The one I've played most on the radio is "Billy Liar"
Mal: If anyone gets nosy, just, you know... shoot 'em. Zoe: Shoot 'em? Mal: Politely.
'Serenity'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
Jon B. - Sep 01, 2004 10:52:37 am PDT #4812 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
JZ - Sep 01, 2004 11:04:22 am PDT #4813 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
July, July!"
I love it so much.
Awwww! I can't remember if P-C was still dead to me from Movies, but if so, he is very certainly no longer. "July, July!" is right up there with "My Name Is Leslie Ann Levine" but has the advantage of being danceable, if you are a geek prone to dancing to folky stuff, which I fortunately (or sadly) am. "July, July!" is on the top of the playlist for my as-yet purely theoretical Geeky Folk Girl Dance Mix (The Divine Comedy's "Gin-Soaked Boy" is Number 2).
Lilty Cash - Sep 01, 2004 11:08:27 am PDT #4814 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Geeky Folk Girl Dance Mix
Mwah! JZ, you sound like a girl after my own heart. I think I'd like this. Well, two out of three advise: July, July wins.
Polter-Cow - Sep 01, 2004 11:12:51 am PDT #4815 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
"July, July!" is right up there with "My Name Is Leslie Ann Levine" but has the advantage of being danceable, if you are a geek prone to dancing to folky stuff, which I fortunately (or sadly) am.
Oh, I totally dance to it. I put it on The Funnest Mix CD Ever! mix for a friend of mine. Man, I hear it in my head right now and want to dance to it. And then this one time I actually listened to the second stanza of the first verse and discovered there was a guy holding his own intestines.
Lilty Cash - Sep 01, 2004 11:15:25 am PDT #4816 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
And then this one time I actually listened to the second stanza of the first verse and discovered there was a guy holding his own intestines
Now, see, I'm listening to it for the very first time right now? Still caught that bit.
But GOOD. Very good.
Polter-Cow - Sep 01, 2004 11:17:27 am PDT #4817 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
But GOOD. Very good.
I know. It's like he took the perfect assortment of words and they fit snugly into this upbeat melody. "Crooked French-Canadian." "Sprightly light magenta." Where else do you hear these phrases?!
Lilty Cash - Sep 01, 2004 11:23:09 am PDT #4818 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Yep, I liked it. Now I'll have to go get more to be schooled by the time they get to town.
JZ - Sep 01, 2004 11:24:40 am PDT #4819 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
"Crooked French-Canadian."
And he was gut-shot running gin! If you do not love those lyrics, you have no magic in your heart.
Hayden - Sep 01, 2004 11:41:22 am PDT #4820 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
What's your band now?
The Soft Set: [link]
I'm bit with the Decemberists love, too, but my favorite is "The Soldiering Life," which is an irresistable, jaunty little sing-along about soldiers dying in ditches in WWI.
DavidS - Sep 01, 2004 12:40:33 pm PDT #4821 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Really, David? Talk me into going to the show.
Oh jeez, well if you're not convinced already by all the Decembrists love on display, I'll note that Colin Meloy is probably the best songwriter to come along since Stephin Merritt. But he has more of a short story writer's sensibility mashed up with antic wordsmithery. And musically, I think you'd find them very appealing, since they use lots of acoustic instruments but bang them and bash them in a sea-chantey way - not unlike the Pogues, though more ramshackle. It's lovely stuff - the dark stuff is very dark, and the funny stuff is very funny and the heartfelt stuff is melancholy.
I haven't seen them live (I had Emmett the night they played in SF), but Jon vouches for their liveliness. And he seems tempted to go, and he's certainly good company at a show...