I need some music

It’s been over a week since I listened to anything, and my mind is starting to react. It puts music front and center, anything and everything reminds me of some song. My father ordered some “Red Mullet” for dinner last night. Of course my first thought was Bowie, Ziggy Stardust. I’m an alligator, I’m a momma poppa coming for you! I’m a space invader, I’ll be a rock and rolling bitch for you! Earlier today I started humming “Beauty school dropout” from the Grease soundtrack. I mentioned that I had no idea why that album would pop into my head, then my father said, “Well, you are in Greece..” Oh yeah…

I had a run of really bad covers the other day. It started in the taxi, there was a Greek version of one of those ubiquitous FM songs that I try to ignore. Of course I could almost remember the lyrics “something something never get old. something something really don’t care, etc.” It drove me nuts, but it’s a terrible song and I’ve never liked it, being in Greek didn’t help it at all. The next morning, the hotel was playing Natalie Merchant’s version of “Space Oddity.” Later on I heard Phil Collins’ version of “You Can’t Hurry Love.” I’m willing to forgive Phil, he’s a pop hack and “You can’t…” is a classic pop song, but “Space Oddity?” Why anyone would ever cover this song is beyond me. It’s not a very good song, but it had some meaning… when it was released. There are very few types of songs that Natalie is capable of singing well, and she may well have sung them all at this point. “Candy Everybody Wants,” “Carnival,” and “San Andreas Fault” are the ones I can think of. She did do an acceptable cover of “Every Day is Like Sunday,” it suits her voice and style of delivery. Unfortunately for her, Morrissy is the king of that type of singing. Plus, his voice brings all of the baggage of his previous works which really adds to the melancholy…

What other more or less random songs have popped into my head? Hmm, well there’s “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” by Peter, Paul and Mary, I think it’s called “Sunshine Day” by the Brady Bunch, “Straight On” by Heart, “Coming Down the Mountain” by Jane’s Addiction, “Parallel Universe” by the Ret Hot Chile Peppers, and even what I think is Bach’s prelude and Fugue in D #5. Sigh… I’ll be listening again soon, I’ll need it, God only knows what will come into my head next…