Digging For Musical Gold

I finally got around to spending my iTunes cards that I got for Christmas. In the process, I found some great songs that I hadn't possessed in a long time. When you already have 4000 songs on your iPod, as I do, you have to be creative when looking for tunes. One of my tricks is to go through my old mix tapes from the '80s and look for missing songs. I especially like finding the songs that nobody else remembers.



Here's one example: Tony Carey, a one-hit wonder from 1984, with "A Fine, Fine Day." I hadn't listened to this in over 20 years, and found it this past weekend. And I haven't gotten it out of my head since.



Other digging can lead to an unexpected gem. I randomly searched "Addison" on iTunes, and after wading through some horrible stuff, found "Addison" by an artist named Jessica Stone. She sounds alot like Sarah McLachlan, very melodic and sweet. Here some of the lyrics:

"Addison, she's just two weeks new.
And already she's got a hook in you.
She's put her heart into you,
Oh Addison, won't you let me see the world through your eyes."

So now I've got my little girl's first song.

The lesson? Try and dig deeper than the front page on iTunes. You never know what you'll find.