The other song E is obsessed with, to my simultaneous joy and chagrin:
Next, assemble your mp3 player of choice. Load ‘em up, fire ‘em out, cringe — then list the first ten that play.
1) Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man - Funny Time of Year
2) Motley Crue - Without You
3) Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - You Are What You Love
4) Brainiac - Sexual Frustration
5) Jens Lekman - Black Cab
6) The Catheters - Got No Reason
7) The Slits - Ping Pong Affair
8) Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - Less of Me
9) Theoretical Girls - Europe Man
10) Deadbolt - Goin’ to Wichita
Operation Ivy, “Junkies Runnin’ Dry;” Bob Dylan, “Two Soldiers” (best anti-war song ever?); Doc Watson, “I Want To Love Him More” (Live); Elvis Costello & The Attractions, “No Action;” Bob Dylan, “Just Like A Woman” (Live 1966); Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint, “Nearer To You;” Roger Miller, “Husbands and Wives;” Bob Dylan, “All Along the Watchtower;” Sonic Youth, “(She’s In A) Bad Mood;” Sonic Youth, “Titanium Expose.”
I was going to make fun of you for having a Motley Crue ballad on your list, but then I realized if I know from the title that it’s a ballad, I have no business cracking wise.
I would go with 21% joy and 79% chagrin; at least Karma Chameleon doesn’t sink into the morass of synthesized steel drums.
1. Drop by The Pharcyde (I think that “Booty Brown” is my favorite nom de rap) // 2. Packaged Rebellion by Anthrax // 3. Microphone Fiend by Eric B and Rakim // 4. The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite // 5. Mini-Skirt by Esquivel // 6. I Got a Woman by Jimmy Smith // 7. I’ll be Satisfied by Jackie Wilson // 8. Animal by Def Leppard // 9. Big Dipper by Built to Spill // 10. She Still Thinks I Care by George “The Possum” Jones
Is the Motley Crue song a Harry Nilsson cover.. you know.. “I don’t wanna live / If livin’ is without you”?
Hey, Baby-Killer, you cheated.
Is the Motley Crue song a Harry Nilsson cover.. you know.. “I don’t wanna live / If livin’ is without you”?
I thought that was Mariah Carey.
Anybody know Hebrew? What was written on Boy George’s shirt there?