LJ Idol Week 4--Topic: "Mistaken Identity"

[copyright1983]

"You Are You"

Musical soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKf0DgpDYh4

Who are you?

Faced with that question, what is your first reaction? How do you define yourself? It seems so easy at times: I could probably rattle off a quick description of myself in less than a minute. It would probably include things like, "I'm really just a normal guy."

Comments

[walkertxkitty]

Deeply thoughtful entry. I find you often give me new things to think about when I read yours. Well done.

[copyright1983]

Why, thank you. I've enjoyed your work as well.

Thanks for reading!

Mike

[jasonthelazy]

well i totally expected you do go in a different direction with this. Then you had to go and get all motivational speaker on me, very Dr. Phil of you... or Oprah... which ever you want to be really. You are you! (okay... i couldn't resist.)

[copyright1983]

Ah, there you are! I think I'd rather be Dr. Phil than Oprah--at least that way I wouldn't need a new wardrobe. :)

Thanks for reading!

Mike

[daffodigirl]

Hi Jason! This is Debbie (Mike's mom). Glad you signed up, but I really thought you would have picked "Bob the Tomato" as your name - - you are anything but lazy!!

[jasonthelazy]

haha, true that probably would have been a better name, but mike was calling me out in his next post... so i had to respond!

[lilmissmagic71]

great job! well done.

[copyright1983]

Thanks for reading! --Mike

[baxaphobia]

Nice entry!

[copyright1983]

Thanks for reading! --Mike

[imafarmgirl]

Lovely entry. Lyrics are very fitting too.

[copyright1983]

As soon as I saw the topic, I knew I wanted to use the song; it was just a matter of crafting the entry around it.

Thanks for reading!

Mike

[imafarmgirl]

I've never heard of that song. What sort of music is it?

[copyright1983]

Oi Va Voi, a British group, bill themselves as "world music." Quoting from the liner notes:

"Of all the different musics from around the world that have inspired us and contributed to the flavour of this record, we'd like to thank in no particular order: Armenia, Serbian Gypsy, Crimean Tatar, Hungarina, Klezmer, Separdic and Yemenite Jewish music."

This patricular song sounds like it has a bit of the Jewish influence to it. The link at the top is to a Youtube video (the only one I could find) of it.

Thanks again for reading!

Mike, who is wondering why all these comments aren't translating to votes....