The blog of Luther M. Siler, teacher, author and local curmudgeon
Why not call it the 31 day song challenge? The world may never know.
The theme is a song that comforts your soul, and the only real question was which Bob Marley song I was gonna choose, so I went with both of them. And I can’t imagine a better song to end this month on than Redemption Song:
And your choice?
Day 30, which should be the last day of the challenge but isn’t, is “A song that reminds you of yourself.” Which … huh? I’m reinterpreting this again, to mean “reminds you of a specific time in your life.” Which leads me to this song, which (despite coming out in 1992) will never as long as I live not remind me of my senior year of high school:
Do any of you have songs that you listen to and think “This reminds me of me”?
Heh. A song that reminds me of my childhood, huh? Okay:
What were you listening to in 4th grade?
Day 28 is a song by an artist whose voice you love. And, again, this is perfectly interchangeable with Day 25:
Don’t front, dammit: Biggie may not be a singer, but his voice is beautiful, and you know it.
Who’s got pipes out there?
Day 27 is a song that breaks your heart. I have heard this song a million times and can’t get through the last verse without fighting off tears. That’s not a joke or an exaggeration. I can’t do it.
What song breaks you every time you hear it?
A song that makes you want to fall in love? This one’s easy:
Which obviously wrong song might you have chosen for this one?
Day 25 is a song from an artist who is no longer living. I could have interchanged this song with the one that we’ll be playing on Day 28, as both songs work perfectly for both themes:
My first thought for this day was “Bowie or Prince?”, if we’re being honest. And then Kurt Cobain came to mind. Well, Day 2 was a Prince song, and I don’t have a great place to put a Bowie song or a Nirvana song in the days that are left, so this is a bonus song, a Nirvana cover of a Bowie song. I also could have chosen this for the covers day:
Favorite song by an artist no longer with us?
The theme of Day 24 is “A song by a band you wish were still together.” And I’m going to interpret that to mean bands that are broken up as opposed to someone critical having passed away. Gonna choose somebody a bit less obvious for this one, I think:
Who do you wish were still recording?
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