midnight on the other side of the world

[threeplusfire]

DAY FOURTEEN: a song from your childhood

Why even stop at one song? Today you're getting an entire album.

I distinctly remember the long drives across Texas in the blue Suburban. There were a handful of cassettes my parents would put in the stereo. One of them was Fleetwood Mac's Tango In The Night album, which could can listen to entirely on youtube if you want. I found it for $5 on Amazon and bought a copy this afternoon.

So I have these memories of Highway 71 set to the sound of these songs. My parents had a pretty decent musical taste. I grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley, The Eagles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Steve Miller Band and all kinds of the great rock music of the 60's and 70's and early 80's.

Trying to pick a favorite song on this album is hard. It was an album that showed me songs were stories, out loud instead of on paper. But I think it will be "Isn't It Midnight?" because it was haunting to my eight year old self. I find it remains so.


DAY ONE: introduce yourself / list your likes and dislikes
DAY TWO: make a bullet list of everything that happened in your day
DAY THREE: your favorite movie
DAY FOUR: a photo of you taken over ten years ago
DAY FIVE: a letter to your crush
DAY SIX: list what you ate today
DAY SEVEN: a youtube video that you find funny
DAY EIGHT: a photo of you taken recently
DAY NINE: list some of your favorite websites
DAY TEN: a letter to the person you hate the most or caused you a lot of pain
DAY ELEVEN: share your favorite recipe
DAY TWELVE: we want to see your teeth today
DAY THIRTEEN: whatever tickles your fancy

DAY FIFTEEN: a letter to someone you wish you could meet
DAY SIXTEEN: provide pictures of 5 celebrity crushes
DAY SEVENTEEN: a photo that makes you sad
DAY EIGHTEEN: set or share a goal
DAY NINETEEN: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY TWENTY: a letter to someone that changed your life
DAY TWENTY-ONE: your favorite television program
DAY TWENTY-TWO: a photo that makes you happy
DAY TWENTY-THREE: share one of your current favorite tunes
DAY TWENTY-FOUR: a letter to yourself a year ago
DAY TWENTY-FIVE: a letter to someone you judged by their first impression
DAY TWENTY-SIX: favorite books
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: a talent of yours
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: favorite places to shop
DAY TWENTY-NINE: provide the hex code of your favorite color
DAY THIRTY: a letter to the friendliest person you knew for only one day
DAY THIRTY-ONE: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY THIRTY-TWO: a photo you took
DAY THIRTY-THREE: what you're craving right now
DAY THIRTY-FOUR: your favorite quote
DAY THIRTY-FIVE: a letter to an ex
DAY THIRTY-SIX: some hobbies of yours
DAY THIRTY-SEVEN: a song that you like to dance to
DAY THIRTY-EIGHT: a photo of your parent(s)
DAY THIRTY-NINE: zodiac sign and do you think it fits your personality
DAY FORTY: a letter to a deceased person you wish you could talk to
DAY FORTY-ONE: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY FORTY-TWO: bad habit(s) you have
DAY FORTY-THREE: a picture of your favorite place in the world
DAY FORTY-FOUR: something that fascinates you and why
DAY FORTY-FIVE: whatever tickles your fancy
DAY FORTY-SIX: photos of personal things in your life (pets, family, house, etc.)
DAY FORTY-SEVEN: birthday wish list
DAY FORTY-EIGHT: a photo of you right now
DAY FORTY-NINE: hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
DAY FIFTY: a letter to your reflection in the mirror

Comments

[lolliejean.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. All the music that's stuck in my olden days/still now days memory comes from the same era as what you listened to in that Suburban with your parents.

Sometimes I forget that most of my lj friends are much younger than me.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I was born in the year of MTV and Reagan! My parents were teens of the 1960's.