The Deuce Club, 7.17
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By Jackie Roe, TW Social Director
Happy Friday, TWibe! It's a good thing you stopped by this week because we're doing something extra special in this week's Deuce Club (as previewed by Pete in today's YC). Read on!
The summer months are marked by outdoor activities - the most enjoyable of which are concerts and music festivals (in my opinion, anyway). Chicago may as well be the mecca for these types of events. The Ravinia Festival in Highland Park is the oldest music festival in the States and one of the most world-class, and just last night, Billy Joel and Elton John performed at Wrigley Field. See? It's not just the pizza that keeps me here.
But I digress.
It's in this spirit that Pete and I have decided to host our very first ... TW Music Festival!
Here's how this will work. We'd like for everyone to share their favorite music video on YouTube.
Some guidelines:
You can only pick one video! That'll make this activity both fun and a little bit of a challenge. (It's inevitable that as the night progresses, y'all will think of other clips you'd like to share, and that's fine. But let's try to keep it to one per person, to start off.)
You can choose an actual music video or a live/studio performance. Post both the link as well as a brief description of the clip.
Please use TinyURL so our pages don't become a mess!
Everyone good?
Let's begin with Pete's favorite, then mine. We both went the live performance route, which fits in well with the summer music festival theme (though mine takes place in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge - not quite an outdoor atmosphere, huh).
Here's Pete's:
Gotta love the bayou, and there are a million different versions of this song, but I love Emmylou's best!*
And mine:
*Not my favorite band or favorite song ... but one heckuva performance. The best part(s)? Lead singer Ryan Tedder hitting those high notes better than any soprano ever could AND *reading the lyrics off of his phone!
Now you. Remember those guidelines from earlier, and get ready to partake in some music madness!
[Programming note: In the coming weeks, I plan on hosting a few more "favorite YouTube videos" events. Different categories but same level of fun. Make sure to bookmark those videos you can't get enough of, so you're prepared!]