Friday Random Ten XL
(like a hurt, lost, and blinded fool)
1. What’s the Frequency Kenneth? – R.E.M. (Monster)
“You wore our expectations like an armored suit…”
2. Falling – Matthew Sweet (The Best of Matthew Sweet)
“The further you go, the farther you’ve gone;
It doesn’t mean you were made to hang on.”
3. Until I Fall Away – Gin Blossoms (New Miserable Experience)
“My fear pretend that I’ll never be in love again.
It’s real to me, but not like these fools and not like this scene…”
4. Bullet the Blue Sky – U2 (Rattle and Hum)
“… I feel a long way from the hills of San Salvador where the sky is ripped open and the rain pours through a gaping wound pelting the women and children … who run … into the arms of America.”
5. Prom Theme – Fountains of Wayne (Utopia Parkway)
“But tonight we’ll reach for the stars.
We’ll rent expensive cars…”
6. Mountain – Tonic (Lemon Parade)
“Like a fire I’m drawn to her lust.
I can’t run from her, but Lord, I must.”
7. Thin White Lie – Black Lab (Your Body above Me)
“Are you a siren? You call me out.
You make it hard on me—hard to turn you down…”
8. Dizzy – Goo Goo Dolls (Dizzy up the Girl)
“I wanna kick at the machine
that made you piss away your dreams…”
9. Losing My Religion – R.E.M. (Out of Time)
“Consider this the hint of the century;
Consider this the slip that brought me to my knees…”
10. Troubled Man – 77’s (Live at the LPPOA)
“I wasn’t ever that smart.
No, and I wasn’t clever
to think I had hold of your heart.”
I guess my player was stuck on the theme of young, inevitably doomed love and/or impossible relationships. Only a couple variations from that theme, at least.
Favorite: 3 or 6? Eeny, meeny, miny, moe … okay, I’ll just go with 10 instead.
Does anyone remember the Dan Rather jokes associated with 1?
Least favorite: 5 (though I have to admit another reading of the lyrics endeared it a little more to my heart)
Others: Andrea, Ben, Brian, Luna, Mac, Marisa, Mark, Sherri, This Romantic World
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