Just heard on the radio:
RIP, Jerry Goffin.
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.
Just heard on the radio:
RIP, Jerry Goffin.
x-post with FB...
I haven't had a chance to listen to this yet:
Hear the Earliest Known Talking Heads Recordings (1975) - | Open Culture
So: death
I have this sorta-Eastern philosophical view that we should think about the fact that we're going to die, that nothing is permanent, etc--rather than trying to not acknowledge death like most of us do in the West.
So I'm making a playlist about death. I mostly want songs about the singer contemplating their own death, or the fact that everyone is going to die. I don't really want songs about other people who have died or are going to die (although I have a few of those in my first stab at a playlist). Being an atheist, I don't want songs about heaven or becoming a spirit or whatever, but I do have two great songs with a "pushing daises" theme: Belly's "Feed The Tree" and Camper Van Beethoven's "Flowers." The songs don't have to be dark--see the excellent "I'm Gonna Die" by Future Wife.
Anyone have any suggestions? Here's my first draft of a playlist:
Playlist: Death 20 songs, 1:20:32.968017578125 total time, 124.9 MB
Title Artist Album
O Death Camper Van Beethoven Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
A Skull, A Suitcase, And A Long Red Bottle Of Wine Robyn Hitchcock Invisible Hitchcock
Ocean Breathes Salty Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Where Do You Go When You Die? Robyn Hitchcock Storefront Hitchcock
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
(Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult The Essential Blue Öyster Cult
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin
Try Not To Breathe R.E.M. Automatic For The People
The Ledge The Replacements Pleased To Meet Me
Johnny's Gonna Die The Replacements Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash!
Let Me In R.E.M. Monster
Hurt Johnny Cash American IV - The Man Comes Around
Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Mercy Seat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Tender Prey
Asleep The Smiths Louder Than Bombs
Pennyroyal Tea Nirvana In Utero
Feed The Tree Belly Star
Flowers Camper Van Beethoven Key Lime Pie
I'm Gonna Die Future Wife We're Gonna Die
Johnny Cash, "25 Minutes To Go."
Oh man, I haven't heard "Feed the Tree" in years. I had that CD somewhere, and I loved that song.
I'll think about this tommy, but I'm not sure I have a lot self-focused songs -- more stuff like "People Who Died" by Jim Carroll, etc.
I'll have more soon.