Things Keep Changing

I started this blog almost six year ago. And, yes, it has been dormant for a bit. This is mostly because of Facebook.

Before Facebook, if my kids did something silly or interesting or if I felt I had something "profound" to say, I would post it on Blogger. Now, it is so quick and easy to share these ramblings as a status update. I am sure many bloggers feel the same way.

I do miss the process of blogging. I loved receiving the notifications that people have commented on the blog or looking at the stats to see how many times people have stopped in to see what quip I felt the needed to share with the world. Blogging has brought me many benefits, the greatest of which is the circle of friends I have "collected" over the years.

Way back when I blogged regularly, I would correlate music with my post. I would then share the background of the music that was playing with some little bit of my history. I did this using Playlist.com. Unfortunately, Playlist has changed and it is for this reason I find myself sharing post again.

Playlist has gone in the direction of online radio sites like Pandora. Instead of being able to embed a player that plays a specific song, it now wants you to choose a "channel." While I love Pandora, this is not why I used Playlist. It was fun to try and find just the right tune to accompany my words.

While I am sure there are other embeddable players out there, it took me so long to gather my list of songs that I don't think I can do it again. Even though Playlist was kind enough to archive my list for me, I would have to enter each song on the player to be able to have the same eclectic mix. So instead of doing this, I am going to just paste my list here to serve as a reminder of the musical journey on which I have taken my readers.

John Fogerty - Centerfield

The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City

Paradise Boys - Summer Of Love

Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball by C...

Jefferson Airplane - Embryonic Journey

Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being ...

John Mayer - Bold As Love

R.E.M. - It's The End Of The ...

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (...

Ace Of Base - The Sign

Silhouettes - Get A Job

The Last Goodnight - Pictures Of You

Daughtry - September

Lawrence Welk - Champagne Polka

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name

Barbra Streisand - Don't Rain On My Parade

The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar P...

The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup

The Happenings - See You In September

Neil Diamond - September Morn

The Platters - September Song

Canned Heat - On The Road Again

Willie Nelson - On The Road Again

Petula Clark - Downtown

Katrina - Walking On Sunshine ...

Every New Day - Walk Alone

Four friends - What's Going On

Josh Rouse - Quiet Town

Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summe...

Alice Cooper - School's Out

Nate Henricks - Selfish sparrow's ol...

Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends ...

Jim Brickman - Simple Things

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching ...

Brandi Carlile - The Story

Various Artists - Turn! Turn! Turn! (T...

Noah And The Whale - Rocks And Daggers

Akon - Dance like there' s ...

Taio Cruz - Dynamite

Cyndi Lauper - True Colors (Morel's...

Michael Jackson - Black Or White

Neil Diamond - Hello Again

Jewel - Hands

The Police - Message In A Bottle

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To R...

Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

Bob Marley & The Wai... - Three Little Birds

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Charlie Brown Theme

Prince - Purple Rain

The Zutons - 11 - Good Morning Go...

Various Artists - Good Morning, Good M...

Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano

Tarrentella - Saturn (Tarrentella ...

Supertramp - Breakfast In America

Newsboys - Breakfast

Gnarls Barkley - Karaoke: Crazy (Minu...

The Avett Brothers - Head Full Of Doubt/R...

Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A B...

Celtic Woman - Siúil A Rún (Walk My...

Tom Petty & The Hear... - The Waiting

David Guetta - Acapella

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

ABBA - Take A Chance On Me

Owl City - Fireflies

Creedence Clearwater... - Fortunate Son

Abba All Stars - Super Trouper

ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

Five For Fighting - The Riddle

Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing ...

Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces

Cyndi Lauper - Karaoke: Time After ...

Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues ...

Tiny Tim - Living In The Sunlig...

The Romantics - Karaoke: What I Like...

The New Rascals - It's A Beautiful Mor...

Duran Duran - One Of Those Days

BTO - Karaoke: Takin' Care...

John Mayer - Say

The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For...

Alexi Murdoch - All My Days

Tom Petty - American Girl

U2 - Karaoke: I Still Hav...

Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

The Ultimate Kid Roc... - All Summer Long

LS - Sweet Home Alabama

Oran 'Juice' Jones - The Rain

Altered Images - Outro: Happy Birthday

Owl City - The Bird And The Worm

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive

Hawkwind - Hurry On Sundown

The Bangles - Manic Monday

Dead Or Alive - Brand New Lover

Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge

Bill Withers - Lovely Day

Oingo Boingo - Weird Science

Barenaked Ladies - If I Had a Million Dollars

Al Stewart - Time Passages

Bread - If

The Brady Bunch - It's A Sunshine Day

Dean Martin - That's Amore

Petula Clark - Color My World

Phil Coulter - Take Me Home

The Yardbirds - For Your Love - Original

Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

Barry Manilow - I Made It Through The Rain

The Killers - Human

Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You

Natalie Merchant - Kind And Generous

Ray Parker Jr. - I'm Free

Various Artists - Kiss From A Rose

Julie Meyer - Paint Your Picture

JJ Heller - Your Hands

Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

Brian Littrell - Welcome Home (You)

Mika - Any Other World

ABBA - Our Last Summer

Michael Franti  - Sometimes 

Michael Franti  - Say Hey (I Love You)

Kiki Dee - I've Got The Music In Me.

Dave Matthews Band - Why I Am

Sting - If You Love Somebody...

Yaz - Don't Go 

Glen Campbell - Southern Nights (Live)

- Here Comes the Sun

JJ Heller - Oh Come Oh Come Emanuel

Three Dog Night - Karaoke: Black & White

Ohbijou - The Woods

Gene Kelly - Singing In The Rain

Willie Nelson - Picture In A Frame

August Rush Soundtrack - August's Rhapsody

The Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods

Randy Newman - You've Got A Friend in Me

Chicago - You're The Inspiration

Boy George - Karma Chameleon

I am not sure how much blogging I will be doing in the future, especially since I also lost my blog reader list when iGoogle went the way of the dodo, but I will leave the blog open in case one day I would like to do it again on a regular basis.

Thanks for letting me walk down memory lane.