Roger Green: a librarian's life, deconstructed.
Evidently, for many people, one comes to this blog and it loads to the previous time they visited. So even though I post every day, you can’t tell. I’ve contacted the tech support with my carrier; alas, no solution yet. I welcome your suggestions.
Meanwhile, the easiest way to see if I’ve posted is to go to the calendar on the right bar; if the date is BOLD, I’ve posted. Click on the date and see what’s new from Ramblin’ with Roger.
At first, I thought to cheat and pick Fancy Colours by Chicago
One of the things I’m really bad are those daily challenges on social media. I don’t remember to do them each day, and and I tend not to read other people’s.
For instance, Chuck Miller is doing one on Facebook for Black History Month, but I don’t read anybody except my sisters every day on any social media platform. Well, other than some other blogs. Fortunately for me, he consolidated a few of them into a blog post.
Jaquandor accepted the 30-Day Music Prompt, but instead of doing it daily on Facebook, he’s doing it weekly on his blog.
I decided months ago that was a swell idea, but then I kept finding other musical topics to write about.
A song you like with a color in the title. (Why would I write about songs I didn’t like?)
At first, I thought to cheat and pick Fancy Colours by Chicago.
But no, I guess I’ll go with the other obvious choice, Green Tambourine by the Lemon Pipers, a “psychedelic/bubblegum band,” which Jaquandor also picked. The song, BTW, went to #1 in early 1968.
What makes green? Yellow and blue. I suppose I should select Mellow Yellow by Donovan (#2 for 3 weeks in 1966) and Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells (ALSO #2 for 3 weeks, but in 1969).
And what’s on the wheel opposite of green? Red, of course. Red Rubber Ball by the Cyrkle, which went to #2 in 1966, but for only one week. Paul Simon wrote it, and it shows up on some Simon & Garfunkel live album.
Oh, what the heck:
Name a song you like with a number in the title:
So my birthday is in March, the 3rd month. I’ll Go with Three Little Birds by Bob Marley, which appeared on some children’s program my daughter used to watch.
For the 7th, it has to be 7 and 7 Is by Love. Only got to #33 in 1966.
Year 19XX – 19 by Paul Hardcastle – #15 in 1985.
Alas, no songs with 53 in it. Or is there? 867-5309/Jenny by Tommy Tutone went to #4 in 1982.
Next week, I’ll continue on this, unless something else catches my fancy.