{"id":10513,"date":"2020-10-31T00:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T06:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/?p=10513"},"modified":"2020-10-31T00:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T06:48:24","slug":"concluding-the-30-day-song-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/31\/concluding-the-30-day-song-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Concluding the 30-Day Song Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, the 30-Day Song Challenge is finally complete, and considering how long it took me to actually get through it — hey, nobody said it needed to be 30 consecutive<\/em> days, right? — I thought I’d put together a recap for anyone who wants to review or who might have missed an entry.<\/p>\n

In retrospect, I probably took the whole thing more seriously than I should have, and I also probably got too confessional a few times. That’s just who I am, though. And really the main goal of even doing this challenge was simply to prompt myself into writing something, <\/em>and on that count it succeeded very well. It feels like I’ve written more regularly in the last six months than in the last couple of years, and that’s a nice feeling indeed. I’ve enjoyed this little project, even the entries that were difficult, and I’m genuinely sad that it’s over. I’m thinking I might next try a 30-day movie challenge I know of, assuming the country doesn’t fall into Civil War 2.0 in the next few weeks. We’ll see about that.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here’s the recap with hyperlinks back to the various posts. Bookmark it, kids, and refer to it often!<\/p>\n

1. A song you like with a color in the title<\/a>: “Silver Thunderbird” by Marc Cohn<\/p>\n

2. A song you like with a number in the title<\/a>: “One” by Three Dog Night<\/p>\n

3. A song that reminds you of summertime<\/a>: “Stone in Love” by Journey<\/p>\n

4. A song that reminds you of someone you’d rather forget<\/a>: “I Don’t Care Anymore” by Phil Collins<\/p>\n

5. A song that needs to be played loud<\/a>: “Rock and Roll” by Led Zeppelin<\/p>\n

6. A song that makes you want to dance<\/a>: “Faithfully” by Journey<\/p>\n

7. A song to drive to<\/a>: “Panama” by Van Halen<\/p>\n

8. A song about drugs or alcohol<\/a>: “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba<\/p>\n

9. A song that makes you happy<\/a>: “In Your Room” by The Bangles<\/p>\n

10. A song that makes you sad<\/a>: “The Ballad of Lucy Jordan” by Marianne Faithful<\/p>\n

11. A song you never get tired of<\/a>: “Peggy Sue” by Buddy Holly<\/p>\n

12. A song from your preteen years<\/a>: “Queen of Hearts” by Juice Newton<\/p>\n

13. A song you like from the ’70s<\/a>: “You Sexy Thing” by Hot Chocolate<\/p>\n

14. A song you’d love to be played at your wedding<\/a>: “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” by Jimmy Buffett<\/p>\n

15. A song you like that’s a cover by another artist<\/a>: “Just Like a Woman” by Stevie Nicks<\/p>\n

16. A song that’s a classic favorite<\/a>: “Runaway” by Del Shannon<\/p>\n

17. A song you’d sing a duet with someone on karaoke<\/a>: “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher<\/p>\n

18. A song from the year you were born<\/a>: “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/p>\n

19. A song that makes you think about life<\/a>: “Taxi” by Harry Chapin<\/p>\n

20. A song that has many meanings to you<\/a>: “Sister Christian” by Night Ranger<\/p>\n

21. A song you like with a person’s name in the title<\/a>: “Valerie” by Steve Winwood<\/p>\n

22. A song that moves you forward<\/a>: “The Weary Kind” by Ryan Bingham<\/p>\n

23. A song you think everybody should listen to<\/a>: “Just Like You” by Keb’ Mo’<\/p>\n

24. A song from a band you wish were still together<\/a>: “Vacation” by The Go-Go’s<\/p>\n

25. A song you like by an artist no longer living<\/a>: “Promised Land” by Elvis Presley<\/p>\n

26. A song that makes you want to fall in love<\/a>: “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)” by Bryan Adams<\/p>\n

27. A song that breaks your heart<\/a>: “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt<\/p>\n

28. A song by an artist whose voice you love<\/a>: “Stones in the Road” by Mary Chapin Carpenter<\/p>\n

29. A song you remember from your childhood<\/a>: “Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot<\/p>\n

30. A song that reminds you of yourself<\/a>: “Travelin’ Man\/Beautiful Loser” by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, the 30-Day Song Challenge is finally complete, and considering how long it took me to actually get through it — hey, nobody said it needed to be 30 consecutive days, right? — I thought I’d put together a recap for anyone who wants to review or who might have missed an entry. In retrospect, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-10513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-and-pop-culture","tag-30-day-song-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}