4 posts tagged “the beatles”
This is how I feel this week. Not chosen for lyrical content, just chosen for the music.
I stole this from Wendy, who stole it from Cliff.
Put your iPod/Zune/iRiver/Creative thingy on random and write the first line of each of the first twenty-five songs it plays, then see how relevant those lyrics are to your life. No skipping songs that make you look uncool, or manually selecting songs you like.
1. 'Ice Box' by Nada Surf
"Stay until you're sure that I'm asleep, warm and safe and very still."
This is very insightful. Every night, Jess waits till I'm asleep then goes and plays Wii Sports till the early hours of morning. That's why she's tired.
2. 'Love Affair' by Kylie Minogue
"Here in the moment I belong, in a waking dream."
Today, I am very sleepy and not concentrating as it's Thanksgiving and the office is so dead.
3. 'Steps Into Miles' by Hayden
"Your legs walk through the tide like a smile, turn every step into miles."
All the girls at work are wearing jeans, and they're all shorter than me, so this can't be about ogling legs; and we're nowhere near water. Am I thinking too literally?
4. 'Nothing And Everything' by Smashing Pumpkins
"Hiding behind my hair today, my eyes dance with fire."
I don't even own a hair, let alone many hairs that would necessitate an entire face hide.
5. 'One More Time' by The Cure
"I'd love to touch the sky tonight, I'd love to touch the sky."
I'd love to watch Sky Plus tonight, but alas.
6. 'A Man/Me/Then Jim' by Rilo Kiley
"I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string."
I've not heard of any school friends committing suicide, but people I went to school have been adding me on Facebook recently. Hmm.
7. 'New Lace Sleeves' by Elvis Costello
"Bad lovers face to face in the morning, shy apologies and polite regrets."
Jess and I usually sleep butt to butt... although, we call each other butthead and buttface, so maybe it's a subtle nod.
8. 'Animal' by Pearl Jam
"One, two, three, four, five against one, five, five, against one."
Those sound like good odds. Put me down for $20.
9. 'Unison' by Bjork
"One hand allows the other, so much and me."
Thanks for clearing that up, Bjork. No really.
10. 'Goodnight Sweet Night' by Jason Falkner
"Nobody told me this, I could have just asked how you were, how you were."
Jason Falkner is a walking self-help guide. How ARE you, person reading this?
11. 'Darts' by System Of A Down
"May I please remain in this space, for darts screech by my desires?"
Watching darts or playing darts? Watching darts is more fun because you get to laugh at big fat guys.
12. 'Briefcase Full Of Guts' by Dethklok
"Punch your card 'cause your working day has started and you're pushing hard for employee of the month."
We don't have an employee of the month scheme yet. But I do work hard when I'm awake.
13. 'Once In A Lifetime' by Talking Heads
"And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack, and you may find yourself in another part of the world, and you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile."
I'm in another part of the world! Hurrah!
14. 'Sulk' by Radiohead
"You bite through the big wall, the big wall bites back, you sit there and sulk, you sit there and bawl."
If I tried eating wall, I probably would cry.
15. 'Trunk' by Kings Of Leon
"Well I got what she wants, ah her nose, a tied knot."
If by she you mean the generic woman, then yes, I have money. That's all women want isn't it? That or Mel Gibson reading their minds.
16. 'The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty)' by The Smiths
"Take me back to dear old Blighty, put me on the train for London town!"
I might be thinking this when winter really kicks in here in Chicago, but right now all I miss about Blighty are people.
17. 'Monkey & Bear' by Joanna Newsom
"Down in the green hay where monkey and bear usually lay, they woke from a stable boy's cry."
I've got nothing.
18. 'Accidents' by The Prize Fighter Inferno
"Oh, come now father dear and turn this blood to choice."
Again, um... yeah?
19. 'Twisted' by Sleeper
"She's seen one and it looks funny, it made her cry said boo to her."
This must be about genitals. Jess is scared of my genitals?
20. 'What You're Doing' by The Beatles
"Look what you're doing, I'm feeling blue and lonely."
Today I am not feeling blue, but it is pretty lonely as everyone left for lunch.
21. 'White Collar Boy' by Belle & Sebastian
"You're a white collar boy and you gave in to the law."
The collar I am wearing is blue with thin white stripes in it. I always give in to the law.
22. 'Walking Higher' by Heather Nova
"I carry you with me like a ghost inside."
This must be about my parasitic twin, Desmond.
23. 'Time After Time Etc' by REM
"Ask the girl of the hour by the water tower's watch, if your friends took a fall, are you obligated to follow?"
I always stick up for my friends, even if they're someone else's HUSband.
24. 'Imaginary Love' by Rufus Wainwright
"Every kind of love, at least my kind of love, must be an imaginary love to start with."
This is true. When I started crushing on Jess, I wished she felt the same.
25. 'Regret' by New Order
"Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address of everyone I've ever known, it's nothing I regret."
I am the most forgetful person in the world. Except Ricci. And my mum.
Music-wise, what was the first 45, single or download you bought?
Submitted by Paddy Melt Wagon.
It was a CD single. Looking back, I think 'Real Love' by The Beatles was the first CD single I bought myself, but I co-erced my mum into buying plenty of pop hits before that. My mum's CD single collection used to be pretty immense till she got rid of it.
Audio: Share a favorite song or album from your least favorite genre.
Submitted by emily sears.
I dislike country music, but Johnny Cash - particularly on the American albums - is god-like. I chose American IV: The Man Comes Around as it has a higher hit rate than the others, with self-penned apocolypse tale 'The Man Comes Around' and covers of 'Hurt' (Nine Inch Nails), 'Personal Jesus' (Depeche Mode), 'In My Life' (The Beatles), 'Desperado' (The Eagles) and 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' (Simon & Garfunkel). This was one of a selection of CDs I listened to a lot when I lived with my brother last November/December.
