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Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

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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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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.

Lyra Jane - Feb 03, 2004 9:41:11 am PST #575 of 10003
Up with the sun

John Prine & Iris Dement's "In Spite of Ourselves" is very funny

We used to have that CD. Patrick really doesn't like DeMent's voice. But yes, funny, funny song.

tina f. - Feb 03, 2004 9:44:20 am PST #576 of 10003

I take it back. "All I Want is You" is my favorite crush/want to be in love song. My favorite in-love song is "Mystifies Me" by Son Volt (Trace).

joe boucher - Feb 03, 2004 9:46:56 am PST #577 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

Patrick really doesn't like DeMent's voice.

I always figured she had the sort of voice that would provoke a strong reaction one way or the other; I'm in the "I love her singing so much that I'm incapable of rational thought about it" camp.

kat perez - Feb 03, 2004 9:49:33 am PST #578 of 10003
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Richard & Linda Thompson's "Dimming of the Day"

This is one of my favorite songs ever. Beautiful lyrics. It's a great song to sing around the house and pretend you can really sing.

DavidS - Feb 03, 2004 9:50:24 am PST #579 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

This is one of my favorite songs ever. Beautiful lyrics. It's a great song to sing around the house and pretend you can really sing.

imagines kat perez singing this in her orange living room at sunset...

kat perez - Feb 03, 2004 9:52:01 am PST #580 of 10003
"We have trust issues." Mylar

I'm so totally gonna do that tonight! Hee!

joe boucher - Feb 03, 2004 9:57:35 am PST #581 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine

This is one of my favorite songs ever. Beautiful lyrics.

It's from the period when he was writing love songs that were really love songs to Allah, not to Linda (e.g., "A Heart Needs a Home"). Good stuff.

Hayden - Feb 03, 2004 10:24:35 am PST #582 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Sweet! The album version of "Dimming of the Day" goes into the plaintive bagpipe-tune-as-played-on-guitar "Dargai". The live version of "A Heart Needs a Home" on Watching the Dark is exquisite for Da Luff, too.

Other good semi-obscure folk-indie love songs:

  • The Silos, "The Only Story I Tell" - The Silos
  • Graham Parker, "Love Gets You Twisted" - Squeezing Out Sparks
  • Freakwater, "My One Desire" - Old Paint (yes, this is the Ricky Nelson song)
  • Jayhawks, "Blue" - Tomorrow The Green Grass
  • Wilco, "Pick Up the Change" - AM
  • Uncle Tupelo, "The Long Cut" - Anodyne
  • Replacements, "Kiss Me On The Bus" - Tim (this ought to be your lead-off track)
  • Beat Happening, "Cast a Shadow" - Black Candy or "Godsend" - You Turn Me On
  • Yo La Tengo, "You Can Have It All" - ...and then nothing, etc.
  • The Raincoats, "No Side To Fall In" - s/t
  • The Mekons, "Last Dance" - Fear & Whiskey
  • Gene Clark, "Here Tonight" - Roadmaster & American Dreamer
  • If Big Star's "I'm In Love With A Girl" doesn't work, try "Dream Lover" off of Third.

erinaceous - Feb 03, 2004 10:35:27 am PST #583 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.

I'm a big fan of Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic," Victoria William's "Love," and um, all of Al Green?

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