April 14, 2009 Earworm

Today is all about The Beautiful South because today was Vance's birthday. We're few miles further down the roads we cruised back in 1992, windows open and stereo blasting, still soaking up the "Choke" album while drinking in "0898" and counting down the days until the boy was legal to drink. Today, as luck would have it, I drove along some of those very roads we once toured while singing along, and the songs, as always, sound just as good.

I'll go with "36D"...

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Earworm CD: January 2008

GOODBYE
01. Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake
from 1974 Island album, "Time Of No Reply"
02. Reprieve - Heath Ledger
excerpt from the 2005 film, "Candy"
03. Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
from the 1986 EMI album, "The Colour of Spring"
04. Crush Me - House of Love
from the 1992 Fontana album, "Babe Rainbow"
05. Fighting Fit - Gene
from the 1996 UK cd single Polydor cost9cd
06. Unreal World - The Godfathers
from 1991 Epic album, "Unreal World"
07. Big Hollow Man - Danielle Dax
from the 1986 Awesome Records album, "Inky Bloaters"
08. New Generation - Suede
from the 1995 UK cd single Nude 12cd1
09. Morning's Constitution - Lena Olin & Heath Ledger
excerpt from the 2006 film, "Casanova"
10. Gold - John Stewart
from the 1979 RSO album, "Bombs Away Dream Babies"
11. And The Ship Sails On - The Lilac Time
from the 1988 Fontana album, "The Lilac Time"
12. Good As Gold - The Beautiful South
from the 1994 Go Discs! album, "Miaow"
13. Hoola Hop - Idalia Boyd
from the 1962 single Dimension 1007,
14. WhamO
excerpt from vintage television commercial
15. Seen The Light - Supergrass
from the 2002 Parlophone album, "Life On Other Planets"
16. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and The Shondells
from the 1967 single Roulette 4720
17. Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe
from the 1966 ABC album, "Sweet Pea"
18. What Is It - Heath Ledger
excerpt from 1999 film, "10 Things I Hate About You"
19. My Love Grows Deeper - Clydie King
from 1965 single Imperial 66139 single
20. Yes (edit) - McAlmont & Butler
from 1995 UK cd single Hut cd53
21. What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurtin' You) - Timi Yuro
from 1962 Liberty album, "What's A Matter Baby"
22. Your Lies - Shelby Lynn
from 2000 Island album, "I Am Shelby Lynne"
23. Black Pearl - Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
from 1969 single A&M 1053
24. Nothing Takes The Place of You - Toussaint McCall
from 1967 single Ronn 3
25. This Is Your Life - The 5th Dimension
from 1970 Bell album, "Portrait"
26. Day Too Soon - Sia
from the 2008 Hear Music album, "Some People Have Real Problems"
27. I Gotta Go - Heath Ledger
excerpt from the 2005 film, "Brokeback Mountain"

February 29, 2008 Earworm

To close out the freakish month of February, the month of love that comes with an additional bit of freakishness this year, is "Prettiest Eyes" by The Beautiful South. A true oddity in the pop music lexicon, "Prettiest Eyes" extols the virtues of aging gracefully and the rewards of commitment and it all flows from the poison pen of Paul Heaton. Who knew?

Have a great weekend.