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What Are You Listening to Right Now?
Explosions in the Sky-All of a Sudden I Miss EveryoneGood office music...
Gus wrote: "Heather wrote, This could get embarrassing...1.A thread cut with a carving knife-Stars
2.London half life-Metric
3.American Woman-The guess who
4.Beautiful freak-Eels
5.Lovers in love-Portugal.th..."
I agree, what I meant when I said this could get embarrassing was that spice girls could pop up or snoop dogg, Also favorite Metric song = Combat baby but I like London half life almost as much...almost.
For some weird reason, Radiohead's "Reckoner", off their In Rainbows album, keeps popping up on my iPod. What's weird is that the song is on a massive playlist (over 1,000 songs), yet I'm always hearing that song. Not that I'm complaining; "Reckoner" is probably my favorite Radiohead song.
Right now I'm listening to my "Happy at Work" playlist - lots of peppy, upbeat songs...This morning's playlist so far:
It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens
The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - Otis Redding
My Baby Just Cares for Me - Nina Simone
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Ride Like the Wind - Christopher Cross
Ocean Man - Ween
Walk In Jerusalem - Mahalia Jackson
Breathe Me - Sia
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams
La Vie En Rose - Madeleine Peyroux
1234 - Feist
Have You Ever - Brandi Carlile
Cochabamba - Sarazino
If I Could My Whole World Around You - Marc Broussard
Cottontail - Ella Fitzgerald
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Cripple Creek - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Across the Universe - Sloan Wainwright
Blessed to Be a Witness - Ben Harper
Where I Go - Natalie Merchant
Polite Dance Song - The Bird & The Bee
Tiny Dancer - Elton John (makes me think of the bus scene on Almost Famous)
:) Alot of shebang songs made the list, of course...
Heidi wrote: "Right now I'm listening to my "Happy at Work" playlist - lots of peppy, upbeat songs...This morning's playlist so far:
It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat St...
:) Alot of shebang songs made the list, of course... "
I see one of mine!
Sloan Wainwright's Across the Universe - yep, I thought of you when it came on, Sarah. :)
New Pornographer's Twin Cinema...great after lunch office music...
RA, that's a great album, period. I still think it's the best work that supergroup's done.
"Rehab" - Amy Winehouse. "Rock and Roll Music" - The Beatles.
"Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello
"Goldfinger" - Shirley Bassey
"Gloria" - Van Morrison
"Diamonds on the Inside" - Ben Harper
"My One and Only Thrill" - Melody Gardot
"Fallen" - Vib Gyor
"Mexico" - Jimmy Buffet
"The Story" - Brandie Carlile
"My One and Only Thrill" - Melody Gardot
"Fallen" - Vib Gyor
"Mexico" - Jimmy Buffet
"The Story" - Brandie Carlile
Mod
Wings, Elton John, and Three Dog Night!
Groovy, Sally! :)"Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine..."
Every time I hear Joy to the World, I'm reminded of the time I used to work at a law firm. There was this elderly attorney named Gerald Meyer (one of the senior partners whose name was on the letterhead, actually) who called our department. We liked making fun of the way he said his name, which sounded an awful lot like "Jeremiah". Hence, "Gerald Meyer was a bullfrog..."
You had to be there.
You had to be there.
More from today's Happy at Work playlist:Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye
You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile - Annie soundtrack
L-O-V-E, Love - Al Green
Fly Me Away - Goldfrapp
Creepin' In - Norah Jones & Dolly Parton
Hundreds of Sparrows - sparklehorse
Folk Song - The Sundays
'S Wonderful - Ella Fitzgerald
Love Is Alive - The Judds
Theme from "The Great Imposter" - Henry Mancini
P Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) - Parliament
Feed the Tree - Belly
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
Ma Nah Ma Nah - Piero Umliani
Here Comes My Baby - Yo La Tengo
Theme from "What's Happening" - Henry Mancini
This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks
M79 - Vampire Weekend
C'Est Si Bon - Eartha Kitt
America the Beautiful - Keb' Mo'
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) - Soul II Soul
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
Mexico - Cake
Instant Karma - John Lennon
I'll Fly Away - Allison Krauss; Gillian Welch
I guess Hundreds of Sparrows is less of a downer than most Sparklehorse songs. Other than the line where eyes get impaled by sharp beaks, it's kinda sweet. :)
Sarah Pi wrote: "I guess Hundreds of Sparrows is less of a downer than most Sparklehorse songs. Other than the line where eyes get impaled by sharp beaks, it's kinda sweet. :) "I always thought that line was "afraid our eyes might (assumed they left a "be" out of the lyric) becoming pale" - like getting older or going blind, which I thought was a brilliant poetic inference - I NEVER knew that was the lyric, though! :(
I like my version better. I'm going to keep singing it that way.
I think that's an entirely reasonable thing to do.I have a song with a line "Here comes the sun - like it thinks it shines on everyone" which my mother LOVES but insists is actually "it likes to shine on everyone". I tell her I wrote it, but she says she likes her version and she's sticking to it.
Simply put, three great American rock and roll singles, high-speed crack-ups of three wonderful chords and bubblegum melodies that take me to a place where Hannah Montana, telemarketers, and help desk operators in India can’t get inside my head. If any of them don't leave you grinning like an idiot, there's a hole in your soul somewhere.
Unfortunately, it all fell on deaf, dumb, dimwit ears in Radio Land, where most clueless programmers still refused to believe the sun had finally set on the Summer of Love. Somebody get Jesse Ventura on the horn. I think I have an idea for the next episode of his new show.
I don't trust people who don't like The Ramones. I just don't. They bring me so much joy. I'm not kidding.
You wouldn't trust my wife then, RA. She simply LOATHES the Ramones, for the stupidest reason possible; she can't get past how ugly they were. But I am getting my revenge; I'm teaching my daughter the "Hey-ho, let's go!" chant, just to piss Jaime off...
All great rock n' roll has been written and performed by ugly-looking people. That's a fact.
All great rock n' roll has been written and performed by ugly-looking people. That's a fact.
Gus wrote: "All great rock n' roll has been written and performed by ugly-looking people. That's a fact."
You talkin' to me, Gus?
You talkin' to me, Gus?
Not just Pete. Hell, Keith Richards is pretty hard on the eyes.
And Iggy Pop.
And Patti Smith.
And Johnny Rotten.
And Iggy Pop.
And Patti Smith.
And Johnny Rotten.
Speaking of Keef, I have this bootleg DVD of a show he did in 1993 in Boston with the Expensive Winos. Now that he's finally completed the transformation to a cross between the cryptkeeper from HBO's "Tales From the Crypt," Boris Karloff as Im-ho-tep, and the rotting corpse of Bette Davis, it's hard to believe we all thought he looked so bad 17 years ago. In the DVD, he looks downright dewy.
Tom Waits...Bob Mould...E from eels...
Dewy or not, Keef will probably outlive all of us.
Shane MacGowan
David Johansen
Adam Duritz
Mark E. Smith
Brian Eno
Bjork
David Johansen
Adam Duritz
Mark E. Smith
Brian Eno
Bjork
Gus wrote: "Dewy or not, Keef will probably outlive all of us."
And Lemmy.
And Lemmy.
Club Next Door is all a-thumpin', so I have one of my Pandora stations cranked up. Right now "Disconnected" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is playing.
Lemmy and Keef will be the only survivors of the impending man-made apocalypse. And hilarity will ensue.
Sounds to me like the makings of a great road movie.
Sounds to me like the makings of a great road movie.
Gus wrote: "Lemmy and Keef will be the only survivors of the impending man-made apocalypse. And hilarity will ensue.
Sounds to me like the makings of a great road movie."
It would have to be subtitled.
Sounds to me like the makings of a great road movie."
It would have to be subtitled.
Continuing the Happy at work playlist...Today's treats have included:
Groovin' - The Young Rascals
Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby - Jimmy Reed
Down to the River to Pray - Allison Krauss
Buffalo - Kathleen Edwards (great background music during my nap... made the follicles on my scalp tingly and relaxed - good stuff)
Ever Fallen In Love? - Nouvelle Vague
Come to Me - The Idan Raichel Project
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Shine - Black Gold
Bright As Yellow - The Innocence Mission
Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini
No Rain - Blind Melon
Les Champs-Élysées - Joe Dassin
Waiting on a Friend - The Rolling Stones
The Way You Do the Things You Do - The Temptations
7 8 9 - Barenaked Ladies
Steal My Sunshine - Len
King Dinösaur wrote: "LEMMY: The Movie
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Clark wrote: "Gus wrote: "Lemmy and Keef will be the only survivors of the impending man-made apocalypse. And hilarity will ensue.
Sounds to me like the makings of a great road movie."
It would have to be..."
Now that's something I'd love to see. Over a warm six-pack and some bong hits. Memo to myself: find out where my wife hid my Motorhead t-shirt.
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Clark wrote: "Gus wrote: "Lemmy and Keef will be the only survivors of the impending man-made apocalypse. And hilarity will ensue.
Sounds to me like the makings of a great road movie."
It would have to be..."
Now that's something I'd love to see. Over a warm six-pack and some bong hits. Memo to myself: find out where my wife hid my Motorhead t-shirt.
King Dinösaur wrote: "LEMMY: The Movie!!!"!!!! :D
I wonder who they'd get to play Lemmy's mole...
RandomAnthony wrote: "I wonder who they'd get to play Lemmy's mole...">:F
RUDE.
You oughta be ashamed RA. And besides, they're warts, not moles. And there are more than one. Let's try to keep it above board, alright?
Hey Clark...That's the way I like it baby I don't want to live forever!
RandomAnthony wrote: "Hey Clark...That's the way I like it baby I don't want to live forever!"
I hear you.
Please don't tell me you listen to "Ace of Spades" while soaking in that frou-frou bubble bath you fancy...:)
I hear you.
Please don't tell me you listen to "Ace of Spades" while soaking in that frou-frou bubble bath you fancy...:)
Now, I reserve Slayer for the bath...
RandomAnthony wrote: "Now, I reserve Slayer for the bath..."I assumed you would've saved Winger for these moments, RA.
Dude, if you put Winger in my head today, you are in huge fucking trouble...
I don't think I could conjure a Winger song if I tried. I remember Kip Winger's muscle T-chest hair combination, and the way he kind of looked like an extra from the Lost Boys, but their music? Forgettable, unlike the rest of that damned genre.
Mod
I think they both do bubble baths, Sally.
Mod
*** resists urge to imagine the two sharing a bubble bath, a la Ernie and Bert ***
We'd have to be on different ends of the bathtub.And we could sing this song to each other:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1knO1I...
Sally wrote: "Hhheee hehehehehehe heheheh! *** resists urge to imagine the two sharing a bubble bath, a la Ernie and Bert ***"
Dammit, Sally!
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1.A thread cut with a carving knife-Stars
2.London half life-Metric
3.American Woman-The guess who
4.Beautiful freak-Eels
5.Lovers in love-Portugal.the man
Nothing embarrassing about any of those picks, Heather. Metric is a damned fine, very under-appreciated band whom I like greatly. It took a while, but their last album finally grew on me; Sick Muse has been popping up on my iPod a lot lately.