Entries tagged with "music"
Seven Songs
posted by srah on July 12, 2008 9:51 AM
I have a huge backlog of blog posts in the works, both the simple and mematical. So here's yet another meme, this time via Gretchen: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. "Standing Next to Me", The Last Shadow Puppets"Oxford Comma", Vampire WeekendSongs #1 and #2 have something in common: I saw the videos on YouTube before I heard the...
The Random Lyrics Game
posted by srah on July 10, 2008 9:26 PM
Via Jamelah, we have another meme. I'm not sure if I've done this exact one before, but I've certainly done similar ones. The rules this time: Put your mp3 player or music player on your computer on random.Post the first four lines from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song (Skip repeat artists).Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from. Readers, leave your guesses in the comments. Some will be super easy, but try not to cheat by Googling! Lyrics are after the jump. I have taken liberties...
Say hello to Bono and Sandra Day O'Connor!
posted by srah on March 17, 2008 12:19 PM
Tags: food, green beer day, holidays, music, srahtown, st patrick's day, the university i work at
("Those are the stupidest fist names I've ever heard.") Danny boy, don't be afraid, to shake that ass, and misbehave Danny boy, I know you got time, but what are you waiting for, Anyway the dust may just blow away, if you wait for a windy day But you may find the chance has passed you by; - "Sewn" by The Feeling, who are probably slightly more Irish than the author of "Danny Boy" because at least they've been to Ireland before There is a yearly tradition associated with Srahtown and The University I Work At, wherein local bars start...
You Are the Music, Parte the Firste
posted by srah on February 2, 2008 11:33 AM
I am running late for Tiff's latest CD Swap, but I thought I would post the beginnings here, with a question for all of you! The theme of this swap was: Have you ever watched a movie or a TV show and though, "wow, this music is really great!" Or, more commonly, "this music is so distracting! Why are they playing Nickelback, I think my ears are bleeding! I could’ve totally done a better job." Well here’s your chance. And you even get to pick the movie. The way many of us interpreted this was "Put a whole bunch of...
Song she brang to me
posted by srah on January 23, 2008 10:00 PM
Tags: george harrison, memes, music, neil diamond, simon and garfunkel, the beatles, they might be giants
I'm not in a terrifically bloggy mood right now, but I have just noticed that I have blogged on January 23 every year since 2002. That's a pretty good record and I hate to blow it. I wonder how many other days that's true for. So here's a musical meme for you, via J! Bloggity blog! My Top 10 Most Frequently Played Tracks in iTunes 1: Simon & Garfunkel - "America" 2: They Might Be Giants - "Man, It's So Loud In Here" 3: The Beatles - "If I Fell" 4: Mathieu Boogaerts - "Sens" 5: Neil Diamond - "Forever...
Right! Whatever that means!
posted by srah on December 13, 2007 9:24 PM
Tags: frosting, lyrics, music, video
Hey lady, you, lady! http://youtube.com/watch?v=r-vx4GcjASE I'm kind of obsessed with "I've Never Been to Me" today, after having woken up with it in my head this morning. It's sort of depressing, because I am neither living the kind of boring, discontented suburban life that Charlene longs for, nor have I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free. I must be missing out on something. I've never been to Georgia or California or Nice or the isle of Greece¹ or even moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo. In fact, there is only one part...
Play with appropriate passion
posted by srah on November 24, 2007 11:25 PM
Tags: jeff daniels, michigan, music, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007
We went tonight to see the second annual Jeff Daniels and Friends concert at the Michigan Theater, which was basically a huge love song to the state of Michigan. The artists were all from Michigan or had some Michigan connection, and were singing or pattering in between songs about their love for Michigan. We were a couple of rows back from the governor. I didn't realize that Jeff Daniels was so into musical performance, in addition to his acting and playwrighting. I'm always rather proud of him, because he's managed to stay true to his Michigan roots and his love...
Sometimes when someone has a crush on you, they'll make you a mix tape to give you a clue
posted by srah on November 13, 2007 12:22 PM
Tags: cd swap, music, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, track listing
Not that I have a crush on Tiff. It's all part of the NaBloPoMo game, folks. ... or is it¹? Anyway, it's time for Volume 2 of Tiff's Great CD Swap. I found myself unable to make one good mix CD of love songs, so I've made two bad ones instead. The first follows my November theme, and the second one is full of the most clichéd and/or sappy love songs evar. Read on for playlists! ¹ Yes, it is....
Kind Captain, I've important information
posted by srah on November 6, 2007 12:16 PM
Tags: beer, clowns, coffee, fashion, hot chocolate, ice cream, lists, lyrics, makeup, memes, music, nablopomo, nablopomo 2007, study abroad, super powers, three dog night
I have been tagged, so I bring you: 7 Random And/Or Weird Facts About srah When I was in elementary school, our music teacher, Mr McDonald (who had an imaginary friend named "Boo-Boo McGillicuddy") was the one who introduced me to Oliver! (and therefore to my first fictional-character crush) and I have the impression that he had us sing an awful lot of Three Dog Night. I don't know if it was part of the district-mandated curriculum for elementary-level music classes, if it was in our music book, or if Mr McDonald was just a huge fan of Three Dog...
D - world destruction, O - ver an overture, N - do I need, apostrophe-T - need this torture?
posted by srah on October 14, 2007 6:27 PM
Tags: music
When I was searching for a song in iTunes today, it occurred to me that iTunes might be telling me something. Apparently it's feeling neglected and wants to do things with me. Here are iTunes' suggestions: Let's Get RetardedLet's make a cakeLet's Live for TodayLet's Get It OnLet's Go BlueOpportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)Let's Get It OnDon't Let's Start I am intrigued by a few of these, but mostly disturbed. ITunes seems quite insistent that we should get it on. I think I will shut my computer down before I go to sleep tonight....
Great CD Swap of 2007, Volume 1
posted by srah on September 16, 2007 12:56 PM
Tags: cd swap, christopher brookmyre, music, pandaemonium, the sacred art of stealing
Another post about music! At least it's not a dream. Tiff recently announced a CD Swap where the theme was "My Favorite Songs from the Past 10 Years." I assembled my playlist, then found that it was 63 songs long. Sigh. So I had to do some pruning. Here's the final tracklisting of the CD that's going out to Tiff on Monday (hidden in the extension in case she doesn't want to be spoiled):...
Guess Again
posted by srah on September 12, 2007 10:35 PM
My, there's been a flurry of blogging around here today! My blogging process is, like the Internet, a series of tubes. When one post that I perceive as particularly serious or long (like the one about Madeleine L'Engle) is in the works, it clogs everything else up. I don't want to blog anything else before I got that done, so a lot of things just hang around in the idea-stage until I finish. Anyway, here's a little meme I got from pesky'apostrophe and then it's off to bed with me!¹ Here are the [adapted] rules for the meme: Put your...
It's reported you've been Cruciatin' Muggles and elves and runnin' wild
posted by srah on August 1, 2007 5:38 PM
Tags: harry potter, lyrics, music, parodies, wizard rock
As I have previously stated, my future hypothetical wizard rock band will be called Washing Ron's Underpants¹. I was thinking about Washing Ron's Underpants² as I was driving back down to Ohio on Monday because I was running my mp3 player through my car speakers and "Harper Valley PTA" came on³. Normally this wouldn't have anything to do with Harry Potter, but for some reason when I went to sing the line "This is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites," it came out "you're all Harper Valley hippogriffs." Then the next song was "Help Me...
Blah blah blah Fergie blah
posted by srah on July 25, 2007 7:14 PM
So is Glamorous (oooh, flouncy flouncy) the best song ever, or am I durnk? Don't answer that....
We're sailing with a cargo full of love and devotion
posted by srah on June 14, 2007 2:45 AM
Tags: music, ship, sleep, travel
Hi! I have had about 8 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours! That actually sounds like a lot more than it feels. I have been really stressing out about this trip: packing, making my connections, adjusting to life on the ship, worrying about seasickness, etc... all while dealing with a lot of other stuff like finding a new apartment (done!) and keeping up with students while I'm out of the office and while the university changes email systems during my absence. So with all the things to worry about (and I love to worry!) I haven't been sleeping...
This I Believe (At the Moment)
posted by srah on May 28, 2007 5:45 PM
Tags: construction, ice cream, johnny mathis, music, ohio
NPR has an ongoing series called "This I Believe" where people share their important beliefs. I've often thought about that segment and what I would say if I were featured on the show. Unfortunately, I've never been able to settle on one theme for very long. And I am also not very good at taking things seriously. So I bring you: This I Believe (At the Moment) I believe that the highest point in the history of recorded sound was when Johnny Mathis recorded "Chances Are." Whatever the motivations were for inventing sound recording technology, they were ultimately satisfied when...
Sock it to 'em!
posted by srah on May 14, 2007 12:56 PM
Tags: harper valley pta, lyrics, music
In the song Harper Valley PTA, Mrs Johnson says, Well, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there and seven times he's asked me for a date Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away What is she insinuating about Mrs Taylor? Is it that she has a drinking problem or that she's going through too much ice for one person and obviously isn't drinking alone? I understand the insinuation about why Mr Baker's secretary had to leave town, but "using a lot of ice" isn't a euphemism I'm familiar with....
Everybody's a critic! Even dogs!
posted by srah on April 18, 2007 8:35 PM
Tags: dogs, music, neighbors, singing
I spent the evening pet-sitting one of my downstairs dog-neighbors, a pit bull named Sandy who apparently believed herself the arbiter of good musical taste for the neighborhood. I tried to convince her that she should take a nap instead of running around the apartment like an idiot, and hummed some Brahms in an attempt to lull her to sleep. She gave me the most communicative look of the whole evening in return, but unfortunately what she was communicating was "Seriously? You call that singing? I am a dog and I thought that was bad. Who did my owner leave...
Did Steve tell you that? What's he got to do with it?
posted by srah on April 4, 2007 6:23 AM
Tags: comedy, flight of the conchords, music, video
It's Wednesday. And you know what that means? It means it's time for business. It's Business Time. And now some more from New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo, Flight of the Conchords:...
Here in Cincinnati
posted by srah on March 31, 2007 11:46 AM
Tags: cincinnati, music, the ragbirds
I went to see The Ragbirds at Stanley's Pub in Cincinnati last night. They were very good. Everyone should buy their CDs and should go see them live. They are fun to watch. They all play about 8 million instruments each and seem to have a lot of fun doing it. At one point, I'm pretty sure Jeff was playing the bass guitar with a fork. My only beef would be that, although I saw online that things got started at 9, the opening act didn't even get started until after 10, so The Ragbirds didn't go on until 11:30,...
Yet another installment of Sarah's Misheard Song Lyrics
posted by srah on March 30, 2007 7:51 PM
Tags: lyrics, misheard lyrics, music, the beatles
For years and years, I thought that the pretty nurse in Penny Lane was selling puppies from a train. In fact, I didn't realize I was wrong until the Beatles Anthology miniseries came out and they had some bizarre animated video of all of the Penny Lane activity and I couldn't see the puppies or the train....
A meme with seven songs - what's so fearsome about that?
posted by srah on March 28, 2007 8:11 PM
Fraulein N did this meme, and when I went to post my own list in her comments, it said I had too many links. So, what the hey. I shall bung it into the ol' blog. The directions are to: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what they are. They must be songs you are presently enjoying. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to. I went on a mashups-hunt this week, so my current listening-list is heavily influenced by that. Believe It - The RagbirdsAls de morgen is gekomen - Jan Smit...
It's very evident/ These attentions are well meant
posted by srah on January 22, 2007 5:26 PM
Tags: gilbert and sullivan, music, the pirates of penzance, walking
Apete gave me an mp3 player for Christmas, so ever since then I've been experimenting with different mixes of music to play on it while I go for my walks. It's pretty obvious that pop music like the Spice Girls and Britney Spears, while not exactly something you want to go around advertising to the world that you listen to, have a pretty good beat for keeping a good walking pace. So as long as you keep the volume low and those earbuds firmly pushed into your ear, no one need know. On the other hand, the tempo of Chayanne's...
Sancta nox, placida nox/ Nusquam est ulla vox
posted by srah on December 14, 2006 12:01 PM
Tags: christmas, holidays, music
I am an inveterate list-maker, so here is a list of some of my favorite Christmas songs, inspired by all of the Muzak and All Christmas All The Time radio stations I've been subjected to during my holiday shopping. "Carol of the Bells" "Sleigh Ride" - Instrumental versions only, and especially the one with horse-whinnying at the end. "The Nutcracker Suite" - No particular song within the suite - I pretty much like the whole thing. It's been my cookie-baking soundtrack lately. "O Holy Night" - Choral versions, because soloists get all divalicious and operatic about it and I would...
Hello. Is it me you're looking for?
posted by srah on December 5, 2006 8:52 PM
Tags: assistantship, lionel richie, middle east, music, teaching
One day back when I was a teaching assistant in France, one of my students called me over to him in class. The students were supposed to be working individually on some assignment, so I assumed he was trying to get my attention to ask me a question about English for the work he was doing. I walked over to him and he quietly asked me (in English, if I remember correctly), "Do you like Lionel Richie?" Of all the things he could have asked me, I think that may be the last one I would have guessed. Lionel Richie...
C3PO, party of two, you are requested to board the Peace Train
posted by srah on November 30, 2006 8:11 PM
Tags: cat stevens, lyrics, music, yusuf islam
How exciting! Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam has returned to the music business! He has released the first single from his album "An Other Cup": a song called "Heaven/Where True Love Goes" which is a very pretty, catchy melodious tune with lyrics that... lyrics... um... the lyrics.... ...The moment you walked inside my door I knew that I need not look no more, I've seen many other souls before - ah but, Heaven must've programmed you The moment you fell inside my dreams I realized all I had not seen, I've seen many other souls before - ah but, Heaven must've...
Twinkies and ding-dongs won't do
posted by srah on October 6, 2006 10:35 PM
Tags: middle school, music, new kids on the block, video, weird al yankovic
Last week I followed a link in Dooce's links blog to a YouTubed video by New Kids on the Block. I mostly missed the New Kids train back in the late 80s. I was busy, as is my wont, listening to oldies and musicals instead of The Hip Trendy New Music The Kids Are Listening to. I did not have New Kids dolls or a New Kids sleeping bag or a New Kids Trapper Keeper. I was aware of them, and knew the tunes of their songs and all, but I didn't have <old man voice>the cable teevee</old man voice>...
Time to put a meme all up in this joint
posted by srah on August 18, 2006 12:06 PM
Leave a comment and I'll give you a letter. Then you must think of 10 song titles that start with that letter (as well as the artist), without using Google or other cheats. I got D. Dreams - the cranberriesDa Da Da - TrioD...rocky Raccoon - The Beatles (I'm stuck)Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. HawkinsDaydream Believer - The MonkeesDo Your Ears Hang Low - ?Dream Lover - Bobby DarinDavid Duchovny - Bree SharpDrive My Car - The BeatlesDiana - Paul AnkaDon't Throw Your Sushi at Me - Srah and Cher My list of the first...
You too can Save Ginny Weasley from the Basilisk
posted by srah on July 7, 2006 12:36 PM
Tags: ann arbor, announcements, harry and the potters, harry potter, music
Attention Ann Arbor! Harry and the Potters are playing at the Blind Pig tonight with... Draco and the Malfoys. What is this world coming to? Stay away from them, Potters! They are a bad influence! Unfortunately I will be on the road heading to Ann Arbor while they're playing. All y'all go and tell me how it was. [via ghetto of our mind]...
If only I'd heard it before I burned my summer mix!
posted by srah on June 27, 2006 11:06 PM
Tags: immature, lyrics, music, nat king cole
My new favorite Nat King Cole song (who has a favorite Nat King Cole song?) is "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer", for the simple fact that you get to hear Nat King Cole say "wienies." MATURE!...
Hot town! Summer in the city
posted by srah on June 6, 2006 12:47 PM
Tags: cd swap, music, the summer burn
There are only a few days left to sign up for The Summer Burn 2006, a huge international mix CD exchange. You can sign up or get more information on the website. [via B3ta]...
'I'm your main target/ Come and help me ignite'
posted by srah on May 23, 2006 6:45 AM
The second-worst song to have in your head on the way to the airport: "Janie's Got a Gun." And it's in mine. I suppose it could be worse if my name were Janie. Remind me not to sing that out loud as I'm going through security. Oh well, at least it's not #1......
And then Angela Lansbury pulled out her Beretta...
posted by srah on May 16, 2006 9:16 PM
Tags: bad movies, movies, music, open letters, r kelly, trapped in the closet
Dear Planet Earth, In going through the list of great characters... few come to mind. Blanche Dubois, from "Streetcar Named Desire"... Willy Loman, from "Death of a Salesman"... Screech, from "Saved By The Bell" and, of course, Big Man from "Trapped in the Closet". If you ever want to see acting at its finest... acting that will make you re-examine your life... acting that will make you see the world for the first time... watch the 2005 hip-hopera raperetta music video serial monstrosity Trapped in the Closet. It is truly scrumtralescent. Yes, this weekend I saw yet another example of...
They must be saving TEH NEIL!!!!1 for later
posted by srah on May 4, 2006 5:53 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, elvis presley, music, tv
Acceptable song choices for next week's Elvis-themed American Idol: Always On My MindKentucky RainSuspicious Minds Unacceptable song choices for next week's Elvis-themed American Idol: Everything else Overplayed song that I am almost positive will be sung by someone next week: A Little Less Conversation Horrifying spectre that dost float in my mind's eye when picturing next week's episode: Taylor Hicks gyrating and announcing that he is "itching like a man on a fuzzy tree"Taylor Hicks gyrating and announcing that he is "a hunk o' hunk o' burnin' love" My overall reaction to the thought of next week's episode: Nausea...
American Idol never listens to my genius suggestions!
posted by srah on May 2, 2006 6:48 PM
Tags: american idol, american idol 5, music, tv
Because I am sick and should be sleeping, instead I have discovered all of the #1 songs on the dates of birth of the remaining American Idol contestants. Tonight's theme is "Music from the year you were born," I am told, so I thought I would use the ol' This Day in Music machine to pick songs for the would-be Idols: Paris Bennett (September 23, 1988) - "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin Katharine McPhee (March 25, 1984) - "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins Chris Daughtry (December 26, 1979) - "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes Elliott Yamin...
'You say I only hear what I want to'
posted by srah on May 1, 2006 10:44 PM
Tags: cd swap, high school, music, track listing
Alrighty, my High School Mix CD is done. My CDs will be going out a day late, but they'll be going out! Read on for the track listing:...
A sign that I am getting less and less cool in my old age
posted by srah on April 22, 2006 7:10 PM
Tags: driving, high school, music, npr, oldies
I spent most of my early life listening to Oldies music. In order to prepare my track list for smg's CD swap, I went and got out my old mix tapes from high school and scouted out which tracks I also had in CD or mp3 form. A mix from 1994 includes "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds, "Bobby's Girl" by Marcy Blaine, "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" by Cher, "Downtown" by Petula Clark, "Oh Sweet Pea" by Tommy Roe and "Walk Away Renee" by the Left Banke as well as a smattering of showtunes and some more contemporary songs. I...
Pull this thread as I walk away...
posted by srah on April 3, 2006 1:00 PM
Tags: cd swap, high school, music
it's cd swap time everyone. get excited!the theme this time is music that you loved and/or was popular when you were in high school.frinstance: i was in high school from 1994-1998, so my cd would include things like pearl jam and bush and no doubt because they were popular at the time. it would also include u2, paul simon, and simon & garfunkel because i liked them when i was in high school. get it?this will only be fun if more than 16 people sign up, so pass the word around. Arsesome! Rules and sign-up information are here. Since this...
Warm, touching warm
posted by srah on January 24, 2006 6:12 PM
Tags: music
Can you feel it? The sun is shining just a little brighter today. There can be only one reason for it... it's NEIL DIAMOND'S BIRTHDAY!...
Doo-wah ditty
posted by srah on January 8, 2006 10:28 AM
Tags: music
I was a bit afraid that after all that hassle of trying to figure out what the mystery song was, I would hear it again and be disappointed and hate it. Fortunately, I don't and I've been listening to it over and over again. My favorite line: "We'll collect the moments one by one I guess that's how the future's done..." - Feist, "Mushaboom"...
Do You Know What I Hear?
posted by srah on January 2, 2006 4:58 PM
Tags: music
There's this song that I kept hearing on the radio and in the malls over the break. I like it and I want to know who sings it and perhaps purchase this song. Unfortunately, I don't have much to go on because I keep picking out snippets of the lyrics and trying to remember them so I can Google the song when I get home. Then I forget. It may or may not have something to do with ice skating or snow angels or something. It's sung by a female. There's something a little old-fashioned about it. I can't remember...
Touch the puppet head!
posted by srah on December 20, 2005 2:58 PM
Tags: music, they might be giants, work
Why doesn't They Might Be Giants' online store sell mousepads saying "Memo to myself: Do the dumb things I gotta do"? Or notepads or any products with that line, for that matter? I am stuffing envelopes today. It has to be done, and it's a nice break from all the other things I gotta do. Note to TMBG fans: There are new Venue Songs videos on the website and a free podcast available on iTunes. That makes it a very good year for dodecahedrons in a state of wanton uncertainty....
It's like Weird Al threw up in my brain
posted by srah on December 14, 2005 7:40 AM
Tags: music
Songs that I have had in my head so far this morning: Surrey with the Fringe on Top (alternate lyrics)Flintstones theme song (alternate lyrics)Jingle Bells (alternate lyrics)...
'Oh help.'
posted by srah on October 20, 2005 10:34 PM
Tags: music
What will this day be like? I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder. It could be so exciting, To be out in the world, To be free! My heart should be wildly rejoicing. Oh, what's the matter with me? I've always longed for adventure, To do the things I've never dared. Now here I'm facing adventure Then why am I so scared? - "I Have Confidence", The Sound of Music...
'Hey, 98.6, it's good to have you back again...'
posted by srah on September 30, 2005 4:11 PM
Tags: ann arbor, lansing, music, oldies, radio, tom ryan, wjim, womc
Dear WJIM 97.5, Suck it. I don't know what I mean by "it," but I do strongly insist that you suck it immediately. Once upon a time, you were an oldies station - and an oldies station that played a better mix of music than WOMC, now the only oldies station within range of Ann Arbor. (You also had the advantage of not having Tom Ryan on staff, so I could listen to you during the drive-time hours without wanting to punch the radio controls.) Now you have become a cookie-cutter "Contemporary Hits" station, just like every other station on...
The hills are alive
posted by srah on August 22, 2005 12:32 PM
Tags: music
When I was at the Great Ann Arbor Mix Swap¹ Friday night, someone asked me where I find out about new artists or new music. This is what I've come up with so far (in the order that I thought of them just now): iTunes free download of the week soundtracks music blogs (aurgasm, Music for Maniacs, etc.) mashups (ccc, DJ Danger Mouse, etc.) other CD swaps such as Neurotic Fishbowl's Burn It!s listening to the radio (but since I listen almost exclusively to DougFM or the oldies station, this just brings me old music that's new to me.) How...
Huey Lewis could cover it...
posted by srah on August 17, 2005 11:04 AM
Tags: misheard lyrics, music
Yet another one to add to the pile of Lyrics That Sarah Can't Sing Correctly Even Though She Knows That These Aren't The Right Lyrics: What becomes of the broken hearted, Who had love that's now retarded? This one's deeply embedded in my memory; I actually had to turn off the radio and sing it to myself to remember what the correct lyrics are!...
'Baby, check this out: I've got something to say...'
posted by srah on August 10, 2005 1:16 PM
Tags: music
Last.fm's got a brand new face and - as far as I can tell - is running a lot faster as well. They haven't transferred their RSS feeds over from the old system yet, but I'm told that it's in the works. Have a look! (If you're not familiar with Last.fm/Audioscrobbler, it consists of a plugin for your favorite computer-based music player which tracks your music statistics and creates a 'radio' stream that your friends can listen to. It's cool - check it out and add me as a friend!)...
Far! We've been traveling far!
posted by srah on August 1, 2005 8:53 AM
Tags: music
I'm going to be travelling in and out of Detroit all this week. You know who else is going to be travelling in and out of Detroit this week? Neil Freaking Diamond, that's who! My overactive imagination has already started constructing scenarios where we'll meet up in the airport, despite the fact that he's probably travelling in a tour bus. Shut up, reality!...
Guess what? There's a song in my head!
posted by srah on May 16, 2005 12:04 PM
Tags: music
Why are we always deliberately antagonizing the shareef? Why don't we do something he likes for a change?...
My ongoing love affair with Doug
posted by srah on April 23, 2005 1:13 PM
Tags: closing time, doug fm, film class, music, radio
I think Doug and I have hit a rough spot. He claims to have the Most Variety In The World... EVAR, but I still hear Head Games every single day and sometimes several times in one day. Maybe I should start seeinghearing other stations, Doug. Doug has these fascinating bumpers. I like the one that says, "You can't spell 'variety' without 'Doug.' ... Oh wait, yes you can." That is my kind of humour, folks. That kind of humor and humility is one of the things that made me fall in love with Doug in the first place. But now...
Excuse me, what did he do in his hat?
posted by srah on April 14, 2005 12:32 AM
Tags: misheard lyrics, music
Dear iTunes Music Store, You disappoint me, dear. Really, you do. I expect you to meet all of my music needs and, well, okay, I have to admit that sometimes you come through for me. Thank you for: the Vincent Delerm song, which would have been hard to find in the US if it weren't for you.Dido's White Flag, which was an impulse buy that came at a time when I needed that sort of sentiment. De-Phazz's Jazz Music, which I heard as Muzak at The Limited, asked the manager what it was, she went digging through things in the...
Hey, why don't we go?
posted by srah on March 24, 2005 12:06 AM
Tags: music
I heard Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" five times today, none of them of my own choosing. I like the song, but I have to point out that I did not skew the results in any way by playing it myself. I heard it five times in public. I heard it in my head all the rest of the day....
I found the secret to life...
posted by srah on February 21, 2005 8:52 PM
Tags: music
I've been waking up to* this for about a week now. Thanks, Frank! It's a great song to wake up to. ––––– * This song is, like, track #10 on the CD. It takes me almost the whole CD to register that there is music playing and that I should start the waking-up process....
Bullying you into trying new (old?) things
posted by srah on February 21, 2005 2:36 PM
Tags: music
Go download this. No, I can't think of a post to write around it. It's the Beatles' Revolver album remixed with other stuff. It's good. Download it already. Go! [via sp3ccylad]...
Go to hell, iTunes party shuffle!
posted by srah on February 21, 2005 2:22 AM
Tags: music
Are there any words that drive you insane for no rational reason? I've got a few; I can't listen to the song "Lightning Crashes" by Live because it has the word "placenta" in it. I can't believe I've defiled my blog by writing that. I know it's natural and I'm too uptight and it's the body so it's beautiful and we should embrace it and all be hippies like that, but ew. I hate that word! Don't say that in a song....
La question que tout le monde se pose...*
posted by srah on February 17, 2005 10:37 AM
Tags: music, the wizard of oz
So often people ask me, "Sarah, what song do you have in your head? Do you think you could share it with your readers?" For once I think I'll take pity on you clamouring masses. It is "Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead" from the Wizard of Oz. Unfortunately, it's not even the entire song, but just the warbly part that goes, As coroner, I'll vouch for her. I've thoroughly examined her. And she's not only meeeeerely dead, She's really most sinceeeeerely dead. In related news, did anyone else think that 17-year-old American Idol reject with the cornrows and...
The Music In My Kitchen
posted by srah on February 14, 2005 5:10 PM
Tags: music
What does my kitchen have to do with anything??? Well anyway, this is a music meme that's been going around and Jamie tagged me, so I picked and chose some questions from various versions of the meme. Here goes: 1. Total amount of music files on your computer: 2718 files, which translates to more than 7 days of music. What the hell am I going to do with 7 days of music??? 2. The last CD you bought was: I made my mom buy the Return of the Jedi soundtrack. 3. What was the last song you listened to before...
Reason #4589 Why I Should Have Been Raised By A Jealous, Fictional Musical Psycho Instead of My Family
posted by srah on January 25, 2005 4:52 PM
The Phantom of the Opera: "He was bound to love you/ When he heard you sing" "Sing for me, my Angel of Music!" vs. Srahfamily: "She's singing again! Ha ha ha!" *slams door* *sniff* The Phantom would have been so supportive of my dreams. He would have recognized my true talent and-- ... Oh, talent. Drat....
'When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks whose sickness is the games they play...'
posted by srah on January 12, 2005 12:51 PM
Tags: music
I like Best Buy better than Circuit City and this opinion is based solely on the fact that I think it smells better. I don't know why they should even smell different, since they have basically the same products. Maybe it's the employees. Taking this post in a different, only tenuously related direction, I stopped into Circuit City today to browse and window shop and buy some blank CDs. They had a great rack* of $7.99 "Best of" CDs and it occurred to me that I have been meaning for some time to buy a CD by The Association and...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: A is for...
posted by srah on December 25, 2004 12:28 AM
Tags: music
Texas - In Demand A special video treat for Xmas. Texas? What does that have to do with the letter A? Watch and see. Dreeeeeeeeeeeamy....
Holiday Download Extravaganza: B is for Black Lab!
posted by srah on December 24, 2004 10:26 AM
Tags: music
It's Christmas Eve! I don't have time for a summary! Enjoy the music! Black Lab - Keep Myself Awake...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: C is for The Cure!
posted by srah on December 23, 2004 10:36 AM
Tags: music
Do you ever sit around the house and wonder what The Cure were up to in 1996? I'll tell you - they were recording the only Cure album that I own: Wild Mood Swings. That's what. The Cure - Mint Car...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: D is for Dee-lite!
posted by srah on December 23, 2004 9:55 AM
Tags: music
(Oops - didn't get around to posting yesterday.) At a party, I was once informed by at least two different people that this song reminded them of me. I still don't know why that is, but there are a lot of songs that would be worse. I'm glad that people don't connect me with a dirge or something - at least this one is high-energy! Dee-lite - Groove is in the Heart...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: E is for Everclear!
posted by srah on December 21, 2004 9:37 AM
Tags: christopher brookmyre, everclear, mp3, music
Christopher Brookmyre introduced me to this song. "This is gonna sound a little obsessive..." starts Zal in The Sacred Art of Stealing. DI de Xavia recognizes later that he was quoting Everclear. So srah scoured the Internet, discovered the song, found it and held it to her bosom. And her ears, because it turns out that's where she hears. 'Twas a gift from Christopher Brookmyre's heart directly to me, and now I share it with you, dear friends. Wait, that does sound a little obsessive. Everclear - Unemployed Boyfriend...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: F is for Foo Fighters!
posted by srah on December 20, 2004 1:28 AM
Tags: music
This song was on the soundtrack to the X-Files movie. I don't quite know why or whether it actually played during the movie. It doesn't sound particularly X-Filesish to me - it wasn't written by Mark Snow* or performed by Johnny Mathis. I like it anyway. Foo Fighters - Walking After You ––––– * Is it really sad and nerdy to know the name of the X-Files composer? It is? Oh. :'(...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: G is for Jean-Jacques Goldman!
posted by srah on December 19, 2004 1:24 AM
Tags: music
BAGPIPE SOLO! Okay, I suck. But this is another lovely lovely French song with great lyrics. I think I like this old standard more every time I hear one of his songs and this is one of my current favorites. Chansons pour les pieds is a wonderful album that - if presented to me for any type of upcoming holiday event - would not be thrown on the floor and stamped upon. Jean-Jacques Goldman - Je voudrais vous revoir...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: H is for The Hollies!
posted by srah on December 18, 2004 8:53 PM
Tags: music
At last, ladies and gentlemen, the mystery is at an end. From December 1 to December 25, there are 25 days. And there are 26 letters in the alphabet! I could have left out something like Z or X or Q but no, ladies and gentlemen, I opted instead for I. Because I did. So there. So here we are at H. Once again, a lovely song because I am, occasionally, a hopeless romantic. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: J is for Journey!
posted by srah on December 17, 2004 12:02 AM
Tags: music
For some reason, I always have this swelling of pride when the singer says that the boy was "born and raised in South Detroit" even though I am not from Detroit and I don't even know what's in South Detroit. I am retarded like that. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: K is for Kyo!
posted by srah on December 16, 2004 10:40 AM
Tags: music
Lost our internet connection last night, so this one's a little later than usual. This is a song by a French rock group. It's kind of funny to see French rock videos because they get all kitted out like they're Limp Bizkit or Korn or something and then they sing a song that's rather sweet and poppy. Poor dears can't help it - it's the chanson tradition which seems to pervade all French music and force them to sing intelligible lyrics. Not rockish at all, those intelligible lyrics! Anyway, this one is about teenaged angst and wanting to run away...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: L is for Lovin' Spoonful!
posted by srah on December 15, 2004 12:01 AM
Tags: music
I dunno. You know, it's kinda nice. I think it's rather a sweet song. Hee. The Lovin' Spoonful - You Didn't Have to Be So Nice...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: M is for Mr Mister!
posted by srah on December 14, 2004 2:43 AM
Tags: music
In Scattergories, that would be worth two points! These kids today with their hippin' and their hoppin' and their bippin' and their boppin'... they don't appreciate a good song with Latin in it. Mr Mister - Kyrie...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: N is for Nina Persson!
posted by srah on December 13, 2004 1:36 AM
Tags: music
The editing of Information Architecture continues. Tired. Need sleep. Can't think of a commentary. This is from the soundtrack from Boys Don't Cry. Nina Persson was the lead singer of the Cardigans. Song is pretty. Night night. Nina Persson - Bluest Eyes in Texas...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: O is for O-ZONE!
posted by srah on December 12, 2004 1:42 AM
Tags: music
Do you want to be hip and sophisticated and European? Well, you can't. So instead, just check out one of the big European hits of the summer - a completely retarded song from... Moldova, I believe. Thanks to my three Romanian co-workers this summer, I have learned a whole lot of useful Romanian. Namely, I learned how to say "Kiss me," then forgot it. Now, thanks to this song, I can say "happiness" and "Hello, it's me, Picasso." That will surely come in handy! The lyrics (and their English translation) can be found here. O-ZONE - Dragostea din tei...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: P is for Pop Project!
posted by srah on December 11, 2004 12:42 AM
Tags: ann arbor, holiday download extravaganza, matt, mp3, music, pop project
Here's a tune from a local band that Matt introduced to me last spring. I hope they don't mind me posting their mp3 for WORLDWIDE CONSUMPTION FROM MY MASSIVE READING AUDIENCE! If this makes them rich and famous, I hope they will buy me a bubble tea. *rolls eyes* Pop Project - Feel Nine...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: Q is for Queen!
posted by srah on December 10, 2004 2:33 AM
Tags: music
I went bowling last weekend with SOCHI and SAA. There were an emcee and a DJ at the bowling alley (he spun, she announced), both of whom were quite awful. I couldn't tell if the emcee was a retarded Australian or a stupid American pretending to be Australian or a stupid American pretending to be British and coming off as vaguely Australian. Anyway, the music they were playing was pretty awful, but we soon caught on that you could request things from them and that once in a blue moon, they would stop with the country music and actually play...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: R is for Raspberries!
posted by srah on December 9, 2004 12:18 AM
Tags: music
I have completely forgotten what my little commentary was going to be, to go with this download. Rather disappointing, actually, because I'm sure it would have been... well, kinda mediocre. But it seemed slightly good-ish at the time I came up with it, which was tonight, on Packard somewhere between Stone School Road and Platt. I know exactly where I had this idea, but not what it was! Argh! Anyway, here's an oldie but a goodie. The Raspberries - Go All The Way...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: S is for Squeeze!
posted by srah on December 8, 2004 12:01 AM
Tags: music
Squeeze r4wkz. Or some such l33t-sp34k. I think I first became aware of them through the Tempted '94 version on the Reality Bites soundtrack. I then heard Pulling Mussels From a Shell on the radio and liked it enough to go out and buy a 'best of' CD: Singles: 45s and Under. Man, I love 'best of' CDs. Anyway, here's a track that I discovered on that album: Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: T is for Twisted Sister!
posted by srah on December 7, 2004 1:27 AM
Tags: music
I couldn't have timed it better if I had done it on purpose, which I didn't. Here I am, cramming for the final in my programming class - the last assignment between me and freedom... from that class anyway. You know what will be true, as of 5pm tomorrow? I'm not going to be taking that class anymore. I'm not going to take it. I'm not going to take it. I'm not going to take it anymore. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: U is for Usher!
posted by srah on December 6, 2004 12:34 AM
Tags: music
This song is bad. Seriously, it's bad. It's dangerously bad. It's so bad that I will be removing it from my server at the end of the day today because I'm afraid it will get around that I have a copy and everyone will want it. This is, apparently, a song by Usher that isn't on any of his albums. I can't fathom why, with lyrics like: I wanted to link up with you baby at first sight with you I get to use my f keys...yeah.. I can't wait to give you megabites I got all the memory you...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: V is for Vincent Delerm!
posted by srah on December 5, 2004 1:31 AM
Tags: music
Vincent Delerm - Tes parents This is a nice little French song about a fellow fantasizing about how horrible his girlfriend's parents could turn out to be... (And hey - as long as you're here... have you voted for me yet today?)...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: W is for World Party!
posted by srah on December 4, 2004 1:33 AM
Tags: music
Another song that reminds me of a movie... This one comes from The Matchmaker, a little-known romantic comedy with Janeane Garofalo and David O'Hara. It is used in the scene where two of the movie's characters have broken their legs, then they get into a car accident that results in a third character breaking hers. Not that the song has anything to do with broken legs or anything. Sigh. What a great introduction. Anyway, here's the song. World Party - She's the One...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: X is for XTC!
posted by srah on December 3, 2004 12:09 AM
Tags: music
C'mon... how many options do I really have for X? Now we come to the reason this music is ordered Z to A... I kinda felt it might not be appropriate to present this one so near to Christmas. I am nothing if not thoughtful! XTC - Dear God...
Holiday Download Extravaganza: Y is for Yaz!
posted by srah on December 2, 2004 10:48 AM
Tags: music
Yaz - Only You This song came out in 1982 so everyone who's a little older than me is going to hate me when I announce that I've liked it since the first time I heard it - in the last scene of the classic film Can't Hardly Wait ("Why y'all gotta waste my flava? Damn!")....
Holiday Download Extravaganza: Z is for Zenaida!
posted by srah on December 1, 2004 12:09 AM
Tags: music
'Tis December today! I have decided that from December 1-25 I shall offer an mp3 a day. Lucky you! I'll be starting with a song in some way related to the letter Z and working my way to A. Today: Zenaida - Gymnopédies by Erik Satie. It's a lovely mellow classically sort of song....
I didn't listen long enough to find out the real song...
posted by srah on November 26, 2004 1:15 AM
Tags: music
I was listening to the radio in the car the other day and the DJ, in his radio-bantering fashion, announced that one of the next songs up would be a song by Badfinger that always makes him think of Michael Jackson. Wha? I took a mental trip through the Badfinger lyrics that I know: No matter what you are I will always be with you Doesn't matter what you do, girl Ooh girl, with you No matter what you do I will always be around Won't you tell me what you found, girl Ooh girl, want you (No Matter What)...
Compendium epistolaritus
posted by srah on November 17, 2004 6:25 PM
Tags: barbie, christmas, holidays, jude deveraux, music, open letters, u2, wnic, work
Dear WNIC, All this fake-ass pre-Thanksgiving Christmasery is driving me nuts. It is harder and harder for me to resist decorating the blog for the holidays. Your somewhat loyal fan, srah Dear Stupid Band On The Radio Who Used The Phrase "supersize our tragedy," Oh my god, you suck. What the hell was that? srah Dear Saleswoman at Ann Taylor, I'm sorry I argued with you. You said the coat I was returning had been paid for with a check and I argued that it had been bought with a credit card and went on and on with my...
Fame is fickle, and so are reindeer
posted by srah on November 13, 2004 8:02 AM
"You know Dasher and Dancer And Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid And Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all?" At some point, someone had to hear this song for the first time. And they didn't know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. They didn't even know the most famous reindeer of all. I wonder if they felt like they should. "Donner? Oh yeah, I know him. He's that... guy... who did that thing. Everybody knows about him. Don't you worry - I know Donner. And...
Uh oh, here comes the Walter
posted by srah on October 16, 2004 9:41 PM
Tags: music
Thanks to my old chum Mr B------, I have been endowed with a moniker that evokes great poetical talent. Playing upon my last name and my fondness for a certain song that is popular on the radio, he has decided to start calling me Nitty. I am only too proud to be connected with the genius that brought us such beautiful verse as: We're standin face to face, uh I knew right where to take her That private room called the bathroom Uh oh, here comes the waiter I am so amused that rappers are now sampling The Archies. What's...
'It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw...'
posted by srah on October 15, 2004 12:55 AM
Tags: music
Enough of this music-posting shiznit! I declare one week sufficient, although now that I've done it, I may throw something in unexpectedly if it relates to a post. I leave you with a few works of genius, like the great bursting grand finale of a fireworks show: Teh NEIL - September Morn Gilbert Bécaud - C'est en septembre (sound familiar?) Teh NEIL - Forever in Blue Jeans Teh NEIL - Hello Again And a few for anyone who may be arriving on a new continent within the next two days: John Linnell - Michigan Simon and Garfunkel - America Teh...
'Since many years, I haven't seen a rifle in your hands...'
posted by srah on October 14, 2004 11:59 PM
Tags: music
I am cleaning my room in preparation for Jez's arrival on Saturday. Unfortunately, by "cleaning my room" I mean "making no visible progress on cleaning my room because I spent a lot of time organizing my CD collection instead of dusting and clearing up the piles of clutter." The only advantage is that now my CD collection is nicely ordered and I got to listen to a few things while organizing. So I bring you a selection from various mix CDs I made in college: Sarah MacLachlan - I Love You Coldplay - Everything's Not Lost REM - Everybody Hurts...
'Sad smiles are strange' 'He can be very strange'
posted by srah on October 11, 2004 6:54 PM
Tags: music
For no reason (other than they're good and I'm too lazy/busy to come up with a related post/music choice today) I bring you: Kismet - Stranger in Paradise Kismet - And This is My Beloved All of the songs in the musical are lyrics set to music originally composed by Alexander Borodin. I lurves him. I lurves Kismet. Have an earful. Also: I am maniacally dancing in my seat to these. (Thanks, Jez!)...
Silly, but it's true!
posted by srah on October 8, 2004 11:59 PM
Tags: music
Here is your challenge. Download today's musical selection: The Hollies - Bus Stop then listen to it and tell me why it makes me giggle. (Hint: I am very mature.)...
'Til Twosday?
posted by srah on September 29, 2004 12:52 PM
Tags: music
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Matchbox 20 suck and are, in fact, the same group as Third Eye Blind. Are there any good* bands with numbers in their names? All I've come up with is Three Dog Night. ––––– * Note: wrong answers will be mocked mercilessly....
'I wish I were like you/ Easily amused'
posted by srah on September 24, 2004 9:54 AM
Tags: misheard lyrics, music
I am a grown-up. I have arrived. I am now part of that money-making age segment that radio stations pander to: the 20-something young professional. Ha ha, stupid radio stations! I have no money! Fooled you! So suddenly the music of my youth* is actually being played on the radio again. And the radio is exactly where it belongs. For the radio is played in my car, when I am all alone in the vehicle. And believe me, I really ought to be alone when this music is played. I am well-known as a