Five Song Friday: Seizing Leisure
This Week: Macaroni Glitter, Heavenly Mothers and Lady Killers
I need a break from the words and sentences and screens.
Today I’m giving my leisure time a big bear hug from behind and hitting pause on my weekly exorcism of random thoughts and dumb opinions.
I’m in a big city to see some big name celebrities and I’ll be sure to let you know if they have anything important or interesting to say.
There are ethnic foods to be eaten and odd sights to be seen and maybe if I’m lucky I can log enough steps and drink enough coffee that my mind and spirit transcend the mortal barriers of time and space.
Whatever that means, I promise to let you know what it’s like.
In the meantime, please enjoy these five songs that I have selected to delight the audio-centric portions of your brain machine.
Thank you for reading.
See you next Friday.
Sincerely, DJ CrankyPete
Five Song Friday 084
“Adore Adore Adore” - SPRINTS
I’m not a relationship expert, but if you have to ask if someone adores you, they probably don’t. Adoration is usually pretty obvious. Clear symptoms include fawning, doe-eyed gazing and spontaneous giggle fits. Handmade gifts involving macaroni and glitter are also common.
“Heaven Help Me” - The Bones of J.R. Jones
People have been asking for assistance from the Great Beyond for decades and it hasn’t worked yet. Either God doesn’t feel like picking up the phone or she’s screening her calls. But people still insist on strumming a guitar and shouting lyrics into the sky, as if, somehow the Heavenly Mother can single out one song through all the nonsense and noise. I think she’s pretty busy these days, but good on you for trying.
“Falling Down the Stairs’” - Even As We Speak
Since I didn’t grow up in Australia during the 1980s, all the Outback’s old-school pop songs sound freshly nostalgic to my American ears. I’m sure their decade was just as awesome and ridiculous as ours, even if their toilets flush the wrong way.
“Girls! Girls! Girls!” - Liz Phair
If you don’t know this song, don’t let the exclamation points fool you. This is not another one of those girls just wanna have fun, fight song, fireworks, feel-good anthems. This is a stunning, stripped down little indie ditty about relationships and MURDERESSES!
“Release the Beast” - Breakwater
You need to do yourself a favor and check out this album cover up close. If a band has done a better job of matching their outfits to their funky ass sound, I’ve yet to see it.
“Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do’s and don’ts. First of all you're using someone else's poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.” - Rob, High Fidelity