MOAR MUSIC

[terabient]

in which i talk a lot about things I did in college while not in class. :P

day 5: a song that reminds you of someone: So Into You, melody.

SO. When I was in college, one of the things my roommate, Ry Chan, and I did was host our ~very own radio show~, which 'focused' on Asian pop, which mostly translated to lots of j-pop and k-pop with some Filipino 70s music on the side, thanks to old cassette tapes from my mother. (there was some anime and game music sandwiched in there too because we were and still are huge nerds.) This most bubble-gummy of bubble gum jpop songs (seriously, this is some teeth-rotting adorableness here!) was...not our, like, show theme song or anything but we loved it and played it like...once a month. Which is actually a lot considering we were a weekly two-hour show that had a ton of music to cover.

So yeah this song reminds me of Ry.

day 6: a song that reminds you of somewhere: Deluxe, Key-a-Kiss

In Boston - well, Somerville, to be exact - there was this gigantic, and gigantically sketchy, arcade/amusement center called Good Times. It no longer exists today - actually it was demolished last year, or perhaps even earlier - but in 2002, when I first arrived in near Boston as a college freshman, it had one of the rarest of Konami's music games: Para Para Paradise 2, a Para Para dance simulator. When I first visited Good Times I had no idea what Para Para was, but I watched somebody try it and fell in love. Given that this was the only Para Para machine in all of New England, Good Times was the only place I could go to get my Para Para fix.

Deluxe was not the first song I tried (I'm pretty sure that was Easy Busy)but it's the song I remember best and one of the few routines I know by heart. It's also pretty famous within the genre, so, uh, yeah! It's pretty fun, and every time I hear it I remember Good Times fondly, even the place itself was kind of terrible. :p

I was going to do another two days, but those last two entries took longer than I thought.

day 01: your favorite song
day 02: your least favorite song
day 03: a song that makes you happy
day 04: a song that makes you sad
day 05: a song that reminds you of someone
day 06: a song that reminds you of somewhere
day 07: a song that reminds you of a certain event
day 08: a song that you know all the words to
day 09: a song that you can dance to
day 10: a song that makes you fall asleep
day 11: a song from your favorite band
day 12: a song from a band you hate
day 13: a song that is a guilty pleasure
day 14: a song that no one would expect you to love
day 15: a song that describes you
day 16: a song that you used to love but now hate
day 17: a song that you hear often on the radio
day 18: a song that you wish you heard on the radio
day 19: a song from your favorite album
day 20: a song that you listen to when you’re angry
day 21: a song that you listen to when you’re happy
day 22: a song that you listen to when you’re sad
day 23: a song that you want to play at your wedding
day 24: a song that you want to play at your funeral
day 25: a song that makes you laugh
day 26: a song that you can play on an instrument
day 27: a song that you wish you could play
day 28: a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29: a song from your childhood
day 30: your favorite song at this time last year