Friday random ten
(like Uri Geller’s spoons)
1. Give You Back – Vertical Horizon (Everything You Want)
“I need to know if you were real;
I’d hate to think that I’ve been fooled again.”
2. Everybody Knows – Dixie Chicks (Taking the Long Way)
“I search for something else,
but every time I turn around, I run into myself.”
3. Nanci – Toad the Wet Sprocket (Dulcinea)
“Legal precedent could set us straight, but no one’s brought a suit.
I’m assuming if they did, the point would still be moot.”
4. Jimmy – Lost Dogs (Little Red Riding Hood)
“You asked if I was happy;
I wondered, ‘Were you sad?’”
5. Happy is a Yuppie Word – Switchfoot (Nothing Is Sound)
“I’m looking for a bridge I can’t burn down.”
6. Chicago – Sufjan Stevens (Illinois)
“We had our mindset:
all things know, all things know.”
7. Losing My Religion – R.E.M. (Out of Time)
“Oh no, I’ve said too much;
I haven’t said enough…”
8. It’s a Hard Life – Nanci Griffith (World Cafe Tenth Anniversary)
“He’s calling black people trash to his children,
and he’s the only trash here I see.”
9. Lord, Protect My Child – Lost Dogs (Scenic Routes)
“If I fall along the way, and I can’t see another day,
Lord, protect my child.”
10. Suitcase – Over the Rhine (Ohio)
“Aren’t you trippin’ on your shoelace,
stealin’ away on a sunny day?”
Favorite: 8 (on a list with a handful of great female voices, Nanci Griffith’s is still the one I could listen to forever)
Least: 1 (but still a pretty good song, imo)
Seen live and in person: 3, 4, 9 & 10
Did you notice?
- For regular visitors, this is the second straight week with Toad the Wet Sprocket occupying the #3 slot (2 weeks back, they were in the #2 slot)
- Six degress of Kevin Bacon (sort of, but think of Kevin Bacon, the musician): #2 is also the title of a Leonard Cohen song. The band at #9, covering a Bob Dylan number in this week’s list, have a Leonard Cohen cover on their resume, though it’s not “Everybody Knows.” Does anybody know which Cohen song the Lost Dogs did cover?
An eclectic list of other bloggers with lists: Ben, Brian, Ellen, Fred, Jessica, Kim, Marisa, Spencer
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