WWTKW: I know it’s only rock ‘n roll, but I like it…

“Music is God’s bones creaking pleasure, amusement, even occasional approval…”

I remember my friend Priscilla sharing this quote with me when we were in high school.  I’m not sure, but I think it’s from Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins.  The words have stayed with me over the years, and it was the first thing that came to mind when I realized this week’s We Want to Know Wednesday Q&A is all about one of my most favourite things in the world… music.

Linking up with Scriptor and Kenzie today! :)

The questions:

1.) What was the last song you listened to?

2.) If you had to choose one (ok, or two) all time favorite band(s/artist(s), who would it be and why?

3.) What is the first concert/show you ever went to? What was the best and why?

4.) Why type of music gets you out of a slump?

5.) Do you let your kids listen to any kind of music or limit them to kid stuff? (If you don’t have kids, would you?)

My answers:

1.) What was the last song you listened to?  I’ve got a mixed CD playing in my car right now, and the last song that came on before I pulled into work was “Hard Sun” by Eddie Vedder.

2.) If you had to choose one (ok, or two) all time favorite band(s/artist(s), who would it be and why?  Oh my gosh, that’s almost impossible.  … But I’ve always considered The Tragically Hip one of my all-time favourites, so I think I’ll go with them.  Good Canadian lads with a vast & epic catalogue of songs and albums… one of our country’s greatest treasures.

3.) What is the first concert/show you ever went to? What was the best and why?  Appropriately coinciding with my answer to #2, my very first concert was The Tragically Hip in Ottawa.  I think I was in Grade 10, my sister got me tickets and I brought Priscilla with me!  (PKB, you’ve clearly been a musical influence on me over the years!!!) – I saw The Hip again in Toronto at the ACC several years ago, and I’m going to see them again this summer at Bluesfest!  They’re amazing!

To pick a best concert… Well, that’s pretty tough.  I honestly don’t think I’ve been to a concert that I didn’t really love… Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Our Lady Peace, Kenny Chesney, Bon Jovi, Blue Rodeo, Chad Brownlee & Dallas Smith, Kid Rock, AC/DC (just to name a few)…  But that first Hip concert was pretty incredible, and I remember my brother-in-law saying afterwards that it would be a hard one to top. 

4.) Why type of music gets you out of a slump?  Pretty much anything that I can dance around to or that makes me smile!  I like all different genres.  One of my favourites to listen to when I need a little pick-me-up, though, is Bob Marley.  It’s just really hard to stay down when you’re listening to reggae, y’know? :)

5.) Do you let your kids listen to any kind of music or limit them to kid stuff? (If you don’t have kids, would you?)  heh… This is kind of a funny question, I was just thinking about it not long ago.  I don’t have children, but if I did… While I don’t think I’d restrict them to “kid stuff”, I’m sure I would censor the music I listen to around them, at least a little bit.  That being said… when Brittany & Cowan were little and I used to take them on trips to the movies, they used to LOVE it when I let them listen to the song “Who the F*ck is Alice?” – but I always made them promise not to tell their mom! haha! (hi Brenda!)

A few weeks ago, I took now-teenaged-Cowan with me on a trip to the movies with my 7-year-old-nephew Caden and his little buddy Brodee.  I left the boys in the car when I ran into Wal-Mart, and while I was in there, Cowan was going through my CDs and landed on one that was a mostly country mix.  I didn’t realize it until after, but the first song on the disc he’d put in was “Come Pick Me Up” (Zac Brown Band’s version), and when I was listening to it, I realized one of the line’s was kiiinda inappropriate for the little boys in the car.  I have no idea if they actually heard it – there’s a good chance Cowan had changed the song before it got to that particular line – but I would have been jumping to the next song pretty quickly if I’d been there! haha!

At the end of the day, I definitely don’t think I’d limit my kids to “just kiddie songs” – I’d want to infuse them with the music I love, too – but I’d probably be a little cautious about what I was letting them listen to.

Wow.  A whole post without mentioning you-know-what.  Apparently this has been a great diversion, because now I just want to put on my iPod and listen to great music all day long!! 

Happy Wednesday, friends!! :)