Thursday, May 12, 2005
why
LYRICS--- All of these, especially the Big Star song, look stupid written down. But when they are sung it does something to me.
Part Company - Go-Betweens (Robert Forster)
Come and have a look, beside me
A fine line of tears, part company.
That's her handwriting, that's the way she writes
From the first letter I got to this her Bill of Rights, part company.
And what will I miss? Her cruelty, her unfaithfulness
Her fun, her love, her kiss, part company.
That's her handwriting, that's the way she writes
Like mud in the September rain it comes, back to me.
Thirteen - Big Star
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe friday i can
Get tickets for the dance
And i'll take you
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (there could be dozens to make this list)
The screen door slams
Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're all right
Oh and that's all right with me
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain for a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow, hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open bu the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys your sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at ther feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win!
Asleep And Dreaming - Magnetic Fields
I've seen you laugh at nothing at all
I've seen you sadly weeping
The sweetest thing I ever saw
Was you asleep and dreaming
I don't know if you're beautiful
But it's not for me to judge
I don't know if you're beautiful
Because I love you too much
Tim's Song - Greg Harmelink
Talk about, talk about my problems
No one seems to hear what I'm saying anyway
Check the clock, check my watch
Make it look like I am leaving town today
But did you know all the time?
Did you synchronize all your clocks to mine?
Take your time, talk it slow
Make sure that you understand the meaning of the story
Overhead it passes by
Like a foreign language to Americans when they're on vacation
But did you know all the time?
Did you synchronize all your clocks to mine?
I calculated the distance
Between your life and mine
The difference between what you wish and what you get out of your life.
That's probably the saddest song I've ever heard. Maybe it's just because I know the person.
INSTRUMENTALS
1. MASH theme (see Masters' live cd -- I know it's 'Suicide Is Painless' but without the lyrics it's the MASH theme)
2. Jessica - Allman Bros. (ripped off of Hillary I think)
3. A-Team theme
4. classical music
5. jazz music
LIVE SHOWS
1. David Byrne - GA Theater (summer 2001?)
2. Bruce Springsteen - CNN Palace (summer 2000?)
3. Mind Zap - McLaren Park (4/23/05)
4. Some sort of Neutral Milk Hotel show (1998ish)
5. If seen now, it probably wouldn't be all that ass-tearing, but back in the day I was FUCKA STOKED on Sugar at the Roxy in 1994, Superchunk at the Masquerade in 1995, GBV at the Masquerade in 1995, at probably most of all Superchunk, Pavement, Pavement again, Portastatic, Versus, Sonic Youth, Beck, and Built to Spill at Lollapalooza 1995.
UNDERAPPRECIATED ARTISTS
1. Go-Betweens
2. Kinks
3. Clean
4. Bugs Eat Books
5. Pylon (pretty unheard of outside of Athens)
START TO FINISH ALBUMS (God... Believe it or not, this is even more difficult than the lyrics section. I never listen to anything start to finish.)
1. Brian Wilson - Smile (sorta long though)
2. Television - Marquee Moon (only eight songs so it's easy to listen to straight through)
3. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (I don't really listen to this the whole way through but it seems like a good album to do that with)
4. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (The first half is so awesome that I've actually tried to skip songs or turn it off and I can't. Too many ass-shreds in a row. But this is not a real album so...)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (Same thing as Singles Going Steady but to a lesser degree)
5. Rocketship - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (only eight short songs. easy.)
HEROES
1. Robert Forster
2. David Byrne
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Brian Wilson
4. Joe Strummer? I don't know. I know for sure he wouldn't be on there if I gave it some more thought.
LYRICS--- All of these, especially the Big Star song, look stupid written down. But when they are sung it does something to me.
Part Company - Go-Betweens (Robert Forster)
Come and have a look, beside me
A fine line of tears, part company.
That's her handwriting, that's the way she writes
From the first letter I got to this her Bill of Rights, part company.
And what will I miss? Her cruelty, her unfaithfulness
Her fun, her love, her kiss, part company.
That's her handwriting, that's the way she writes
Like mud in the September rain it comes, back to me.
Thirteen - Big Star
Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe friday i can
Get tickets for the dance
And i'll take you
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (there could be dozens to make this list)
The screen door slams
Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey you're all right
Oh and that's all right with me
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain for a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow, hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven's waiting down on the tracks
Oh-oh come take my hand
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open bu the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises will be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys your sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at ther feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win!
Asleep And Dreaming - Magnetic Fields
I've seen you laugh at nothing at all
I've seen you sadly weeping
The sweetest thing I ever saw
Was you asleep and dreaming
I don't know if you're beautiful
But it's not for me to judge
I don't know if you're beautiful
Because I love you too much
Tim's Song - Greg Harmelink
Talk about, talk about my problems
No one seems to hear what I'm saying anyway
Check the clock, check my watch
Make it look like I am leaving town today
But did you know all the time?
Did you synchronize all your clocks to mine?
Take your time, talk it slow
Make sure that you understand the meaning of the story
Overhead it passes by
Like a foreign language to Americans when they're on vacation
But did you know all the time?
Did you synchronize all your clocks to mine?
I calculated the distance
Between your life and mine
The difference between what you wish and what you get out of your life.
That's probably the saddest song I've ever heard. Maybe it's just because I know the person.
INSTRUMENTALS
1. MASH theme (see Masters' live cd -- I know it's 'Suicide Is Painless' but without the lyrics it's the MASH theme)
2. Jessica - Allman Bros. (ripped off of Hillary I think)
3. A-Team theme
4. classical music
5. jazz music
LIVE SHOWS
1. David Byrne - GA Theater (summer 2001?)
2. Bruce Springsteen - CNN Palace (summer 2000?)
3. Mind Zap - McLaren Park (4/23/05)
4. Some sort of Neutral Milk Hotel show (1998ish)
5. If seen now, it probably wouldn't be all that ass-tearing, but back in the day I was FUCKA STOKED on Sugar at the Roxy in 1994, Superchunk at the Masquerade in 1995, GBV at the Masquerade in 1995, at probably most of all Superchunk, Pavement, Pavement again, Portastatic, Versus, Sonic Youth, Beck, and Built to Spill at Lollapalooza 1995.
UNDERAPPRECIATED ARTISTS
1. Go-Betweens
2. Kinks
3. Clean
4. Bugs Eat Books
5. Pylon (pretty unheard of outside of Athens)
START TO FINISH ALBUMS (God... Believe it or not, this is even more difficult than the lyrics section. I never listen to anything start to finish.)
1. Brian Wilson - Smile (sorta long though)
2. Television - Marquee Moon (only eight songs so it's easy to listen to straight through)
3. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (I don't really listen to this the whole way through but it seems like a good album to do that with)
4. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (The first half is so awesome that I've actually tried to skip songs or turn it off and I can't. Too many ass-shreds in a row. But this is not a real album so...)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food (Same thing as Singles Going Steady but to a lesser degree)
5. Rocketship - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (only eight short songs. easy.)
HEROES
1. Robert Forster
2. David Byrne
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Brian Wilson
4. Joe Strummer? I don't know. I know for sure he wouldn't be on there if I gave it some more thought.
