Whitmentioned that my last Picture Perfect Thursday post made him think of this song, and I have to agree. And since I have yet to pay homage to anything from The Dave Matthews Band, I thought it only appropriate to start off with this.
TVLN Music Club – Runaway
Posted on July 7, 2007 · 2 Comments
If you like Rock Music, and are from New Jersey, there is no way that you can not include Jon Bon Jovi among your favorites, and since I qualify on both fronts, it is a bit odd that I have waited this long into the Triple Venti Late Night Music Club to add my first Bon Jovi song to the collection. Runaway was actually written back in 1980, but came to prominence in 1983 as was the first single released on Bon Jovi’s first self titled album.
TVLN Music Club – Life is a Highway
Posted on June 16, 2007 · 2 Comments
Since I am in Walt Disney World right now, and I have watched the Cars DVD once too often lately, it just seemed appropriate that this weeks Triple Venti Late Night Music Club selection come from the House of Mouse. This is the remake of Life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts, from the Cars Original Sound Track.
TVLN Music Club – Jersey Girl (plus contest winners)
Posted on June 11, 2007 · 1 Comment
In honor of my trip down to Atlantic City, my contest to win Salt Water Taffy from Fralinger’s (and the fact that I did not post a Music Club Selection this weekend), I decided to go with what is clearly a favorite this time of year in the Jersey Shore area, the Bruce Springsteen hit Jersey Girl from his Born In the USA album.
It has become somewhat “hip” to pick on Bruce in some circles, but his popularity and style (not to mention record sales and sold out tour dates) is something that is rivaled by a very select few.
Since we had such a low turnout in the Easy Friday Contest, everybody who entered is getting a box of Taffy. (At least nobody is going away disappointed).
TVLN Music Club – Oh Sherrie
Posted on June 2, 2007 · 5 Comments
This video for the longest time made no sense to me because apparently the decided to shorten it, and took out the piece where you find out what the whole medieval scene had to do with the video (that Perry “walked out” on it). Anyway, at times I feel sorry in a way for anybody named Sherrie in the 23 years since this song came out, as I can only imagine how many guys have thought themselves “unique” by singing this song to them.
Not that it is a bad song, I happen to love it myself. And Steve Perry has got a simply awesome voice. It is a bit of a shame that he seemed to spend so much time bouncing back in and out of Journey, canceled tours and albums and the like. And I am not sure who benefited more from it, but many people assume that Oh Sherrie was a Journey song, but was in fact Perry’s first solo album (his second, got put on hiatus when he returned to Journey and was later released as part of another album but was not a huge success).
I have never been one to follow the news as far as celebrities go, and when I had hear that Journey was getting back together (yet again), I was actually pumped to see and hear Perry once again, but alas, those days seem to be gone, and due to the acrimony of the last break up, he has no intention of rejoining the band. And without him, I don’t really have that much interest in Journey any longer.
