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zimbra1006 the other day. I haven't listened to much of it yet (too busy coming up with the the game that turns up later in the post {g}) has an overlap of five songs with the Christmas CD that bethje made a few years ago. One of the overlapping songs is "Thanks For Christmas," which, for some reason, can be heard quite a bit at stores at this time of year. I even heard it at the Wawa gas pumps recently. I think it's on the Generic Store Christmas Tape. While it's cool to hear, it bugs me that these stores never play XTC at any OTHER time of year. Okay, I remember hearing "King For A Day" once or twice at the grocery store where I used to work, but that's hardly what I'd call a good example of the band. I also once walked by an Abercrombie & Fitch (or some comparable store) that was playing Mandy Moore's cover of "Senses Working Overtime." In general, though, I'd say XTC is drastically underplayed, EXCEPT for "Thanks For Christmas." I'm sure the fact that it's a Christmas song helps matters, but a lot of bands do Christmas songs that never get played anywhere. Someone who compiles those store tapes or runs the store radio feeds must be particularly fond of that song.
Speaking of music, I just recently found out that the Meat Purveyors CD that I bought for Beth's birthday includes a cover of "Middle Of Nowhere," which I knew from the Dusty Springfield tape that my mom has. It's pretty cool when that kind of think happens. It's like, "Hey, I know that song! One of my parents had that album!" I had the same kind of feeling hearing John Linnell's version of "North To Alaska," which actually came up randomly on Winamp the other day.
And, while on the subject of songs coming up randomly on Winamp (nice transitions, huh? {g}),zaph did this, and I might as well follow suit. Basically, I played a set of songs randomly, and chose a line from each one. Your job is to guess what song each line is from. I cheated a little, in that I skipped songs that I didn't know very well, or that I didn't think anyone would be able to guess. I also made sure that no artist was represented more than twice. I'll give a hint and say that four bands/artists have two songs each.
1. Ran into the henchman that severed Anne Boelyn.
2. Tried to buy your love, but I came up short.
3. If his contradictions should attract you, should he distract you, heaven help you then.
4. One thing on which you can depend is, he sure knew who a boy's best friend is.
5. And I bought the right one just for you.
6. And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
7. Last night I dreamt I'd forgotten my name.
8. Want to be upside-down, maybe thrown from side to side.
9. My spell of hours will make you fall.
10. When the sun clocks in we'll still be talking and champaigning.
11. I'm not that vain little boy that I was.
12. Ezekiel's wheel spins; I'm borne upon a throne by Red Cross crusaders who wave from Galilee.
13. When I saw your fine physique, I was into you like a train.
14. She thought it would be fun to try photography. She thought it would be fun to try pornography.
15. Bells are ringing, we are singing, joyous in our industry.
16. Shout from the rooftops and address the press.
17. Some big friendly polar bear might want to take you home.
18. There's this crazy thing in my head; I don't know if it's true.
19. Repetition's got you down, nothing but your engine sound.
20. We'll buzz this town, see what makes them tick.
This was more fun when I did something similar, but where I picked the songs. Maybe I'll do that again someday.
Expect a political post later today!
zimbra1006 the other day. I haven't listened to much of it yet (too busy coming up with the the game that turns up later in the post {g}) has an overlap of five songs with the Christmas CD that bethje made a few years ago. One of the overlapping songs is "Thanks For Christmas," which, for some reason, can be heard quite a bit at stores at this time of year. I even heard it at the Wawa gas pumps recently. I think it's on the Generic Store Christmas Tape. While it's cool to hear, it bugs me that these stores never play XTC at any OTHER time of year. Okay, I remember hearing "King For A Day" once or twice at the grocery store where I used to work, but that's hardly what I'd call a good example of the band. I also once walked by an Abercrombie & Fitch (or some comparable store) that was playing Mandy Moore's cover of "Senses Working Overtime." In general, though, I'd say XTC is drastically underplayed, EXCEPT for "Thanks For Christmas." I'm sure the fact that it's a Christmas song helps matters, but a lot of bands do Christmas songs that never get played anywhere. Someone who compiles those store tapes or runs the store radio feeds must be particularly fond of that song.Speaking of music, I just recently found out that the Meat Purveyors CD that I bought for Beth's birthday includes a cover of "Middle Of Nowhere," which I knew from the Dusty Springfield tape that my mom has. It's pretty cool when that kind of think happens. It's like, "Hey, I know that song! One of my parents had that album!" I had the same kind of feeling hearing John Linnell's version of "North To Alaska," which actually came up randomly on Winamp the other day.
And, while on the subject of songs coming up randomly on Winamp (nice transitions, huh? {g}),
zaph did this, and I might as well follow suit. Basically, I played a set of songs randomly, and chose a line from each one. Your job is to guess what song each line is from. I cheated a little, in that I skipped songs that I didn't know very well, or that I didn't think anyone would be able to guess. I also made sure that no artist was represented more than twice. I'll give a hint and say that four bands/artists have two songs each.1. Ran into the henchman that severed Anne Boelyn.
2. Tried to buy your love, but I came up short.
3. If his contradictions should attract you, should he distract you, heaven help you then.
4. One thing on which you can depend is, he sure knew who a boy's best friend is.
5. And I bought the right one just for you.
6. And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
7. Last night I dreamt I'd forgotten my name.
8. Want to be upside-down, maybe thrown from side to side.
9. My spell of hours will make you fall.
10. When the sun clocks in we'll still be talking and champaigning.
11. I'm not that vain little boy that I was.
12. Ezekiel's wheel spins; I'm borne upon a throne by Red Cross crusaders who wave from Galilee.
13. When I saw your fine physique, I was into you like a train.
14. She thought it would be fun to try photography. She thought it would be fun to try pornography.
15. Bells are ringing, we are singing, joyous in our industry.
16. Shout from the rooftops and address the press.
17. Some big friendly polar bear might want to take you home.
18. There's this crazy thing in my head; I don't know if it's true.
19. Repetition's got you down, nothing but your engine sound.
20. We'll buzz this town, see what makes them tick.
This was more fun when I did something similar, but where I picked the songs. Maybe I'll do that again someday.
Expect a political post later today!
