That Friday music thing bloggers do
the Gates of Love they budged an inch
"Fake Plastic Trees," Radiohead
"I've Seen Better Days," Sublime Citizen King
"Further on up the Road," Bruce Springsteen
"Closing Time," Leonard Cohen
"You Never Get What You Want," Patty Griffin
"American Music," Violent Femmes
"Behind the Wall of Sleep," The Smithereens
"Freedom," George Michael
"No Other Way," Jack Johnson
"Brimful of Asha," Cornership
That deliriously catchy Cornershop song is remarkable for its ability to evoke something like fond nostalgia for things I've never heard of. There's a helpful annotation and explanation of the lyrics here, which contains this lovely tidbit:
"Asha" is a pun. It refers to Asha Bhonsle, but the word also means "hope."
Kind of cool.
(Thanks, josh for the fix)
I love Brimful of Asha, and have read that great explanation before, but for some reason, I suddenly teared up at the printed lyrics:
There's dancing behind movie scenes,
Behind those movie screens - saddi rani.
But then, I've started getting teary over Nike commercials, so maybe it's just hormones.
Posted by: Mary | Mar 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM
"I've seen better days" isn't Sublime. I'm not sure who it is (google seems to think citizen king) but I guarantee it's not Sublime.
Not sure why it matters but I'm compelled to say it.
Posted by: josh | Mar 30, 2007 at 01:38 PM
"Closing Time", absolutely a phenominal song that grows on you with each hearing. The men they dance on the polka dots . . .
Posted by: ProfessorPlum | Mar 30, 2007 at 01:50 PM
"Fake Plastic Trees" is a good enough reason to justify human civilization. There are others, of course, but that one song is enough.
Posted by: twig | Mar 30, 2007 at 02:16 PM
I like American music. Don't you like American music baby?
Posted by: Todd Larason | Mar 30, 2007 at 03:08 PM
Cornershop was a great late 90s band. Whatever happened to them? that "Lessons learned from Rocky I to Rocky III" is a great song as well.
Posted by: Vanya | Mar 30, 2007 at 04:31 PM
She had hair like Jeannie Shrimpton back in 1965....
Posted by: Thlayli | Mar 30, 2007 at 05:01 PM
I love the Freedom video so much. Looking at Christy Turlington is enough to convince one of (very) intelligent design.
Posted by: JessicaR | Mar 31, 2007 at 04:12 AM
I like American music. Don't you like American music baby?
I like the black girls. Much more than the white girls.
Posted by: Jeff | Mar 31, 2007 at 05:19 AM