1. You followed me 'round the side/I asked you for a light/And a cigarette
Love To Try - Hotel Lights
2. Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark/There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall
Fred Jones, Pt. 2 - Ben Folds
3. Well you know that I heart everything about you/And that's why it's quite hard to get through this alone
Big Chair - Travis
4. I want my money back
Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back - Meat Loaf
5. Survived, tonight I may be going down/'Cause everything goes round too tight
You'll Follow Me Down - Skunk Anansie
6. You say it's not going to work out/Why do you have to tell me now?
Storytelling - Funeral For A Friend
7. My lullaby, hung out to dry
Smoke - Natalie Imbruglia
8. There's a saying that I read/saying fools was easy led
Between A Woman And A Man - Jimmy Nail
9. Somedays I look/I look at you with eyes that shine
Somedays - Paul McCartney
10. She broke down and let me in/Made me see where I've been
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
11. Today's special is Springfield Soul Stew
Springfield Soul Stew - The Simpsons
12. Spunky don't like her uniform/It never fits her good
Spunky - Eels
13. Paint the target/We don't need no evidence
Don't Tell And We Won't Ask - Thrice
14. A thousand years, a thousand more/A thousand times a million doors to eternity
A Thousand Years - Sting
15. Underneath the bridge/The tarp has sprung a leak
Something In The Way - Nirvana
16. Words fall from my mouth/Like plates from shaking hands
Evil And A Heathen - Franz Ferdinand
17. I used to be lunatic from the gracious days/I used to be woebegone and so restless nights
No More "I Love You's" - Annie Lennox
18. Howard, the strangest things/have happened lately when I/take a good swing at all my dreams/they pivot and slip
Boxing - Ben Folds Five
19. I've been thinking that you've crossed the line/If you disappeared that would be just fine
Shame For You - Lily Allen
20. Come on Balthazar I refuse to let you die/Come on fallen star I refuse to let you die
Centrefolds - Placebo
21. She's quiet when shes down/Strangers from other towns
Lovers In The Backseat - Scissor Sisters
22. If there's a God he's laughing at us/And our football team
Effington - Ben Folds
23. I've tried hard to do my best (ooh baby)/So I could stand out from the rest (yeah)
Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong) - Tower Of Power
24. Sing, Michael, sing/On the route of the 19 Bus
Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
25. Laura/Can't you give me some time?
Laura - Scissor Sisters
26. How did we ever go this far?/You touch my hand and start the car
Stars - t.A.T.u.
27. Hi Time magazine hi Pulitzer Prize/Tribal scars in Technicolor/Bang bang club AK 47 hour
Kevin Carter - Manic Street Preachers
28. Don't go away/There is something that I want to say
Need To Know - Aberfeldy
29. Just when I thought I was safe/You found me in my hiding place
Love Gives Love Takes - The Corrs
30. She can walk out anytime/Anytime she wants to walk out
By The Sea - Suede
Monday, 14 June 2010
Thursday, 10 June 2010
I hate being ill.
Ugh.
I've been ill since Monday and I frankly can't be doing with it. Normally when I get ill I just carry on about my business, but this seems to have just drained everything out of me. I have no idea what is actually wrong with me and I'm not going to post the symptoms or anything. Needless to say I've been running a higher than normal temperature and I've been getting very tired very easily.
(Oh – speaking of temperatures here's something that annoys me. When someone says something like "Little Jimmy can’t come to school today; he's got a temperature." Has he now? Well, so have I. 98.6 °F. Everyone has a temperature. Little Jimmy has a high temperature.)
I think the very, very worst thing anyone can do is to look their symptoms up on the Internet. I have a male friend that once typed the symptoms of an illness he had into a popular and uttered the immortal line "Doctor Google says that I have Ovarian Cancer." The Internet really isn’t reliable for that sort of thing (although I have it on good authority that some doctors use search engines to discover what's wrong with some of their patients).
The other problem is that I don't really trust local GP practices either. When I lived in Perth I was left sitting in a waiting room for nearly three and a half hours because the receptionist had forgotten to tell the computer that I had arrived. I was then told they didn't have another appointment until five days later. And then I got a bill for not turning up for my appointment! Needless to say that it didn't get paid. I have a lot more stories about that surgery, but I shall save them for another time.
Anyway, that’s enough of me complaining! I need to go and do some things; I have a new firm mattress delivered (I think it's some bricks with some fabric wrapped round them) so I should go and get ready for that arriving.
Stay healthy everyone!
And I don't want you thinking I had to use Wikipedia to find out what the average human body temperature is...
I've been ill since Monday and I frankly can't be doing with it. Normally when I get ill I just carry on about my business, but this seems to have just drained everything out of me. I have no idea what is actually wrong with me and I'm not going to post the symptoms or anything. Needless to say I've been running a higher than normal temperature and I've been getting very tired very easily.
(Oh – speaking of temperatures here's something that annoys me. When someone says something like "Little Jimmy can’t come to school today; he's got a temperature." Has he now? Well, so have I. 98.6 °F. Everyone has a temperature. Little Jimmy has a high temperature.)
I think the very, very worst thing anyone can do is to look their symptoms up on the Internet. I have a male friend that once typed the symptoms of an illness he had into a popular and uttered the immortal line "Doctor Google says that I have Ovarian Cancer." The Internet really isn’t reliable for that sort of thing (although I have it on good authority that some doctors use search engines to discover what's wrong with some of their patients).
The other problem is that I don't really trust local GP practices either. When I lived in Perth I was left sitting in a waiting room for nearly three and a half hours because the receptionist had forgotten to tell the computer that I had arrived. I was then told they didn't have another appointment until five days later. And then I got a bill for not turning up for my appointment! Needless to say that it didn't get paid. I have a lot more stories about that surgery, but I shall save them for another time.
Anyway, that’s enough of me complaining! I need to go and do some things; I have a new firm mattress delivered (I think it's some bricks with some fabric wrapped round them) so I should go and get ready for that arriving.
Stay healthy everyone!
And I don't want you thinking I had to use Wikipedia to find out what the average human body temperature is...
Monday, 7 June 2010
Does this mean I've run out of ideas?
Music Meme/Quiz
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Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line (or a few ;)) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Italicise the lyrics and post the details when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.
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01. You followed me 'round the side/I asked you for a light/And a cigarette
02. Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark/There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall
Fred Jones, Pt. 2 - Ben Folds
03. Well you know that I heart everything about you/And that's why it's quite hard to get through this alone
04. I want my money back
Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back - Meat Loaf
05. Survived, tonight I may be going down/'Cause everything goes round too tight
06. You say it's not going to work out/Why do you have to tell me now?
07. My lullaby, hung out to dry
Smoke - Natalie Imbruglia
08. There's a saying that I read/saying fools was easy led
09. Somedays I look/I look at you with eyes that shine
Somedays - Paul McCartney
10. She broke down and let me in/Made me see where I've been
11. Today's special is Springfield Soul Stew
12. Spunky don't like her uniform/It never fits her good
13. Paint the target/We don't need no evidence
14. A thousand years, a thousand more/A thousand times a million doors to eternity
A Thousand Years - Sting
15. Underneath the bridge/The tarp has sprung a leak
16. Words fall from my mouth/Like plates from shaking hands
17. I used to be lunatic from the gracious days/I used to be woebegone and so restless nights
18. Howard, the strangest things/have happened lately when I/take a good swing at all my dreams/they pivot and slip
19. I've been thinking that you've crossed the line/If you disappeared that would be just fine
20. Come on Balthazar I refuse to let you die/Come on fallen star I refuse to let you die
21. She's quiet when shes down/Strangers from other towns
22. If there's a God he's laughing at us/And our football team
Effington - Ben Folds
23. I've tried hard to do my best (ooh baby)/So I could stand out from the rest (yeah)
24. Sing, Michael, sing/On the route of the 19 Bus
25. Laura/Can't you give me some time?
Laura - Scissor Sisters
26. How did we ever go this far?/You touch my hand and start the car
Stars - t.A.T.u.
27. Hi Time magazine, hi Pulitzer Prize/Tribal scars in Technicolor/Bang bang club AK 47 hour
28. Don't go away/There is something that I want to say
29. Just when I thought I was safe/You found me in my hiding place
30. She can walk out anytime/Anytime she wants to walk out
Good luck with this, five of the song titles are contained within the first line of their respective songs. And at least two first lines have part of the song title in them. Again, good luck. You have a week!
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Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line (or a few ;)) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Italicise the lyrics and post the details when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: For those who are guessing -- looking the lyrics up on a search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.
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01. You followed me 'round the side/I asked you for a light/And a cigarette
02. Fred sits alone at his desk in the dark/There's an awkward young shadow that waits in the hall
Fred Jones, Pt. 2 - Ben Folds
03. Well you know that I heart everything about you/And that's why it's quite hard to get through this alone
04. I want my money back
Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back - Meat Loaf
05. Survived, tonight I may be going down/'Cause everything goes round too tight
06. You say it's not going to work out/Why do you have to tell me now?
07. My lullaby, hung out to dry
Smoke - Natalie Imbruglia
08. There's a saying that I read/saying fools was easy led
09. Somedays I look/I look at you with eyes that shine
Somedays - Paul McCartney
10. She broke down and let me in/Made me see where I've been
11. Today's special is Springfield Soul Stew
12. Spunky don't like her uniform/It never fits her good
13. Paint the target/We don't need no evidence
14. A thousand years, a thousand more/A thousand times a million doors to eternity
A Thousand Years - Sting
15. Underneath the bridge/The tarp has sprung a leak
16. Words fall from my mouth/Like plates from shaking hands
17. I used to be lunatic from the gracious days/I used to be woebegone and so restless nights
18. Howard, the strangest things/have happened lately when I/take a good swing at all my dreams/they pivot and slip
19. I've been thinking that you've crossed the line/If you disappeared that would be just fine
20. Come on Balthazar I refuse to let you die/Come on fallen star I refuse to let you die
21. She's quiet when shes down/Strangers from other towns
22. If there's a God he's laughing at us/And our football team
Effington - Ben Folds
23. I've tried hard to do my best (ooh baby)/So I could stand out from the rest (yeah)
24. Sing, Michael, sing/On the route of the 19 Bus
25. Laura/Can't you give me some time?
Laura - Scissor Sisters
26. How did we ever go this far?/You touch my hand and start the car
Stars - t.A.T.u.
27. Hi Time magazine, hi Pulitzer Prize/Tribal scars in Technicolor/Bang bang club AK 47 hour
28. Don't go away/There is something that I want to say
29. Just when I thought I was safe/You found me in my hiding place
30. She can walk out anytime/Anytime she wants to walk out
Good luck with this, five of the song titles are contained within the first line of their respective songs. And at least two first lines have part of the song title in them. Again, good luck. You have a week!
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Guilty Pleasures.
I think that everyone has at least one guilty pleasure; things that they really enjoy but don't like to admit enjoying. Well, I have several. And I'm going to share some of them. Please don't think to bad of me.
13 Going On 30
That's right, the Jennifer Garner romantic comedy. A thirteen-year-old girl goes to sleep and wakes up as a thirty-year-old Jennifer Garner. She sees how much her life has changed and she doesn't like it. I'm not really sure what I like about it, it's just a great piece of fun.
Tissues And Issues
Charlotte Church's pop album. Every song is a different style of music and she really can sing. At twelve tracks and forty-eight minutes long it doesn't outstay its welcome.
Chris De Burgh
Yep. I don't even mind Lady In Red that much.
Maltesers
Love 'em. Can't get enough of them. I try not to eat them these days though, once I start it's tricky to stop.
Comic Books
People say that comic books are a lazy form of reading because you don't have to use your imagination as much. I don't agree. It takes a lot more work to plan and write a comic and they're just as good as a book.
Blink-182
Yeah, they're immature. Yeah, only one of them is a good musician (and he’s over-rated). Yeah, one of the lead singer can't sing that well. But the tunes are catchy and that's pretty much what I want from an album these days.
There you go, short but sweet!
13 Going On 30
That's right, the Jennifer Garner romantic comedy. A thirteen-year-old girl goes to sleep and wakes up as a thirty-year-old Jennifer Garner. She sees how much her life has changed and she doesn't like it. I'm not really sure what I like about it, it's just a great piece of fun.
Tissues And Issues
Charlotte Church's pop album. Every song is a different style of music and she really can sing. At twelve tracks and forty-eight minutes long it doesn't outstay its welcome.
Chris De Burgh
Yep. I don't even mind Lady In Red that much.
Maltesers
Love 'em. Can't get enough of them. I try not to eat them these days though, once I start it's tricky to stop.
Comic Books
People say that comic books are a lazy form of reading because you don't have to use your imagination as much. I don't agree. It takes a lot more work to plan and write a comic and they're just as good as a book.
Blink-182
Yeah, they're immature. Yeah, only one of them is a good musician (and he’s over-rated). Yeah, one of the lead singer can't sing that well. But the tunes are catchy and that's pretty much what I want from an album these days.
There you go, short but sweet!
Sunday, 11 April 2010
One Of The Most Important Album Of The Last Ten Years.
Well hello there! It's been a while since my last proper blog, hasn't it? Today, as you may have guessed, I'll be talking about what I consider to be one of the most important and influential albums of the last decade; Black Cherry by Goldfrapp.
It took me a while to get into Goldfrapp. I remember seeing them on Later... playing Human from their first album and I liked it but it took me ages to buy it. I bought Black Cherry when it came out but I didn't realise what I was listening to at the time. It was the first album to revisit the 80s style electro-clam and has become very influential. Without this album we wouldn't have had some of the later Madonna stuff, Little Boots, La Roux or Lady Gaga. Some would say that this would be a good thing.
That's not to say that people have flat-out copied it; Lordy, no. People have drawn influences from it, put their own spin on it. But I'm not sure if they would have come up with the 80s clam sound without Black Cherry.
Speaking of Lady Gaga, I have a theory about her and her wardrobe. She dresses like she does (insanely) because she doesn't really have any discernible talent. Sure, she can write a tune but there isn't anything special about her songs; I certainly don't see why she's as popular as she is.
So, if I'm not listening to Lady Gaga then what am I listening to? At the moment I'm enjoying Do Whatever Turns You On by Aberfeldy, Dear Catastrophe Waitress by Belle & Sebastian, For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver, Mariachi El Bronx by The Bronx, Super Extra Gravity by The Cardigans, Vinnie Colaiuta by Vinnie Colaiuta, Plans by Death Cab For Cutie, Asleep In The Back by Elbow and Evelyn Evelyn by Evelyn Evelyn. All brilliant and well worth tracking down.
Toodle-pip!
It took me a while to get into Goldfrapp. I remember seeing them on Later... playing Human from their first album and I liked it but it took me ages to buy it. I bought Black Cherry when it came out but I didn't realise what I was listening to at the time. It was the first album to revisit the 80s style electro-clam and has become very influential. Without this album we wouldn't have had some of the later Madonna stuff, Little Boots, La Roux or Lady Gaga. Some would say that this would be a good thing.
That's not to say that people have flat-out copied it; Lordy, no. People have drawn influences from it, put their own spin on it. But I'm not sure if they would have come up with the 80s clam sound without Black Cherry.
Speaking of Lady Gaga, I have a theory about her and her wardrobe. She dresses like she does (insanely) because she doesn't really have any discernible talent. Sure, she can write a tune but there isn't anything special about her songs; I certainly don't see why she's as popular as she is.
So, if I'm not listening to Lady Gaga then what am I listening to? At the moment I'm enjoying Do Whatever Turns You On by Aberfeldy, Dear Catastrophe Waitress by Belle & Sebastian, For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver, Mariachi El Bronx by The Bronx, Super Extra Gravity by The Cardigans, Vinnie Colaiuta by Vinnie Colaiuta, Plans by Death Cab For Cutie, Asleep In The Back by Elbow and Evelyn Evelyn by Evelyn Evelyn. All brilliant and well worth tracking down.
Toodle-pip!
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