Meme on a theme May 17, 2010
Posted by fleshisgrass in music.trackback
Bob‘s invited me in on a bloggers’ thing where you choose a theme for your blog (it’s worth following that link over to his blog and listening to Oi Va Voi’s S’Brent).
For this blog, two songs come to mind, revealing a state of arrested development despite all efforts to the contrary.
We dance – Pavement
Can’t be sure – The Sundays
Let’s see if I can (I bet I can’t) pique the interest of Peggy, Mr P, Dr G, ChChCherryBomb (nee Intellectual Blackout), Papa, Barkingside 21, Mod and Foxed.
PS – lyrics
Can’t be sure – The Sundays
give me a story and give me a bed
give me possessions
oh love luck and money they go to my head like wildfire
it’s good to have something to live for you’ll find
live for tomorrow
live for a job and a perfect behind, high time
England my country the home of the free, such miserable weather
but England’s as happy as England can be
why cry
and did you know desire’s a terrible thing
the worst that I could find
and did you know desire’s a terrible thing
but I rely on mine, a-ah
England my country the home of the free, such miserable weather
but England’s as happy as England can be
why cry
and did you know desire’s a terrible thing
the worst that I could find
and did you know desire’s a terrible thing
but I rely on mine
did you know desire’s a terrible thing
it makes the world go blind
but if desire, desire’s a terrible thing
you know that I really don’t mind
and it’s my life
and though I can’t be sure what I want any more
it will come to me later
well it’s my life…. and it’s my life
and though I can’t be sure if I want any more
it will come to me later… ah, yeah
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We dance – Pavement
The genius of Pavement lyrics is not enhanced by reading.
I’ve already got one. It’s been on the profile since early on.
Where have all the flowers gone?
You can add to that:
Big Yellow Taxi
Very Green, B21 – suits you. I had Ladies of the Canyon on the other day. My favourite song from that is For Free. I imagine that the busker was a Russian emigre.
http://vodpod.com/watch/234221-for-free
I should add it, and the Smiths Meat Is Murder.
And King of the Slums’ Pennine Spitter, and Bear Wiv Me (not the idiot mix on YouTube).
Good choices. Great lyrics from the Sundays – I hadn’t really listened to their words before.
My prediction: Mod will be too curmudgeonly to answer, but if he does it’ll be classical music.
Mod likes Faust. I reckon.
ha ha, Faust, not exactly…..music….hard one, too revealing for my taste, but I will give it some thought…
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