the smedley log - suburban scrawl

Friday random ten
(like some disgraced cosmonaut)

In honor of her birthday, a bunch of songs my sister probably can’t stand:

1. Waiting for You – Bonehead
2. Lotus – R.E.M.
3. I’ve Been Delivered – Wallflowers
4. Happy Day Mama – Better than Ezra
5. Cruel and Pretty – Over the Rhine
6. I Still Miss Someone (live) – Johnny Cash
7. Progress – Midnight Oil
8. Revival – Allman Brothers Band
9. Low – Cracker
10. Fool You – King’s X

Favorite: 1
Least: 2
Songs that bring back the (most) memories: 7, 9 & 10
Most highly recommended album from this list: Ohio by Over the Rhine

Others walking in the big parade: Ben, Ellen, Fred, Jess

[…] Ben (who was born a travelin’ man, & happy 4th!), Faux Real, Tho (the early bird catchs the RF bug), Howard (Happy sis day to you…  hope she likes the dulcet tones of your happy birthday serenade more than your mix, but that something there would make her smile nonetheless) Cat:  […]

Sometimes I find that my advanced age works to my benefit. Especially when I can identify your quote of the day as a line from that Cracker song.

Melissa,

Ding-ding-ding… good answer, but there’s actually one more song quote referenced in the post that’s probably a little bit harder to spot – though it’s from about the same time period. And hey, you don’t have to be, um, “advanced” to remember the early 90’s, do you?

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You always pick stuff I’d never think of, which is why I like checking your list every week.

http://swedehartstories.blogspot.com/2006/10/melodious-moments.html

Would you help me out with this when you have some time, please?

Thanks, Howard.

XO,

Jess

I can only take credit for my lists insofar as I’ve allowed the songs to be uploaded (or downloaded) to my computer—the rest, as you know, is up to the computer.

As far as your “Melodious Moments” goes, I’ll have to find a few moments to dwell on that.

H – Trying to “fool us” with the gerund usage are we? I’d guess the song with the group name containing a Roman Numeral correlating with its list ordinance (riddle me THAT, Batman!)

Wow – good work. Yes, the gerund usage was a slight attempt to thwart the more tentative Googlers out there. But for the record, I was playing fair (I think), since I merely said the lyrics were referenced (not necessarily quoted, though).

And until you mentioned it, I hadn’t even connected the order on the list with the Roman numeral aspect of the name.

Nice eclectic mix there H!

Thanks for stopping by DB! Eclectic is what I always hope for.