I tend to misinterpret lyrics. I'm a glass-half-full kind of girl, so it's easy for me to ignore lyrical nuance and assume everything's about love and happiness.

For example, in the song Midnight Confessions, by the Grass Roots, I tend to skip over this bit:

There's another before me / I'm wasting my time / You'll never be mine...

In favor of:

When I tell all the world that I love you!

Apparently, I'm a minor offender. Take the wedding DJ. I've provided music for a few wedding myself, and I've fought with, ignored, scoffed at and cheered many wedding DJs, all of whom will whip out songs with decidedly unromantic lyrics just to fill the dance floor.

I once got a request for Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine (not much longer would you be mine). Just this weekend, I danced to Human League's Don't You Want Me (...but now I think it's time I lived my life on my own....)

On the other hand, I raised an eyebrow at a request for The Book Of Love (is long and boring...) by the Magnetic Fields, and, upon closer reading of the lyrics, (I love it when you read to me... you can read me anything...) it is kind of romantic.

Maybe this is a lesson in preserving marital bliss. Don't look too closely at the lyrics. Sometimes, the beat that drives you to the dance floor is all you need.

I performed a little hard drive maintenance yesterday and made a separate iTunes library for my hard drive based music (as opposed to the stuff that lives on my laptop). On that hard drive? A whopping 9767 songs, or 25 days worth of music.

Cleaning up iTunes has enabled me to search for stuff I'd forgotten I had, including:

10 songs with Sarah (or Sara) in the title, gathered when I was making a mix for my little sister, Sarah. Represented: Starship, Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper, Ween, Hall & Oates.

4 versions of Mr. Sandman, from my brief obsession with that song.

Want to know what popped up when I hit shuffle? Neither Sarah nor Sandman, but Justin Hayward's Forever Autumn from the 70s musical version of The War Of The Worlds. I recall the first few times (of many!) I heard that gorgeous chord progression. A few years back, this song might have sparked a panic attack. I worked many, many, many long hours on the deluxe 2005 reissue, and as a result, I can say "Martian" in several languages, in stereo, SACD and 5.1 surround.

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The more time I spend with CDs and records, the less desire I have to purchase them.