Tuesday Tunes: Week 67
From The Music Memoirs.
Word Association again! Remember give us an artist, song, band, etc. that you think of when you see these words.
TV: "It's Only a Paper Moon" by James Darren
Darren is perhaps better known to fans of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine a holodeck crooner Vic Fontaine. This song lends its title to one of that show's seventh-season episodes.
Entertainment: "Superconductor" by Rush
"Hoping you'll believe / Designing to deceive / That's entertainment"
Drive: "Drive" by Singularity
"Drifting towards the horizon / As daylight fades / The world on either side / Rushes by in a haze"
Dark: "Dark Water, Parts 1-4" by Rocket Scientists
I'd include some lyrics here, but these are all instrumentals.
Job: "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck
"I'd give the shirt right off my back / If I had the guts to say / Take this job and shove it / I ain't working here no more"
Cat: "Stray Cat Strut" by Stray Cats (Brian Setzer)
"I wish I could be as carefree and wild / But I got cat class and I got cat style."
Silence: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper
Fifty years ago today, a plane crash in Iowa silenced these three promising musicians. February 3rd, 1959: The Day the Music Died.
(See the post below for more of my thoughts on the significance of this day.)
Noise: "Quietly Making Noise" by Jimmy Buffett
"Quietly making noise / Starts with kindergarten toys / Not too soft, not too loud / Just enough to draw a crowd / Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise"
Creep: "The City Sleeps" by MC 900 Foot Jesus
"I move through the town like a ghost in the rain / A dim reflection in a dark windowpane / Blackness beckons from every side / Creeping all around like an incoming tide"
Rose: "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal
I'd include some lyrics here, but it seems nobody can agree on exactly what the lyrics actually are. And Seal didn't include them in the liner notes.
Word Association again! Remember give us an artist, song, band, etc. that you think of when you see these words.
TV: "It's Only a Paper Moon" by James Darren
Darren is perhaps better known to fans of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine a holodeck crooner Vic Fontaine. This song lends its title to one of that show's seventh-season episodes.
Entertainment: "Superconductor" by Rush
"Hoping you'll believe / Designing to deceive / That's entertainment"
Drive: "Drive" by Singularity
"Drifting towards the horizon / As daylight fades / The world on either side / Rushes by in a haze"
Dark: "Dark Water, Parts 1-4" by Rocket Scientists
I'd include some lyrics here, but these are all instrumentals.
Job: "Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck
"I'd give the shirt right off my back / If I had the guts to say / Take this job and shove it / I ain't working here no more"
Cat: "Stray Cat Strut" by Stray Cats (Brian Setzer)
"I wish I could be as carefree and wild / But I got cat class and I got cat style."
Silence: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper
Fifty years ago today, a plane crash in Iowa silenced these three promising musicians. February 3rd, 1959: The Day the Music Died.
(See the post below for more of my thoughts on the significance of this day.)
Noise: "Quietly Making Noise" by Jimmy Buffett
"Quietly making noise / Starts with kindergarten toys / Not too soft, not too loud / Just enough to draw a crowd / Quietly, quietly, quietly making noise"
Creep: "The City Sleeps" by MC 900 Foot Jesus
"I move through the town like a ghost in the rain / A dim reflection in a dark windowpane / Blackness beckons from every side / Creeping all around like an incoming tide"
Rose: "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal
I'd include some lyrics here, but it seems nobody can agree on exactly what the lyrics actually are. And Seal didn't include them in the liner notes.
posted by Michael at
7:29 AM
3 Comments:
I must hear the Stray Cats today, in honor of your pick!
And thanks for reminding us that it was 50 years ago today that the music died. I feel like playing "American Pie" now!
By
Natsthename, At
February 03, 2009 8:09 AM
We overlapped on Kiss From A Rose. I love that song!
I just read a really good piece in Rolling Stone about Buddy Holly. Like Nat, I need to go put on American Pie right now.
By
Anonymous, At
February 03, 2009 8:21 AM
Nice list - only one in commong (The Paycheck)
By
Lord Mhoram, At
February 03, 2009 8:38 AM
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