Name: Teresa
Location: Los Angeles, California
Relationship to music: listener
Industry: cultural heritage preservation & access
Sometimes what you like is a very personal thing. I will just let Teresa take it away this week.
When Kristen asked me to be a part of this project, my first instinct was to decline. Anyone who knows me well, knows that much of my music listening is solitary and I can be a bit private and neurotic about it. While I love going to concerts with friends once I know we like the same band, I have a very hard time with the seemingly innocuous small talk question “What kind of music do you like?” and on car rides with friends, even short ones, I usually defer to the radio or ask my carmate to choose instead of selecting music myself. I get very connected to most of my music and there’s something intimate about putting it out there for someone else. In most circumstances, the possibility of rejection just isn’t worth the possibility of connection. As if the experience of a friend disliking my musical tastes will affect my ability to enjoy that music in the future. See, I said it was neurotic!
I also, in general, do not have favorites, so I knew this had to be a different kind of list. Finally, for the music I listen to the most, I tend to enjoy full albums and not favor individual songs. But I took a stab at picking five songs that remind me of a specific time or place in my life. I hope you enjoy (and if you don’t please don’t tell me so! Winky face).
Assignment for March 25, 2018
Your assignment is to listen to the five songs below either by clicking the linked song title or heading over to Spotify and listening to songs 50-54 on the playlist.
[1] Ani DiFranco. “Imagine That.” Revelling/Reckoning, Righteous Babe Records, 2001
[2] Travis. “Why Does it Always Rain on Me?” The Man Who, Independiente Records, 1999.
[3] Beth Hart. “Favorite Things.” Screamin’ For My Supper, Atlantic Records, 1999.
[4] Flaming Lips. “All We Have is Now.” Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Warner Bros., 2002
[5] The Weepies. “Can’t Go Back Now.” Hideaway, Nettwerk, 2008
TOMORROW, do you remember your first solo concert