Friday Random Ten XLV
(over-schooled and uninspired)
1. A Man and a Woman – U2 (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)
“I could never take a chance of losing love to find romance
in the mysterious distance between a man and a woman.”
2. Remind Us – Over the Rhine (Ohio)
“I’m taking a ride on a wing and a prayer;
follow me there…”
3. Take it Outside – Barenaked Ladies (Everything to Everyone)
“Hardly know what anything’s for.
Just for show, I’m slamming the door.”
4. Sulk – Radiohead (The Bends)
“You bite through the big wall, the big wall bites back;
you just sit there and sulk, sit there and bawl.”
5. Hard Times, Come Again No More – Lost Dogs (Scenic Routes)
“There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears:
hard times, come again no more.”
6. Love – The Smashing Pumpkins (Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)
“Can I look up to you as you look down on me?
Can I feel in to you as you felt in to me?”
7. Needle in the Hay – Elliott Smith (Elliott Smith)
“You say you know what he did,
but you idiot kid, you don’t have a clue.”
8. The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon and Garfunkel (Garden State soundtrack)
“Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine
…like it shines on me.”
9. One Flight Down – Norah Jones (Come Away with Me)
“Because it drifts like smoke,
and it’s been there playing all along.
Now you know, now you know “
10. Allison Foley – Better than Ezra (How Does Your Garden Grow?)
“Sometimes you understand the reasons how you went astray,
But least of all the answer, that it hurts to watch you waste away.”
Favorite: 7
Least: 6
Sadder than the music makes it sound: 10
Which one does the title quote belong to?
Who else is spinning? a philadelphia story, Ben, Brian, Fred, Luna, Marisa, Mark, Matthew, Sherri
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