Why my missionary and devout parents introduced me to a bunch of drug music, I’ll never know 🙂 –except that the band was really good.

First, of course, Nights in White Satin. Yes there were other videos I could have posted, but this uh stood out.

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This next was probably my favorite (funny that no matter how much they say “I’m just a..” being a “rock and roll singer” comes across as messianically important).

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Another favorite (video done more recently but the song goes back):

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Older (I think):

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Here’s a salute to amateur production values and the award for “song least understandable apart from recreational drug use” (in the culture, not the listener).

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And here we have their mid-eighties comeback. The fact that the survivors stayed in such great shape leads me to suspect they were wiser than their musical culture may have been.

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Quite frankly, they fit rather well into the eighties vibe. And looking at the theme related video, the primary drug being pushed was melodrama.

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And then from earlier eighties while I was still in high school I think. If the speech by Justin was his idea and was included in the video, then he is more full of himself than I thought.

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(This is early because tomorrow will be busy.)

I am going to give everyone the impression that I get all my music from TV and movies. Well, after college I pretty much lost my new-music-social-network (i.e. college friends) so I am necessarily limited from that point on. Anyone know a music version of shelfari?

I discovered Aimee Mann through Magnolia (huge dooce-sized content warning). This isn’t as shallow as it may seem because her music actually inspired the story, I think.

So here’s Wise Up (and one of the most bizarre scenes I’ve ever witnessed in a movie; for some this spoiled it–but not melodramatic me).

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That’s Just What You Are is one of her more normal songs. (And remember I’m doing this for the music, not to recommend anyone’s fashion sense or lack thereof.) If memory serves, this was written for an ex-boyfriend–as you could probably guess.

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Here she is in concert. I love this song.

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I’m so sorry I do not have a chance here to add to my reputation of gratuitous poster of buffy scenes. But, amazingly, the gillions of youth with too much time on their hands found something better to do than posting the episode where Mann is at the Bronze and Spike find’s out he’s been conditioned. Oh well.

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Below are the albums I own (and love). Sadly, I now need to find them since my iMac’s iTunes is locked behind a dead logic board. (Remember, if you decide to make a purchase, that the soundtrack and best-of is going to be redundant with some others).