'Objects In Space'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I loved it when it came out, but even then I thought it was a little too goofy for me to love any more than I did.
My buddy Ed and I knew we were going to be pals forevah when we realized we both had not only the first album, and Hope, but also Sir Army Suit, and liked it (20 years after the fact). I never knew about the fifth album.
Awesome Carpenters video!
We are observing your earth... and we'd like to make... a contact... with you... baby.
Oddly, I can't think of this song without hearing the Langley Schools version in my head.
Christie's is having a Rock & Pop Memorabilia Auction next week. The catalog is online.
Now playing: The Carpenters tribute album If I Were a Carpenter (it came out in the mid-'90s). So far it's really holding up. The standout track is Sonic Youth's "Superstar." The lyrics of that song are kinda' creepy, and they take the creepy and run with it....
The Shonen Knife track is really awesome, too.
Yeah. My sister loved that song (the original). When she was about two or three, we would play the song for her and she'd climb on top of a chair ("top of the world") and dance and sing along....
eta: And Sheryl Crow's "Solitaire" is good too. The Carpenters really wrote some melancholy songs....
Something for Jilli: [link]
Something for Jilli: [link]
Now I'm wondering what reactions I'd get if I wore that on the train....
Something for Jilli: [link]
Ooooh. Of course, all I'd probably do with it is build a shrine around it. But still! Ziggy Stardust costume!
Chicagoistas: