but we began trading song lyrics with rain in them.

"Oh it must be raindrops, so many raindrops...."

"It's raining on prom night...."

"On a rainy night in Georgia...."

"Rain falling, always falling...." (This one may have been unfair, since the lyrics are from a TERRIBLE song sung by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, and Katydid and I may be the only humans on earth who have ever heard it.)

"Raindrops keep falling on my head...."

"Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain...."

"In the cold Kentucky rain...."

"Singing in the rain, just singing in the rain...."

"Rain dripping off the brim of my hat, sure is cold today...."

"When I woke up the rain was pouring down, there were people standing all around...."

"Who'll stop the rain?"

And for some unknown reason, Hubby cried foul when I came up with "Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer...." I think he should have been a little clearer about the rules.

And then the sun came out.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...."

"Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy...."

"Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain...." (BONUS!!!!)

"On the sunny side of the street...."

Anyone else want to play? Leave your contribution in the comments section. You can contribute either rain songs or sun songs or both.

More MP3 Player Randomness....

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Today was one of those days when I was just happy to be alive, to live where I do, to have my life. Beautiful days with temperatures in the upper 70's in November can do that to me.

Gus and I went for a walk in the park, and I didn't ever want to stop. Poor sweet little Gus - I had to give him a pain pill for his back after we got home. He has taken copious naps all afternoon. We walked for about an hour and twenty minutes, and only the siren call of football kicking off summoned me home.

Days like this make me wish I were still skydiving, seeing the world from about 14,000 feet and then drifting slowly toward it. I wish I could bottle this weather and save it for those February and March days when I grumble, "God didn't put me in the South for it to be 11 degrees."

Here are some more songs as they played randomly on my MP3 player today. This time, either due to my OCD tendencies or my writer's desire to be as accurate as possible, I typed each song into my Crackberry notepad. I had a lot of time on my hands, okay?

"Save It For Me" by The Four Seasons

"Where's the Orchestra?" by Billy Joel

• I wrote about this song earlier in my blog history, because I think it's so cool that toward the end of that song, there is a reprise of the melody line from "Allentown," a song from the same album. Stop making fun of me.
  

"An American Dream" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

"Goodnight Saigon" by Billy Joel

• The first time I heard this song, it was live in the old Omni in Atlanta, a venue that no longer exists. I was pregnant with Sweet Girl. The song is, obviously, about Vietnam, and at the beginning there is the sound of helicopters. I thought helicopters were landing ON TOP of the Omni; the whole building shook. I loved it.

"Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel

[Even on random, the likelihood of two Billy Joel songs playing back-to-back is relatively high.]

"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty

"Guilty of the Crime" by the Eagles (from their latest 2-CD set, which is nothing short of AWESOME)

"Thank You for Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold

"Waiting in the Weeds" by the Eagles

• This song has nothing to do with marijuana. I think.

"You Are Not Alone" by the Eagles

"Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp

"Money, Money, Money" from the Momma Mia soundtrack

"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)" by Billy Joel

"Spooky" by Atlanta Rhythm Section

• When I was in college, Katydid got me free tickets to see ARS when they came to UGA for a Halloween concert. I asked Figment to go with me, one of our few real dates. I thought it was so cool that during the song "Spooky," the lyrics say, "So I proposed on Halloween." I was such a dork, because back then I was so hoping that someday . . . someday . . . someday . . . Figment would propose to me. Not.

"Get Over It" by the Eagles

• I've often wanted to share these lyrics with my students. The song is all about the world not owing you anything. But it has the word "bitching" in it, and of course that word is taboo in our county. Oh, the students can say it all they want, but teachers might get fired for it.

"Take a Chance on Me" from the soundtrack of Momma Mia

"You're Only Human (Second Wind)" by Billy Joel

• I love the story about this song. It's all about learning from your mistakes and forgiving yourself, and Billy Joel made an obvious error in the song. He trips over the lyrics and then laughs about it. Reportedly he intended to re-record it, but his then-wife, Christie Brinkley, said he should leave it as it was. Something along the lines of violating the integrity of the song itself if he fixed the error. Not in those words, of course, but she convinced him, and it stayed in the song.

"New Kid in Town" by the Eagles

If you are now wishing I would NOT take any more long walks in the park with my MP3 player, I apologize.