Random Music Thoughts

[axolotl]

McDonald's Employee Fired For Placing His Mixtapes In Children's Happy Meals

https://www.huzlers.com/mcdonalds-e...LziBMVKFE_YXD68gd6cZWlWOMj3wT_b4hFsl7MhekQJaQ

Seriously, Tyshaun, what could you have been thinking?

It is believed that Tyshaun has been sneaking his mixtape in happy meals for about 2 weeks already, and can be up to 300 meals. Tyshuan defended his actions by saying his mixtape was “so hot”, it would keep the happy meal warm for hours.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

McDonald's Employee Fired For Placing His Mixtapes In Children's Happy Meals

https://www.huzlers.com/mcdonalds-e...LziBMVKFE_YXD68gd6cZWlWOMj3wT_b4hFsl7MhekQJaQ

Seriously, Tyshaun, what could you have been thinking?

Uh...

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites/10/

 

[axolotl]

Uh...

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites/10/

That makes a ton of sense, actually.

There were telling points that made the story funny, rather than pathetic, such as the remark I quoted, as well as this:

Tyshaun apparently included his rap mixtape in the happy meals within a paper disc holder. On the mixtapes was printed the title of the project; “Tales Of A Real *****” was printed on the discs with a sharpie marker.

“I bought my son a happy meal and inside came a mysterious cd” says Sarah Platt, “I, like any other parent, would assume the cd was for children. I played the cd in my car for my son while we drove home and lord Jesus have mercy on Tyshaun, the mixtape was dreadful. Not only was it completely inappropriate, but it was also the weakest set of bars I’ve ever heard” finished Platt.

Bold italics both added and deleted are mine.

Also, the McDonald's logo in the composite photo was different.

So, I was scammed. At least, it didn't cost me any money.... this time.

Mea culpa. Please excuse my buffoonery. if I could delete it, I would.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

That makes a ton of sense, actually.

There were telling points that made the story funny, rather than pathetic, such as the remark I quoted, as well as this:

Bold italics both added and deleted are mine.

Also, the McDonald's logo in the composite photo was different.

So, I was scammed. At least, it didn't cost me any money.... this time.

Mea culpa. Please excuse my buffoonery. if I could delete it, I would.

No big deal. Not everybody can be as suspicious as I am all the time, and let me tell you, it's exhausting.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

You ever get snippets of songs from a certain album alternating in your head when you wake up? I take it as a cue to play the album that day.

 

[Nickyboy]

You ever get snippets of songs from a certain album alternating in your head when you wake up? I take it as a cue to play the album that day.

Every day. And more often than not, they are "where the hell did that song snippet come from?" kind of songs that you haven't heard or thought about in 30 years or more.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

You ever get snippets of songs from a certain album alternating in your head when you wake up? I take it as a cue to play the album that day.

Constantly. Similar to your response, I know that if I don't listen to the song it'll be stuck in my head for days. Fortunately the kind of music I listen to gets covered by other artists. So I'll listen to several versions of the song. It may not get the snippet out of my head, but at least I can temporarily have the rest of the chorus or verse in my head to go along with the snippet.

I think of people who hear voices in their heads. It makes me very grateful that I have music instead.

 

[axolotl]

Constantly. Similar to your response, I know that if I don't listen to the song it'll be stuck in my head for days. Fortunately the kind of music I listen to gets covered by other artists. So I'll listen to several versions of the song. It may not get the snippet out of my head, but at least I can temporarily have the rest of the chorus or verse in my head to go along with the snippet.

I think of people who hear voices in their heads. It makes me very grateful that I have music instead.

I find snippets floating in my head almost every morning. They are brought into play almost totally randomly. One morning fairly recently, it was "Mares Eat Oats;" I swear that I had not heard that song in ages. On another day, it could be "Put Another Nickel In (Music, Music, Music)," without any overt provocation. Sometimes, I have to search for the roots, as it is a voice or guitar or piano vamp or snippet that I know I have heard, but cannot place, and yet I want to. Once rediscovered or located, I usually put the artist or record in higher position of like - changing the stars, so to speak.

Finally, as to voices in the head, I have a certain familiarity with this phenomena, known as auditory hallucinations. My work in disability means that I usually do not go a week without some one or more of my claimants who experience schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, and I am asking the claimant in hearing about what they actually hear (voice of man or woman, one voice or more, mumbling or clear distinct murmuring, instructions/command, or not) and whether they respond, and whether they engage and converse with the voices.

I have never yet heard anyone ever complain about music churning about in their head.

 

[Ojai Sam]

I find snippets floating in my head almost every morning. They are brought into play almost totally randomly. One morning fairly recently, it was "Mares Eat Oats;" I swear that I had not heard that song in ages. On another day, it could be "Put Another Nickel In (Music, Music, Music)," without any overt provocation. Sometimes, I have to search for the roots, as it is a voice or guitar or piano vamp or snippet that I know I have heard, but cannot place, and yet I want to. Once rediscovered or located, I usually put the artist or record in higher position of like - changing the stars, so to speak.

Finally, as to voices in the head, I have a certain familiarity with this phenomena, known as auditory hallucinations. My work in disability means that I usually do not go a week without some one or more of my claimants who experience schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, and I am asking the claimant in hearing about what they actually hear (voice of man or woman, one voice or more, mumbling or clear distinct murmuring, instructions/command, or not) and whether they respond, and whether they engage and converse with the voices.

I have never yet heard anyone ever complain about music churning about in their head.

If any of them hear The Merry Macs and Teresa Brewer, their problems are larger than they know.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

I have never yet heard anyone ever complain about music churning about in their head.

There was that one time...

I get knocked down, but I get up again
You are never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again...

 

[axolotl]

If any of them hear The Merry Macs and Teresa Brewer, their problems are larger than they know.

:nunja:

A snippet from "They're Coming to Take Me Away," from Napoleon XIV, just broke through the mist.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

:nunja:

A snippet from "They're Coming to Take Me Away," from Napoleon XIV, just broke through the mist.

Holy cow. This just reminded me — in an issue back in the mid 60’s Mad Magazine included a single, bound into the magazine, of “It’s A Gas.” Anyone else here remember that?

 

[axolotl]

Holy cow. This just reminded me — in an issue back in the mid 60’s Mad Magazine included a single, bound into the magazine, of “It’s A Gas.” Anyone else here remember that?

ErmahGERD! Yes, I do, if only shortly after the fact, since my parents would not allow such a magazine into the house.

Have you ever experienced Roger Waters and Ron Geesin's Music from the Body? It has a certain flow to it....

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Spotify data shows how music preferences change with latitude.

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...s-how-music-preferences-change-with-latitude/

From the comments:

One interesting factoid from the study: people who live directly on the equator listen only to "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet over and over and over, which they all profess to hate with every fiber of their being, and which also has the effect of depressing them in a similar manner to all-day darkness of the far upper and lower regions of the hemisphere.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

ErmahGERD! Yes, I do, if only shortly after the fact, since my parents would not allow such a magazine into the house.

Have you ever experienced Roger Waters and Ron Geesin's Music from the Body? It has a certain flow to it....

Where's the not-like button?

 

[axolotl]

Spotify data shows how music preferences change with latitude.

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...s-how-music-preferences-change-with-latitude/

I took the snippet above to be part of the article, until I read it. Rather, it is a snarky comment contributed by a reader.

Is there a name for snarky comments? May I submit "snomit," which rhymes with vomit?

You may call me their godfather, if you wish.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I took the snippet above to be part of the article, until I read it. Rather, it is a snarky comment contributed by a reader.

Is there a name for snarky comments? May I submit "snomit," which rhymes with vomit?

You may call me their godfather, if you wish.

Oh sorry. I've edited my post.

 

[JazzyRandy]

I watched Equalizer 2 this past weekend and was got hung up on a scene where Denzel and a friend are having a simple soup dinner and catching up on missed time. Playing prominently in the background was a jazz song I've heard hundreds of times, but could not place while watching. Even though I missed all the dialogue of the scene because I was enjoying the great music, and I had to rewind and watch it again to hear what the characters said.

Through the magic of the internet, I just read that the song was "In A Sentimental Mood" by Coltrane and Ellington. I feel like a dunce for not recognizing it in the movie. I think I'll pack that CD with me as I leave to go pick up the kids from school. It'll make nice drivin' music.

 

[Nickyboy]

I watched Equalizer 2 this past weekend and was got hung up on a scene where Denzel and a friend are having a simple soup dinner and catching up on missed time. Playing prominently in the background was a jazz song I've heard hundreds of times, but could not place while watching. Even though I missed all the dialogue of the scene because I was enjoying the great music, and I had to rewind and watch it again to hear what the characters said.

Through the magic of the internet, I just read that the song was "In A Sentimental Mood" by Coltrane and Ellington. I feel like a dunce for not recognizing it in the movie. I think I'll pack that CD with me as I leave to go pick up the kids from school. It'll make nice drivin' music.

You should get the free Shazam app on your phone. It can identify almost any song in two seconds.

 

[JazzyRandy]

You should get the free Shazam app on your phone. It can identify almost any song in two seconds.

My getting-to-be-an-old-man response: Usually when I want to know a song that is playing, I ask my son or one of his friends to Shazam it. They weren't around at that part of the movie.

Gee, I really feel like my grandparents when a 14-year-old me had to program their VCR's clock.

EDIT: I couldn't listen to it because I could not locate the CD. My son learned part of IaSM some time in 2018 and we played it in the van for a few weeks. I think it's lost in the van somewhere. Maybe. I hope.