What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
Angel ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
tommyrot - Apr 10, 2009 8:00:03 am PDT #951 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.
DavidS - Apr 10, 2009 8:12:51 am PDT #952 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not sure I get the point of complaining about Colin Meloy's fruity lyrics. They've always been exactly that pretentious. It seems belated and obvious.
After the fourth Smiths album who's going to give a shit if a reviewer finds Morrissey bitchy, self-involved and overly dramatic? Shocker!
Jon B. - Apr 10, 2009 8:41:21 am PDT #953 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think people may be noticing more because it can be argued that the new album is especially musically pretentious as well.
Dana - Apr 10, 2009 8:42:18 am PDT #954 of 6436
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sounds like my kind of thing. I love Crane Wife.
Jon B. - Apr 10, 2009 10:36:35 am PDT #955 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How have I not heard of the Black Cab Sessions until now? A cabbie in London picks up a musician, the musician plays a song while riding around, and the whole thing is videotaped. Here's Calexico: [link]
Sue - Apr 10, 2009 3:42:17 pm PDT #956 of 6436
hip deep in pie
It's very similar to the Take-away Sessions, in look and premise...I wonder if they are somehow related.
tommyrot - Apr 11, 2009 5:41:34 am PDT #957 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.
Am in a cafe, waiting for breakfast while they play the radio. "Come On Eileen" was just on. One verse from that song always seemed weird to me:
These people round here wear beaten down eyes
Sunk in smoke dried faces they're so resigned to what their fate is,
But not us, no not us we are far too young and clever.
Remember Toora Loora Toora Loo-Rye-Aye
Eileen I'll hum this tune forever.
That verse always struck me as ironic; I foresee Eileen and the singer ended up just like all the other "people round here." (If Eileen and the singer are even together in the future.)
ETA: It's the "We are far too young and clever" that seems ironic. Obviously, they won't be young forever.
Thoughts?
Perhaps I should have coffee....
Jon B. - Apr 11, 2009 11:05:21 am PDT #958 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
See also, "Born to Run"?
Jon B. - Apr 11, 2009 11:06:32 am PDT #959 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That is to say: I don't know if ironic is the right word, but I think we're supposed to recognize that escape is unlikely.
Tom Scola - Apr 13, 2009 2:25:36 pm PDT #960 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Phil Spector: Guilty