I find it lacking something

On a semi-regular basis I get these grand ideas for a series of blog posts. Often times they're just variations on something I've seen on another person's blog. Today's grand scheme is no different. For the month of April, every time I post I am going to write something about one of my favourite songs by Joe Jackson. Why have I chosen Joe Jackson, a mildly famous eighties new wave/soft rock pianist from the UK, as the subject of my musings? To be honest, I've been inspired by my students who have bared their musical soul to the class in the name of my semi-awesome assignment. When I was their age, Joe Jackson's Look Sharp! was my favourite album. It held that distinction for a variety of reasons, chief among them was that Jackson sounded like Elvis Costello but not nearly as popular, therefore that much cooler. Costello was, during my high school years, in the midst of his recent come back therefore many of my classmates knew of him (thanks to Austin Powers) while almost no one knew of Joe Jackson. Plus, the angst ridden lyrics of that first "angry man" album totally fit into my teenage persona.

So I begin with probably one of his most popular songs, Is She Really Going Out With Him? Used for comic effect in There's Something about Mary, covered by Goldfinger, this was Jackson's "big" single (recently ripoff by the Raconteurs as mentioned here). This song encapsulated how I believe my dating life was in high school. It seemed I never got the girl I wanted, but in reality I just didn't notice was right in front of my face. This has been my major failing ever since. Ask Mac. She's heard me go on enough about she could probably write a book about my whining on this subject. I always thought this other boys had something else to offer the girls that I couldn't. I realize now that I was just living out my fantasy of being the "emo" boy before it was cool, but that's how I felt.

Biography through song - is there anything better?