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30 day song challenge: day 8 – a song that you know all the words to

*I'm going taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time. 

I know all the words to a brazillion songs, so it was hard to pick just one, but I narrowed it down to "Wham! Rap" because 1) it's a rap, 2) it has British references to being unemployed, and 3) they're wearing capri pants in this video. 

 

Here are the lyrics to my favorite part of the song:

IF YOU'RE A PUB MAN
OR A CLUB MAN
MAYBE A JET BLACK GUY WITH A HIP HI-FI
A WHITE COOL CAT WITH A TRILBY HAT
MAYBE LEATHER AND STUDS IS WHERE YOU'RE AT
MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY DAY
DON'T LET HARD TIMES STAND IN YOUR WAY
GIVE A WHAM GIVE A BAM BUT DON'T GIVE A DAMN
COS THE BENEFIT GANG ARE GONNA PAY!

30 day song challenge: day 7 – a song that reminds you of a certain event

*I'm taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time. 

I'm sure I'll get flack for this, but I don't care. The first election I voted in was 1992. I voted for Bill Clinton. I also did a little campaigning for him. Clinton used the superfantastic "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac as his campaign theme song. I believe this got him elected. It also got Fleetwood Mac back together, which is the bomb.

 

Also, Lindsay Buckingham is way sexy. 

30 day song challenge: day 4 – a song that makes you sad

*I'm going taking the song challenge to mean "of all time," not genre-specific. Any of these songs are subject to change at any time.

No contest. A song that makes me sad is "Everybody Hurts" by REM. I know it's a song about holding on, it's supposed to be uplifting, but I think it's sad —  so much so that I can't listen to it anymore. 

 

But that is the best live version you'll see of the song. 

live from daryl’s house

Y'all know I love some Hall & Oates. I love them so much that if I were Oprah, I'd give them away on the Favorite Things episode. Not their CDs, the guys.

Anyoates, did you know that every month Daryl Hall makes a web show from his house with different bands and cooking and airs it on his site? He even had my favorite, Sharon Jones on. I need a music/cooking show. For real.

Check it out Live From Daryl's House. 


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tunes you need Tuesday: Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings

Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings are my new favorite band. If you like Amy Winehouse, you'll like this group. They've only been around for 10 years, but sound like they're straight out of 1968.

Listen to "100 Days, 100 Nights."

 

What did I tell you? 1968. I love this so much that I LURVE it. 

And I love "I Learned the Hard Way" even more.

 

I'm dedicating "What if We All Stopped Paying Taxes" to my fellow Americans. When I run for President this will be my theme song.

 

Finally, remember last week when I said Tunes You Need Tuesday would feature the last line of the break-up letter I posted? Get ready. The last line of the letter was "I got better things to do than remember you." I read on Best Week Ever that a member of the Dap Kings read the letter and wrote the song, "Better Things." 

 

Now, that's fantastical. Keep doing what you're doing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. Y'all rock.

dramatic reading of a break-up letter

Yesterday while perusing the interwebs I came across something on Best Week Ever so fantastic I had to share.

It's a break-up letter. Not just any break-up letter, a dramatic reading of a break-up letter that had to have been written by a scorned 13 year-old. It makes me wish I kept my old letters. There was Pulitzer Prize winning stuff in those. 

 

Hilarious. Oh, and Typepad keeps telling me the embed tags are missing, but they're clearly not. Deadgummit, Typepad.

P.S. Stay tuned for the return of Tunes You Need Tuesday, featuring the last line of the break-up letter. Amazing.

lemonheads kind of day

It's been a Lemonheads kind of day. The band, not the candy. I love this band. Yes, I've written about them before, but humor me.

I first heard of The Lemonheads in Sassy Magazine when I read about the fantastic Evan Dando. I knew this was music I'd like and bought Lick without hearing a single song on it. Shortly after that I saw The Lemonheads on 120 Minutes on MTV and heard more about them. I still think The Lemonheads had something that no other band then did. They weren't just pop, definitely not grunge — they were doing their own thing and doing it well. 

"Confetti" is my favorite Lemonheads song. One of my favorite songs period. I like this version a lot.

 

Another favorite, "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You."

 

"Into Your Arms" is one of their more well known songs. This is a particularly good performance. And Evan Dando's hair looks particularly nice. 

 

And just for fun, Lemonheads doing "Luka" by Suzanne Vega. This was on the 1989 album, Lick. I can't remember when I bought that album, I'm thinking it was 1991, but I know I bought their '92 and '93 albums on the day those were released (because that's the kind of person I am). The Lemonheads made a lot of good music in the 1990's. "Luka" was one of the first covers I heard that I thought was better than the original. The video is also pretty great. Evan sitting next to a television. 

 

Sunday rewind: PSB

Is it just me or could today use some Pet Shop Boys? That's what I thought. And no, these songs are not just '80s, as Pet Shop Boys are timeless.

My Pet Shop Boys were doing mash-ups long before the word "mash-up" was thought of. "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You)" is fabulous. And not just because I think I was a Las Vegas showgirl in a former life.

 

 

Next is the song with possibly my favorite title of all time, "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk."

 

 

Most of my favorite song titles are PSP songs titles.  Here's another one: "I Don't Know What You Want, but I Can't Give it Anymore."

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Pet Shop Boys – I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give
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Finally, it's the remix of "Always on My Mind/In My House."  I've always liked the synthesizers in the remix better than the original cover of "Always on My Mind."  Oh, and Neil does this spoken-word rap thing that's just great. And only in the remix does he sing "maybe I didn't love you" at the end of song — because that's what you want in a love song.  

 

Here is the spoken-word part: 

You were always on my mind thats true
I never thought of any-one else but you
You were on my mind and in my dreams
I should have stopped to make you see
You were always

I worked so hard I thought you knew
My love I did it all for you
I never really had the time
I guess you couldn't read my mind
You were always

 

And that is how we do Pet Shop Boys on Sunday.  


 


I’ll be there dressed as Alexis in shoulder pads

The powers that be are making a Dynasty movie.  Oh, yes they are.  The creators are likening it to Mad Men, making it a '60s prequel of the '80s series.  That means young Blake and young Alexis.  

I think we all know what that means — Alexis fighting with women other than Krystle. But for old times sake, here are Alexis and Krystle falling in mud.  

 

Those were the days.