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    Friday's Song of the Day

    Since we missed the Tuesday thread this week, let's go back to the Friday Song of the Day thread (see Davey, no acronyms ).

    I recently picked up a copy of k.d. lang's Hymns of the 49th Parallel. And I have to choose her version of Leonard Cohen's, Hallelujah. I first heard her sing this on the Juno Awards earlier this year and thought that it was one of the most beautiful songs that I've ever heard. I picked up the CD last weekend and haven't been able to stop listening to this one song.

    It's not just a beautiful and haunting melody but her voice adds a dimension to the song that sends shivers down my spine. I can't explain it...it's an emotional thing. The only other version of this song that I've heard is by Jeff Buckley. And while he also does a great job, it just doesn't hit me the way k.d.'s version does.

    The rest of the CD is also excellent but, IMO, pales when compared to this one song.

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    I turn my camera on
    I cut my fingers on the way
    that way I'm slippin' away
    I turn my feelings off
    Y'made me untouchable for life
    and you wasn't polite

    it hit me like a tom
    you hit me like a tom
    on on and on

    when I turn my feelings on
    I turn my feelings on inside
    feel like I'm gonna ignite
    I saw them stars go off at night
    and they're looking alright

    keep on blowin' up
    keep on blowin' 'em off
    get up roll it out
    keep on showin' 'em out

    Y'hit me like a tom
    it hit me like a tom
    on on and on

    I turn my camera on
    I cut my fingers on the way
    I feel me slippin' away
    I wipe my feelings off
    Y'made me untouchable for life
    yeah and you wasn't polite

    Y'hit me like a tom
    I don't know where it's from
    it hit me like a tom-tom

    here comes the flan
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    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    I recently picked up a copy of k.d. lang's Hymns of the 49th Parallel
    Have to agree that's a fine album and track I picked it up after someone was raving about it a while back.

    Song of the day for me would be that new Coldplay single Speed of Sound from the forthcoming album which seems to be on the radio everytime I switch it on at the moment.

    Cheers
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    I'm going with one that's been getting a lot of play around my house lately, partly due to its appearance on a recent group comp. It's got one of those hooky melodies, with some minor-key piano and edgy guitar, the stuff that Spoon is making a career of. But what really sells it this time is when guest Sara Nelson comes along later with her moody cello tones, adding drama and depth to the somewhat mysterious lyrics (with one of my favorite opening lines in a long time too) ....

    Every morning I've got a new chance
    I want to land the part of Eddie in The Stranger Dance
    Cause he gets to swordfight the duke
    He kidnaps the queen
    And you think the score's set, but you can't truly see
    Til you know the two sides of Monsieur Valentine


    But then later on in the song, we see a another side ...

    Every morning I've got a new chance
    I wanna play the part of Eddie in the Stranger Dance
    He makes love to the duke
    He swordfights the queen
    He steals the whole show, in his last dying scene
    No one sees the two sides of Monsieur Valentine


    Fun stuff ... and possibly coming to a mailbox near you soon

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    The song "Lullaby" from The Cure's Disintegration album is playing on my iPod right now, and it deserves a mention. An oddly rhythmic and darkly comedic nightmare tale of being consumed by a giant spider, this one really demands your attention. If you know what's good for you. Infectious synth riff, too.
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    I'm going with Beck's Girl, from my new favorite album of the year; Guero
    "I don't know. A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." The Right Honourable JC.

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    What the hell...I'll go with Serrated Edge by the Dead Milkmen just because it makes me laugh and I listened to it for the first time in years this morning...

    Up on the hilltop where the vultures perch,
    That's where I'm gonna build my church,
    Ain't gonna be no priest, ain't gonna be no boss;
    Just Charles Nelson Riley nailed to a cross.

    I don't piss, I don't sht, I'm gettin' no relief,
    People shake there heads in disbelief.
    GO!

    Just me on a hilltop with 15 girls,
    In a Nelson Riley orgy that'll make your hair curl.
    I don't piss, I don't sht, I'm gettin' no relief,
    People shake there heads in disbelief.

    Yeah Charles Nelson Riley he's our man,
    He can't heal the sick with the touch of his hand,
    He can't walk on water, can't make wine flow;
    Just another greedy actor on the late late show!

    I don't piss, I don't sht, I'm gettin' no relief,
    People shake there heads in disbelief.
    GO!

    Just me on a hilltop with 15 girls,
    In a Nelson Riley orgy that'll make your hair curl.
    I don't piss, I don't sht, I'm gettin' no relief,
    People shake there heads in disbelief.

    That reminds me....Stuart is a great song too...

    You know what, Stuart, I LIKE YOU. You're not like the other
    people, here, in the trailer park.

    Oh, don't go get me wrong. They're fine people, they're
    good Americans. But they're content to sit back, maybe
    watch a little Mork and Mindy on channel 57, maybe kick
    back a cool, Coors 16-ouncer. They're good, fine people,
    Stuart. But they don't know ... what the qeers are doing
    to the soil!

    You know that Johnny Worker kid, the kid that delivers papers
    in the neighborhood. He's a fine kid. Some of the neighbors
    say he smokes crack, but I don't believe it.

    Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl.
    Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never
    ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy
    breaks down and buys him a burrow owl.

    Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's
    the Worker kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are
    you looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl."
    I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows
    the burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you
    think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you
    think a kid like that is going to know what the qeers are
    doing to the soil?

    I first became aware of this about ten years ago, the summer
    my oldest boy, Bill Jr. died. You know that carnival comes into
    town every year? Well this year they came through with a ride
    called The Mixer. The man said, "Keep your head, and arms, inside
    the Mixer at all times." But Bill Jr, he was a DAAAREDEVIL, just
    like his old man. He was leaning out saying "Hey everybody,
    Look at me! Look at me!" Pow! He was decapitated! They found
    his head over by the snow cone concession.

    A few days after that, I open up the mail. And there's a pamphlet
    in there. From Pueblo, Colorado, and it's addressed to Bill, Jr.
    And it's entitled, "Do you know what the qeers are doing to our
    soil?"

    Now, Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large US city where
    there's a large underground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa,
    for an example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart.
    You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it. The government
    says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on,
    Stuart. I know it's the qeers. They're in it with the aliens.
    They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to
    God.

    You know what, Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other
    people, here in this trailer park

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    Unhappy I haven't heard mine yet

    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    Since we missed the Tuesday thread this week, let's go back to the Friday Song of the Day thread (see Davey, no acronyms ).
    I've got about 8 hours left to find one. Man, I hate deadlines!

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    ummm

    We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

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    I'm alone
    sitting with my empty glass
    my four walls
    follow me through my past
    I was on a Paris train
    I emerged in London rain
    and you were waiting there
    swimming through apologies
    I remember searching for the perfect words
    I was hoping you might change your mind
    I remember a soldier sleeping next to me...
    Eschew fascism.
    Truth Will Out.
    Quote Originally Posted by stevef22
    you guys are crackheads.
    I remain,
    Peter aka Dusty Chalk

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    Eurythmics?

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    Quote Originally Posted by newtrix1
    Eurythmics?
    Are you asking our permission?

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    Quote Originally Posted by newtrix1
    Eurythmics?
    Close: Berlin.
    Eschew fascism.
    Truth Will Out.
    Quote Originally Posted by stevef22
    you guys are crackheads.
    I remain,
    Peter aka Dusty Chalk

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ex Lion Tamer
    I'm going with Beck's Girl, from my new favorite album of the year; Guero
    Yeah baby, love that song! Not as crazy about the whole album as you, but definitely some very good tunes scattered about.

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