Next year someone really has to remind me – at least two days in advance – that April Fool’s Day is approaching. I had all kinds of nifty ideas for today – replacing the main page with a design smothered in flowers, bunnies and kittens, a suicide note, a catastrophic, game’s over, sort of note, etc – but since I didn’t think of most of them until this morning and I spent three hours tinkering with Linux there really didn’t seem to be a point.
So, instead I present my contribution to the latest meme sweeping the blog-o-sphere. I swear this isn’t April Fool’s either.
5. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynryd Skynyrd – This was a tough call. For the longest time I couldn’t think of anything and then suddenly this tune and Fortunate Son popped into my head at the same time. Skynyrd wins for being less political and more a love song to the South. I swear I can smell good bacon frying as I think about it.
4. I Was Wrong – Social Distortion – I haven’t admitted it yet – probably never will. I fight this fight every day.
3. The Likes of You Again – Flogging Molly – I have a friend who breaks down in tears every time they start this song because of the Daddy-o reference. Powerful tune, a song for the “botched and bungled” in all of us.
2. Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash – What list would be complete without the Man in Black? I might actually like the Social D version slightly better (heresy, I know) but it’s all about the voice.
1. Caught in a Jar – Dropkick Murphys –
Got a funny feeling that my times are caught in a jar
Madness and Insanity have arrived
Know to Christ and everyone else my times are caught in a jar
Satan’s Grin is bearing down on me
Gee, wonder why this is a fave?