Where's the 169 Bar?
Chinatown...169 E. Broadway
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
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.
lisah - Aug 19, 2005 7:52:27 am PDT #9766 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
joe boucher - Aug 19, 2005 8:05:32 am PDT #9767 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Lyra Jane - Aug 19, 2005 9:32:09 am PDT #9768 of 10003
Up with the sun
What song would you play at every birthday party you would ever throw for yourself?
"Birthday," the Sugarcubes. Yay early Bjork!
A song that mentions a piece of art (movie, sculpture, poem, whatev.)
The Smithereens song "A Lonely Place" is about the Bogart movie of the same name.
And then of course there's "the old man in/that book by Nabokov" in "Don't Stand So Close to Me."
joe boucher - Aug 19, 2005 9:41:05 am PDT #9769 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
For some reason I think Betsy will like this Richard Thompson song. (It can be heard here, starting around 16:50.)
And then of course there's "the old man in/that book by Nabokov" in "Don't Stand So Close to Me."
Even better is their Pale Fire tribute, "Don't Drive My Powerful Kramler": I was the shadow of the wax Sting slain/Zembla's my home/Kinbote's the name.
Michele T. - Aug 19, 2005 10:10:09 am PDT #9770 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
If the song has to actually explictly mention the work of art, rather just do a namecheck, hm. Off the top of my head, there's "Certain Songs" by The Hold Steady, which references a whole bunch of 80s songs, and "504" by the Old 97s talks about an "Elmore Leonard novel" (got the band a nice note from Mr L., too!)... I'll keep looking.
I'm stuck on the Mountain Goats's "Grendel's Mother," which is *about* Beowulf, but doesn't actually mention it.
DavidS - Aug 19, 2005 10:17:17 am PDT #9771 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lloyd Cole's "Rattlesnakes" mentions reading Simone De Beauvior and Eve Marie Saint in On The Waterfront.
msbelle - Aug 19, 2005 10:18:14 am PDT #9772 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
What song would you play at every birthday party you would ever throw for yourself?
That's Right - Lyle Lovett
You are my Sunshine
Happy Birthday - Altered Images
A song that mentions a piece of art (movie, sculpture, poem, whatev.)
Andy Warhol - David Bowie
DavidS - Aug 19, 2005 10:20:45 am PDT #9773 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Alicia K - Aug 19, 2005 10:47:53 am PDT #9774 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Would U2's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" count? The lyrics are taken directly from Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
Barenaked Ladies "If I Had $1,000,000" references buying some art ... I think it mentions Picasso directly, but I might be crazy.
Ooh, "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang and "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies both reference The X-Files.
Or, for that matter, you could go with Bree Sharp's "David Duchovny."
Polter-Cow - Aug 19, 2005 10:56:07 am PDT #9775 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What song would you play at every birthday party you would ever throw for yourself?
I am currently addicted to Cibo Matto's "Birthday Cake." That might be appropriate. In a way.