"Rehab" Traditional Cache
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So I actually placed this hide about four months ago.
Seriously.
I'm sure it is still there.
Also, check out the speed limit sign stuck out there on that levee
(if I remember right). That so belongs! I thought that was really
funny, but I didn't have my camera.
Someone please take a picture!
Now on to the geocache and the standard sandbassbennet
rambling...
So the other day, I was talking to a co-worker about music. I was
wearing a Linkin Park t-shirt that caught his eye. He had no idea
who that is, and asked what it meant and why the word Lincoln was
"misspelled". I told him that they are a currently popular musical
group, and I told him how good they are, and that Linkin is spelled
that way probably because it portrays a little attitude and
rebellion, and because it confuses old guys like him.
My friend, who is only ten or fifteen years older than me, went
into that gruffy spiel that I hear from older adults sometimes (and
sometimes younger ones too).
"That rap crap and hip-hop, they need to take all that garbage and
just throw it in the river. It’s garbage! It ain’t even music. It’s
just noise. Argh, blah, blah, grumble, grr, harrumph!" I believe
that folks like this are victims of the media. They really should
spend less time watching the mainstream media being fed to them,
and more time in the music store or some other place where they can
be exposed to the plethora of art out there.
When engaged in this type of dialogue, I reply with disagreement,
and explain that the new music of today is extremely diverse and
exciting and very good. And yeah, I am also not a fan of the
hard-core rap that attempts to offend (I am all for expressing
anger, but no-holds-barred intensely graphic stuff is repetitive,
barely creative, and not my cup of tea). However, that kind of rap
is just a little part of what is being created today in the rap and
hip-hop (and electronic/mix) genres. I also told him that the band
on my t-shirt is neither rap nor hip-hop.
Anyway, my old gruff friend told me how much he liked bluegrass.
"Now that's real music," he said, or something like that. I like
bluegrass too, and so I told him about the bluegrass jam session
that is held usually on Thursday nights up in Wapakoneta, Ohio,
about an hour north, maybe a little more. He knew nothing about it,
and he actually plays. So I promised to send him more info about
it.
Reason I went into all that is because I am 39 years old
, probably old enough to become
gruff and set in my ways, or at least start becoming that way
if I was going to go that direction. But I never will. I like
the music of the day, always have. I like hip-hop. There are
many different types of sounds and forms that are encompassed
in the hip-hop genre. As many different directions as a spider
web flows. And I like a lot of it.
One of the cool directions that is occurring in hip-hop is a
re-capture of the classic blues sound. There are quite a few works
out there that fall under this influence. One example is the song
"Demons" by Macy Gray, remixed by various artists. I don't know if
you have heard this kind of music, but I can tell you it sounds
great.
This song, "Rehab", is another example. It has a great blues sound.
And it has undergone a number of remixes which all sound good and
are just fun to hear.
These sounds are both different and familiar, and are very
refreshing.
I leave you with the lyrics to "Rehab", performed by Amy
Winehouse.
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said no, no, no.
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know,
know.
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine,
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go.
I'd rather be at home with Ray.
I ain't got seventy days.
Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me.
That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway.
I didn't get a lot in class,
But I know it don't come in a shot glass.
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said no, no, no.
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know,
know.
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine,
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go.
The man said 'why do you think you here'.
I said 'I got no idea I'm gonna, I'm gonna lose my baby,
So I always keep a bottle near'.
He said 'I just think your depressed,
Kiss me here baby and go rest'.
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said no, no, no.
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know,
know.
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine,
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go.
I don't ever wanna drink again.
I just, ooh I just need a friend.
I'm not gonna spend ten weeks,
Have everyone think I'm on the mend.
It's not just my pride.
It's just 'til these tears have dried.
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said no, no, no.
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know, know,
know.
I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine,
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go, go, go.
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