Musical gifts that went awry

best to check musical tastes before gifting music

The musical gifts that went awry

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Sam Adams gave his wife
Maria Lee, a musical album
On their 25th anniversary.

But did not check
Into her musical tastes
Thinking he understood
Her tastes,

As he assumed
She would like it
She did not.

He gave her
A Harry Connick Jr album,
Titled “25”

She gave him
An album too,
But also did not check
Into his musical tastes

As she assumed
He would like it too
thinking she knew
his musical tastes as well
She did not.

She gave him
“Twenty Five”
By Karma to Burn

He had never this band
Before, and hated it
When he played it.

They both smiled
took the gift,
listened to the music
swearing they loved
the gift.

They both discreetly
trashed it later.

Being passive-aggressive
keeping secrets
and strategic deception
from each other
playing the long game
of love.

just the way it was
for this married couple.


25 (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992
"Twenty Five", a song by Karma to Burn from the album Wild, Wonderful Purgatory, 1999


Albums
• Twenty Five (album), a 2006 greatest hits album by George Michael
• Twenty Five (video), released alongside the George Michael album
• 25 (A-ha album), 2010
• 25 (Adele album), 2015
• 25 (Blues Traveler album), 2012
• 25 (G Herbo album), 2021
• 25 (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992
• 25 (Oysterband album), 2003
• 25 (Patty Larkin album), 2010
• 25 (EP), a 2014 EP by Song Ji-eun
• Mina 25, a 1983 album by Mina
Songs
• "25" (Rod Wave song)
• "25", a song by The Kooks from 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark (2022)
• "25", a song by The Pretty Reckless from Death by Rock and Roll, 2021
• "25", a song by The Smith Street Band from More Scared of You Than You Are of Me, 2017
• "Twenty Five", a song by Karma to Burn from the album Wild, Wonderful Purgatory, 1999