And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust. Yep, I've seen three go in the last 24 hours.
As a few of you guessed, All The Young Dudes was mine. It's tied to a very specific memory and feeling, both of which I'm reminded of each and every time I hear it.
This was the song which started to play on the radio as I approached the counter with my first black leather jacket in hand. I was 18 and I'd wanted this jacket for a while, but I always blew through my money on a weekend, so I made the decision to do nothing for a couple of weeks so I could get one. Like in a movie or something the chorus kicked in just as I walked out of the shop with that jacket on. Through a beaded curtain and out from a fairly dark shop to a very bright, late spring afternoon. I turn left and into a slight cool breeze which catches my hair as I start to walk down the street with the faint strains of the chorus now in the background. 18. Feeling ten feet tall and ready to take on the world.
Big John was the second to go. There's a few reasons why I picked this song, though none are really linked to memories. I've usually been the tallest in my class/year. If not, then one of them. This continues and I'm usually the biggest in the room/office/whatever. Not that I'm particularly gigantic or anything, but those measurements in the first verse aren't too far out and I'm just, well, big. Friends used to say I should rent my back out as billboard space. Growing up, this is the first song I could remember which was about someone who stood out because they were big.
Secondly, I'm the kind of person who would do what they could to save everyone else in a disaster..... And it'd be just my luck that, after doing it, the bloody thing would fall in on me.
Thirdly, there's a political programme over here called This Week and whenever the Speaker of the House (John Bercow) has been acting out or he or his wife have done something stupid, they play the clip of him walking to parliament in his robes of State. He's a very small man and it makes me laugh every time. Sadly this is the best one I could find. It starts about 1.08
The last of the three, which I was slightly surprised by as I thought it was in the lead, was Somebody To Love. I can't remember if anyone thought this'd be me or not. Anyway this is something which only became more personal about seven or eight years ago when, after some illnesses, births and deaths, I came to realise that despite what I'd planned I actually cared about another couple of people enough to live for them. With the chances of all these people dying before me pretty slim, I decided that if I was going to have to stick around, I might as well add another person to that list and have someone for myself.
When the truth is found to be lies and all the joy in you dies Don't you want somebody to love? Don't you need somebody to love? Wouldn't you love somebody to love? You'd better find somebody to love.
Dammit, I just noticed I lost another one. That's four!
SC knew that Leonard Cohen's Everybody Knows was me straight away. Not for the reason, though. Whist I love Pump Up The Volume and that was where I first heard this, that's not why picked it. Actually, I didn't pick any song based on a film or tv programme I liked. As some of you might've noticed over the years, I'm a little bit cynical. Y'know, in the same way that Jack The Ripper was a little bit stabby. This being the case this was one of the first songs to come to mind when picking for this tournament. That's pretty much it other than to say that I noticed Captain saying that Something In The Way could be me because it's the most depressing song. In a way, he was right, just with the wrong song. How is this song not the most depressing? Everybody knows but we all lie to ourselves and pretend it's different because that's the only way to survive. Now that's depressing.
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights vs. Hyperplush - Truly Blonde (Alternate Link)....damn that sounds just like Portishead with vocals from Sneaker Pimps, no wonder I like it!
Sammy Davis, Jr. - I've Gotta Be Me vs. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance...just too fun of a song not to vote for.
Madness - Our House vs. Imogen Heap ft. Jeff Beck - Blanket...same here, just too fun of a song not to vote for.
Gary Jules - Mad World vs. The Yardbirds - You're A Better Man Than I
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good vs. Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode...love them both so I pass for now
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone vs. Eminem - Lose Yourself
Weird Al Yankovic - The eBay Song vs. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
Jim Croce - One Less Set of Footsteps vs. Sniff 'n the Tears - Driver's Seat
Ted Nugent - Fred Bear vs. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights vs. Hyperplush - Truly Blonde
Sammy Davis, Jr. - I've Gotta Be Me vs. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Madness - Our House vs. Imogen Heap ft. Jeff Beck - Blanket
Gary Jules - Mad World vs. The Yardbirds - You're A Better Man Than I
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good vs. Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone vs. Eminem - Lose Yourself Weird Al Yankovic - The eBay Song vs. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
Jim Croce - One Less Set of Footsteps vs. Sniff 'n the Tears - Driver's Seat
Ted Nugent - Fred Bear vs. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
HK - All The Young Dudes had to be you, you're forever in my imagination like that now.
I would never have said Big John was yours but now I see you chose it for the lyrics. I'm tall too, even when I was a kid I was always the tallest girl in the class.
I like that you chose Somebody To Love, makes me happy for you x
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights vs. Hyperplush - Truly Blonde (Alternate Link)
Sammy Davis, Jr. - I've Gotta Be Me vs. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Madness - Our House vs. Imogen Heap ft. Jeff Beck - Blanket - I love Imogen Heap's voice, but I love Our House too dammit! I know Our House will go through cos surely everyone loves that and someone has chosen Blanket cos it means an awful lot to them ...amd I right? so going to vote for that this time as I have always voted for Our House in the past
Gary Jules - Mad World vs. The Yardbirds - You're A Better Man Than I
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good vs. Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone vs. Eminem - Lose Yourself
Weird Al Yankovic - The eBay Song vs. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
Jim Croce - One Less Set of Footsteps vs. Sniff 'n the Tears - Driver's Seat
Ted Nugent - Fred Bear vs. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
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