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Robert Kiefer - Tampa, FL (My Contributions)
[edit] General Info
Having worked as a librarian and other jobs where organization is key, I tend to spend my time on the site trying to get things in order and accurate. I shuffle, organize, and generally try to keep things from going too higgledy-piggledy so that hopefully pages are easier to find and so that there will be less duplication. If you have a question about what to do about titling an item or some such thing, I'm a good person to ask.
[edit] Kiefer's Rules of LyricWiki
- Rule #1: Don't complicate things. (K.I.S.S.)
- Rule #2: Remember to add to the database, not the bureaucracy.
- Rule #3: Any formatting changes should be for the benefit of the user and usability, while not breaking any of the existing structure.
- Rule #4: Don't begin anything that you aren't able or willing to finish on your own, but don't forget to ask for help when you need it.
- Rule #5: Protect the integrity of the site from vandals and spammers.
- Rule #6: Building the editing community is always top priority. (Without editors both "big" and "small", the site weakens and withers.)
- Rule #7: Always remember that this is Sean's site. (All others borrow the site. We visit, we babysit, some of us may even be Aunts & Uncles, but it's his baby.)
- Rule #8: If what you're doing on LyricWiki isn't fun, do something else. (Hopefully on LyricWiki, but this isn't a job & it isn't work, it's a hobby - a voluntary donation of time and skills and effort. It has to be enjoyable, or burnout will ensue.)
- Rule #9: Listen to and love music. (Even better: Listen to and love the music while on LyricWiki. It's a reminder of why we're here.)
- Rule #10: Remember that admins are not all-knowing, all-powerful, and omnipresent. (Although there's a rumor that Redxx is perfect.)
- Rule #11: Set the (music) volume to 11. (An addition by User:EchoSierra to my original list...one I wish I had thought of myself!)
[edit] Pages That I'm Working On Redxx Has Been Kind Enough to Straighten Up for Me
User:Kiefer/Worklist
[edit] A Note So That I Don't LOSE The Page Again
User:Kiefer/Template Test (Although it does show up in the search function now.)
[edit] My Favorite Bad Lyrics
"YEAHHH the Matzo Virus!"
[edit] Favorite Songs
Please note that I'm not saying these are the best songs ever. These are just the songs that I enjoy listening to and don't seem to get tired of.
[edit] The Top 10
- John Mellencamp:Jack & Diane (I grew up in the Midwest. This song to me epitomizes growing up there.)
- Queen:Bohemian Rhapsody (Pretty much anything by Queen, really, but way before Wayne's World, my friends and I were "head-banging" to the rock section.)
- Yes:Owner Of A Lonely Heart (In my opinion, sheer...listening...perfection.)
- Pink Floyd:Learning To Fly (Ever had a dream where you could fly? This is the soundtrack.)
- Crash Test Dummies:Superman's Song (I'm a comic geek, and this is the most beautiful comic-related song I know.)
- Bruce Hornsby And The Range:The Way It Is
- Bruce Hornsby And The Range:Mandolin Rain
- Blue Öyster Cult:Astronomy (The version from Blue Öyster Cult:Imaginos (1988) is my favorite.)
- Bonzo Dog Band:Mr. Apollo (Amazing tongue-in-cheek masterpiece about a guy very much like Charles Atlas...you know the 97-pound-weakling-turned-bodybuilder who ran ads for his fitness program on the back page of comic books? Crank this one up and feel the rumble of the manly bass.)
- John Denver:The Eagle And The Hawk (I am the eagle, I live in high country in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky. I am the hawk, and there's blood on my feathers, but time is still turning, they soon will be dry. And all those who see me, and all who believe in me, share in the freedom I feel when I fly.)
[edit] General Favorites
- Barenaked Ladies:Light Up My Room (I have a video for this in my head. And it's cool. :-] )
- Jethro Tull:Songs From The Wood
- John Denver:Poems, Prayers & Promises
- John Mellencamp:Authority Song (A touch of rebellion never hurt anyone, eh?)
- Neil Young:Rockin' In The Free World (Nobody can rock a protest song like Neil Young. Nobody.)
- Paul Simon:You Can Call Me Al
- Pet Shop Boys:West End Girls
- Pink Floyd:Comfortably Numb (Can you show me where it hurts?)
- R.E.M.:It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- Rick Springfield:Jessie's Girl (Because I love singing it at full volume with my daughter.)
- Rush:Tom Sawyer
- The Beatles:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (I'm sure I could list a half-dozen Beatles tunes, but this one [made on a 4-track recorder] doesn't sound dated over 40 years later. Anyone who doesn't think that pretty much all of modern music doesn't owe a debt to the Fab Four need to listen to this again...and with the volume waaay up!)
- The Dream Academy:Life In A Northern Town
- The Guess Who:American Woman (The Guess Who is an under-appreciated Classic Rock band. Soulful and gripping. Must be listened to with the intro that isn't usually played on radio stations, though. American Woman, gonna mess your mind...)
- The Kingston Trio:Scotch And Soda (For my Mom, who loved the Folk Era of the late 50s, early 60s. Would the great Folk Rock acts like Crosby, Stills & Nash and Bob Dylan have existed without the incredible success of The Kingston Trio? Personally, I don't think so.)
- The Rolling Stones:Paint It, Black
- The Rolling Stones:Sympathy For The Devil
- The Who:Baba O'Riley (Gives me shivers every time.)
- They Might Be Giants:Ana Ng
- They Might Be Giants:Birdhouse In Your Soul
- Tom Cochrane:Life Is A Highway (This, the original, is the best version. Sorry, Rascal Flatts.)
- Tommy Tutone:867-5309/Jenny (Cheese, but aged to perfection. And my daughter loves it.)
- U2:Where The Streets Have No Name (The Anthem of the 80s)
- Van Halen:Panama (The CYMBALS! Holy !@#!$! the CYMBALS!!!! Ah, reach down between my legs and...}
[edit] Obscure Favorites
- Art Of Noise:Kiss (A Prince cover featuring Tom Jones. Yes, you read that correctly...and it's awesome.)
- Blue Öyster Cult:Joan Crawford (No...no no no...no no no no nono no nono!)
- Bruce Hornsby:Spider Fingers (A recent discovery from one of my all-time favorite artists.)
- Chris Rea:The Road To Hell (Part One) & (Part Two)
- Dada:Dizz Knee Land (Pollyanna goes bitter?)
- Del Amitri:Kiss This Thing Goodbye (And all those times when our lips were kissing, our tongues were telling lies...)
- Del Amitri:Tell Her This (Tell her something in my heart needs her more than even clowns need the laughter of the crowd....)
- Dire Straits:Industrial Disease (So many good Dire Straits songs, but this one is so different.... ...Two men say they're Jesus, one of them must be wrong...)
- Jellyfish:The King Is Half-Undressed She dots her "i"s with a smiley face/A work of art in all but taste...
- Joe Purdy:Isn't Love
- Joe Walsh:The Confessor
- John Mellencamp:Jackie Brown
- Monty Python:Bruces' Philosophers Song (Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed...)
- Peter Gabriel:Don't Give Up
- Randy Newman:Feels Like Home
- Roy Orbison:The Comedians (On Roy's last album before he died, this is a cover of the Elvis Costello song, but with Roy's incredibly heart-felt, melancholy voice. Sheer beauty.)
- The Men:Church Of Logic, Sin & Love (...when Kennedy was in Life magazine and everything was aquamarine...Aquamarine....)
- "Weird Al" Yankovic:It's All About The Pentiums (Cracks me up every time. Dissin' geek style: If I ever meet you I'll control-alt-delete you! Hardcore, yo!)
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