Today is a very important day for all kinds of reasons. For some, it’s an opportunity to get a running start on Thanksgiving weekend. For others, apparently, Nov. 21 is something called…"No Music Day"?!
Personally, I marked this atrocious excuse for a holiday by blasting some Common as soon as I woke up this morning. (Side note: Finding Forever is still a really good album!) Later on, I’m considering spinning the new Iron & Wine, that awesome new OutKast song that leaked this week, or possibly side 3 of the White Album.
One thing I am definitely not doing: Voluntarily depriving myself of music for any extended period of time. Seriously, this is right up there with "No Enjoyment Day" on the list of random conceptual observances which are not based on any kind of coherent philosophy whatsoever — not even a dumb one! ("No Music Day is an aspiration, an idea, an impossible dream, a nightmare," explain the holiday’s deep-thinking founders. Wha? At least they got that last word right.) And lest you think No Music Day is just some Web joke, the BBC’s Radio Scotland is actually doing this thing. Sucks for people who live in Scotland!
So, P-Dubs, which tunes are you playing today to rebel against this terrible, terrible idea? And don’t tell me that you’re actually celebrating it, or I may have to reconsider my plan to spend tomorrow giving thanks for all the wonderful afternoons I’ve whiled away blogging for you.
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I guess every day is No Music Day for me, as I don’t listen to music!
my usual random mix on iTunes…
The Last Goodnight
Travis
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss
John Mayer
Sara Bareilles
Mark Ronson
Lauryn Hill
Snow Patrol
Mat Kearney
Amy Winehouse…
I have a three hour drive home, you better believe I’ve got my music on.
BTW that music is The Cardigans and Mates of State
BTW that music is The Cardigans and Mates of State
I’ve been listening to One Republic’s Dreaming Out Loud, which is really good. And only $7.99 at Target with two bonus tracks!
I’m enjoying Lo’Jo, Grateful Dead, and Rodrigo y Gabriela…can’t live without music! However,I CAN live without awful Top 40 music. What about “No Bad Music Day”,boycotting Gwen Stefani’s “Wind it up”,Fergie’s “London Bridge”,Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly” and James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”? Now THAT would work!
Oh and no, I don’t work for the aforementioned retailer. Just wanted to let others know about that awesome deal!
Since I am the only occupied office in my wing this time of day before a holiday, I am now listening to “Appetite for Destruction” as loud as the compy will allow. G ‘n’ effin’ R, baby.
“No Music Day”? Am I missing something? Because seriously, that site is one of the top 5 most pretentious things I’ve ever read.
Listening to a mix CD I burned last night. (No real rhyme or reason behind the track selection, just a workout mix, so it’s songs with strong rhythm)
Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex
Guided By Voices – Everywhere with Helicopter
We Are Scientists – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Wolf Parade – Shine a Light
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
Kanye West – Gold Digger
Pharoahe Monch – Desire
The Knife – We Share Our Mothers’ Health
Animal Collective – Grass
The Walkmen – The Rat
Sun Kil Moon – Lily and Parrots
Death Cab for Cutie – The Sound of Settling
The Thermals – Pillar of Salt
Oxford Collapse – Please Visit Your National Parks
Green Day!
Susan–I like the way you think! Down with Fergie.
Well I just got done burning a cd for a friend who’s home visiting for the night, but its seriously ALL over the place, but here goes:
1. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”
2. Taylor Swift “Teardrops On My Guitar (Remix)”
3. CSS “Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex”
4. Blake Lewis “Break Anotha”
5. Maroon 5 Feat. Mary J. Blige “Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)”
6. Miley Cyrus “See You Again”
7. Nicole Scherzinger “SuperVillain”
8. Ashanti “Hey Baby (After The Club)”
9. Chingy Feat. Amerie “Fly Like Me”
10. Foxy Brown Feat. Kira “When The Lights Go Out”
11. Meech “Thicka Than A Snicka”
12. Ludacris Feat. Rick Ross & Bun B “Down In Tha Dirty”
13. Gucci Mane Feat. Ludacris & Lil’ Kim “Freaky Gurl (Remix)”
14. Dolla Feat. T-Pain & Tay Dizm “Who The F*** Is That?”
15. DJ Drama Feat. Nelly, T.I., Diddy, Yung Joc, Willie The Kid, Young Jeezy & Twista “5,000 Ones”
16. DJ Khaled Feat. Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, Birdman & Rick Ross “I’m So Hood (Remix)”
17. DJ Feli Fel Feat. Akon, Lil Jon, Diddy, & Ludacris “Get Buck In Here”
18. Foxy brown Feat. Barrington Levy “Mr DJ”
19. Famouz Feat. Bon Jovi “Bad Name”
20. Guru Feat. Vivian Green “Fine And Free”
Response to GOB, nice picks, can I add a few?
Paralizer – Finger Eleven, Velvet Revolver, This Fight – Sixx AM, Life is Beautiful – And my other fav’s are:
Scissor Sisters – No, I’m not gay, but they are good, and extremely entertaining.
Daniel Powter
Jason Mraz – Saw him live, AWESOME Show.
Green Day
Nickelback (Love the Video for RockStar!!!)
3 Doors Down
Josh Kelly
Howie Day
Pink
Leann Rimes
Gretchen Wilson
and many more.
I would rather be sentenced to prison than to SILENCE of music!
Eh…I gotta disagree on “Finding Forever.” I found it perfectly average. It mostly makes me want to listen to “Be” instead. Mostly.
I didn’t even know it was ‘No Music Day.’ I’ve had my iTunes on shuffle nearly all day, LOL! A sampling:
“Younger Than Today” – Ben Harper
“Your House” – Alanis Morissette
“Alone Apart” – Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
“Bouncing Off Clouds” – Tori Amos
“Game For Fools” – Jamie Lidell
“So Small” – Carrie Underwood
“Nan You’re a Window Shopper” – Lily Allen
“Say Goodnight” – Jump, Little Children
And apparently the shuffle demanded I hear several Josh Groban songs in a row. I did not resist.
What the hey…? That’s just crazy talk. My husband’s uncle’s funeral was last Tuesday and if we didn’t have music to get us through the day, it would have been even worse. On the mix CD that day: Magnetic Fields, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Regina Spektor (my 4-year-old loves her) and Radiohead, among others…
Don’t Catholics have to give up something for Lent? Isn’t this holiday redundant? It sounds like the idea is to better appreciate music by giving it up (it’s right before Saint Cecilia’s birthday, the patron saint of music). However, there is already an existing holiday on Saint Cecilia’s birthday.
I didn’t observe it as I didn’t know it existed until today and I’m not Catholic.