the smedley log - suburban scrawl

Friday random ten
(Superboy takes a plutonium wife)

• Merica – Live
• Gone to the Movies – Semisonic
• U.S. Forces – Midnight Oil
• Peace on Earth – U2
• Bertha – Los Lobos
• Goodnite – Melody Gardot
• The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel
• The Boys of Summer – Don Henley
• Lookin’ Forward – Over the Rhine
• Rattlesnake – Live

Ending as we began: Two songs from the same album act as bookends this week. The artist is obvious and I know, to some people reading this, the album is, too.
Local artistry: One really local to Philly, one band kind of local, in Melody Gardot and Live, respectively.

Sing me songs of no denying:
Brian
Ellen
Jessica
Lauren
Rachel
The Editor
Troy

[…] Also Starring: Howard, […]

I’m a huge fan of Live’s first two records, both of which are consistently strong, with nary a bad track to be found. To me, ‘Secret Samadhi’ was the start of a trend where Live’s albums were comprised of half good tunes/half filler.

“Merica” is one of the songs I really like from that particular record. “Rattlesnake”, well, not so much.

Interesting take. I’m pretty much the same way about Live. As for “Rattlesnake”, I pretty much forgot it existed until this morning.