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I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.

Buffy ,'Chosen'

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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.

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DavidS - Jun 24, 2014 6:39:57 pm PDT #5868 of 6436

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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

Atropa - Jun 24, 2014 8:34:15 pm PDT #5869 of 6436

The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

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.

Cass - Jun 24, 2014 8:41:57 pm PDT #5870 of 6436

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I'm guessing it is really not. I skip it on pretty much all shuffles.

Fred Pete - Jun 25, 2014 4:02:16 am PDT #5871 of 6436

Ann, that's a ferret.

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.

billytea - Jun 25, 2014 4:26:38 am PDT #5872 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.

Another Sinatra song with some similarities is It Was A Very Good Year.

Another one: Now I'm Easy, by Eric Bogle.

Kate P. - Jun 28, 2014 7:40:24 am PDT #5873 of 6436

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

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

Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2014 7:49:14 am PDT #5874 of 6436

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

STOP EARWORMING ME, WEIRD AL!!

tommyrot - Jul 16, 2014 8:14:27 am PDT #5875 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.

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?

Fred Pete - Jul 23, 2014 4:40:18 am PDT #5876 of 6436

Ann, that's a ferret.

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?

DavidS - Jul 23, 2014 6:59:48 am PDT #5877 of 6436

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What songs do other people just never get tired of?

While I got fully sated on Tom Waits music while researching the book, certain of his songs are always welcome including "Swordfishtrombones," "Cold Cold Night" and "Alice."

Looking through my Radio Schmaydio playlists (which I play all the time in the car), these songs have never lost their charm despite dozens (probably hundreds) of plays:

See Line Woman - Nina Simone
California Dreamin' - Bobby Womack (a great slinky soul cover)
That's How Much I Need Your Love - Chuck Prophet
Dark Rapture - Count Basie
Make Me Yours - Bettye Swan (soul nugget)
Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz
Stupidly Happy - XTC
California Sex Lawyer - Fountains of Wayne
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Del McCoury Band
Spanish Stroll - Mink Deville
Skylark - Jackie Paris

Rather random scurry through my playlists, but those songs have been very durable.

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