There's a surefire sign that you are burgeoning or recovering roker: There's a song you can't get outta your head, you're lipsyncing the words while your stuck at your desk, switching your shoulders in rhythm to lyrics you half-remember, but the tune & bass beat is in your blood. For regular rokers who live in New York without pop radio repeats in the car, these songs usually get in our head from an overheard neighboring tween on the train, a passing commercial for an MTV award show or adolescent dramedy on the CW or Disney, & last but not least our most frequented bodegas or supermarkets. I was thrilled to find that the Bravo supermarket in Astoria near where I work has a veritable master roke set list playing as their grocery score. Each time I run over there for an identical cheese sandwich on a Portuguese roll that prices unpredictably from $1.75-$3.50, the one thing I can count on is that I will get a chance to dose on something rokeworthy from Beyonce to Crowded House, & there have been two recent fortuitous times when I was at the checkout aisle with co-workers while Rhianna's Please Don't Stop the Music knowingly nodded us out the door.
From now on, when you feel the song start to stick, whether it's something you "like," or would endorse as part of your regular publicly shared oeuvre, don't resist. Write it down & maybe even casually pre-search it's roke number in the online directories for your favorite songhouse. It's like a swimmer's ear subtly nagging with a drop of inspiration that may develop into a serious roke infection. Don't leave it locked in your heart...
-G
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