Friday Random Ten XXXIII
(anything I tell you very well may be a lie)
No big intro this week—just the list and some trailing notes:
1. Happy Is a Yuppie Word – Switchfoot (Nothing Is Sound)
“It’s empty as an argument;
I’m running down a life that won’t cash out.”
2. How Long Have You Been Stoned – Over the Rhine (Ohio)
“What is it like to be the only somebody in the room?
-just what does it cost you to be you?”
3. A Sort of Homecoming [live] – U2 (Wide Awake in America)
“See faces ploughed like fields that once
gave no resistance”
4. Throw It All Away – Toad the Wet Sprocket (Coil)
“With the time i waste on the life i never had
I could’ve turned myself into a better man.”
5. California Sex Lawyer – Fountains of Wayne (Out-of-State Plates)
“I’ve got the looks that kill.
I’ve got a license to love.
I’ve got a German Shepherd,
And his name is Doug…”
6. Fair – Remy Zero (Villa Elaine)
“Sing to me hope as she’s
thrown on the sand;
all of our work
is raided again”
7. Blue Skies – 77’s (Live at the LPPOA [Bootleg])
“All she needed was a blue sky hangin’ ‘round
to keep the rain from comin’ down.
8. Whipping Post – Allman Brothers Band (A Decade of Hits 1969-1979)
“I drown myself in sorrow as I look at what you’ve done.
Nothin’ seems to change, bad times stay the same and I can’t run.”
9. Nada – The Refreshments (Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy)
“I hear the thunder from the storm down in Mexico
and I leave the border far behind.
I feel the dust coat my teeth and turn my sweat to mud;
I tip the bottle and bite the lime.”
10. Bedspring Kiss – Jellyfish (Bellybutton)
“Jimmy, his secrets out-
-the one he locked inside and denied every word about.”
Favorite: 9 (great road song)
from a great album of B-sides: 5 (from a collection that includes the best Brittney Spears cover. Ever.)
Other random ten addicts: Andrea, Ben , Luna, Marisa, Mark
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