Originally Posted by Strummer521
I stumbled upon this website, it was kind of an online magazine, and there was a column where comedians and musicians (such as David Cross and Ben Gibbard) would shuffle up ten random songs on their ipod and give some kind of description for each one...why they liked it, memories it invoked etc... I thought we could do that here.
cool...I'll try it.
1.
Norah Jones - I've Got To See You Again
This song makes me want to be a saucy puppet.
Not really...it's the only Norah Jones song I have, which I downloaded after a friend of mine raved about it being "the best sex song ever"...I like it okay, for what it is (jazzy, slightly seductive), but I can think of better sex songs...
2.
Dressy Bessy - If You Should Try and Kiss Her
An absolute guilty pleasure...like all of the songs apart of the
But I'm A Cheerleader Soundtrack (one of my favorite movies), warm, bubbly, girly, with lyrics that ring in my head minutes afterwards.
3.
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
You know...the first time I really paid attention to this song was when I watched
Duets...which was really not all that great of a flick, but the whole purpose of watching it was really because me and my friend wanted something to giggle and make fun of...plus, I am addicted to karaoke. When I watched revolting Gwyneth Paltrow sing Bette Davis Eyes, I was sort of slack-jawed in awe...I didn't know whose voice it was hers, a voiceover, but I was completely in awe over it, and knew I wanted the song...Kim Carnes voice is much more raspier than Gwyneth's but I have actually ended up falling in love with Carnes version much more. There's just something about
She'll take a tumble on you
Roll you like you were dice
Until you come out blue
She's got Bette Davis eyes
that makes me smile each time I hear it...ew, I'm a freak!
4.
Dido - Whiteflag
ahh...this song...the first time I noticed it was when I was working at Blockbuster video, we were allowed to listen to music later at night...and I was always working nights back then...my manager only listened to one station...and for some reason this song would play multiple times on that station...I can remember every time it would come on she'd sing along to it, and I thought she had quite a nice voice...eventually I was singing along to it.
There seems to be a trend with all these songs so far but I can't quite put my finger on it...
5.
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
I actually prefer The Cavaliers version to this one...its funny though, because only just the other day I was talking to my ex about this song, and he prefers Pearl Jams version, and he said something along the lines of, the reason he can't stand The Cavaliers version is because J Frank Wilson sounds too happy, and Pearl Jam sounds truly tortured. And given the subject matter its more appropriate, and I had to agree with that...
When I was younger we were very religious, and the Pearl Jam version came out when I was about 13. I can remember me and my friends singing along to it in the car one day and my friends mom scolded us, saying we shouldn't sing lyrics that included
"She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good, so I can see my baby when I leave this world"...because we didn't believe in heaven...see it may be little things like these that have turned me off of religion so damn much!
6.
Elvis - I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
I've decided this will be my wedding song if my future husband agrees.
7.
Jim Croce - Rapid Roy (the stock car boy)
Jim Croce is god...seriously.
My mother used to listen to his greatest hits CD when I was about 11 or 12, on like a daily basis...all of his songs brings back memories of living in that Massachusetts apartment complex...getting ready for church...putting my nylons on, tearing them...spending 20 minutes brushing the same spot in my hair...my mom and sister screaming at each other.
Jim Croce is god...seriously.
8.
Loretta Lynn - Your Squaw Is On The Warpath
I saw Loretta Lynn in concert when I was about 8 with my mom and grandparents...it was a concert on the lake, up in Massachsetts called Indian Ranch...I had no idea who Loretta Lynn was and spent the entire concert swimming in the lake...I remember I saw a boy and a girl about 12 years old or so, in the lake together, and they were holding hands and I remember thinking I couldn't wait until I could start dating.
I saw the movie based on Loretta Lynns life
Coal Miners Daughter a few years later, and absolutely loved it...and fell in love with all her music in the process.
9.
King Of New York - Newsies Soundtrack
The first Christian Bale movie I ever saw, my mother took my sister and I to see this at the theater on opening weekend...when it comes to musicals, I walk the line. Some I love, some I hate. I loved this. You fall in love with the music...and Christian Bale.
10.
Duran Duran - Notorious
Okay so I've known this song since I was a wee lady, but the reason upon downloading it?
Donnie Darko..."Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!"
11.
Tim Mcgraw & Faith Hill - It's Your Love
My mom and stepdads wedding song...mmmhmm.
12.
Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
A wee lady around these parts turned me onto this song with the sexy voice, among others...I wonder if anyone can guess who I speak of!
13.
Eagles - One of These Nights
This sort of falls into the same category as Jim Croce...except the really disturbing thing I have recently discovered is that there are actually some people out there who
hate the Eagles! Preposterous!
14.
Madonna - Like A Virgin
Reservoir Dogs, Leon: The Professional....two major reasons I downloaded this song.
15.
Metric - Raw Sugar
Was seriously hoping they'd show up on the shuffle...I don't think I ever fell in love with a music group as fast as hard as I did with Metric. It is the only time I will ever tell EVERYONE...to check out their music. Normally I wouldn't say that to just everyone cause I understand some people just flat out hate the things I love but with Metric its different. I swear!...
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hey, they do.
