Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

Check out the bonus list at the end, where Ashley gives her list too.

I have to list 5-10 songs that when I heard them, they touched me, or influenced me a bit.
Thanks a lot Nicole, I’d avoided doing memes now for almost a few months! ;-)

So because of the great demand from the peoples of the Interweb to know more about Saskboy, I thus reveal some songs that I enjoy, and why.

1. This Diamond Ring
   I listened to this song on a vinyl record player, and was the first music I remember dancing to when I was maybe 3 or 4.
2. Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin’ Boogie
   - It wasn’t always a favourite song of mine. Kids in Wood Mountain school would play this song on too-loud speakers in the gym at lunch time, and so it’s among the first modern pop-country songs that I know I heard, and like to this day.
3. Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
   Reminds me of my Grandpa playing tapes and records in his basement when I visited
4. Arrogant Worms - [many]
   Unlike most Saskatchewanians, I became aware of the Arrogant Worms through my parents hearing them on CBC and buying some of their early albums. One of those included Rippy the Gator and Carrot Juice is Murder which show that you don’t have to be serious to be profoundly good at music. Last Saskatchewan Pirate is just their most famous work in this province.
5. Weird Al Yankovic - Calling In Sick Today
   This song taught me that even if you have a killer tune, and clever lyrics, you can’t get played on popular music radio stations because they’ll never consider you a real musician. Jeff Foxworthy’s Redneck 12 Days of Christmas also highlighted this point for me when the ACC Top 40 didn’t play it one week when it had made it onto the countdown and legitimately deserved to be heard even though it was a week after Christmas.

I asked Ashley this question, and here are her few picks:

• Rascal Flats - Fast Cars and Freedom
  Reminds me of Saskboy.
  [Saskboy notes that this song reminds him of an ex-girlfriend, until now, when he'll think about this moment instead :-D]
• Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
  A line in it that says “All you need will surely come”
• Lisa Loeb - Falling In Love
  A different take on the whole love deal.
• Big and Rich - Holy Water
  The subject matter in it is moving
• Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man
  It’s pretty good.

Feel free to share your favourite inspirational or memorable songs. I’m not about to burden someone on purpose, but since I didn’t remember to boycott his blog (at his request), I’ll tag Green Assassin Brigade anyway :-D.