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So…….. I thought it would be a good idea to makea lists of certain types of songs where people could add contributions. And i thought it would be a good idea to start in a fairly easy place to begin with, so I chose songs about love gone wrong or the often tortuous path it takes. (There are lots of songs about this, right?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc5UKeecJOY
This has to be one of my favourite songs of all time and I don’t think any song captures the self-pity of unrequited love and the willingess to wallow in it more than this one.
Also have a listen to I Will Never Marry by Caterina Valente
Because it’s him and not you when you wish it was you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwsiIlIfH8
Other contenders for this spot included:
What I like most about you is your girlfriend – The Specials
Is she really going out with him – Joe Jackson
Monkey Man – Toots and The Maytals. It’s not really about this, however calling the guy who’s stepping out with the girl you like a monkey man seems like a rather apt thing to do.I was going to include Jealous Guy in the above section but it’s really a song about insecurity, me thinks. Anyway, I’m a big Donny Hathaway fan, and his version is jolly good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwsiIlIfH8
I rarely make a mix tape – virtual or otherwise – without somehow squeezing Tom Waits in, most often than not rather incongruously and this song’s pretty good at conjuring up that ‘it might be over, but you won’t forget me’ feeling. I’ve gone for the Cibelle version as some people are strange and don’t like Tom’s voice but also check out the version by Agathe & Fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt6o4lmHxfk
Another song I would include under this section would be You Won’t Forget Me by Shirley Horn.
To be filed under because i’m down with the kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt6o4lmHxfk
Speech Debelle won The Mecury Prize with her debut and would have probably sang without trace if it wasn’t for Celebrity Masterchef. Hip Hop has many detractors, and often for legitimate reasons, but this song might address some of those objections. I particularly like the line I can’t see you face on facebook cause were not friends on facebook. Says everything you need to know about the trails and tribulations of young love.
Because sometimes love might end with the need to get your revenge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgHwwYK4k1U
So, that’s my starter. I’m always keen to hear other folk’s opinions or choices, so please contribute if you can think of any. Or start a new theme before I get the urge to start a new one.
Trapper wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poueMAJjOxE%5Bwith one swift move you trumped me, trapper. It was a particular favourite of my Old Man’s, so it resonates more than you could possibly know.
He died last year, i think, and I half remember a story about this song.
He was on a tour bus with members of Elvis’s backing band, and he quickly wrote this song and said, ‘fellas I think i’ve just written a hit’ and they heartily agreed.Great song. Thanks.
Lol. Well that went down like a lead balloon. No willing participants, except for dear Trapper. Thanks for humouring me by the way, old chap. You’re a gentleman, scholar and acrobat.
Never let it be said that I would willingly walk past a dead horse and persuade myself that the poor beast has already been flogged adequately. Im a sucker for a girl, a guitar and a song. Here’s a few that I like at the moment:
Because this was the song that I was playing when I thought of the list idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99dh7MBysmI
Because ukelele is technically a small guitar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJvx9jV3Dyc
Because I love the fooling around at the beginning of this track. And its’ a good album!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZT0mvZJXBQ
And this is a great album too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj9tZzl7YCg
A recent discovery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN6QkxUGkYI
I know it’s a ploy but I love, love, love the ambient train station noises in the background.
The inevitable Tom Waits track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlOr475Q3bI
three cover songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-w3ulxYkqU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StB7G6zFG1k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilG42w_iprI
The ‘what the hell is that doing on this list’ song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc-V4NTOn5s
It popped in my mind when I was trying to think of covers songs. And, and, and….. well, it just kills me. Reason enuff, surely?
Rusty * swooooooooooons* :wink:
I would post lots of songs that I like … but a) there is a music thread elsewhere on the boards, and b) I would go on , and on , and on with them …. Please carry on , I’m sure i’m not the only one reading this thread , and listening to the links.
Ps. Btw ……It has finally happened, Someone in the room thinks we were an item :lol: Do i have to tell them we aren’t , do i ?
:lol: :lol:PPs… It’s okay, it was only Alias and he was drunk :wink:
@annette-curtain wrote:
Rusty * swooooooooooons* :wink:
I would post lots of songs that I like … but a) there is a music thread elsewhere on the boards, and b) I would go on , and on , and on with them …. Please carry on , I’m sure i’m not the only one reading this thread , and listening to the links.
Ps. Btw ……It has finally happened, Someone in the room thinks we were an item :lol: Do i have to tell them we aren’t , do i ?
:lol: :lol:PPs… It’s okay, it was only Alias and he was drunk :wink:
Lol. that makes me laugh. But hang on there a darn second, Miss Netty. Don’t be too quick to put the fella straight; not sure I have ever been referred to as an item before, except the type you hold between two fingers, dangle far from your nose and say, ‘what the hell is this item?’
Oh, that’s not entirely true, as Mr Noddy can’t seem to comprehend that two people using the name Rusty can actually use the chat room at the same time and one of them is permanently left on the shelf, i.e. me, but he’s a nork.
Thanks for the reply.
@rusty trawler wrote:
@annette-curtain wrote:
Rusty * swooooooooooons* :wink:
I would post lots of songs that I like … but a) there is a music thread elsewhere on the boards, and b) I would go on , and on , and on with them …. Please carry on , I’m sure i’m not the only one reading this thread , and listening to the links.
Ps. Btw ……It has finally happened, Someone in the room thinks we were an item :lol: Do i have to tell them we aren’t , do i ?
:lol: :lol:PPs… It’s okay, it was only Alias and he was drunk :wink:
Lol. that makes me laugh. But hang on there a darn second, Miss Netty. Don’t be too quick to put the fella straight; not sure I have ever been referred to as an item before, except the type you hold between two fingers, dangle far from your nose and say, ‘what the hell is this item?’
Oh, that’s not entirely true, as Mr Noddy can’t seem to comprehend that two people using the name Rusty can actually use the chat room at the same time and one of them is permanently left on the shelf, i.e. me, but he’s a nork.
Thanks for the reply.
Sorry ……. I really didn’t want to go off topic here , and I won’t but … I really had to read your first paragraph twice then Rusty :lol: :lol: And THAT is all I shall say about it.
As for Mr Noddy ….. he loves me dontcha know? I have often wondered why … maybe it’s because he is attracted to other Norks? But then , as i have no idea what a Nork is , I really don’t know… However, as for you being left on the shelf …… he clearly doesn’t know our secret then , does he :wink: :lol: :lol:
They say laughing is good for the soul …. and by golly they are right :lol:
omg
make the effort ffs
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