I Hate the Soundtrack of our lives.

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Haters Club Soundtrack.

Track 1. Shellac - Prayer to God
Track 2. XTC - Dear God

next?

[Amanda]

Track 3. Harry Nilsson - Fuck You
Track 4. Ass Ponys - Pretty As You Please

[Charissa]

Hate Is All You Need - The Delgados

The World' A Mess It's In My Kiss - X

[Meg]

Track 5.Screeching Weasel-I Hate Led Zeppelin

[Xio]

Track 6 'I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts' --X

yeah, another X song,

the facts we hate: we'll never meet.
walking down the road. Everybody yelling
"hurry up!" "hurry up!" But i'm waiting
for you, I must go slow. I must not
think bad thoughts. When is this
world coming to? Both sides are
right but both sides murder. I
give up; why can't they? I must
not think bad thoughts. the civil
wars and the uncivilized wars.
conflagrations leap out of every
poor furnace. the food cooks
poorly and everyone goes hungry.
from then on it's dog eat dog, dog
eat body, & body eat dog. I can't
go down there. I can't understand it.
I'm a no good coward & an american too.
a north american, that is not a south
or a central. Or a native american.
oh i must not think bad thoughts. I'm
guilty of murder of innocent men,
innocent women, innocent children,
thousands of them! My planes, my guns,
my money, my soldiers, my blood on ny
hands, it's all my fault! I must not
think bad thoughts. I must not think
bad thoughts. the facts we hate:
you'll never hear us.
"I hear the radio is finally gonna
play new music, you know, the
british invasion." But what about
the Minutemen, Flesh Eaters, DOA,
Big Boys. And the Black Flag? Will
the last american band to get played
on the radio please bring the flag?
please bring the flag! Glitter-disco-
synthesizer night school. All this
noble savage drum, drum, drum.
astronauts going back in time to hang
out with the cave people. It's about
time, it's about space. It's about
some people in the strangest place.
woody guthrie sang about b-e-e-t-s
not b-e-a-t-s. I must not think
bad thoughts, I must not think
bad thoughts, the facts we hate

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I'm adding 'No Children' by The Mountain Goats, Taking off 'Dear God' and doing a happy jig that X are playing Portland w/the original lineup :D

[Howard]

No Children is a great song.

I nominate Hate, by Cinerama. Sweetest sounding hate song I can think of.

[Amanda]

Since we're retracting tunes now...
I retract Pretty As You Please by the Ass Ponys (even though they're one of the top three bands that has ever existed in my opinion). We've already got the murder tune covered.
I'd like to suggest a good ol' prog rock number in honor of the sarcastic underbelly that is this group--Time and a Word by Yes.

[Charissa]

Steve... I saw X in December in SF with my daughter. They were amazing!!! : )

[Erika]

maybe add "i don't give a fuck' by peaches? 'through being cool' by devo?

[Sierra]

Believe in Love-Barlow Girls. heheh,very sad but inspirational song!

[Tesse]

Why Don't you Kill Yourself by The Only Ones

and

I Love Trash (sung by Oscar the Grouch, a true hater)

Yes, it is a song about love but it's about loving things that other people hate.

Oh, I love trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I love trash

I have here a sneaker that's tattered and worn
It's all full of holes and the laces are torn
A gift from my mother the day I was born
I love it because it's trash

Oh, I love trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I love trash

I have here some newspaper thirteen months old
I wrapped fish inside it; it's smelly and cold
But I wouldn't trade it for a big pot o' gold!
I love it because it's trash

Oh, I love trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I love trash

I've a clock that won't work
And an old telephone
A broken umbrella, a rusty trombone
And I am delighted to call them my own!
I love them because they're trash

Oh, I love trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I love, I love, I love trash!

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

"Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that youve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows youve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that its now or never
Everybody knows that its me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when youve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black joes still pickin cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the plague is coming
Everybody knows that its moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But theres gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that youre in trouble
Everybody knows what youve been through
From the bloody cross on top of calvary
To the beach of malibu
Everybody knows its coming apart
Take one last look at this sacred heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows

[Charissa]

Robert... I'm disappointed in you! How can you hate Leonard Cohen? He's one of the most amazing song writers of his generation! Seriously.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

I'm not that familiar with Leonard Cohen's oeuvre. I heard "Everybody Knows" on the Pump Up the Volume soundtrack, and thought it was perfect for this group.
That, or "Hello Dad, I'm in Jail" by Was (Not Was)
Hello dad, I'm in jail


Hi dad, I'm calling you from jail
Hi dad, happy birthday, I'm in jail
Jail, jail, hi dad

All those years, I'm in jail now
I'm in jail, I like it here
It's nice, I like it
Hello dad, I'm in jail
Hello, hello dad, hi, I'm in jail
Say hi to mom, from jail
I'm in jail, I'm gonna stay here
I like it here
I like it, yeah, throw away the key
I'm in jail

Hello dad, I'm in jail
Jail, jail, jail, jail



I played this song for my mom, but she didn't think it was funny. Huh.

[Erika]

jackie that song is (was) so funny! i mus thear it again very soon.

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Today, it has turned grey outside, and in an effort to go with it, I offer this song:

I'm Only Happy When it Rains by Garbage

Im only happy when it rains
Im only happy when its complicated
And though I know you can't appreciate it
Im only happy when it rains
You know I love it when the news is bad
Why it feels so good to feel so sad
Im only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me
Pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me

Im only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are going wrong
I only listen to the sad, sad songs
Im only happy when it rains

I only smile in the dark
My only comfort is the night gone black
I didnt accidentally tell you that
Im only happy when it rains
Youll get the message by the time Im through
When I complain about me and you
Im only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me...pour your misery down
Pour your misery down...pour
You can keep me company
As long as you dont care

Im only happy when it rains
You want to hear about my new obsession
Im riding high upon a deep depression
Im only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains....pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains...pour some misery down on me...pour some misery down on me...pour some misery down on me...pour some misery down on me

[Charissa]

God... I just LOVE 'Chelsea Hotel #2' and 'Hallelujah' makes me weep everytime I hear it. I especially love Rufus Wainwright's versions of both of those.

'The Future' I find intense and chilling... and love Teddy Thompson's cover of it.

And these are some of my favorite poetic lines of all time... profound to the point of ringing through my head on a fairly frequent basis:

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

Dude... just.... :::sigh::::

[Jackie "the Librarian"]

Those are beautiful lyrics, Charissa.

I am mesmerized by the Fairport Convention version of "Suzanne". And their "Tam Lin" which I didn't at first like, but my roommate kept playing it, and it grew on me.

I had a similar experience with "Kashmir" by Led Zepellin. As a freshman, the guy next door to mine in the dorm decided that was the perfect song to blast every morning at 6:00 a.m. to wake up to.

It seems like Cohen is a bit like Dylan - the covers are often better than the original versions.

[Charissa]

Jackie... yeah, Cohen is very similar to Dylan. His voice is not what you would call pretty. It's dissonant and raspy. Great song writer. His songs are definitely often better when recorded by others.

[Joseph]

Here's some hateful tunes that should corrode your ear drums:

1. "Ugly American" - Big Black
2. "To Hell With Good Intentions" - Mclusky
3. "Afraid of Being Wrong" - Husker Du

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I hate that all this crap is 1970s and 1980s hipster garbage

[Bryan]

It's inevitable that on any arts-chat site the conversation will degenerate into a "my taste is cooler and more obscure than your taste" discussion.

Like Godwin's Law, an example of which you can see on message 336 of this thread: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...