December 14, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
2. Girl Inform Me - The Shins
3. Seven Years - Cowboy Junkies
4. Smoke - Ben Folds Five
5. SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
6. The Word - The Anointed
7. Creep - Stone Temple Pilots
8. Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Nickel Creek
9. The Christmas Song - Amy Grant
10. A Hard Day's Night - Ramsey Lewis
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September 15, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
2. Friend Of Mine - Liz Phair
3. If We Never Meet Again - Johnny Cash
4. Missing You - Jem
5. Slow Dancing - U2
6. Cupid - Jack Johnson
7. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
8. Evaporated - Ben Folds Five
9. House Of Tom Bombadil - Nickel Creek
10. Pay No Mind - Beck
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July 30, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Look After You - The Fray
2. City Love - John Mayer
3. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Harry Connick, Jr.
4. Fred Jones Part 2 - Ben Folds
5. A Man And A Woman - U2
6. When The Lights Go Down - Edie Brickell
7. Scotch And Chocolate - Nickel Creek
8. Trouble - Ray LaMontagne
9. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
10. What's Your Favorite Color? - Living Colour
Fred Jones Part 2
Ben Folds
Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark
There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall
He's cleared all his things and he's put them in boxes
Things that remind him: 'Life has been good'
Twenty-five years
He's worked at the paper
A man's here to take him downstairs
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
It's time
There was no party, there were no songs
'Cause today's just a day like the day that he started
Noone has left here that knows his first name
And life barrels on like a runaway train
Where the passengers change
They don't change anything
You get off; someone else can get on
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
It's time
Streetlight shines through the shades
Casting lines on the floor, and lines on his face
He reflects on the day
Fred gets his paints out and goes to the basement
Projecting some slides onto a plain white
Canvas and traces it
Fills in the spaces
He turns off the slides, and it doesn't look right
Yeah, and all of these bastards
Have taken his place
He's forgotten but not yet gone
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
And I'm sorry, Mr. Jones
It's time
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June 20, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Don't Change Your Plans - Ben Folds Five
2. Josie - Steely Dan
3. Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
4. You Made Me Love You - Judy Garland
5. Adelaide - Ben Folds
6. Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie & the Banshees
7. Sex Laws - Beck
8. All At Once - The Fray
9. Annie Get Your Gun - Squeeze
10. One Way Or Another - Blondie
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March 27, 2006
Top Ten
1. In The Sweet By And By - Johnny Cash
2. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Living Color
3. Jane - Ben Folds Five
4. I Know - Jude
5. Little One - Beck
6. Hollywood Freaks - Beck
7. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder - Johnny Cash
8. After The Fall - Elvis Costello
9. Bottle Of Blues - Beck
10. Shame On You - Hot Hot Heat
(I really gotta download M through Z.)
Shame On You
Hot Hot Heat
Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?
Running with scissors wasn't smart
I tripped and cut open your heart
I didn't mean to, but I seem to
Have pushed us back to the start
In the wake of my mistake
I felt your voice starting to shake
The timing couldn't have been worse
For me to be this far away
Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?
Traveled the world under your spell
Cast on me in a motel
It turned my rain clouds in to rainbows
But I couldn't even tell
As days apart turned in to weeks
My memory played hide and seek
While I was playing show n' tell
I took your trust and set it free
Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?
Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
Now who will dry your eyes?
Shame on you for getting wet
How can you act surprised?
Running with scissors wasn't smart
I tripped and cut open your heart
I didn't mean to, but I seem to
Have pushed us back to the start
In the wake of my mistake
I felt your voice starting to shake
The timing couldn't have been worse
For me to be this far away
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March 21, 2006
Top Ten List
I haven't finished loading all of my music onto the new MP3 player, so don't expect any U2, Weezer, or Style Council. (Style Council?)
1. Everlong - Foo Fighters
2. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
3. Do You Remember The Time - Amy Grant
4. Mixed Bizness - Beck
5. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5
6. Don't Change Your Plans - Ben Folds Five
7. Love/Hate - Liz Phair
8. Headwires - Foo Fighters
9. Kate - Ben Folds Five
10. La To The Left - Lyle Lovett
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March 01, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Cousin Dupree - Steely Dan
2. 19/2000 (Jungle Fresh) - Space Monkeys versus Gorillaz
3. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
4. Only A Memory - The Smithereens
5. (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley - Johnny Cash
6. Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
7. More Than This - Roxy Music
8. Ch-Check It Out - Beastie Boys
9. Ain't That Pretty At All - Pixies
10. Best of Luck - Nickel Creek
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
(I'm posting this, even though you should already know the lyrics.)
There is a young cowboy he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for Summer, his pastures to change
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but its clear
As if maybe someone could hear
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
And rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Now the first of December was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Lord, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go
Theres a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me
Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
And rock-a-bye sweet baby James
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February 22, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers
2. You Already Take Me There - Switchfoot
3. In The Sweet By And By - Johnny Cash
4. Here I Am - Al Green
5. All My Life - Foo Fighters
6. Trouble Me - 10,000 Maniacs
7. Lithium - Nirvana
8. Fall Away - The Fray
9. After The Fall - Elvis Costello
10. Look What You've Done - Jet
Look What You've Done
Jet
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to do
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
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February 13, 2006
Top Ten List
1. Dead Wrong - The Fray (opened for Ben Folds in November, awesome)
2. Star Bodies - The New Pornographers
3. Still Fighting It - Ben Folds
4. All I Want Is You - U2
5. Hold Me - Weezer
6. In A Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane
7. Lies 7 - Save Ferris
8. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder - Johnny Cash
9. Evil - Interpol
10. Now At Last - Feist
By the way, U2 is good and all, but can they PLEASE retire so the Foo Fighters can finally starting win ALL OF the Grammy's for which they are nominated? Sheesh!
Dead Wrong
The Fray
If only I knew what I know
I'd make it a point to say so
To everyone that got me here
And everyone that made it
Clear I was dead wrong all along
You said it for my sake
That I would not lose my way
When I was astray
I'm doing the best that I could
Trying my best to be understood
Maybe I'm changing slowly
I'd get out turn around if only I
Knew I was dead wrong all along
You said it for my sake
As if I would lose my way
When I was dead wrong all along
Mine is not a new story
But it is for me
So I was dead wrong all along
You said it for my sake
You thought I'd lose my way
When I was dead wrong all along
You said it for my sake
That I would not lose my way
Did I really lose my way
Or are you afraid
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January 29, 2006
Top Ten List, Expanded
1. FM - Steely Dan
2. Here's Where The Story Ends - The Sundays
3. Don't Be There - Switchfoot
4. Protection - Ben Folds
5. Is This It - The Strokes
6. Paper Tiger - Beck
7. Only Hope - Switchfoot
8. Light and Healing - DJ Free
9. Room At The Top - Beck
10. Earthquake Weather - Beck
Artist: Beck
Album: Guero
Title: Earthquake Weather
Via.
Space ships can't tame the jungle
And I feel like I'm giving in
We've been drivin thru a desert
Looking for a life to call our own
I push I pull the days go slow
Into a void we filled with death
And noise that laughs falls off their
Maps all cured of pain and doubts
In your little brain
Something's coming sky is purple
Dogs are howling to themselves
Days are changing with the weather
Like a rip tide could rip us away
I push I pull the days go slow
Into a void we filled with death
And noise that laughs falls off their
Maps all cured of pain and doubts
In your little brain
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December 12, 2005
Top Ten List
1. Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
2. Lonestar - Norah Jones
3. Canary in a Coalmine - The Police
4. Wild Honey - U2
5. Rollover D.J. - Jet
6. You're All I need To Get By - Marvin Gaye
7. Stacked Crooked - The New Pornographers
8. No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
9. Times Like These - Foo Fighters
10. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
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November 29, 2005
Top Ten List
I'm not feeling particularly creative tonight, so let's see what's on the ole MP3 player.
1. The Other Way - Weezer
2. Manic Monday - The Bangles
3. Radio Silence - Elvis Costello
4. Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's
5. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor
6. Steal My Body Home - Beck
7. Everybody Has The Blues - James Taylor
8. Nitemare Hippy Girl - Beck
9. The One I Love - R.E.M.
10. Mexico - James Taylor
I was wondering when the JT would start creeping in. JT was a favorite of Dan's. I believe we saw him in concert three times. He probably saw him a few more before we met.
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November 12, 2005
Top Ten List
1. I Shall Not Be Moved - Johnny Cash
2. Still - Foo Fighters
3. Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies
4. Derelict - Beck
5. Sweet Sunshine - Beck
6. Narc - Interpol
7. Heaven Is A Scent - Spandau Ballet
8. You're A Weaver Of Dreams - John Coltrane
9. Handy Man - James Taylor
10. In A Sentimental Mood - John Coltrane
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October 27, 2005
Comments are back! Comments are back!
So, um, whatcha been doin? It's been a while. Janet Jackson might have a kid, but Tom Cruise is still nuts.
Resume commenting now. Here's something to think about.
Ten More Random Songs From My MP3 Player
1. Feels Like Rain - John Hiatt
2. Battle of Who Could Care Less - Ben Folds Five
3. God Will - Lyle Lovett
4. High 5 (Rock The Catskills) - Beck
5. The Lady Is A Tramp - Frank Sinatra
6. Still - Foo Fighters
7. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies
8. Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs- Beck
9. Amy's Song - Switchfoot
10. I Shall Not Be Moved - Johnny Cash
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October 13, 2005
Top Ten
Ten more random tunes from my MP3 player. (This always makes me nervous!)
1. Hotwax - Beck ('Who are you?' 'I'm the enchanting wizard of rhythm.' 'Why did you come here?' 'I came here to tell you about the rhythms of the universe....) Ohhhhh.
2. She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel
3. House of Tom Bombadil - Nickel Creek
4. Mockingbird - Carly Simon/James Taylor
5. Peace, Love, and Understanding - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
6. Light My Fire - The Doors
7. Paper Tiger - Beck
8. She's Leaving Me Because She Really Wants To - Lyle Lovett
9. Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang
10. Sleeps with Butterflies - Tori Amos (favorite of Dan's)
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September 29, 2005
Top Ten List
This is a weird one. Two Edie Brickell songs in a random playlist? Seems rather suspect to me. However, this list does include what I think may be the best cover of a song. Johnny Cash's version of Personal Jesus is outstanding. Of course, everything he did was outstanding, but this is exceptionally outstanding. I could go on, and on, and on about what an amazing artist and person he was. Maybe another time.
1. Girlfriend in a Coma - Jerry Chapman
2. Evening: The Sun Set - The Moody Blues
3. Green - Edie Brickell
4. annie waits - Ben Folds
5. Block Rockin' Beats - The Chemical Brothers
6. In The Bath - Edie Brickell
7. Cry Me a River - Diana Krall
8. Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
9. Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash
10. Protection - Ben Folds
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September 16, 2005
Today's Top Ten
I think I am about to steal something from Joel. Danny told me once that Joel used to turn on his MP3 player on Friday morning and list on his website the first ten songs that came on. However, I checked Joel's website and found no evidence of this. So this is either Joel or Dan's idea.
Here are my ten songs for today. (Oh, God. Please don't let them all be The Ray Conniff Singers and Debbie Gibson.)
1. Ozzy Osbourne - Iron Man
2. Lost In The Supermarket - The Clash
3. Talk About The Passion - R.E.M.
4. Scotch and Chocolate - Nickel Creek
5. Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies
6. Prison Food - Ben Folds
7. What You Need - INXS
8. Breakout - Foo Fighters
9. Save A Prayer - Duran Duran
10. Imagination - Harry Connick, Jr.
Wow! I'm like, cool, or something! Of course, they're all songs I picked, so I guess I'm not one to judge. Also, just give it time. I'm sure one day that I do this, all the songs will be tragically uncool.
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