Friday Random Ten XIX
(words that scream for your submission)
I wasn’t going to deviate from the usual random routine, but I was listening and realized that some of this week’s selections have really quotable lines. So now I’m stealing from Bob and pairing each song with a quote that occurs in the lyrics. Everybody spin now. (like Heliologue, Mark, Bob, Matt, Fred, Kim and Luna)
1. De do do do, de da da da – The Police (Every Breath You Take – the Singles)
“Words are hard to find.
They’re only cheques I’ve left unsigned
from the banks of chaos in my mind.”
2. Jesus in New Orleans – Over the Rhine (Ohio)
“…no matter just how bad it gets
it does no good to blame somebody else.”
3. Nanci – Toad the Wet Sprocket (Dulcinea)
“I can’t believe you. You bend your words like Uri Geller’s spoons.”
4. Rockville – R.E.M. (Eponymous)
“It’s not as though I really need you; if you were here, I’d only leave you.”
5. Gone to the Movies – Semisonic (Feeling Strangely Fine)
“Any other fool would be out on the roadway trying to spot her rusted pontiac.
She’s gone to the movies now and she’s not coming back.”
6. Valley of the Malls – Fountains of Wayne (Utopia Parkway)
“God forgive the passengers if we should fail
to find a penny fountain or a half-off sale.”
7. Running to Stand Still – U2 (The Joshua Tree)
“You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice…”
8. All This Time – Sting (The Soul Cages)
“Men go crazy in congregations; they only get better one by one.”
9. White, Discussion – Live (Throwing Copper)
“and as the decibels of this disenchanting discourse continue to dampen the day,
the coin flips again and again, and again, and again as our sanity walks away…”
10. Resplendent – Vigilantes of Love (Audible Sigh)
“In desperate times you know everybody’s part, but it’s your own lines you’d like to forget-
-’til what you were meets what you’ve now become, grins and says ‘hey, haven’t we met?’”
And in a slight show of deference to Becky, here’s an actual song (not randomly chosen) that you can listen to (the OTR site actually has several free mp3’s available): Moth
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