Do the Conga!

This will have to be a four part series or I fear blogger will shove off everyone else’s posts.

There are moments in our lives that define you both as a person as well as an artist. Everyone is struggling with questions like “Why am I here” and “Are relationships a solution to loneliness, or simply way to suppress it”? The opinions are numerous and varied, and for as many people there are on the earth there are different answers to the aforementioned questions. People find solace and relatability (it’s a word I checked) in art and music and literature that makes them feel like someone else understands them. Personally, music has always been my blue eyed boy.

With that said, I thought I’d share with you some of my favorite songs. Lyrics with devastating power, elegance, and honesty. These lines served as inspiration to me in my hardest times and have gotten me through depression, wild drug accusations, and having a shit-head brother. Allow me to walk you through my life in a lyrical context:



1989 – Gloria Estefan 1-2-3
Nickname: E.A.

Gloria helps me learn how to count as my mom dances in the living room singing into a broom and I get a little bit more effeminate:
“1-2-3-4 come on baby say you love me…5-6-7 times…8-9-10-11 I'm just gonna keep on counting…Until you're mine”

1990 – C&C Music Factory Things that make you go Hmmmmm…
Nickname: Air-Reeeeeek!
I learn about the birds and the bees…
“I said chill baby baby chill baby baby wait…My girl bust in, Caught us creating a boom…She said "Girlfriend"?”

And the correlation between “tightness” and blood types…
“I watched the fight. I thought is was alright…'Cause me and Jay were really really tight…So damned close we had the same blood type”

1991 – L.L. Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out
Nickname: Reekers
What the Fuck is a Jammy?
“I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand…that I'm not your average man…when I got a jammy in my hand”

1992 – House of Pain Jump Around
Nickname: Reekers (still)
I got a sterling silver cross necklace, a Notre Dame hat, Side Pocket, and a baby mullet
“Or better yet a terminator…Like Arnold Schwarzenegger…Try'n to play me out like as if my name was Sega”