Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
Got it, tommy! Thanks!
You're welcome!
I just remembered that I had stopped listening to that album for years because I only had it in 128 kbps and was too lazy to find the CD. Which took less than five minutes.
(My playlist is in iCloud or whatever so it was using an AAC version.
So many death songs! Murder ballads alone take up a serious chunk of my collection.
Let's see, notable "death" titles:
O Death - Ralph Stanley (used in O'Brother - same song as Camper Van, but better/scarier)
Country Death Song - Violent Femmes
Death by Misadventure - Ted Nugent (about Brian Jones)
Justice Delives Its Death - Sufjan Stevens
Death of a Disco Dancer - The Smiths
Slow Death - Flamin' Groovies
Needle of Death - Bert Jansch
Death is Hanging Over Me - Nikki Sudden
Goodnight Dr. Death - My Chem Romance
Creeping Death - Metallica
The Death of Ferdinand de Saussaure - Magnetic Fields
The Girl on Death Row - Sanford Clark (also Duane Eddy. Great creepy song)
Death of a Clown - Kinks
Death Trip - Iggy and Stooges
He Dines Out On Death - Cristina
Art of Dying - George Harrison
In My Time of Dying - Blind Willie Johnson
See That My Grave Is Swept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson (also a great rocking cover by Thelonius Monster I have, available upon request)
Dumb Ways To Die - Tangerine Kitty
Goodnight Dr. Death - My Chem Romance
FYI, this is a spoken word piece from the character Dr. Death-Defying, and then goes into the Star Spangled Banner. So, possibly not what you're looking for.
I'm guessing it is really not. I skip it on pretty much all shuffles.
French tune, English lyrics -- how about "My Way"? ("And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain.") Many versions to choose from, starting with Frank Sinatra and Sid Vicious.
Another Sinatra song with some similarities is It Was A Very Good Year.
Another one: Now I'm Easy, by Eric Bogle.
The first two that come to mind, which I hope will be played at my funeral:
And When I Die -- Laura Nyro
When I Go -- Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer
STOP EARWORMING ME, WEIRD AL!!
I haven't listened to anything from the Weird Al album because I don't think I've heard any of the songs he's parodying.
ION, I downloaded the new Sia album the other day. I love her previous albums, but the first time I listened to 1000 Forms of Fear I just thought it was OK. But the second time I listened to it I loved every song.
It's weird--some songs I love the first time I hear them, some the second or third time, and sometimes it can take up to eight-ish listens to love. I read something a while ago that much of the pleasure our brains get from listening to music comes from our brains anticipating what's coming next in a song and then being right. So maybe songs with more complex melodies, rhythms and chord-progressions take more listens to appreciate because it takes more listens for the brain to "learn" them?
I think most of the songs I love on first listen are ones with catchy riffs and/or melodies, which maybe tend to be simpler?
Thoughts?
Question for a Wednesday morning: What songs never get old?
Just now, "Sugar, Sugar" played on the radio. And I was thinking, I've been hearing that song for more than 40 years, at least 2,000 times, 3,000 times, maybe more -- I lost count long ago. And I never get tired of it, it never gets old.
Another song in that category: "Love Is Blue." Again, I can't remember a time when I didn't know it. But I could still happily listen to it all day.
What songs do other people just never get tired of?