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Category: music

  • rhapsodizing

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    This episode was so much fun. Completely silly. Totally entertaining. Loved nearly every minute. The first song, “Status Report,” was probably the best song: catchiest tune, lyrics that made us want to sing along. We’ve replayed those opening scenes so many times we know it by heart now. Loved the astounded expression on Spock’s face Read.

  • Pleasant Valley Sunday

    Pleasant Valley Sunday

    “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” sung by Carole King, who co-wrote the song with her husband, the lyricist Gerry Goffin. Until today, I only knew this song as a top ten hit by The Monkees. What a treat to find this recording. Read.

  • loop-de-loo

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    While skimming social media this morning I read one passing reference to the 1975 pop music hit “The Hustle” and GUESS WHAT’S BEEN PLAYING ON A LOOP IN MY HEAD EVER SINCE. Kill me now. (Warning to those who did not grow up in the 1970s: If you Google “The Hustle” DO NOT LISTEN TO Read.

  • tears?

    Smoky Robinson’s hit song “Tears of a Clown” sounds like a guy trying to get away with something. “I’m so bummed that you broke up with me. If you see me smiling that’s just me trying to cover up my feelings, I’m actually really sad. And if you see me having a good time at Read.

  • suddenly

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    The lyrics to “One Summer” by the Motels put me in a snarky mood. Read.

  • lyric

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    aw, shit. It’s “come on, eileen tah loo rye yay,” not “come on, eileen tah roo lah ray.” I’ve been singing it wrong all these years. So embarrassing. Read.

  • best television theme song

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    Jonny Quest was my all-time favorite Saturday morning cartoon show, and why wouldn’t it be? Jonny was the son of Doctor Benton Quest, a man so smart that the CIA had him under twenty-four hour surveillance every day of the year to protect the secrets in his brain. He went to every corner of the Read.

  • the horse

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    I was in all the bands during high school, by which I mean, there was just one band, but it was sort of an all-purpose band: marching band, pep band, concert band. When we played at basketball games or other sporting events, we were known as the pep band and we played high-tempo tunes that Read.

  • spiral staircase

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    The Playlist of AwesomenessI Want You To Want Me – Cheap Trick (Sep 77)Night Moves – Bob Seger (Nov 76)Cecelia – Simon & Garfunkel (Apr 70)Blinded By The Light – Manfred Man (Feb 73)More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Staircase (Jan 69) On the drive into work I tuned in a radio station that was Read.

  • stuck in a loop

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    So I’ve already written more than once about getting a song stuck in my head. Happens to everybody, but I’m pretty sure my brain takes it to an extreme most other people don’t experience. I could be wrong. This belief is not supported by even the tiniest shred of evidence. But it feels absolutely true. Read.

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