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Day Seven (Year Two)

So, I had an interesting music-snob conversation today.  One of the girls in cafe posed it to me.  "So, I have a question," she says.  "We're both music snobs, right?" I answered in the affirmative, for me at least.  I'll admit my own music snobbery, but accusing someone else is just wrong.  She tells me she's been going through a Monkees phase lately, and wonders aloud whether that's okay for a music snob to do.

Honestly, I think it's okay.  I mean, sure, they were a pop band.  A pop band created for TV.  And yet, they had great songs.  "Daydream Believer" was written by Neil Diamond.  A lot of the rest of the early music was written by Boyce & Hart.  The first single "Last Train To Clarksville," was a great tune.  "Stepping Stone," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," etc.  Not that they deserve inclusion in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (although some think they do), but they had decent songs.

Chatted with B. tonight about just how much we have to get done starting next week.  I mentioned the ideas I found last night, and we discussed the tempo change for the song we're working on.  Doesn't sound like she's a fan.  I'm holding out hope.  We'll see.  We both said that we've got a ton of music stuff to do before Thursday.  Hopefully it all gets done.

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