Songs You Can Listen to 700 Times in a Row

[Zombie]

I'm stuck on three Grinderman songs lately:

"Bellringer Blues" - this song has SUCH a great groove to it. And the lyrics are fantastic.



"...and we care a little bit,
and we get scared a little bit,
of those two cold dead eyes
that stare a little bit.
And we cry a little bit,
and we get by a little bit.
Let your tears
all come falling down.
We are the sole survivors, the sole survivors..."

"Kitchenette"

"...but if you wanna get your hand out of the cookie jar, you're gonna have to let go of the biscuit." Wonderfully neurotic song. Oh Nick.

"When My Baby Comes"

"Hey, hey, listen - don't do that on the carpet." Warren's violin in this one is fantastic, and I love the transition from Nick's poetry to the rest of the band rocking out.

Really, the whole new album, Grinderman 2, is f*ckin' UH-MAY-ZING, but I can't stop listening to these three.

[SmileAtYou]

Besides "Landslide" this is the other song I can listen to a million zillion times and always still love and never grow out of....

And a neat music video!

M. Ward - Chinese Translation (from the album Post-War)



Such simple yet profound songwriting...


I sailed a wild, wild sea,
Climbed up a tall, tall mountain,
I met an old, old man beneath a weeping willow tree,
He said "Now if you've got some questions, go and lay them at my feet,
But my time here is brief, so you'll have to pick just three"

And I said...

"What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?

And how can a man like me remain in the light?

And if life is really as short as they say

...then why is the night so long?"

[baboles]

Soooo many songs to pick from. Hmmmmm...one that comes to mind is "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush.