And you have NO idea how hard it is for me to burn a CD with an actual stone.
Well, first you have to put your stone on a fire. Then there's the pounding to get each digital pit exactly so...
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
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.
DavidS - Feb 03, 2004 8:34:33 am PST #565 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lyra Jane - Feb 03, 2004 8:41:15 am PST #566 of 10003
Up with the sun
To (ahem) completely change the subject...
I want to make a mix of love songs for my husband for Valentine's Day. They should be romantic, but not drenched in sap. (Like, it's okay if it's technically a breakup song, or if one of the lovers ends up dead.) His taste in music is all over the place; he likes traditional folk, but also a fair amount of new wave/'80's English music for smart people (Joy Division, XTC, the Police, etc.), and he's obsessive about Elvis Costello. Any suggestions? I have some ideas, but could use more...
Jon B. - Feb 03, 2004 8:42:33 am PST #567 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Matthew Sweet - "I"ve Been Waiting"
DXMachina - Feb 03, 2004 8:45:06 am PST #568 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
LJ, "Sunrise" by the Who.
Of course, my taste is suspect, because I quite like "Walking on Sunshine."
tina f. - Feb 03, 2004 8:45:09 am PST #569 of 10003
It's sappy - but it's my fave : "All I Want is You" by U2
SA - I started to burn those discs for you and then I wasn't positive what your in-the-country or out status was. I could have e-mailed - sorry - I'm a big lazy slacker. You still want em? I know you said the Dave and Tim Reynolds shows - which I burned already - but I honestly can't remember what else. Remind me and I'll burn them and get em out this week.
Fred Pete - Feb 03, 2004 9:09:21 am PST #570 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
The sound is pure sap, but it's a breakup song -- "Leave Right Now" by Will Young.
Also, a lot of stuff from the '60s would be up that alley. Comes to mind -- "Don't Sleep in the Subway" by Petula Clark, "For Once in My Life" by Stevie Wonder (lyrics = sap, but hidden by great Motown sound), "Words of Love" by the Mamas and the Papas, "I Got Rhythm" by the Happenings, "Let's Hang On" by the 4 Seasons. "I Can Hear Music" by the Beach Boys is probably too much sap, but it's such a well-put together single.
Hayden - Feb 03, 2004 9:10:44 am PST #571 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Big Star -- "I'm In Love With a Girl"
Hayden - Feb 03, 2004 9:12:49 am PST #572 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
My buddy John's band the Dexateens just had an album come out on Estrus that's getting very good press. I'm glad people are noticing it. It rocks like Hank Sr fronting the Stooges, and I'm a big fan of redneck punk.
Lyra Jane - Feb 03, 2004 9:16:44 am PST #573 of 10003
Up with the sun
<taking notes furiously>
It's sappy - but it's my fave : "All I Want is You" by U2
I like that song, but I'm not sure I like it as much as "Sweetest Thing" or their cover of "Everlasting Love." Decisions, decisions...
joe boucher - Feb 03, 2004 9:36:32 am PST #574 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
“Wizard of Finance” by Parliament from the album Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome: “If I were a wizard of finance I’d prob'ly invest my whole life in you. My dividend would be so tremendous, baby, even Dow Jones won't believe it's true.”
John Prine & Iris Dement's "In Spite of Ourselves" is very funny ("He ain't got laid in a month o' Sundays/Caught him once, he was sniffin' my undies") and kinda sweet in a twisted way ("In spite of ourselves we'll end up sittin' on a rainbow/Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize").
Richard & Linda Thompson's "Dimming of the Day" is one of his finest songs & one of her finest vocals, and that's saying something on both counts.