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.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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.
kat perez - Feb 03, 2004 9:49:33 am PST #578 of 10003
"We have trust issues." Mylar
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?
joe boucher - Feb 03, 2004 10:38:08 am PST #584 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Gene Clark, "Here Tonight" - Roadmaster & American Dreamer
Or combine the twin obsessions and go with RT's cover of "Here Without You", with help from Clive Gregson & Christine Collister, "who are absolutely fab and you can buy their record on the way out, you mugs, you suckers you! You've got all that good Republican money jinglin' in your pocket get out there and spend some, get those CDs!" (The recording is from the Bayou in DC & it was recorded the night before the 1988 elections.)
Lyra Jane - Feb 03, 2004 10:41:09 am PST #585 of 10003
Up with the sun
Richard thompson is good. our Thompson collection is limited, but I can find a way around that...
Thank you for the suggestions, everyone.
Anne W. - Feb 03, 2004 10:42:54 am PST #586 of 10003
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks for the iTunes help, Teppy!
As for love songs, hmmm...
I keep thinking I should have a suggestion, but my mind is drawing a blank.
msbelle - Feb 03, 2004 10:44:28 am PST #587 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah, I made two mix tapes of love songs, but when I think about, they are mostly one sided love songs or bitter. I was a teenager.