...posting than this, because dear friend, I have been working hard to turn my frown upside down and "How?" may you ask have I attempted to do this? Well, by making a Mix Tape for myself that I will share with you now as long as you don't try to read anything in it that you believe I am saying to or about you... It's all about me and what I'm going through, so don't be telling me how I'm sending you Secret Messages!
 
Oh, by the way, I hope you lived through Friday the 13th!
 
Now, Let's say a Man's life IS his Work of Art!
 
So here's how this game works; These are YouTube videos of songs that were important to me as I was growing up. Being sad these last few weeks, but mostly today, I thought I'd relive my happy times in song. These are not in chronological order but they are Biographically in Order, if you know what I mean. These are in order of how I discovered them. Some are Years Apart. But there is a thread. It's about moments in my life/time that will be lost like tears in rain, so I thought I would preserve these moments in audio until, due to copyright infringement YouTube removes them. You can speculate on how it relates to my life, but seriously, I'm NOT sending you any messages! Okay? Now, You have to, and I mean HAVE TO... Play and Listen to each song/Video in it's entirety. Because they are important to what makes me, ME. If you are to understand me, you must get it. To get it, you must hear it and Listen and try to understand. Think with your Heart and your Head! I am not going to label these songs. You will most likely open one up, see what it is and go, "I'm not playing this!" But you will lose out! You MUST LISTEN to each and EVERY Song! Sometimes the smallest lyric will link to another lyric in another song and that will create an image in the mind of the most observant friend and fill them in on the Mystery that is Me, Jerry Lentz!
 
Some of you will Get It instantly once all the songs are through, others may scratch their heads and wonder what they missed. "Is he that Abstract?"
 
Also, maybe it isn't the lyric that is the connective tissue, It may be the Time and Era or feeling, or even something else.
 
It may not be something that can be expressed in words, but these songs and artists do represent part of what I am. At least a small sampling of what I am about at this moment. Good or Bad.
 
Also, some songs require the Artist(S) to do some tuning up before the actual song, that's not part of the test!
 
Some videos are from concerts in certain locations, some are simply from the album with no video performance, this may make a difference to the test!
 
Please sit back and relax, if you can, and enjoy these songs as if I were playing them for you in your space. Clear your head and act if you were hearing these songs for the First time. Some of these songs may be the First time you've heard them, others you may think you are overly familiar with, but I guarantee you in this context, they are all brand new!
 
Now clink on these, close your eyes and let the sound take you away!