Yeah, I've got a bunch of '70s songs I would put on that list. "Shannon," anyone? Nothing like a song about a dead dog to gloom up an afternoon.
I also love Carole King's soundtrack to Really Rosie completely unironically and listen to it a lot.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Amy - Feb 22, 2011 12:19:14 pm PST #4152 of 6436
Because books.
quester - Feb 22, 2011 2:30:24 pm PST #4153 of 6436
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I think the '70's have a preponderance of "Songs that should never have been written". Shannon is on that list.
Atropa - Feb 22, 2011 2:39:29 pm PST #4154 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I also love Carole King's soundtrack to Really Rosie completely unironically and listen to it a lot.
Amy is me!
javachik - Feb 22, 2011 4:01:09 pm PST #4155 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
I was so surprised when I wrote about singing Air Supply and Sergio Mendes (one of his sappy love songs) on Facebook, and people commented that they loved Air Supply. I don't love or even like Air Supply, but I did when I was 12, so I still know all of the words.
Sue - Feb 22, 2011 4:10:18 pm PST #4156 of 6436
hip deep in pie
I don't love or even like Air Supply, but I did when I was 12, so I still know all of the words.
Javachik is me. It's occasionally useful to scare people.
Liese S. - Feb 22, 2011 4:15:31 pm PST #4157 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I definitely know all the words. My sister liked Air Supply, and she was awesome to the seven years younger me, so what she liked was the pinnacle of taste for me.
billytea - Feb 22, 2011 4:35:18 pm PST #4158 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm quite fond of Jessica Simpson's "I Wanna Love You Forever". It's so plainly obvious that the singer has pretty much lost her grip on reality, and this Will Not End Well.
I like songs with that kind of internal contradiction. See also Jewel's "This Way", Art Garfunkel's "All I Know" (I could probably add much of Garfunkel's work to this list, though I'm in two minds about whether to include Boxing Helena), Leah Haywood's "We Think It's Love". Though not the Divinyl's cover "Hey Little Boy". That one just leaves me going "Huh?" Seriously: your boyfriend cheated on you. Why are you giggling? And you return fire with "you didn't think of nothing new, other boys did it" -- how is "I make a habit of dating cheaters" a comeback? He must just be reeling from this zinger.
Fred Pete - Feb 23, 2011 4:58:46 am PST #4159 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
I drove about 75 miles to see Air Supply in concert at the 1981 Wisconsin State Fair. And, to tie back to a post upthread, "Greatest American Hero" probably played on the radio at least once during the drive there or back.
le nubian - Feb 23, 2011 3:29:38 pm PST #4160 of 6436
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2011 11:34:19 am PST #4161 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A question that's been bugging me for 26 years: In the Velvet Underground's "Some Kinda Love," what does the line, "Put jelly on your shoulder" mean? Or is it just something weird Lou made up, like (I think) "PR shoes" in "I'm Waiting For the Man"?