I really hate making title based on puns of DMB song lyrics, but I have hard time trying no to. Anyway, a few weeks/post ago, I reported that I was going to be trying something new with birthday notifications on social media. I was going to post the number one song from the day/week the person was born, with further suggestions from throughout their lives. I was finally able to so yesterday. It took me about an hour to compile the list of songs, mostly from interference from pop up ads. Also, I has another friend whose birthday was a few days later that I was also researching. There was about a 25% difference in songs, so I had to include a second song for some years. I started out by messaging my friend a video clip of the song from the year he was born. It was basically home movie footage set to the song, no real relation between the two. I should have chosen the lyric video. Well, I thought I sent it. I have yet to receive any acknowledgement on his part for the message. Second, I posted on his page my birthday wishes to him, as well as the entire top ten list for his birthday. This, he did comment on, so I proceeded to the next step. In the comments, I place a list of other number songs. I chose so of the cheesiest and corniest ones, as a sort of a joke. So far, no comments on them. Maybe he was celebrating a lot last night. If there had been comments, I would have had the list of good songs--The Emotions, The Knacks, Eurythmics, Mariah Carey, Eminem, two each from Boyz II Men and Taylor Swift, The Black Eyed Peas, The Chainsmokers, and Drake. Maybe today. This was the closest I could get to making an actual mix tape for him. I don't really have the technical knowledge or clearances to do much more than that yet. I'm hoping I get something for my birthday, as it has been years since I had a party or even a real gift, but I digress. Perhaps someone will do the same for me next year. I believe I actually have more groaners than my friend had listed. At least I have a great rock song as number one for my birthday, and I actually do like it. It's "American Pie" by Don McLean. Next week, I will be posting some interesting facts and connections about this song, as well as how my second birthday tribute for this week goes. I'm not sure how this will work, considering my friend's limited social media profile, but I can be up to the challenge
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