Sunday, January 15, 2012

If you could spend one whole night alone with anyone in the world who is currently alive, who would you select?

 This is probably up for interpretation. Some may take it as "Who would you sleep with?" but I'll just take it as "Who would you stay up all night talking to?"
 It's a hard question. It depends on what I would want to know I suppose. I could stay up all night talking to Jack White to feed my musical interest, Stephen Hawking to learn more about the universe, Chevy Chase for my funny bone, or Jon Stewart for political views. Or I could just stay up all night talking to my kids :). But, as usual, music wins with me. I sincerely think that Jack White may be the most genius musician of my time. If I were born in the 50's or 60's I may have someone better. But for my generation, I put Jack at the top of the list. His music and lyrics are amazing. And he is a real musician. It's so difficult to find artists now who can even play an instrument, let alone understand real music. In the past 15 years there's been very little in the music world to be remembered.
 If you've been living under a rock and don't know who Jack White is he is the lead singer in a few bands; The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and Dead Weather. He also produces albums for other artists such as Loretta Lynn, Tom Jones, and ICP. Some of what I consider to be his best songs are Icky Thump, Hotel Yorba, and Catch Hell Blues.
 If we're being honest there's no way in hell Jack White would enjoy talking with me all night. I can't play anything so we don't have much in common and I'm not nearly as in tune with the universe as he seems to be. I love music but other than being a listener, I'm not much involved with it. At least not enough to seem interesting to a real musician.

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