When I think of great rock and roll songs, this one is right at the top. It has the hard guitar, the fast beat, the anguished singer, and one of the best lines ever in a chorus. I'm not a big Replacements fan, but this song is almost perfect.
Valentine - The Replacements
Lyrics from MTV
Well you wish upon a star
That turns into a plane
And I guess that's right on par
Who's left to blame?
If you were a pill, I'd take a handful at my will
And I'd knock you back with something sweet and strong
Plenty of times you wake up in February make-up
Like the moon and the morning star you're gone
Tonight makes love to all your kind
Tomorrow's makin' valentines
Hey you pop up in this old place
So sick and so refined
Are you strung out on some face?
Well I know it ain't mine
If you were a pill, I'd take a handful at my will
And I'd knock you back with something sweet and strong
Trouble keeping your head up when you're hungry and you're fed up
Like a moon and a lone star you're gone
Tonight makes love to all your kind
Tomorrow's makin' valentines
If you were a pill, I'd take a handful at my will
And I'd knock you back with something sweet as wine
Yesterday was theirs to say, this is their world and their time
Well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow's mine
Tonight makes love to all your kind
Tomorrow's makin' valentines
Tonight makes love to all your kind
Tomorrow's makin' valentines
Valentines
Valentines
Valentines
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Best Songs - The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Having been an English minor I guess I should have known this song was a rework of Molly Bloom's soliloquy from James Joyce's Ulysses, but I didn't. What I did know was how much I loved this song, from the first time I heard it until now. This song drips with sensuality both lyrically, Joyce was a genius after all, and musically.
Wikipedia of course has a nice piece about the soliloquy. It's interesting to read the original and then listen to how Kate Bush reworked it.
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Lyrics from themodernworld.com
Mmh, yes,
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes,
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes,
He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes,
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body - yes.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
Stepping out.............
To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says mmh, yes.
Do I look for those millionaires
Like a Machiavellian girl would?
When I could wear a sunset, mmh, yes,
And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world.
You don't need words - just one kiss, then another.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
Stepping out, off the page into the sensual world,
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes,
And then he whispered would I, mmh, yes,
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes,
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
He'd rescue it, mmh, yes,
And his spark took life in my hand, mmh, yes,
I said, mmh, yes,
But not yet, mmh, yes,
Mmh, yes....
Wikipedia of course has a nice piece about the soliloquy. It's interesting to read the original and then listen to how Kate Bush reworked it.
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Lyrics from themodernworld.com
Mmh, yes,
Then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth
Going deep South, go down, mmh, yes,
Took six big wheels and rolled our bodies
Off of Howth Head and into the flesh, mmh, yes,
He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes,
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body - yes.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
Stepping out.............
To where the water and the earth caress
And the down of a peach says mmh, yes.
Do I look for those millionaires
Like a Machiavellian girl would?
When I could wear a sunset, mmh, yes,
And how we'd wished to live in the sensual world.
You don't need words - just one kiss, then another.
Stepping out of the page into the sensual world.
Stepping out, off the page into the sensual world,
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech, mmh, yes,
And then he whispered would I, mmh, yes,
Be safe, mmh, yes, from mountain flowers?
And at first with the charm around him, mmh, yes,
He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
He'd rescue it, mmh, yes,
And his spark took life in my hand, mmh, yes,
I said, mmh, yes,
But not yet, mmh, yes,
Mmh, yes....
Best Albums - Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr
I forget what inspired me to buy this album, but I picked up the cassette sometime in the spring of 1992 and played it to death while pulling journals for researchers in the UK Chemistry library. The library was in storage while they renovated the library and my job, along with a couple of others, was to go pull journals from boxes for researches, then to re-box said journals. Trust me when I tell you that this album was perfect for that job. It's alternative noise pop at its best. It's loud, disgruntled, and tired sounding all at the same time. All of this sits atop great hooks. But this album makes this best albums list of mine because it has held up very well over time. I pull this album out it seems two or three times a year and I don't do that with very many albums that I was listening to some 17 years ago.
Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind (1991)
1. The Wagon
2. Puke and Cry
3. Blowing It
4. I Live For That Look
5. Flying Cloud
6. How'd You Pin That One On Me
7. Water
8. Muck
9. Thumb
10. Green Mind
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Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind (1991)
1. The Wagon
2. Puke and Cry
3. Blowing It
4. I Live For That Look
5. Flying Cloud
6. How'd You Pin That One On Me
7. Water
8. Muck
9. Thumb
10. Green Mind
Discover Dinosaur Jr!
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