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19. A song that references some kind of technology
macintosh – Kim++
Okay, how this fits 19 is pretty self-explanatory. This song is the reason I submitted 19 as a category.
And then I had to cut something for time and decided that macintosh could fit category 14 as well even though it's not on an album. See, Kim++ is a local musician who I first heard playing at a festival in my neighborhood this fall. It was just her on guitar and a guy on these funny keyboard/computer things. The stage was right across the street from this stringed instrument store. A few days after the festival the guy who owns the string shop came into the store of my friends who coordinate the music for the festival. He complained about how they didn't have his kind of music at the festival (I'm guessing he wanted something more bluegrassy maybe?) and specifically about how terrible Kim++. He said she couldn't sing. Maybe that's true but who cares? She is so awesome! I know she played out a couple of times afterwards but I think she's given it up for now.
The dude from the string store said, "I can get you professional musicians next year."
pfft!
15. An upbeat song about a sad thing.
Amplifier – The dBs
I remember seeing The dBs opening for REM back in the way early 80s and not being able to get this song out of my head for weeks! I wrote the lyrics out in, like, my history notebook because I thought they were so freaking clever. I still do!
16. Midnight driving in the rain music.
Diamonds on my Windshield – Tom Waits
Maybe this is kind of cliché because, well, it is a song about driving but it's such a great song about driving! It's a total steering wheel tapper. (And it doesn't make you go so fast that it is unsafe for poor road conditions.)
17. More cowbell: A song containing that essential instrument
Clampdown – The Clash
Thank you Jesse for the link to the list. This is what I had. And the Clash are my classic Favorite Band of All Time. I don't think I've ever in my life made a mix that didn’t have at least one Clash song on it.
18. A song that reminds you of your first love
Green – Throwing Muses
This song is my relationship with my first love. Crazy tortured beautiful. And he had the green eyes. We were in Boston so the phoenix in the song has always been the Phoenix (the local alternative weekly) in my version.
I wear your clothes (I wear your clothes like armor)/I love your face (I love your face like god)/So, you're in love and I'm indebted always. Green eyes.
dag. It is just so YES THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LIKE. It still kills me a little bit almost 20 years later.
20. A song with a chorus that compels you to sing along or that you cannot not dance to
Big O Motel -- Tarnation
Honestly? There is no song that I like that I don't sing along with. Out of my range? No problem! In a language I don't speak? No problemo!
Singing Along—It's What I Do.
So, yeah, I just like this song. And it is pure fun to sing the chorus with the funky phrasing and loop-de-loops! (It's possible that I should maybe take some voice lessons if for no other reason then to learn correct terminology.)
21. A song that starts with a bassline
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games – Of Montreal
I understand this mighty be a leeetle bit of a cheat. I know the bass isn't what you hear first but the bassline is what gets the song started for real! And it is insanely catchy. A friend who knows way more about this thing you call current music put it on his best of '05 mix and I am totally down with that. (The title is stupid though. Did he mean "Myst"?)
22. A song that relates to science
Blue Orchid – White Stripes
For some reason this category was hard to fill. But, here you go! Horticulture ahoy!
23. A song you sing (or would sing) to your pet and/or child
Bobby Bare Jr. – On the End of Your Leash
My dog Frank could absolutely have written this song. Including the part about being (continued...)