Returning to an FRT with eight of my songs and two from my wife's collection. Hitting "party shuffle" on Itunes and asking for ten recently played songs from our library produced this selection. (I bet y'all could figure out that #4 wasn't my song). 2,7,8, and 10 have been favorites of mine for years. I don't like most Commodores songs, but #2 here is an exception. #5 reflects my periodic fondness for the old "Oi" sound and its modern manifestations. The Wailin' Jennys are my new favorite group.
There's a poem to be written by some clever soul using just the titles of these songs. I suspect it could easily be rather salacious.
1. "I've Seen it All", Bjork and Thom Yorke (from the superb "Dancer in the Dark")
2. "Sail On", Commodores
3. "Swallow", Wailin' Jennys
4. "Check on It", Beyonce featuring Bun B and Slim Thug
5. "Take 'Em All", Ultima Thule
6. "Kiss You All Over", Exile
7. "Good Ole Boys Like Me", Don Williams
8. "Don't Follow", Alice in Chains
9. "Laid a Highway", Tift Merritt
10. "Nothin' But the Wheel", Patty Loveless
Bonus Track: "Sleep the Clock Around", Belle and Sebastian
UPDATE: In response to my suggestion above, my brother, the family master of verse, has produced the following (with repetition permitted):
Kiss you all over
Don’t follow, swallow, ‘take em all.
Sail on, swallow, I’ve seen it all.
Good ole boys like me laid a highway.
Check on it, swallow nothing but the wheel.
Hugo, the next time you come to Santa Barbara, you'll have to check out a store named "Random" near the corner of Figueroa and State. And its merchandise truly is random - anything from Indonesian rod puppets to bathroom fixtures.
Posted by: Ed | September 01, 2006 at 09:48 AM
Taking "Kiss you all over" as the gnomic title, and allowing for some repetition, I get the following:
Don’t follow, swallow, ‘take em all.
Sail on, swallow, I’ve seen it all.
Good ole boys like me laid a highway.
Check on it, swallow nothing but the wheel.
Other entries?
Posted by: Pip | September 01, 2006 at 11:41 AM
Pip, that's magnificent. I'm sticking it in the body of the post so that those who don't bother to read the comments can appreciate it as well.
Posted by: Hugo | September 01, 2006 at 12:28 PM
I like Pip's poem.
I think I read that Oi music is skinhead music, meaning very racist. Is that true?
Posted by: BriBri | September 02, 2006 at 06:55 PM
No, Bri, while "Oi" had -- and has -- a racist skinhead element, most bands that play that sound (which you can still hear in popular American bands like "Rancid") rejected hate. Ultima Thule, a Swedish group, aren't racist.
Posted by: Hugo | September 02, 2006 at 09:28 PM