Good Morning and Afternoon and Evening MOTlies!
Welcome to my first time hosting a Morning Open Thread, a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts who choose the topic for the day's posting.
The Rules:
Ok, different rules than MOT rules. See below the real rules (short version: play nice kids)
We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an open forum. That’s a feature, not a bug. Other than that, site rulz rule.
Oh and it’s an open thread — which means you can completely ignore the theme! Whoah. Wait.
Whut?
No-one told me y’all could just ignore me….
Hey - Help wanted
Don’t send the application to me. I just work here. Part time. Probationary.
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Folks if they let me have this gig the bar can’t be set too high… :-)
The Theme: First(s)
Seeing this is my first time hosting MOT I think we have to make first the theme.
Right? Any objection?
Hearing none let’s get to it.
“first” As in the “first” album or hit song from a band.
Or
(cause I’m indecisive)
The first song or album you purchased, on a 45 or an album or for younger folks, CDs or gasp…a download.
conveniently this album this fits both themes for me!
Aerosmith’s first album, also my first purchased music.
I was walking home from middle school through downtown. There was a small store with a mish mash of products which had a wire rack display with a few albums, including the one pictured above.
I clearly recall buying that first album, the eponymous Aerosmith, but not which song I bought it for. Perhaps it was the hit “dream on” but then I realized I enjoyed the rest of the album more than the hit.
for example
Aerosmith — Make It
It has more grit than dream on. The whole album does.
Which prolly resonated with me since my walk through downtown also took me literally over the rail road tracks which were busy moving parts to the GM auto plant, and then finished auto’s back out.
This actually was the way home from school. About the right era too. The train station was an abandoned mess. Tankers with cement dust on the right.
There were flexi flow freight tankers of cement dust that offloaded right next to our neighborhood. a noisy dirty process which I walked through to save a few steps on the way to school. Pools of oily rainbow colored water between the rail switchs. At the time I thought nothing of it.
But it was Gritty.
Anyways. Back to the album.
In my cursory research, I discovered that Tyler wrote the song “Make It” while sitting in the back seat of a car. The entire band was cruising south from New Hampshire, to their newly rented digs in Boston for the first time. He recalled seeing the Boston skyline and writing these lyrics about the feeling of “making it” as a band.
Make It
Good evening people, welcome to the show
Got something here I want you all to know
When life and people bring on primal screams
You got to think of
What it's going to take to make your dreams
Make it
Don't break it
I said make it
Don't break it
If you do then you feel like the world's coming down on you
You know that history repeats itself
What you just done, so has somebody else
You know you do, you've got to think up fast
You've got to figure what it's going to take to make it last
Make it
Don't break it
I said make it
Don't break it
If you do then you feel like the world's coming down on you
Better weather, pull yourself together
Don't be catching the blues
Better weather, pull yourself together
What have you got to lose
You're only paying your dues
Dues is the price that you gotta pay
And if you don't they'll get you anyway
Although you know what you've been going through
You're on the brink so think what it takes to...
Make it
Don't break it
I said make it
Don't break it
If you do then you feel like the world's coming down on you
Better weather, pull yourself together
Don't be catching the blues
Better weather, pull yourself together
What have you got to lose
Whew!
- first time hosting MOT
- my first purchased album
- Aerosmith’s first album
- lyrics written on the first trip to new digs
i’m first’d out.
But in case the first two twists on the first theme ain’t working for for you I’ll add:
The word First in the name of the song
oh heck … I’m embracing my indecisiveness
or any kind of first!
Hope you enjoyed the RandomNeuron inaugural Morning Open Thread ramble. If the boss doesn’t change the locks I’ll see y’all next Tuesday!
