{"id":5152,"date":"2006-08-03T07:05:22","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T11:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5152"},"modified":"2024-08-25T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T13:55:17","slug":"music-geekiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5152","title":{"rendered":"Music geekiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

High maintenance survey from Tanya<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What’s a great late night song?<\/b>
\n“The Man That Got Away” – Judy Garland<\/p>\n

Name 5-10 wistful\/bittersweet songs:<\/b><\/p>\n

In My Life – The Beatles
\nWatershed – Indigo Girls
\nDon’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
\n14th Street – Rufus Wainwright (more the music than the lyrics)
\nBill – Showboat
\nIn My Mind – Pat McCurdy (ouch)
\nDesperado – The Eagles<\/p>\n

The 4 Best Songs Ever Written:<\/b> I will discount classical …<\/p>\n

In My Life – The Beatles
\nBye Bye Love – Everly Brothers
\nSkylark – by Hoagy Carmichael
\nDanny Boy – Frederic Edward Weatherly<\/p>\n

there are so many more … but these are the first ones that come to mind, for me<\/p>\n

3 Current Favorite Songs:<\/b>
\nNo One Knows – Queens of the Stone Age
\nI don’t know what it is – Rufus Wainwright
\nStars and Planets – Liz Phair<\/p>\n

Classic Early Evening Drinking Music:<\/b>
\nearly swing-y Frank Sinatra<\/p>\n

3 All Time Faves That Never Get Old To You<\/b>
\nall time? Sheesh. Uhm … going back to childhood now, to think of the songs I loved then <\/a>that I still listen to, or still can BEAR to listen to:<\/p>\n

American Pie – Don McLean
\nThis Train – Bob Gibson
\nGalway Bay – the Clancy Brothers (I still feel like laughing every time I hear that song – and honestly, adding up my childhood years and the fact that I still listen to that album now – I probably have heard that song about 8,000 times.)<\/p>\n

Song You Want (or did) To Play At Your Wedding:<\/b>
\nLucky Charm – Stray Cats<\/p>\n

4 Records You Really Dug from 2005<\/b>
\nI’m not really a big current-music buyer – I am more inclined to spend my time buying, oh, Pat Benatar’s Greatest Hits – but here goes – and if these came out in 2006 or 1004 – I just can’t help it. I don’t have time to look it up and I don’t give a shit, frankly.<\/p>\n

Foo Fighters double album
\nQueens of the Stone Age – whatever that album was called – with Dave Grohl on drums
\nThe Wicked soundtrack
\nRufus Wainwright – Want Two
\nConfessions on a dance floor – Madonna<\/p>\n

Favorite Records From This Year So Far:<\/b>
\n(see comment above.)<\/p>\n

Fiona Apple’s new album – I think it came out in 2005 though – ack
\nI can’t do this one, sorry – I don’t follow trends<\/p>\n

Good Angry Songs:<\/b>
\nFather of Mine – Everclear
\nRape Me – Nirvana
\nMother Mother – Tracy Bonham
\nYou Hurt Me (And I Hate You) – Eurythmics
\nSweet Lorraine – Patty Griffin<\/p>\n

One of Your Favorite Lyrics:<\/b>
\nOne of them is, without a doubt:<\/p>\n

Till I collapse I\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdm spilling these raps long as you feel em
\nTill the day that I drop you\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdll never say that I\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdm not killing them
\nCause when I am not then I am stop pinning them
\nAnd I am not hip-hop and I\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdm just not Eminem.
\nSubliminal thoughts when I\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdm stop sending them women are caught in webs spin and hauk venom
\nAdrenaline shots of penicillin could not get the illing to stop.
\nAmoxacilin is just not real enough.
\nThe criminal cop killing hip-hop filling minimal swap to cop millions of Pac listeners.
\nYou’re coming with me, feel it or not you\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdre gonna fear it like I showed you the spirit of God lives in us.
\nYou hear it a lot, lyrics that shock
\nIs it a miracle or am I just a product of pop fizzing up?
\nFo shizzle my whizzle this is the plot listen up
\nYou bizzles forgot
\nslizzle does not give a fuck.<\/p>\n

Also, the lyrics to my sister Siobhan’s <\/a>song “Belly Under”:<\/p>\n

It’s second nature now,
\nthe third time around trying to be cured.
\nSecond nature comes naturally.
\nI did double takes,
\nthird time’s a charm to be fourth rate.
\nI plead the fifth to what went on.
\nI stood too close,
\nhoping it would make us closer,
\nbut that’s a bad theory.
\nAnd I forgot the difference
\nbetween friend and foe (it’s tough I know)–
\nflip a coin between friend or enemy.<\/p>\n

But all those circumstances?
\nFuck em all, just take my chances!<\/p>\n

It ain’t enough to sit and wonder.
\nIt ain’t enough to say I care.
\nNo wonder I’m going belly under
\nfrom all the world’s tear and wear.<\/p>\n

Pins and needles got in my feet
\n(sat too long in my seat)–
\nat least I know I still got my senses.
\nBut it makes it hard to hustle
\nwith blood and bone inbetween muscle…
\nthat’s all I know about anatomy.
\nBlood and bone can look so gruesome on their own–
\nskin covers what we dont’ wanna see.<\/p>\n

But a heart beating on its own,
\nwon’t beat long all alone!<\/p>\n

It ain’t enough to sit and wonder.
\nIt ain’t enough to say I care.
\nNo wonder I’m going belly under
\nfrom all the world’s tear and wear.<\/p>\n

In Times Square,
\nI feel like i’m not even there.
\n(the ghost under the marquis).
\nThe marquis’ read the latest,the greatest,
\nthe highest-paidest–
\nhousehold names ain’t what they cracked up to be.
\nFrom the sky,
\nthey can’t make out the words on the signs.
\nThat’s okay, the angels don’t wanna know.<\/p>\n

Heaven sent and heaven goes–
\neven they can’t decide i suppose<\/p>\n

It ain’t enough to sit and wonder.
\nIt ain’t enough to say I care.
\nNo wonder I’m going belly under
\nfrom all the world’s tear and wear.
\nFrom all the world’s tear and wear
\nfrom all the world’s tear and wear<\/p>\n

5 Cover Songs Arguably Better Than the Original:<\/b>
\nHit me baby one more time – Fountains of Wayne
\nYou’re gonna make me lonesome when you go – Shawn Colvin
\nThose were the days, my friend – Dolly Parton
\nSomebody to Love – George Michael
\nAll Apologies – Sinead O’Connor<\/p>\n

Ironic Song to Brutally Murder Someone to in a movie:<\/b>
\nYou Are My Sunshine<\/p>\n


\nGreat Dance Song You Maybe Never Realized Was a Great Dance song Back in the Day:<\/b>
\nTragedy – Bee Gees (thanks for showing me the way, Michael<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Good Albums To Workout To:<\/b>
\nKelly Clarkson – Breakaway
\nMadonna – Immaculate Collection
\nEminem – The Eminem Show<\/p>\n

Good Album to Clean The House To<\/b>:
\nI always clean my house to Metallica’s black album. I cannot explain it but … I hear the first chords of the first song, and I find myself yearning for Windex.<\/p>\n

Good Dining Music:<\/b>
\nAllison Kraus<\/p>\n

Good Album To Have Sex To:<\/b>
\nanything by Prince
\nalso The Color and the Shape, Foo Fighters<\/p>\n

A Good Album To Put You In the Mood (that is NOT Sade, Marvin Gaye or Barry White):<\/b><\/p>\n

album? How ’bout just a song? I will admit that Tempted (by Squeeze) does the trick for me. Perhaps I should be mortified but honestly, this is an important topic and why be embarrassed about what works? Life’s too short. I wouldn’t care if MMMM Bop put me in the mood. If it works, why be embarrassed.<\/p>\n

Another good one is Happiness Is a Warm Gun – by the Beatles<\/p>\n

Good Album To Sleep To:<\/b><\/p>\n

I play a CD of a thunderstorm – a mild mild thunderstorm with a torrential rainfall – to put me to sleep. Beautiful. Or if we need music here – then definitely the album Pink Moon, by Nick Drake.<\/p>\n

5 Good Rock Songs That You Can Dance To:<\/b> rock?? I’m just gonna list what makes me dance without worrying about the damn genre, okay chappie?<\/p>\n

Lithium – Nirvana
\nRock Lobster – B 52s
\nTime Warp – rocky horror
\nFreeze Frame – J Geils
\nVogue – Madonna (probably doesn’t qualify as rock but again, chappy, see my comment above)<\/p>\n

Song That Is Too Damn Sad:<\/b><\/p>\n

Washing of the Water – Peter Gabriel (a YOWL of pain)<\/p>\n

Great Love Song:<\/b><\/p>\n

Dream – Everly Brothers (makes me swwon)<\/p>\n

An Album Full of Tenderness:<\/b><\/p>\n

Cliff Eberhardt – The Long Road<\/p>\n

Song To An Ex That Isn’t Meanspirited:<\/b><\/p>\n

The heart of the matter – Don Henley (do NOT even get me started on that song)<\/p>\n

Song To An Ex That Is Kinda Meanspirited:<\/b>
\n(I love Tanya’s answer: “Joe Lies” by Lily Taylor.)<\/p>\n

Also: Gone – Kelly Clarkson<\/p>\n

Song to Listen to While in The Country Looking at Stars:<\/b><\/p>\n

One Vision – Queen<\/p>\n

Song to lose your Mind to:<\/b><\/p>\n

Crazy on You – Heart<\/p>\n

Song To Cry In Your Pillow to:<\/b><\/p>\n

Watershed – Indigo Girls (it’s not particularly a sad song – I just know that I actually have cried into my pillow many times and that song happened to be playing, so I’m just sayin’. A to B)<\/p>\n

Songs That Make You Feel Amped and Inspired:<\/b><\/p>\n

London Calling – the Clash<\/p>\n

Great Semi-Obscure B-side:<\/b><\/p>\n

I would say the genius Fountains of Wayne acoustic cover of Britney Spears’ … Baby One More Time qualifies<\/p>\n

Song That Makes You Miss Your Mom:<\/b><\/p>\n

anything by Joan Baez<\/p>\n

That’s Baby Makin’ Music (No, Really):<\/b><\/p>\n

Love and Happiness – Al Green<\/p>\n

Criminally Underrated Band That Didn’t Get Attention and Then Broke Up:<\/b><\/p>\n

I need to think about this one<\/p>\n

Best Fuck You I Am a Teenager in Pain Song:<\/b><\/p>\n

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to<\/p>\n

Feel No Shame: Great Current Pop Songs:<\/b><\/p>\n

anything by Kelly Clarkson<\/p>\n

Album No One Would Expect You To Love:<\/b><\/p>\n

I have no idea how people perceive me so I cannot answer this. I like all kinds of music so I can’t see why there should be any expectations of me.<\/p>\n

Album No One Would Expect You To Dislike:<\/b><\/p>\n

I’m not wacky about most Jackson Browne. I love one or two of his songs – but the rest? No. This would probably surprise (and maybe hurt) some.<\/p>\n

Album No One Would Expect You To Really Know:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Tourists – The Tourists<\/p>\n

Emo Album You Actually Like:<\/b><\/p>\n

I know nothing about that emo shit. I’m old.<\/p>\n

Good, But Overrated Cause Of Indie Revisionism:<\/b><\/p>\n

Overrated? How ’bout Big Bad Voodoo Daddy? I love them though. I actually don’t understand this question.<\/p>\n

5 Desert Island Discs off the top of your head (30 sec clock):<\/b><\/p>\n

No clue what this even means. I’m dumb!<\/p>\n

3 Contemporary Artists That Were Your Faves 10 Years Ago:<\/b>
\nU2
\nElvis Costello
\nLenny Kravitz<\/p>\n

Music That Makes You Feel Sophisticated:<\/b>
\nMy mix of Scott Joplin rags
\nGlenn Gould playing the Goldberg Variations<\/p>\n

Fave Electronic Record You Own:<\/b><\/p>\n

See I’m really showing my ignorance – is “electronic” a genre of music? Isn’t that electronicA? I’m not answering this one.<\/p>\n

Fave Hip-Hop Record You Own:<\/b><\/p>\n

probably The Eminem Show – just in sheer amount of times I have listened to it.<\/p>\n

Hip-Hop Song You Know All the Lyrics Too:<\/b><\/p>\n

many of them.<\/p>\n

Random Album You Loved In High School But Are Afraid To Admit It:<\/b><\/p>\n

Haven’t you read Diary Friday? I am obviously not afraid to admit ANYthing about high school.<\/p>\n

Let’s see. I adored Adam Ant with the fire of 1000 suns.<\/p>\n

Album You May Have Listened To More In Highschool than Any Other Album:<\/b>
\nTime – ELO That was my favorite album EVER. MADE.<\/p>\n

Also:<\/p>\n

Beauty and the Beat – Go Gos<\/p>\n

If You Could Enter A Wrestling Ring to a Song It Would Be:<\/b><\/p>\n

some Chieftains song, with a nutty bodhran solo – like Up Against the Bauchalawns<\/p>\n

Album To Clear A Room With:<\/b><\/p>\n

a Kenny G Greatest Hits album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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