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Somehow managed to run across a website called A Flock of Segers that blends musical bands/artists names to create interesting or amusing names. Some have album cover art that is reworked to reflect the new name. I thought some of these were pretty funny, so its worth a look. My favorites were Coolio Iglesias, Minnie Pearl Jam and Englebert Humberdinck 182.

There are also some blended movie titles.

Make sure you look back through the archives by month, otherwise you’ll miss some of the best stuff.

Radio Margaritaville is now being broadcast on Sirius satellite radio. And my world is a better place 🙂

Current mood: tired
Current music: “Island” – Jimmy Buffett

So yesterday I scored tickets to see The Rolling Stones at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on November 29.

I like Classic Rock in general and the Rolling Stones are obviously leaders in that genre. You have to respect guys in their 60s who still sell out arenas. They’re legends and there is no other band like them. They were born to do this, I guess; Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have known each other since they were 4.

For me they represent what is good about music. Is everything they do great? Hardly. Have they made a lot of great music? Yes. Are they gimmicky? I don’t know, maybe once upon a time. They attracted a lot of attention in the early days by being bad boys. Maybe they were just being themselves. But not many have the longevity or have been as prolific as these guys. Only a few names come to mind, and I love them all: Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins. There are a lot of Classic Rock bands that are still around and still tour. But they’re playing Six Flags and Frisco Freedom Fest and state fairs. That’s not to poke fun, of course, because I like the music of a lot of those bands – I think it’s pretty awesome that KC & The Sunshine Band played in Frisco last year, and this year we’ll get to see America, and if these guys could sell out stadums, they would do so. They’ve made some good music, they just haven’t cranked out nearly as much greatness.

A very close friend, Ian, posted a really great thought about the power and beauty of music, and how important his music is to him. Well, music has always been very critical to me, too, and I commented there about this Elton John song.

So there are a lot of songs that mean a lot to me, and that’s probably true for a lot of people, and maybe periodically we can talk about them on our blogs. I’ll mention one that is a good song, but not necessarily important to me, but really illustrates dual (or multiple) meanings of songs. Jimmy Buffett recorded “Savannah Fare You Well,” written by someone you’ve never heard of named Hugh Prestwood. The author grew up in Savannah, Georgia and wrote the song about escaping the constraints of a dying relationship and the town that represented it. Read the lyrics in the link with that in mind. The imagery is very strong, and the meaning is clear.