A Sliver of Silver
If you follow the Hive Silver and Gold Stackers group at all, you might know that they recently had a pretty big raffle. They call it the Monster Raffle and if I am being honest, the prizes are quite "monster". I bought a couple of tickets the last time they did this, but it really wasn't enough to put the odds in my favor.
This time, I had enough warning that I set some Hive aside to pick up quite a few more tickets. When the window opened, I bought what I thought was a big fat stack of tickets. Then I FOMO'd and bought another decent stack of them. Unfortunately, I didn't win any prizes, but my congratulations to those who did.
The prizes for the raffle are donated pieces of silver and gold from members of the communities stacks. The proceeds go towards buying delegations to reward the members of the group for writing and contributing quality posts. It's a pretty cool system.
Little did I know, something amazing was going to happen. There was a member of the group who bought a pretty significant number of tickets. They ended up winning seven of the prizes in the random draw. They decided to keep five of them, but raffle off the other two from among the people who bought tickets but didn't win.
Would you believe I won one of the prizes? I'm looking forward to sharing it with you once it arrives in the mail, but until then, I've been inspired by all things Silver for this #threetunetuesdasy post sponsored by @ablaze!
Now, you might think, what does a "Pink Cadillac" have to do with silver? Well, let me tell you. If you actually listen to the song, there is a line where Bruce talks about being tempted with silver and gold. That's what made me want to include this song today. Sure, I could have went to Google and did a search for songs that have the word "silver" in them, but I wanted to keep it a little more genuine.
With that in mind, I am only including songs that I actually thought of in this post. No Google cheating at all.
Pink Cadillac was written by Bruce Springsteen, but the more popular version you might be familiar with was sung by Natalie Cole. Either way, it's a pretty cool song. If I had to pick one version, I would probably pick the original Bruce version. That's just me though.
This one is going to probably strike a chord (pun intended) with quite a few people here. I know a lot of folks on Hive aren't huge fans of country music. Add to that the fact that this song is ooooooold country, and it doesn't make for a good combination. If you can't handle the pop trash they call country these days, you probably won't be able to handle that old school fiddle country.
Maybe I am wrong though.
The Oak Ridge Boys are probably most famous for their campy song "Elvira", but personally, I like "Y'all Come Back Saloon" more. I used to have an acquaintance a long time ago who was a huge fan of the Oak Ridge Boys and she turned me on to this song.
It quickly became one of my favorites. That tambourine with a silver jingle is the main reason I included it in this post today. Whether you like the Oak Ridge Boys or not, they had a way of working harmonies together that was pretty impressive. It's honestly a skill you don't see highlighted quite as much these days.
Bob Seger is one of those artists that I don't think get as much credit as they deserve. You might here a song here or there and be reminded of how much you enjoy them. Then you start digging into their catalog and you realize just how many amazing songs they have written or performed.
I was the same way with Heart. A couple years back my sister in law was talking about how one of the Wilson sisters was coming to a local venue of theirs. Just on a whim she said how many Heart songs can you name. I think we got maybe three to five of them (which is a little underwhelming for me). Then she started listing all their hits and we were suddenly saying "oh yeah". I bet it was an awesome show.
Like I said, I think that's the way some people see Bob Seger. While "Night Moves" doesn't necessarily have a reference to silver in it, it was written and sung by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, so I thought it fit well into this category.
The lyrics to Night Moves are actually pretty funny if you listen to them, but it tells a nice story about kids hooking up. I've also gotta point out it has a cameo by a very young Matt LeBlanc from Friends fame in the video.
While not my favorite Seger song, this one definitely fits in the top five to ten of his songs. My wife actually used to know a guy who had a boat named "Night Moves", so we always kind of get a chuckle out of the song anytime it comes on.
So there you go, that's my three songs for this Tuesday morning! I hope you enjoyed!
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Good picks!
I think our generation gives Seger all his credit. He was everywhere and for good reason—every single thing he wrote was great. But the younger generations may not be as aware of him because he invested well when he was on top and now has plenty of money and doesn't really go out of the way to spread his music around. For awhile he was one of the holdouts on allowing his music to be purchased digitally. I remember being annoyed that I couldn't buy his music anywhere, so I gave up and bought some of his CDs used, had them sent over from the US, and ripped the music myself. He was also holding out on streaming for awhile. Did he finally give in and allow it? I don't use any streaming service so I don't know.
You know what, I am not sure on that one. I think you can listen to him on Spotify. I have a couple of his albums on vinyl and those are great. He gets a lot of love in the Michigan Record group I am in on Facebook.
I like all genres, but not a big lover of pop country at all. In fact I wsa just listening to an 80's country list while sorting my medicine earlier. Good choices this week.
80's country was some good stuff. I don't hate all the songs these days, but some of it is just a bit cringe for me.
Yeah, it was. When Lady by Kenny Rogers came on I thought I would wake up my wife when I started singing along with my cringy voice. LOL
Haha, that will happen sometimes!
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Congratulations on winning some silver after all! That's fantastic!
Those were some fun songs, I haven't heard the Oak Ridge Boys in years now... Night Moves is another great song, you can't go wrong with Bob Seger. That really is Matt LeBlanc, I never realized it until I watched closely. That's funn!
I never realized it either. I was kind of surprised to see him there!
Always feels full of yearning and regret that Night Moves, made you wonder what happened afterwards.
Indeed. It sounds like it was pretty mindless from the lyrics, but who knows...
My belated congratulations with a win! Your faith has been rewarded @bozz
Thank you!
I know people love him, but I never got that into Springsteen. I'm just not so into the 'American dream' stories, but we each have our tastes. There will be bits of most genres that I can like.
Congrats on your win.
Thank you! I can understand that. I think a lot of people just don't like his voice. I honestly don't know a lot of his work beyond the hits, but Thunder Road is probably my favorite song of his.
I know the hits, but not the albums. The podcast series he did with Obama was interesting. He seems like a decent guy.
He really does. I didn't realize he was as close with Jon Bon Jovi as he is. They talk to each other frequently it sounds like.
I saw he was in the Bon Jovi documentary as they used to play the same clubs.