1 - Angelfire
Robin’s (Annotated!) Playlist (September, 2005)
1. 1st Suite in E flat: Chaccone - Holst (PHS)
2. 1st Suite in E flat: Intermezzo - Holst (PHS)
3. 1st Suite in E flat: Marche - Holst (PHS)
- We played 1st Suite my 10th grade year. It’s not a particularly stunning performance, but it we still got superior ratings at festival, somehow...
4. 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson Band
5. 16th Century Man - Elton John
- Like I said before, this is one of my favourite songs from the TRtED soundtrack. It’s quite catchy (I think) and, unlike the songs they actually put in the movie, it makes some sense. It wouldn’t have been any less obtrusive, but it’s more _relevant_ to the movie. And I forgot to mention when I talked about this last – Elton John actually got credited in the voice work credits as the Narrator. And he got billed over Jim Cummings, who played _four_ characters (did you catch them?). I’m not bitter.
6. 1812 Festival Overture – Tchaikovsky
- I have about 14 copies of this song... They put it on every classical collection _ever_
7. 30,000 Feet – John Anderson
- John Anderson is one of those singers that never quite gets any recognition, even though he’s been around since before I can remember and has some very popular songs. I don’t have my favourite of his (“Seminole Wind” – it’s _so_ neat. Very creepy, and the lyrics are quite poignant), but the album I do have is pretty good. This song makes a really good point, whether or not you believe in “the big man”.
8. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) – Trace Adkins
- There are some soul-ish influences in this song, but it’s very obviously country... There is a pretty good electric guitar break in the middle that doesn’t sound strictly country, though.
9. A – Barenaked Ladies
- “A is for algebra, I learned it in school. A is what Fonzie said, ‘cause he was very cool.” Bouncy, fun, offbeat, very acoustic... Typical early BNL. The bridge is a sort of tropical-ish, steel drum-sounding thing, and for just a moment towards the end, the background vocals sound rather like a gospel choir, bizarrely enough. The weird way Steven bends the tune around the end of each verse (especially the second one) puts me in mind of one of the songs that the girl that Eric dumps winds up writing about him in the Boy Meets World episode “Shallow Boy” (which I will certainly be putting on the tape – it’s one of Friedle’s best, humour-wise.)
10. A Run Mo Chori! (O Love of My Heart!)
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
11. A Stor, A Stor, A Ghra - Celtic Spirit
- Neat Celtic music
12. Absolutely Zero – Jason Mraz
- Absolutely zero _what_, Jason? Forward movement? Interesting parts, musically? Reasons for me to not skip right over this song? No, really, I’m being too hard on the boy. It’s not that bad. It’s very slow, and it only picks up a little bit for a few seconds every couple of minutes, but the lyrics are interesting, and Mraz does have a very soothing voice, so I don’t mind listening to him crooning an almost lullaby. A very angst-ridden almost lullaby, but still... Actually, he almost sounds like a more melodic Brandon Flowers here.
13. The Accountancy Shanty – Eric Idle, John Du Prez
- A witty little ditty (Tarzan: You rhymed! [Mulan whacks him with her slipper]) they did for the Gilliam short played before The Meaning of Life
14. Ace in the Hole – George Strait
- Fun, bouncy little song. Strait is pretty much considered the modern definition of country music.
15. Ace Rimmer Theme
16. Across the Universe – The Beatles
- “Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup.” I have this really odd fascination with paper cups and plates these days... I have no idea.
17. Act II Finale – Spamalot Cast
- Kind of ironic how this is the first song from the soundtrack, alphabetically... Launce gets in a _great_ bit of social commentary in this song. I don’t really care much for him in the film, but he’s great in the musical.
18. Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
- My birthday song! Woot!
19. Addicted to Spuds – “Weird Al” Yankovic
- I think perhaps the funniest thing about this song is that I actually am rather addicted to potatoes, which is of course appropriate, given that it’s the parody of my birthday song.
20. AEIOU Sometimes Y – EBN-OZN
21. After I Fall – Lee Ann Womack
- I can’t decide if you would like this one or not... I guess it’s worth a try.
22. After the Thrill is Gone – The Eagles
23. Against the Grain – Garth Brooks
- Brooks was always considered _very_ country until he “crossed over” in the mid nineties and started upsetting a bunch of his fans. Ironically enough, this song is one of his more country-esque songs.
24. Ahab the Arab – Ray Stevens
- Stevens is most famous for his shows in Branson. He mostly does novelty songs, some of which are actually humourous. I grew up listening to his songs and watching recordings of his performances, so I think his stuff is funnier than it actually is, but there are still a few laughs to be had in most songs. This one isn’t quite as good as most of his others, but it’s got some nostalgia attached to it.
25. Ain’t That Just Like a Dream – Tim McGraw
- A fun little song. Um...that’s about all I have to say about it. Well, almost. There’s a little bit of a twist to the reason it’s “just like a dream,” which I think is kind of neat.
26. Alabama Rain – Jim Croce
- Like most of the Croce songs I’ve heard, this is a very calming, pretty song. There’s a neat harmonica part, and there’s something very...pretty is still the best word to use here...about the lyrics.
27. Aladdin's World – Menken
- I love Menken’s scores... They all start sounding remarkably similar after listening to them on random, but they’re _good_ similar.
28. Alcohol - Barenaked Ladies
- “Iiiiiii looove you mooooore than I did the week befooooore I discovered al-co-hol...!” I get that line stuck in my head a lot...
29. Ali Baba’s – The Brothers Creeggan
- “Ali Baba’s got a special goin’ on...” I love the groove of this song.
30. All Alone - They Might Be Giants
31. All For One – Tim Curry, Michael McGrath, David Hyde Pierce, Hank Azaria, Christopher Sieber, Steve Rosen
- Nice little jab at the Three Musketeers from Spamalot. “Some for some,” “None for none.” “Slightly less for people we don’t like,” “And a little bit more for me.”
32. All I Do is Love Her – James Bonamy
- Perhaps it is possible for guys to figure out what women work. Doubtful, but possible.
33. All I Ever Wanted (with Queen's Reprise) - Amick Byram, Linda Dee Shayne
- Mmm... Stephen Schwartz and Hanz Zimmer’s take on the Ashman/Menken Dreaming of Something More song. Yeah, the sentiment’s been done, but it’s done a bit differently here.
34. All My Loving – The Beatles
35. All of This Love – Pam Tillis
- When I wasn’t listening to Lari White on my way home from math meets, I was listening to Pam Tillis. They’re a lot alike, but Pam is slightly more upbeat most of the time. This song has a lot of fabulous fiddle work in it, which is not at all uncommon for Pam, whose father, Mel Tillis, is a country legend.
36. All Out of Love – Air Supply
- I really don’t know why I listen to Air Supply. All of their songs (or at least all of the ones I have) are straight up drippy, and that’s about all that can be said about them. So I’m not even going to try. Just trust that all of the Air Supply songs on this list are drippy.
37. All She Wants to Do Is Dance – Don Henley
- For some reason, the part of this song that always catches my ear is the “Molotov cocktail” line.
38. All Shook Up – Elvis Presley
- I’m not a big Elvis fan, but he’s okay in small doses, I guess. This was on a collection of oldies Lily’s family made for us for Christmas one year (I’m the only one who has ever listened to it... This is why I am so incredibly behind on music knowledge – my parents don’t even like the classics)
39. All Star - Smash Mouth
- If you haven’t heard this, you’ve got to tell me where I can get my own pop-culture-proof rock, because that’s some bloody impervious stuff you’ve found there...
40. All That I Am – Mindy McCready
- Mindy was one of my favourites in...6th grade, I guess it was. That was when I was really heavily into the feminist thing (the feminazi thing, really. The scary ones who want to exterminate all of the males, you know? Yeah. That was me. Until I realized that girls were devious, catty biznatches and didn’t deserve to survive, either.) Anyway, I was happier in 6th, but I was also very much pro-strong female role models with Minds of Their Own. So this song, and Mindy’s entire album, really, was one of my favourites.
41. All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
- The opening is very reminiscent of the Beatles, then it launches into modern rock, and there’s an interlude in the middle of a rather militaristic march-style thing that morphs into something that can only be described as gospel choir, and then then we’re back to modern rock. “These changes ain’t changin’ me – the cold-hearted boy I used to be...”
42. All Things Dull and Ugly – Eric Idle, John Du Prez
- An...odd little song sung by a chorus of prepubescent British children... “All things dull and ugly, all creatures short and squat, all things rude and nasty, the lord God made the lot!” It sounds like something the Weasleys would gleefully sing. Actually, that’s _exactly_ what it sounds like – a chorus of Weasley children. They’ve got the right accent and everything.
43. All You Need is Love – The Beatles
- [rocks side to side] “Love, love, love... Love, love, love...”
44. Almond Eyes - Banoffi
- This song is _gorgeous_! It sounds like it’s just the two singers with their lutes or mandolins or whatever stringed instrument they happen to be playing. And the harmonies! Oh, the harmonies! This is the song that made me fall in love with this group.
45. Along Came Jones – Ray Stevens
- A musical parody of the Dudley Dooright brand of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
46. Also Sprach Zarathustra - R. Strauss
- Duuuuum....DUUUUM...._DUUUUUUUM_....DAH DUM!!! You know, the 2001: A Space Odyssey theme
47. Alternative Girlfriend - Barenaked Ladies
- “You’re in an all-girl band, your futon’s second hand, your parents understand, but you don’t care...” My favourite line is “Old at being young, young at being old, everything’s on hold within our evolution,” though there are plenty of other good ones.
48. Aluminum - Barenaked Ladies
- “You can shine like silver all you want, but you’re just Aluminum.” Social commentary is good stuff. Especially when Ed Robertson sings it.
49. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Eric Idle
- Idle at his most optimistic.
50. Always Look on the Bright Side – Michael McGrath, Tim Curry, Hank Azaria
- You’re getting your movies mixed up, Eric dearest... At least this was his song, though... It’s a good thing they didn’t try to do a tap break in Life of Brian – that would have been a little more difficult.
51. Always Look on the Bright Side (Finale version) – Spamalot Cast
- And one final reprise for good measure.
52. Always Something There to Remind Me – Naked Eyes
53. Am I the Only One? – Barenaked Ladies
- “Am I the only one who needs you to go, go on about me?” Ed Robertson only sings three songs on this album (Maybe You Should Drive), which is rather unfortunate, but they’re all gorgeous. This one is particularly so, due largely to his mad guitar skilz. I have got to find me a guy with an acoustic ;^) This song _demands_ that I stop everything I’m doing the second I hear the first chord and just listen.
54. Am I Right? - Erasure
55. Amazed – Lonestar
- This song was #1 for _forever_ one summer. It’s pretty, and I’ve just recently gotten to the point where I can listen to it without wishing it would hurry up and end, but BOY was I sick of it for a while there.
56. Amen Kind of Love – Daryle Singletary
- Moderate tempoed sap. It’s very definitely country, but it might make it past your filter. Maybe. I’m not sure on this one.
57. American Faces - Holsinger (PHS)
- Another piece from our spring concert in 10th grade. I really hated playing it, but it’s not quite so bad to listen to.
58. An Mhaighdean Mhara - Dan Ar Braz
- Neat, calming little song from one of my Celtic CDs. It sounds a lot like something that might have been in LotR, actually.
59. And He Shall Smite the Wicked – Menken
- Obviously from Frollo’s death scene
60. And I Love Her – The Beatles
61. (And You Had A) Do-Waka-Do – Roger Miller
- Roger’s awfully vengeful... And I think it’s awfully funny, myself.
62. Andy, You’re a Star – The Killers
- Something something something something something, “Hey shut up, hey shut up. Yeah.” One day, I’ll learn the rest of the words. The tune is very...steamy with a heavy third beat.
63. Angel in My Eyes – John Michael Montgomery
- JMM! I was _obsessed_ in elementary and junior high. I got all kinds of hell for it from my friends, but dagnabit, he was cute, and he had a nice voice. Leave me alone :^P I have all of his CDs up until about four years ago, but I rarely listen to them anymore. I grabbed his Greatest Hits disk while I was home for spring break because I was feeling a little nostalgic. “Angel in My Eyes” is fun, moderately tempoed sap.
64. Angel of No Mercy – Collin Raye
- When Collin does Sweet and Tender, it’s enough to make you tear up...
65. Angels Among Us – Alabama
66. Ankh-Morpork – From the Disc
67. Anna, Anastasia – Thin Buckle
- The only explanation I have for why a man in chemotherapy would spend his time writing songs about Anastasia Romanov is that the Fox animated film came out the year before he was diagnosed, so perhaps he saw the movie in the hospital one day, or there was some book that came out because Anastasia was a hot topic at the time. I suppose he could also have just been interested in Russian history.
68. Anna on the Moon – The Brothers Creeggan
- This is just the prettiest song ever, I think. Andy, Jim, and Ed (who makes a special appearance) are just fricken awesome guitarists. And dobros sound really cool.
69. Another Postcard - Barenaked Ladies
- The Chimp Song! Plain old silly fun, though you would, I’m sure, take issue with the fact that they refer to chimps as monkeys on more than one occasion.
70. Another Postcard (acoustic) - Barenaked Ladies
71. Another You, Another Me – Brady Seals
- A song about loving your partner now because you never know how much longer you have together. For the most part, it’s a pretty song, but the woman who sings the backup line is not the best in the world. She wails over Seals for a good bit of the chorus, and that tends to grate on my nerves.
72. Anvil Chorus – Verdi
- Dum, dum, dum, ta dum, ta _dum_, ta DUM, Ta DUUUUM, DUM! Think Looney Tunes. And anvils.
73. Any Way You Want Me – Bread
- It’s unfortunate that the vocal line is so soft at the beginning of this song – it definitely disappears under the guitar up to the first chorus. It’s a neat guitar line, though, so it’s all good.
74. Anyone Out There – Duran Duran
- Sometimes I wonder which celebrities are closet sci-fi fans...
75. Anything Goes – Lari White
- Lari must have listened to flamenco a lot or something, because several of her songs sound ever so slightly...Spanish. This one isn’t quite as obvious as a lot, but the influence is still present.
76. Anywhere But Here – Sammy Kershaw
- “You can send me north, you can send me south, just don’t send me past my house. Don’t ask me where I’m going, cause I don’t care. I want a ticket that’ll take me anywhere but here.” Yeah. I can understand this sentiment sometimes. Well, not so much not wanting to go to my house, but wanting to get the hell away from Maryland.
77. Anywhere But Memphis – Mark Wills
- “The way the blues pour out of a thousand bars, it ain’t no place for a broken heart. She could have told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas, anywhere but Memphis.” Slow, sad, slightly too sappy, but Mark’s got a really strong voice, so it’s tolerable. This one falls into the classic country tradition of naming as many Southern towns as possible over the course of the song (i.e. “All My Exes Live in Texas,” “A Little Past Little Rock,” “I’ve Been Everywhere,” and “I’ve Been Everywhere (in Texas)” I don’t have any of these songs on my playlist, so don’t be looking for them here, but maybe you’ve heard of at least one of them)
78. Applejack – Dolly Parton
- Say what you will about her appearance, Dolly Parton has a nice voice, and she writes good music. Yes. I did say “writes.” Most country singers don’t bother to do that these days. That’s why Dolly has my support.
79. Arabian Nights - Bruce Adler
80. Are You Sure - So
81. Argument Clinic Sketch - Monty Python
- “I want to complain.” “You want to complain? Look at these shoes! I’ve only had ‘em three weeks and the heels are worn right through!”
82. Armed Forces Salute - arr. Moffet (PHS)
- Encore at the last concert I ever played – all 150+ members of the PHS band arranged around the auditorium. Was fun times.
83. The Army’s Tired Now - They Might Be Giants
84. Arsenal - van der Roost (PHS)
- A neat little march we played my senior year. Much, much better than Sousa.
85. Ashes By Now – Lee Ann Womack
- Lee Ann sounds a bit like Dolly Parton, but not nearly as soft-spoken. So, sort of like if Dolly sang Reba’s songs. Or something like that. If the electric guitar line in this song were a bit less restrained, it would almost sound like modern Duran, I think.
86. Astronaut – Duran Duran
87. Atlantis
88. Atlantis is Waiting
89. Atta Boy, Girl – Roger Miller
- “Atta boy, girl. Atta way to break my heart...”
90. A’Tuin the Turtle – Discworld
91. Au Contraire - They Might Be Giants
- “Au contraire, Mahatma, hate to contradict you...”
92. “Aubade” – Philip Larkin
- There’s a very Pratchett-esque bit toward the end:
Courage is no good:
It means not scaring others. Being brave
Lets no one off the grave.
Death is no different whined at than withstood.
93. Aubrey – Bread
- “And Aubrey was her name – a not so very ordinary girl or name.” A pretty little song about a couple who weren’t quite right for each other, but the guy still loves the girl.
94. The Augurs of Spring – Stravinsky
- You know the dinosaur sequence from Fantasia? This is one of the moments from that symphony.
95. Avec la Garde Montante – Bizet
- Carmen. Good times.
96. Away from Home – Klark Kent
97. Baby Blue – George Strait
- “Baby blue was the colour of her eyes.” The lyrics sound remarkably like they’re describing a woman who left a man, but I believe this is the song Strait dedicated his daughter, who died some time in the 80s. I may be making that up, but I think I did hear it somewhere.
98. Baby I’m-a Want You – Bread
- There’s something about this song that just screams “70’s soft rock.”
99. Baby, Now that I’ve Found You – Alison Krauss
- There is a slim chance that this song is up-tempo enough that you would like it. Krauss just has one of those ridiculously soft, high voices that makes even the faster stuff she does seem delicate.
100. Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye – George Strait
- For some inexplicable reason, this was my favourite song for, like, seven years until I discovered John Michael Montgomery in the mid-nineties. It’s a pretty song, I guess, but beyond the memories of dancing with Puffalumps to it, it’s not really anything too special.
101. Back in the Swing – Tracy Byrd
- A fiddle-ridden, George Strait-esque country/swing song from an cassette we got in ’92 called “Country Music’s Rising Stars.” Byrd is one of the few artists from the album that actually went on to have a successful career, and I saw him in concert in ’96 (another one that mother won tickets to).
102. Back in the USSR – The Beatles
103. Bad Case of Broken Heart – The Ataris
104. Bad Case of Loving You – Robert Palmer
105. Bad Moon Rising – Credence Clearwater Revival
- “I hear hurricanes a blowin’. I fear the end is coming soon...”
106. Bad Weather – John Anderson
- Ah, blues... It’s got a similar feeling to, like, some of Louie Armstrong and the other classic jazz/blues musicians, but instead of brass, there’s a fiddle. It makes for an interesting song, to be sure.
107. Ballad of the Blue Cyclone – Ray Stevens
- A story song about getting into a knock-down drag-out fight with a pro-wrestler.
108. The Ballad of Conley and Billy (The Proof’s in the Pickin’) – Diamond Rio
- “Some were born to listen, some were born to play.” Billy and Conley are both of the latter, and they have a little play-off.
109. Ballad of John and Yoko – The Beatles
- “The way things are goin’, they’re gonna crucify me.”
110. Ballad of Maxwell Demon - Shudder to Think
- Really hope I remember to send you this one...
111. The Band Plays On – John Anderson, Levon Helm
- Even when your significant other breaks up with you, the band keeps playing, because it really doesn’t matter to the rest of the world.
112. Bangs - They Might Be Giants
- Ah, “Bangs”... They used this song at the end of the “Look Back in Annoyance” end-of-Daria special, and I used the chorus and the line “I’m only holding your hand so I can look at your bangs” for the Jamie Bamber collage I made for my sister (though she does very much like him for _many_ other reasons, and only most of them physical, she isn’t at all ashamed to admit that it’s his hair that first drew her in (and the same can be said for Brendan Fraser). The tinny quality you get when you record from a tape really does a number on Linnell’s voice, though.
113. Banish Misfortune
- Neat little Celtic piece that makes some use of the virtually vestigial lower fiddle string.
114. Barbossa is Hungry – Badelt
- I seriously want to marry everyone who was involved in the writing and recording of this score. Especially the cello player.
115. The Bard of Armagh - Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance
- Lots of good flute and piano work. And then some cello. I _love_ cello. It does sound a bit like a Christmas song, though.
116. The Bargain Store – Dolly Parton
- This may be the most bizarre metaphor for love I’ve ever heard. And it’s certainly the most humble.
117. Bartenders, Etc. – Dierks Bentley
- It took me almost a year after he first showed up on the radio to realize that the reason “Dierks Bentley” sounded familiar was because of Dirk Gently. Anyway, this is a fun, brainless little honky tonk song about bars.
118. Bastard Wants to Hit Me - They Might Be Giants
119. The Battle – Menken
- From the Aladdin score
120. The Battle – Zimmer
- From the Gladiator soundtrack. My trumpet player friend sent it to me because we share a love of Zimmer/Badelt scores. Those two are geniuses.
121. Battle on the Tower – Menken
- From the Beauty and the Beast score
122. Be My Baby – The Ronnettes
123. Be My Baby Tonight – John Michael Montgomery
- “Could ya, would ya, ain’t ya gonna, if I asked you, would you wanna be my baby tonight?” Long before I had ever heard of BNL (but probably right around the time that “One Week” was debuting in the US...about a year earlier, I’d say), I was completely and utterly blown away by just how _fast_ John Michael sings the chorus. Of course, it’s _nothing_ compared to the vocal acrobatics Ed does in “One Week” to be able to get all of it into such a short space of time. But for a country song, it _blazes_.
124. Be My Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
- “Don’t blame it on Yoki! I mean, if I was John and you were Yoko, I would gladly give up musical genius just to have you as my very own personal Venus.”
125. Be Our Guest - Angela Lansbury, Jerry Orbach
126. Be Our Guest [Demo Version] - Howard Ashman
- I still get a kick out of Ashman doing Lumier and Mrs. Potts...
127. Be Prepared - Jeremy Irons, Jim Cummings, Cheech Marin, Whoopi Goldberg
- Mmm... Irons and Cummings do _such_ a good job on this song... And I still forget sometimes that Cummings takes over at the end.
128. The Beast Lets Belle Go - Menken
129. Beau’s All Night Radio Love Line – Joshua Kadison
130. Beautiful in My Eyes – Joshua Kadison
- Kadison is really bloody obscure, and I only have the one album because my mother won it from the radio station we listened to in Corpus, along with tickets to a Diamond Rio concert. He’s a pianist, and a good one, and that’s about all I know about him. His music is really pretty, though. And he’s got a lovely voice.
131. Beauty and the Beast - Angela Lansbury
132. Beauty and the Beast [Work Tape and Demo] - Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
- This is neat, too, getting to hear how some of the process works.
133. Bedding Down
- Rather pretty piece from Atlantis that would make an awesome marching band ballad
134. Bedroom Toys – Duran Duran
- Yes, it’s dirty. But it’s not the dirtiest thing I’ve ever heard, nor is it the dirtiest thing on my playlist, and it’s just so _cute_! I mean, Simon is. His accent, and the “Oh my god, what’s _this_?!” exclamations. And I like the music a lot, too.
135. Beer and Bones – John Michael Montgomery
- A bit to honky-tonk for almost anyone’s tastes, and that’s including mine, most days.
136. A Beginning – Thin Buckle
- Appropriately the last song on H-Wing. The lyrics have a slightly Simon-esque feel in this one, too (see “The Diving Board”). I wish I could figure out what the background lyrics are, because I keep hearing “Ding-dong ditch,” like the stupid practical joke, but I can’t imagine that they’re actually saying that.
137. Believe Me Natalie – The Killers
- “There is an old cliché under your Monet, baby.” (I think that’s what they’re saying, at least... Whatever it is, it sounds nifty.) I _love_ the rhythm line in this song, and the really bizarre time signature...I’m not sure at all what it is, or even if it’s not just that I’m _perceiving_ it to be bizarre. It could very well be regular old 4/4.
138. The Bell Tower - Menken
139. Belle - Paige O'Hara, Richard White
140. Belle (Reprise) - Paige O'Hara
141. The Bells are Ringing - They Might Be Giants
142. The Bells of Notre Dame - Paul Kandel et al
143. The Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise) - Paul Kandel
144. Belly of the Whale – Burning Sensations
145. The Best Day – George Strait
- George Strait was my favourite singer until I was ten when I discovered John Michael Montgomery. This is one of his newer songs, so I’m not quite as attached to it as many of his others. But it’s a pretty song about a father/son relationship from childhood through to when the son gets married.
146. Best Friend Song – Stephen Lynch
- I was really looking for “Lullaby: The Divorce Song” because, though it’s rather dirty, Lynch’s voice is quite lovely. But I couldn’t find it, so I wound up with this, which is _way_ more inappropriate. But the delivery at the end is perfect.
147. Better Life – Keith Urban
- A happy, bouncy little tune that does wonders for my mood.
148. Better Things to Do – Terri Clark
- Terri is another of country’s strongest female vocalists, and I think this is probably the best example of that. It’s nicely ironic, and deliciously bitter. “I’d love to talk to you, but then I’d miss Donahue. That’s right. I’ve got better things to do.”
149. Betty’s Got a Bass Boat – Pam Tillis
- Betty figures out how to reel in the guys: “She won ‘em over with her Southern charm...and her satellite dish.” The feminist in me wants to slap Betty right upside the head, but it’s a cute song, regardless.
150. A Bible and a Bus Ticket Home – Collin Raye
- A song about a young man striking out on his own.
151. Bidin' My Time - Brian Nalepka et al
- One of my absolute favourite songs from Crazy for You, for some bizarre reason. I really like the baritone part in the trio, though.
152. Bidin' My Time (French Reprise) - Brian Nalepka, Hal Shane, Tripp Hanson
- This one was fun to play. Apparently I’m the only one who thought so...
153. Big – Diamond Rio
- This is, if you’ll excuse my Klatchian, a truly kickass instrumental, and even Marty Roe, the lead singer, gets to join in, though he was, like Simon, “born with [his] instrument.”
154. Big Moon Rising - The Band with Rocks In
155. Billy – The Ranch
- This is the group Keith Urban was with before he went solo. “Billy” plays on a rather familiar theme among country songs: there’s a nice, tidy little murder trial and someone is convicted, but the singer knows who is _actually_ guilty, and sure as shootin’ ain’t tellin’ anyone. The groove is not particularly country, though – very sort of jazzy and fun. And either one of them actually knows how to play didgeridoo, or they figured out how to imitate it really bloody well.
156. Billy the Kid – Billy Dean
- Ah, sweet nostalgia... “I miss Billy the Kid, the times that he had, the life that he lived. I guess he must have got caught, his innocence lost. I wonder where he is.” I actually haven’t heard anything out of Dean in quite a while, which is a shame, because he’s got a lovely voice.
157. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
158. Birthday – The Beatles
159. The Black Pearl - Badelt
160. Black Water – The Doobie Brothers
- This is probably my favourite Doobie song. It’s got that lovely sort of carefree feel, and the funk influence is very evident, as well as the Dixieland swing influence. It makes for a tasty combination.
161. The Blackbird
- Odd little Celtic song
162. Blackbird – The Beatles
- “Take these broken wings and learn to fly.”
163. Blink of an Eye – Ricochet
- One of the two songs Ricochet actually released as a single. They are (were? Haven’t heard anything from them in a long time...) high-energy, slightly poppy (well, country pop), not at all deep or intellectual. I wouldn’t even describe their stuff as ear candy. It’s really just for the toe-tapping effect that I listen to it. Well, that and the nostalgia.
164. The Blood of Cu Chulainn
- A snappy little Irish tune from the Boondock Saints soundtrack, which is definitely the best thing about the movie. Not that it’s not an entertaining movie, this is just an awesome song.
165. Blood Ritual - Badelt
166. Blue – Eiffel 65
- Da ba dee.
167. Blue Bayou - Linda Rondstadt
168. A Blue Guitar – Tanya Tucker
- I grew up hearing Tanya Tucker and never really thinking much about it until I was in fourth grade and I was looking for tapes to take with me on our class trip to Jamestown and Williamsburg. One of Tanya’s older albums has a song called “Jamestown Ferry” on it, and I thought that would be perfect. It turned out to be a catchy little tune, as were most of the songs on the tape, and I listened to the tape a lot for the next year or so. The one Tanya CD I have is not my favourite of her albums, but it’s still good.
169. Blue Monday – New Order
170. The Blue Museum – Thin Buckle
- Just Kev and his piano, doing their best to tear your heart out.
171. Blue Shades - Ticheli (PHS)
- I blew my solo in this song, but it was only a tiny little thing, and the style of the piece makes it not so obvious that I messed up. The song is 10 minutes of the most fun you could possibly have on stage. It’s a wicked hard piece that explores just about every form of jazz and/or blues you can think of and features a truly arse-kicking solo by the best clarinet player I’ve ever met, who happens to also be a good friend.
172. Bonefight – Thin Buckle
- This song is so random, especially sandwiched between “Death Bed Love Letter” and “The Blue Museum.” Clearly it was written on one of his better days.
173. Boogie ‘Til the Cows Come Home – Clay Walker
- I’ve always wondered about that expression... Cows come home relatively early in the evening...
174. Bookshop Sketch – Graham Chapman
- I was hoping to get the _whole_ Bookstore Sketch with Lemming of the BDA and everything, but alas. I have recently found the Lemming of the BDA _song_ though, so that makes it a bit better.
175. Bootstrap's Bootstraps - Badelt
176. Born Too Late – The Poni-tails
- [wails, out of tune (naturally)] “Why...was I born...too...late?”
177. Bourbon Borderline – Gary Allan
- Another Gray Allan song about the dangers of drinking (see “Don’t Tell Mama”), except in this case, it’s not show as life threatening. Also like “Don’t Tell Mama,” it’s the kind of slow, classic country sound that you don’t care for.
178. Box of Rain – Grateful Dead
179. The Boy’s Gone – Jason Mraz
- Slow and sad, but very pretty, in a schmaltzy sort of way. I haven’t really listened to the lyrics enough to know what he’s singing about, and I’m relatively sure I’ll like the song better when I do.
180. Boys of Summer – Don Henley
- The Ataris have recently covered this song. It’s not a bad cover, but the guitar line is a little too intense.
181. Brave – Wellard, Hornblower
- “He said I was brave.” “You are.” “He knew...He knew who pushed him.”
182. Brain in a Jar – James Bonamy
- “I’ve got my brain in a jar in the closet in the dark, I don’t ever use it anymore.” I’ve always loved this song. I wonder why...
183. Brave Sir Robin – David Hyde Pierce, Christian Borle, Brad Bradley
- They actually went, like, three words further into the song in this version, so the minstrel actually finishes the bit about Robin’s...naughty bit. Anyway, cute to hear David Hyde Pierce as Robin. This is the only time on the soundtrack where he really _seems_ like the Sir Robin, the Not _Quite_ So Brave As Sir Launcelot that we all know and love.
184. Breakin’ It – Mindy McCready
- Slow, slightly eerie song wherein Mindy doesn’t take the breakup as well as she usually does (see “A Girl’s Gotta Do (What a Girl’s Gotta Do)”)
185. Brian Song – Monty Python
- “And he greeeeeeew... Grew, grew, and greeeeeeew... Grew up to beeeeee... Yes, he grew up to beeeeee... A teenager called Brian.”
186. Brian Wilson - Barenaked Ladies
- I think this song is a touch overrated, but it’s still quite good.
187. Brick House – The Commodores
- This song will forever make me think of Brendan Fraser... There’s a scene in Monkey Bone where his character (or rather, the character that is currently possessing his character’s body, so sort of his character in a way... It’s a little complicated) sings it. It’s not the height of cinema, but it’s also not the most degrading thing Fraser has ever done...
188. Bridget O’Malley
- Celtic music, perhaps?
189. The Brig – Zimmer
- ::sigh:: I adore this piece. That whole scene was excellent. Definitely my favourite from the movie. El Dorado, of course.
190. The British Grenadiers – Williams
- I have never EVER heard two piccolos even get CLOSE to being in tune before I got this CD, but I didn’t even realize that there _were_ two until one of them took a breath and dropped the tiniest fraction of a beat. Of course, now I think of the song as Edrington’s theme... This is the arrangement John Williams did for Empire of the Sun, though, so it segues into original score.
191. Broadway – Alison Krauss
- A song about reaching your goal, despite the difficulties, and then finding out that you’d rather be back home. It’s definitely too slow for your tastes.
192. Broke in Two - They Might Be Giants
- “You said ‘I’m going to run you down.’ I thought you said ‘I’m an or-an-gu-tan.’”
193. A Broken Wing – Martina McBride
- Martina was kind of the modern Reba until she went a little too poppy. She’s got a really strong voice, but she’s started compromising it for songs that are popular rather than well written. This is not one of those songs. One of the things she used to do a lot of was songs about women who were in abusive relationships or impoverished or otherwise victimized. This is one of the last ones of those that she has done, unfortunately.
194. Bubba Hyde – Diamond Rio
- The redneck Jekyll and Hyde. The music is almost lounge swing, and is definitely good stuff.
195. Buckaroo – Lee Ann Womack
- “Don't have to wow me like a long beard Shakespeare. Just talk plain talk right here in my ear.” So maybe her taste isn’t as good as Collin Raye’s (see “My Kind of Girl”), but the song is really catchy.
196. Building the Perfect Beast – Don Henley
- I really do like this song. I’m not sure if it’s the lyrics or the tune or what, but I think it’s probably the song that made me really like the album.
197. Burning Bridges – Garth Brooks
- Ha! An anti-commitment song! I had completely forgotten about this one. Garth doesn’t _want_ to be anti-commitment, though, so it doesn’t really work for the Anti-Love album. Not that, you know, we need any more songs for it.
198. The Burning Bush – Schwartz
- This song sends shivers up and down my spine every time.
199. Bury the Shovel – Clay Walker
- It starts out sounding like a soft Spanish guitar piece, but then it takes off into a rockin’ song about getting over someone.
200. Busa - Lebo M
- One of the songs from Rhythm of the Pride Lands, which was a CD of “inspired by” type music for The Lion King. Most of it is in Swahili, and the only reason I have it is because my grandmother accidentally bought it instead of the soundtrack, but I’m glad I do, because it’s neat stuff.
201. But for the Grace of God - Keith Urban
- One of the better showcases of Urban’s voice. Really quite sappy, but nevertheless nice to listen to
202. But Not for Me - Jodi Benson
- A touch too Hopeless Romantic, but definitely a sentiment that most women can relate to from time to time, I think. Benson really has a great voice.
203. Bye Song – The Brothers Creeggan
- This is the song that put me to sleep the first time I listened to the album. It’s entirely too calming for its own good. I still haven’t unraveled the mystery of the last line, though: “(Why’re things for there/cryin cause for here?)” is what it says in the lyric book, and “Why’re” is one of about a half dozen words that they capitalized in the entire booklet. And Andy truly is the first person I’ve ever heard make a dulcimer not sound irritating.
204. C30, C60, C90, Go! – Bow Wow Wow
- She may not be able to make up her mind about the XTC vs. Adam Ant issue, but she sure knows where she stands when it comes to record companies...
205. Ca Plane Pour Moi – Plastic Bertrand
206. Cadillac of the Skies - Williams
- A really pretty piece from the Empire of the Sun score
207. Cadillac of the Sky – Cadets
- A similarly pretty piece from the Empire score played by the Cadets, an amazingly good drum and bugle corps (basically, DCI [Drum Corps International] is the NFL of marching band, and the Cadets are one of the top five or so groups). Oddly, though, the song is _not_ “Cadillac of the Skies,” it’s the first bit of “Toy Planes, Home, and Hearth.” But it is, again, still a very nice piece.
208. Cadillac Style – Sammy Kershaw
- “I get Chevrolet paid, but I’ve got a big smile ‘cause my little baby loves me Cadillac style.”
209. Call and Answer - Barenaked Ladies
- A love song? From BNL? That’s not dripping with sarcasm? Yup. And it isn’t bad – it’s a love song for Brains. Sort of. Well, not as much as, say, “When I Held Your Brain in My Arms,” which is a love song for the cerebrum and the geek. But you get my point
210. Can He Love You Half as Much as I? – Ray Stevens
- Ray tries to win his beloved back from Mr. Perfect.
211. Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Joseph William, Sally Dworsky
- The sappy crappy song from The Lion King (though I do really like Timon’s pessimistic comments at the beginning and end).
212. The Canada Song - Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett
- I find far more humour in this song than I should.
213. Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
214. Can’t Break it to My Heart – Tracy Lawrence
- Tracy is having a hard time getting over the breakup. The song is moderately tempoed, and has a lot of the slower sort of fiddle work. And “can’t” is pronounced like “ain’t,” in the true Southern fashion.
215. Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
216. Can't Get Enough of You Baby - Smash Mouth
- A _very_ Smash Mouth-ified version of the song. There’s something about this group that just worms its way into every song they do and makes it their own.
217. Careless Memories – Duran Duran
218. Carnolough Bay
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
219. Carrickfergus
- A slower Celtic song
220. Carryin' the Banner - Newsies Chorus
- I know I sent you this one a while back – it was the big opening number that had the random woman singing in the street in the middle.
221. Castles in the Sand – Seals & Crofts
222. The Cave of Wonders - Menken
223. Celebration – Kool & the Gang
224. Celebrity - Barenaked Ladies
- “When I’m riding in my limo, I won’t look out the window. Might make me homesick for humanity.” More social commentary from our dear Canadian friends. It came out at roughly the same time as the Brad Paisley song of the same name, but is definitely not the same song.
225. Certain People - They Might Be Giants
226. C'est Toi! – Bizet
227. Chains – Duran Duran
228. Chances – Air Supply
229. Change Your Mind – The Killers
- “While I ignore that we’ve both felt like this before, it starts to show.” This song feels kind of like the lyrics are in half time compared to the instrumental part. I don’t know what else to say about it – it’s just got an odd feel.
230. Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) – Spandau Ballet
231. Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- A really old phonograph recording that’s hard to understand, but very neat, nevertheless.
232. Charmless Man – Kenny
- A neat little blues piece Kenny whipped together the night before the concert.
233. The Chauffeur – Duran Duran
- This song is so pretty, but in an eerie, almost foreboding way. The fact that I completely freeze up when I hear it doesn’t help out the fact that it strikes me as creepy.
234. Cheese Shop Sketch – Michael Palin, John Cleese
- This is the version from the CDs (none of which I own. Yet), and the ending is a bit different than the ending from the show. And after four years, I still haven’t gotten sick of John Cleese listing off different kinds of cheese.
235. Cheldorado – Zimmer
- The sexxy, breathy incidental they used when Chel was doing her thing. The track bounces between almost I Dream of Jeanie type music, Spanish guitar, and something along the lines of modern pop-ish stuff, then shoots off into full-out Spanish guitar
236. Children’s Stories – Eric Idle
- Not as cute when you can’t see Idle and his adorable reactions, but still very humourous
237. China Grove – Doobie Brothers
- This is the kind of music that I love to run to.
238. Christmas at Ground Zero – “Weird Al” Yankovic
- “What a crazy fluke, we’re gonna get nuked on this jolly holiday!”
239. Christmas Eve Montage – Elfman
- Score from Nightmare Before Christmas
240. Chrysophase - Andy Holt, Rob Rackstraw
241. Chug-A-Lug – Roger Miller
- They used a modernized (crappy) version of this song for a milk commercial a few years ago. This one is much better.
242. Church of the Poison Mind – Culture Club
243. The Circle of Life - Carmen Twillie
244. The City of Atlantis
245. Clete - David Holt, Jimmy Hibbert
246. Close Enough to Perfect – Alabama
- A pretty song about how “she” may have her faults, but she’s “close enough to perfect for me.”
247. Closing (Nightmare Before Christmas) - Elfman
248. Clutterbilly – The Ranch
- Instrumental goodness from Keith Urban and Co. It’s mostly just a high-energy country/rock jam session, but there’s one bit that’s definitely got jazz influences.
249. Coastline – The Brothers Creeggan
- I think Andy’s wife must be from Quebec... They had her speak French in the middle of “It’s All Been Done” (which was from after Andy left, so obviously there’s not as much of a rift between that branch of Creeggans and the other Ladies as some fans would lead us to believe), and then most of the actual lyrics in this song are in French, as well. And the noises that I thought were made with guitar strings are actually whistles. But they sound like squeaky guitar strings.
250. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
251. Cock of the North
- Is it possible to make a fiddle sound cocky? Yes. It is.
252. Cod Liver Oil
- From a collection of Irish Beer Drinking Favourites.
253. Cold Day in July – Dixie Chicks
- “You always said the day you’d leave me would be a cold day in July.” Natalie Maines, the lead singer, has a really strong voice. A really strong voice that’s not really suited to Emily and Marty (the other two Chicks who do the instrumental bits)’s bluegrassy instrumentals. But they make it work.
254. Colors of the Wind - Judy Kuhn
255. Come Cryin’ to Me – Lonestar
- This one makes me think of several of my male friends, as it’s about the eternal struggle of The Nice Guy. He offers his shoulder when his female friends get burned by The Jerk, but his shoulder is all she’s interested in. I keep telling my Nice Guy friends when they come to me complaining about how much it sucks to be a Nice Guy that, if I were interested in relationships, _I_ would want a Nice Guy instead of a Jerk, but somehow I don’t think it helps anything... It certainly makes things worse for me...
256. Come Go with Me – Del Vikings
257. Come On, Come On - Smash Mouth
- The song they did for “Queen Bebe”
258. Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
259. Come on Eileen – Save Ferris
- I still love this band’s name...
260. Come On Honey – Tanya Tucker
- This is just a cute song. I don’t know why it strikes me that way, but it is. Maybe it’s the clapping. I don’t know.
261. Come Together – The Beatles
- I recently heard something on the radio where someone was using this song as the basis for an argument that all of them _but_ Paul were died before they broke up. I eventually found out that it was a joke, but I really thought there was a crackpot on the radio for a while.
262. Come with Me – Tim Curry, Sara Ramirez
- The Lady of the Lake’s introduction. Really pretty song, too. Ramirez is amazing.
263. Communication – Power Station
- Hey! That rhymes...! (Okay, when I start pointing stuff like that out, it’s time to do another MALT to get it out of my system...)
264. Concerto in F: Adagio – Gershwin
265. “Considering the Snail” – Thom Gunn
266. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill – The Beatles
- “Heeeey, Bungalow Bill, what did you kill, Bungalow Bill?”
267. Could Fly – Keith Urban
- More disgusting optimism from Urban. And strangely enough, I love it. Catchy is an appropriate word for this song, only catchy in this case is referring mostly to the ganjo part rather than something more inherently poppy ^_^
268. Could You Use Me? - Harry Groener, Jodi Benson
- Jodi gets to slam the city loser who thinks he can just show up and sweep her off her feet just because he’s not a country-bumpkin. You can tell she had fun with it.
269. Council Meeting – Menken
- Tense music from the Pocahontas score
270. Country Boy’s Tool Box – Aaron Tippin
- Heh heh. Aaron’s torqued because his significant other used his tool box... This sounds like my parents. Only it’s the other way around, here. Dad has two garages full of tools, but he just has to use my mom’s...
271. Country Comfort – Keith Urban
- Elton John apparently had a hand in writing this song, believe it or not... This song is sort of the Norman Rockwell painting of country music.
272. Country Love Song – Stephen Lynch
- Ah, bodily humour... But it’s really the parody of country music that I like about this song.
273. The Court of Miracles - Paul Kandel
274. Cover Girl - The Band with Rocks In
275. Cover Your Ears – Metatron
- “Anyone who isn’t dead or from another plane of existence would do well to cover their ears right about...now.”
276. Cowboy Blues – Gary Allan
- Ah, honky tonk meets blues bar... Good stuff. The lyrics are about how he’s too addicted to the life of a traveling minstrel to settle down with anyone. And the whistling is really infectious. Unfortunately I can’t whistle...
277. Cowboy Love – John Michael Montgomery
- “I’m a member of the Good Ol’ Boys, you’re a member of a country club...” John Michael’s going to introduce the spoiled rich girl to the honky-tonk scene...whether she likes it or not! Incidentally, I was always really confused by the line I quoted when I was little, because...isn’t a country club where people go to two-step to Brooks and Dunn and George Straight? I mean, a nightclub is where people go to dance to rock (again, “rock” was anything that wasn’t country, classical, or rap), right? So a country club should be like a nightclub with a country theme. But if she’s a member of a country club, why does he seem to think she needs to be introduced to country-type stuff?
278. The Cowboy Rides Away – George Strait
- Slowish song about how cowboys have a fear of commitment.
279. The Cowboy Song – Garth Brooks
- Pretty, soothing song reminiscing about cattle-roping days.
280. Cowboy Take Me Away – Dixie Chicks
- “I wanna sleep on the hard ground in the comfort of your arms. I want a pillow of bluebonnets and a blanket made of stars.” I used the chorus of this song for the Bale collage I did (his character in Newsies was nicknamed Cowboy. And I really like the song)
281. Crime and Passion – Duran Duran
282. Croquet
- A bizarre little instrumental that I found online one night (no idea where) that was apparently inspired by Alice in Wonderland
283. Cruel Summer – Ace of Base
284. Cruel Summer - Bananarama
285. Cruel to Be Kind – Nick Lowe
286. Cry - Ofra Haza
- Another truly haunting piece from Prince of Egypt, this time with some Middle Eastern chanting type stuff to complete the effect
287. Cry Baby Cry – The Beatles
288. Cryin’ for Nothin’ – Gary Allan
- There’s nothing really revolutionary about the lyrics (except I do rather like the line, “I’ve got to keep believin’ in somethin’, baby, instead of just cryin’ for nothin’, tryin’ for nothin’ at all”), but the music is kind of neat. Rarely do you hear steel guitar backed by full orchestra, gong, and tropical drumline.
289. The Crystal Chamber
- Atlantis
290. Cuban Overture for Orchestra - Gershwin
291. Curbside Prophet – Jason Mraz
- The reason I started paying him attention. It’s a funky little song that very clearly displays how you can be influenced by rap, hiphop, pop, and hillbilly rock all at the same time. Not that Ed Robertson hasn’t already done that for us, but Jason does it all in the same song. My hips always manage to dance a little during this song, despite my strict No Dancing policy.
292. Damn Good Times - They Might Be Giants
293. Dance – Hawaiian Style Band
- It’s got a good beat, appropriately enough.
294. Dance, Dance, Dance – The Beach Boys
295. Dance Hall Days – Wang Chung
296. Dang Me – Roger Miller
- “Dang me, dang me, they oughta take a rope ‘n hang me. High from the highest treeeeeeee! Woman, would you weep for me?” Roger is apparently the worst husband _ever_. But he’s cheerful about it.
297. Danger – The Motels
298. Danny Boy
- My sister has a friend named Danielle, who goes by Dani, and a friend named Daniel, who goes by Danny. So, in order to distinguish between them when she’s talking about them, she calls Danny “Danny Boy.” I have this song stuck in my head a lot.
299. Dark Horse – Mila Mason
- I’m not sure exactly what it is about this song, but I love it. Mila has a sort of breathy voice, but it’s got a certain raspiness to it, too. The song is on the slower side, but it doesn’t drag at all.
300. A Day in the Life – The Beatles
- “Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head...”
301. Day Tripper – The Beatles
302. Daydreams
- Another that was inspired by Alice in Wonderland, though this one has lyrics.
303. Days Go By – Keith Urban
- “Somewhere in the rush I felt we’re losing ourselves. Days go by, I can feel ‘em flyin’ like a hand out the window in the wind. Cars go by; it’s all we’ve been given so you’d better start livin’ right now. Days go by.” Urban deals with the theme of getting away from the big city _a lot_, and it’s always with this really peppy, energetic style that I just LOVE.
304. Dead - They Might Be Giants
305. Dear Prudence – The Beatles
306. Death - Christopher Lee, Bryan Pringle
307. Death of the Beast – Menken
- This is an early version that didn’t make it to the movie. It sounds rather a lot like “Beauty and the Beast,” but played primarily on cello
308. Death Bed Love Letter – Thin Buckle
- Really long and slow (“I’d bake up a pie...” No, Andy. This is _Kevin_’s song), and rather boring if you’re in the mood for something lively (at which point you really shouldn’t be listening to H-Wing). I didn’t much care for it the first couple of times I listened to the album, but I’ve since discovered that it’s _perfect_ for insomnia. It’s not just that it’s slow and unexciting and lasts seemingly forever, but it also has a very hypnotic rhythm. I also appreciate it a lot more when I actually take the time to listen instead of trying to do other things while I listen to it.
309. Death of the First Born – Zimmer
- Have I mentioned that I love cello?
310. Decomposing Composers – Michael Palin
- “You can still hear Beethoven, but Beethoven cannot hear you.” “Modest Mussorgsy: Eighteen eighty, goin’ to parties. No fun any more, eighteen eighty one.”
311. Deep Down – Pam Tillis
- “I’ve finally realized that’s the way things are. I’ve got the bleeding stopped, but there’s gonna be a scar. I know I’ll go on living, but you’re always gonna be around, deep down.” I listened to this one a lot when I was trying to get over being dumped by one of my best friends in junior high. Now it’s pretty much the theme song for...half of the really close friendships I’ve ever had. I’m not good with this interpersonal stuff.
312. Deeper in Love – Hawaiian Style Band
- This isn’t too terribly Hawaiian sounding, but it’s pretty, nevertheless. Okay. I take that back. One of the later verses is actually in Hawaiian.
313. Defeat You - Smash Mouth
- “Heeeeey, I know where you’re from – it makes it that much nicer to meet you. Heeeey, I know what you’ve done – it makes it that much better to defeat you.” _Easily_ see this as, like, Kim’s theme song. Or maybe Darkwing’s. Or someone along those lines. It’s got that attitude running all through it. More Kim, because it talks about defeating someone with kung fu skills. Actually, this would work really well for her.
314. Deliver Us - Ofra Haza, Eden Riegel
- An overall beautiful song. I really just adore this whole soundtrack.
315. Denise – Randy & the Rainbows
316. Dennis Moore – Graham Chapman, John Cleese
- Again, the CD version, so a bit different than the Flying Circus one. I actually prefer the original to this one, but alas.
317. Desiree – The Ranch
- “I can’t hold you any longer; you love his money more than me. And the taxi’s at the gate. I guess all that’s left to say is in tear drops at the bottom of the page...” Sad, slow song, quite obviously, and the guy who sings the “Desiree”s manages to capture the pain of loss so well that it just tears your heart out. There are also some really neat sound effects in the song.
318. Destination Moon - They Might Be Giants
319. Destination Unknown – Missing Persons
320. The Devil Goes Fishin’ in Troubled Water – James Bonamy
321. The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
- The uncensored version. It just doesn’t sound right to hear “son of a gun” when it’s played on the radio. I remember Dominique Moceanu did her floor routine to this song at the ’96 Olympics... I was in gymnastics at the time. I can still rattle off the names of all the members of the US women’s team that year, but I can’t tell you the first ten people in the line of succession for the presidency...
322. Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts
- Not my favourite Seals & Crofts song, but the only one I have on CD
323. Diamonds and Guns (It’s a Wicked World We Live In) – The Transplants
- The full song from the Vonage commercials.
324. Diary – Bread
- A neat little song about a diary entry that the singer finds and thinks is a confession of a girl’s interest in him. If that made any sense at all. And I’ve just figured out why the phrase “someone else, not me” seemed so familiar.
325. Die Walkurie – Wagner
- “Oh, wait...! I know this one!” “Yes, Eric, it’s a very well known—” “No, Mr. Feeny, this is cartoons. This is out of your league.”
326. Diferencias for guitar on "Guardame las vacas" - Angel Romero
- Spanish guitar. Yum,
327. Dig My Grave – They Might Be Giants
328. Diggin' Your Scene - Smash Mouth
- Definitely not the same one as the version you sent.
329. Digging Your Scene – The Blow Monkeys
- Yup. Very much different songs.
330. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead - Munchkin Chorus
- I dug this one up for our movie, and kept it around mostly just because it took a little effort to find.
331. Dinner Bell - They Might Be Giants
332. The Dionne Reel
- Celtic jigginess
333. Dirty Water – The Inmates
334. The Disco Strangler – The Eagles
335. Discworld Main Title Theme - Hopwood, Bush
336. Dismal Day – Bread
- Well, this is an awfully upbeat song for something called “Dismal Day.” I like that contradiction.
337. Distant Shore – Dierks Bentley
- This song somehow manages to be both eerily foreboding AND triumphant. For the near future, he’s lost and depressed, but in the _distant_ future, he’ll get over her and have won.
338. Diva’s Lament (What Ever Happened to My Part?) – Sara Ramirez
- This is good stuff here. Idle and Ramirez are a fantastic team. “I might as well go to the pub. They’ve been out searching for a shrub!...It seems to me they’ve really lost the plot.”
339. The Diving Board – Thin Buckle
- “The morphine mouse, the chocolate moose*; three of us locked in a caboose, shivering in a whole new way.” The tune sounds nothing at all like a Duran song, but some of the lyrics seem Simon-esque.
* I’m not sure if this is “chocolate moose” or “chocolate mousse,” because the disc didn’t come with a lyric book. I’m not sure if this is because there isn’t one, or because I got it for $6 from an Amazon Marketplace seller. The case is flat cardboard instead of a jewel case, but there’s a seemingly useless little pocket in the front cover that probably was supposed to have something in it.
340. Do What John? – Eric Idle
- This is just amusing. One of the very few completely clean songs this man ever did. That is, unless it’s one of those Nudge, Nudge things and I’m just not getting it. If so, don’t spoil it for me :^P
341. Do You Believe in Shame – Duran Duran
- Mmm... Love the low notes...
342. Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
- Cute, calming little song one of my friends sent me.
343. Doctor Time - Rick Treviño
- I really don’t know what to say about this one. It’s something I’ve been hearing on the radio since I was in intermediate school. My sister and I did a hula-hoop routine in our garage to it once. Um... I really don’t know how to describe it. Sorry...
344. Doctor Worm - They Might Be Giants
345. Dog Eat Dog – “Weird Al” Yankovic
346. Dog on a Toolbox – James Bonamy
- “Sometimes I feel like a dog standing on a toolbox in the back of a pickup truck doin’ ninety ‘round the corner just trying to hang on for dear life.”
347. Does My Ring Burn Your Finger – Lee Ann Womack
- This song is done sort of in the style of “Man of Constant Sorrow” (the song from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?), at least at the beginning. It becomes a little more...modern sounding, I guess, in the chorus, but it definitely makes me think of the Soggy Bottom Boys.
348. Don’t Go Near the Water – Sammy Kershaw
- This song always made me think of my grandmother, because she’s always been paranoid about the water and is absolutely terrified every time anyone suggests going down to the crick, which is about a foot and a half wide. And then I figured out what he meant by “We fell right in way over our heads, but we didn’t go near the water,” and suddenly I felt really dirty for associating my grandmother with the song.
349. Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home – Brook Benton
- This is such a pretty song, in a sad sort of way. And it _does_ make be want to go home, even though I don’t really HAVE a home in any traditional sort of way.
350. Don’t Laugh at Me – Mark Wills
- “I’m the little boy with glasses, the one they call a geek, a little girl who never smiles cause I’ve got braces on my teeth. And I know how it feels to cry myself to sleep.” This song is the reason I bought this CD. And I got laughed at all the harder for listening to it.
351. Don’t Leave Me Lonely – Lari White
- There’s something about this song that puts me in mind of a Gershwin ballad. Maybe it’s the fact that Lari sounds a touch like Jodi Benson when she tosses some vibrato in on top of longer notes.
352. Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
353. Don’t Let Me Down – The Beatles
354. Don’t Pass Me By – The Beatles
- I love the fiddle in this song.
355. Don’t Shed a Tear – Paul Carrack
356. Don't Shut Me Out - Keith Urban
- You rarely hear men pleading with their significant others to talk to them about their feelings, but here’s one.
357. Don’t Take the Girl – Tim McGraw
- Jeeze, this is a sad song... It’s also one of the first ones that ever made me pay attention to the lyrics. I’ve since gotten passed the point where I tear up every time I hear it, but it’s still really, really sad.
358. Don’t Tell Mama – Gary Allan
- Allan is big on the traditional country sound, and this is one of the best examples of that. It’s slow, heavy on the steel guitar and fiddle, and it has a straight, simple, steady drum line. The one difference between this song and most songs that sound like it is that it’s not about a relationship that didn’t work out, but instead about the dangers of driving drunk, which is always a good message.
359. Don’t Think I Won’t – Mark Wills
- “If you need someone to spend his life with you, I’m just the man to do it, don’t think that I won’t. I mean what I say and I say what I feel. I’ll love you till my name is carved in stone, baby don’t think I won’t, cause I will.” Happy, fun, passionate sort of song. It’s kind of the antithesis of “Naughty Baby” – Michelle (or rather, her character) tells her intended beau that, if he’s looking for someone who’s sweet and kind and gentle, she’s not right for him. Mark, on the other hand, tells his intended that, if she thinks “old fashioned love’s out of style, you’ve probably got the wrong guy.”
360. Don’t Waste Your Heart – Dixie Chicks
- “It’s funny how the girls get burned. Honey, as far as I’m concerned the tables have turned.” This song could be the woman’s response to “Thanks That Was Fun,” which is one of my favourite BNLs for some inexplicable reason.
361. Don’t Wear Those Shoes – “Weird Al” Yankovic
362. Don’t You Want Me – The Human League
363. Down a Country Lane - Copland (PHS)
- Not a terribly difficult or exciting song, but we played it last year, and I let Lily have the solo, so it’s sort of special. Or something.
364. Down By the Salley Gardens – Yeats
- I adore Yeats. This version I got from the Norton.
365. Down By the Sally Gardens – Clannad
- And this one I got from the Celtic CD. I kind of prefer it, but they left out the second stanza, which is my favorite.
366. Down in the Valley – Little Texas
- Short and quick, with a very catchy chorus. This is another from the “Rising Stars” tape from ’92. Little Texas was relatively successful for a few years, then broke up, I believe. Maybe I’m getting them confused with Shenandoah... I really kind of think they both disbanded, though.
367. Down on the Farm – Tim McGraw
- “We’re just country boys and girls gettin’ down on the farm.” And that about sums up the song.
368. Down on My Knees – Bread
- This song really sounds a lot like some of the Beatles’ louder songs, I think.
369. Down to the Bottom - They Might Be Giants
370. Dr. Finkelstein – Elfman
- Nightmare score. Good times. This one has a particularly eerie feel, since it’s the incidental for the creepy old evil genius from the movie.
371. Dream Lover – Bobby Darin
372. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
- “Oooh hoo, Dreeeeeeam Weavah....” Fun with 70s soft rock...
373. Dreamin’ Again – Jim Croce
- About one of those terrible dreams that get your hopes up that things are finally going right, and then you wake up and realize that it’s not real. There’s something about the description “lemon-scented rain” that I really like...
374. Dreaming My Dreams with You – Collin Raye
- Another softer, sappier song from Extremes
375. Dreams to Dream - Cathy Cavadini
- A sweet little song from Fivel Goes West that I used to _love_ when I was little. The scene is actually kind of touching, now that I go back and watch it again. It’s one of those great You Mean, the Horrible, Nasty Villain Who Wants to Eat the Main Characters Has a _Soft_ Side? moments. There’s a version by Linda Rondstadt out there somewhere, too, though I don’t have it.
376. Driftwood – Thin Buckle
- “Nick Rhodes without his gel; I think I’m a little lost, too.” This song makes me think of the line from Equal Rites: “Not that she was homesick, exactly, but sometimes she felt like a boat herself, drifting on the edge of an infinite rope but always attached to an anchor.” I’ve always felt that way myself, though the rope is anchored in South Carolina and North Texas, because I don’t really have a “home” per say.
377. Drink - Mark Wing-Davey
- “Zaphod Beeblebrox, this is a very large drink. Hi.”
378. Drinking Champagne – George Strait
- The tune starts out sounding a bit like a Christmas song, but it’s definitely not. George is trying to drink and dance away the memory of his ex.
379. Drive My Car – The Beatles
- Beep beep beep beep, yeah.
380. Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed – Don Henley
381. Drums of Defiance – African Tribal
382. Duel of the Fates – Williams
- Another song from the Blair Witch Too soundtrack.
383. Early In the Morning – Buddy Holly
384. Earth Angel – The Penguins
- I _think_ this is The Penguins’ version... Lily’s dad sort of failed to write the artists’ names, so I am not sure which version got used in some cases.
385. East of Ginger Trees – Seals & Crofts
- There’s something very haunting about the harmonies in this song.
386. Easy – The Commodores
387. Echo Beach – Martha & the Muffins
388. Eight Days a Week – The Beatles
389. El Dorado - Elton John
- Aka, “How Many Times Can Elton John Wail ‘El Doraaaaaaaado’ Before the Audience Chews Their Own Cochleae Out?”
390. Eleanor Plunkett
- The slowest I’ve ever heard Irish flute played
391. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
- I honestly thought the line was “Look at all the lovely people” until I was about 14, and even then I wasn’t sure it was The Beatles. And I’ve got to mention the cello ^_^
392. Election Day - Arcadia
393. Elogio de la guitarra - Angel Romero
394. Elogio de la guitarra: Allegro - Angel Romero
395. Elogio de la guitarra: Andantino - Angel Romero
- Could it be...guitarra de español? I think it could.
396. Elvira Madigan Theme – Alberto Lizzio
- A movement from a piano concerto (specifically the Andante movement from Mozart’s Piano Concerto 21 in C Major) that they apparently used as the theme from a movie called Elvira Madigan [shrug]. I’m relatively certain that you would recognize the piece if you heard it, but I certainly don’t expect you to know the name.
397. Embraceable You - Harry Groener, Jodi Benson
- It’s really quite clear that Jodi enjoyed this role. And I can’t really blame her. Polly would be fun to play. If, you know, I could sing. She’s got crazy vibrato, too.
398. Emily Harper – Mark Wills
- There was a rash of these three-verse, progression of a relationship from elementary school through to marriage (and sometimes old age) that all came out on the country stations at about the same time. This was one of them.
399. Emperor – Caspar Da Salo Quartet
- The proper name for this piece is “String Quartet No. 62 in C Major: Adagio Cantabile,” and it’s a Hayden. It’s fairly well known, comparatively, so it wouldn’t surprise me if you knew it.
400. Empty Bottle Blues - They Might Be Giants
401. End Title (TNBC) - Elfman
402. The Ends of the Earth – Menken
- From Aladdin
403. Engine, Engine # 9 – Roger Miller
- “That old brown suitcase that she carried – I’ve looked for it everywhere. It just ain’t here among the rest and I’m a little upset, yes.” Roger knows she got on in Baltimore, but she appears to have gotten off the train before she got to him.
404. England Swings – Roger Miller
405. English Dances: Andantino (1) – Dallas Wind Symphony
406. English Dances: Andantino (2) – Dallas Wind Symphony
407. English Dances: Mesto – Dallas Wind Symphony
408. English Dances: Allegro – Dallas Wind Symphony
- A fun little multi-movement piece by Malcolm Arnold. I especially like the second part of Andantino (no idea why they split it up)
409. Enid - Barenaked Ladies
- “I could get a job, I could pay the phone bills, I could cut the lawn, cut my hair, cut out my cholesterol, I could work overtime, I could work in a mine, I could do it all for you. But I don’t want to.” Is that you, Dr. Seuss? Oh, nope. Sorry. Steve Page. My mistake.
410. Enola Gay - OMD
411. Entr'acte - Bizet
412. Entr'acte II - Bizet
413. Entr'acte III – Bizet
- Entr’actes from Carmen! Woot!
414. Entrance to Nevada – Gershwin
- Aka “Bronco Busters” and “The Girls Enter Nevada.” This song was a party in the pit. That’s the orchestra pit, for all you non-musical theatre people.
415. Entry of the Gladiators – Fucik
- Terrible, terrible last name to have to go through life with... This song is the stereotypical circus procession march. Pretty neat, but I’m sure you’ve heard it before.
416. Eric the Half a Bee – John Cleese, Eric Idle
- “Half a bee, philosophically, must, ipso facto, half not be.” Fun times. Fun times indeed.
417. Eriskay
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
418. Eternally Blue – The Remmingtons
- A comparatively uptempo song, given the title... I like the singer’s voice a lot – it reminds me of a country version of James Griffin, the guy from Bread who did the rock-ish songs. Like so many of the “Rising Stars,” The Remmingtons never had any commercial success.
419. Even the Nights Are Better – Air Supply
420. Every Light in the House is On – Trace Adkins
- Trace isn’t over his ex yet, so “just in case you ever do get tired of being gone, every light in the house is on.” It’s a slowish song, but it doesn’t drag too much.
421. Every Sperm is Sacred – Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- Yeah, I have it. Am I proud of it? Not particularly. Do I listen to it anyway? Yeah. I do.
422. Every Time You Say Goodbye – Alison Krauss
- The kind of high-speed mandolin plucking that always puts me in mind of chickens for some reason. This is straight up bluegrass, no doubt about it.
423. Every Woman in the World – Air Supply
424. Everybody Said (But Nobody Did) – Acappella
- And the first appearance of Acappella. Acappella is a Christian group that my dad’s good friend turned me on to. He was _thrilled_ when I took to them, since he’s been trying to reform me into a conservative Christian since before I fully realized that I _wasn’t_ either of those things, so he assumed that getting me addicted to a Christian group would be a major step in the right direction. What he _doesn’t_ know is that I rarely listen to music for the lyrics, and I could care LESS about the message that Acappella is trying to get across. But they are still _awesome_. As their name suggests, they create all of the music without any instruments. This doesn’t sound as impressive until you _hear_ them and just how incredibly much it sounds like they have anything from drum sets to pipe organs to synthesizers in the background. But they don’t.
425. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey – The Beatles
- Needless to say, this is one of the odder ones...
426. Everyday – Buddy Holly
427. Everything I Own – Aaron Tippin
- This song puts me in mind of the Yeats poem they used in Equilibrium, “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven”:
“Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
So it’s not as eloquent or moving as the poem. But it makes me think of it, so that’s something in its favour, certainly.
428. Everything I Own – Bread
- A different, more delicate sounding song than the Aaron Tippin song. This one is also different in that the couple has broken up and the singer is trying to lure his significant other back with “everything I own.”
429. Everything is Beautiful – Ray Stevens
- You may know this one. I actually am not sure how well known it is, since I grew up on it, assuming it was a public domain song. Apparently, it’s not.
430. Everything Old is New Again – Barenaked Ladies
- “All across the world, people going mad.” That has got to be the best last line ever. This song basically has a marching band in the background, which is _very_ cool, as far as I’m concerned.
431. Everything Will Be Alright – The Killers
- Oooh, but this is an eerie sounding song... And it definitely sounds like the singer is trying desperately to convince _himself_ that “Everything will be alright.” And really, the lead singer has _got_ to be British... Just listen to the “alright” and tell me he’s American.
432. Everything’s Changed – Lonestar
- This is about how I feel every time I go back to Corpus, only _I_ was the one who left. That, and I never actually _did_ date the guy. But the feeling remains. “Everything’s changed now, except for the way I feel about you.”
433. Everytime [sic] I See Him – Charlie Daniels Band
- “Thinks he's a loverboy, super joy, tough toy, thinks he's kinda sexy but the ladies say he ain't. Nothing but a no class, jiveass, movin’ fast, wants to be a winner but the monkey says he can't.” Hard hillbilly rock. Good stuff. And yes, “can’t” _does_ rhyme with “ain’t” [flaunts Southern roots]
434. Evidence – Emerson Drive
- Emerson Drive is a relatively new band from (guess where...? It’s north of here, has two official languages, and is home to another of the bands that I’m very much into these days...) Canada. This song has some neat synth effects, and it’s just fun. Ah, young love... Wait. Who said that?
435. Execution – Menken
- Pocahontas score.
436. Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants
437. Exquisite Dead Guy - They Might Be Giants
438. Exsultate Justi – Williams
- Happy music from Empire of the Sun! This is from a scene where pilots fly by and drop food canisters for the recently released captives, and I always think of John Malkovich’s "I'll give you a whole goddamned fruit SALAD. There are _Frigidaire's_ falling from the SKY!” when I hear this piece. Which is sad because of what he’s actually yelling at Jim about, but still kind of funny in a really twisted sort of way.
439. Fall into Me – Emerson Drive
- This is one of the few songs that they’ve actually released, and it’s probably my least favourite of their singles to date, but that doesn’t mean much. It’s high energy goodness, is what it is.
440. Fallen Horses - Smash Mouth
- “Would you help me if I wanted to die? I could ride off with horses tonight” An uncharacteristically heavy song for them.
441. Falling for the First Time - Barenaked Ladies
- “I’m so cool, too bad I’m a loser. I’m so smart, too bad I can’t get anything figured out.” A great song about a perfectionist. And it’s got a lot of paradox and irony in it. I love it.
442. Fancy Dancer – Bread
- This is exactly the right song to play for someone who thinks of Bread as just sappy. It’s a fun, rocking song.
443. Fandango for Guitar - Angel Romero
444. Fanfare for the Common Man – Copland
- You know the Olympics theme?
445. Fanfare for Louis – Dallas Wind Symphony
- Another Malcolm Arnold piece, performed by a very, very good trumpeter.
446. The Fans – Alabama
- A musical tribute to the band’s fans.
447. Fantasia for Guitar - Angel Romero
448. Farewell – Menken
- From Pocahontas
449. Faster Than Light – Duran Duran
450. Father Sun - Wynonna Judd
- Do you like Sheryl Crow? Cause I have a sort of sneaky suspicion that you would like this song. No, it’s actually not country, regardless of what the little “genre” thing says. Wynnona definitely went on a blues/rock kick for a while there in the early nineties, and I (luckily) have one of those CDs. I listen to it when I’m writing a lot; it’s a good album to get the Muse up and out of bed. _Any_way, Sheryl Crow wrote this one, and I think you can tell.
451. The Ferret Song – Monty Python
- Just as bizarre as it sounds.
452. Fighting Irish Strike Song – Menken
- The one piece of score that I was able to find from Newsies.
453. Finale (Crazy for You) - Gershwin
454. Finale Reprise (TNBC) - Elfman
455. Find Your Grail – Sara Ramirez, Tim Curry
- Haha! I love how she managed to both make fun of pop divas _and_ show how much better she is at their own game...
456. Finest Hour – Duran Duran
457. Fingertips 1 – They Might Be Giants
458. Fingertips 2 – They Might Be Giants
459. Fingertips 3 – They Might Be Giants
460. Fingertips 4 – They Might Be Giants
461. Fingertips 5 – They Might Be Giants
462. Fingertips 6 – They Might Be Giants
463. Fingertips 7 – They Might Be Giants
464. Fingertips 8 – They Might Be Giants
465. Fingertips 9 – They Might Be Giants
466. Fingertips 10 – They Might Be Giants
467. Fingertips 11 – They Might Be Giants
468. Fingertips 12 – They Might Be Giants
469. Fingertips 13 – They Might Be Giants
470. Fingertips 14 – They Might Be Giants
471. Fingertips 15 – They Might Be Giants
472. Fingertips 16 – They Might Be Giants
473. Fingertips 17 – They Might Be Giants
474. Fingertips 18 – They Might Be Giants
475. Fingertips 19 – They Might Be Giants
476. Fingertips 20 – They Might Be Giants
477. Fingertips 21 – They Might Be Giants
- They are so weird...
478. Finland - Michael Palin
- Yet another in the long list of Python songs that would be disgustingly bigoted if you didn’t know who was singing them.
479. Finland/Fish Schlapping Dance – Michael McGrath
- I have to wonder if Idle asked Palin before yanking his song... I mean, I’m sure all of the surviving Pythons are getting some residuals from the show, but still. It’s the principle of the thing.
480. Fireflies
- Atlantis
481. The Fireman – George Strait
- George goes around “putting out old flames.”
482. First Baptist Bar and Grill – Tim Wilson
- I have no idea where my uncle found this guy, but he did, and here he is on my playlist. He’s a bit like an offensive Ray Stevens.
483. First Suite in Eb: Intermezzo - Holst
484. First Suite in Eb: Marche – Holst
- Rather better versions of the same song that my band played in 10th grade, this time done by the band that one of my friends here in Florida was in in 11th.
485. Fish License Sketch – John Cleese, Michael Palin
- with “Eric the Half a Bee”
486. The Flame - Arcadia
487. Flash Light – Parliament
- I really just don’t think my playlist is eclectic enough. Let’s add some funk and see if that helps some.
488. Flashback – Imagination
489. Flirting - Ioan Gruffudd
- A clip from...some movie that I desperately want to see but can’t recall the name of.
490. The Flower of Donnybrook
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
491. Flower Song – Bizet
492. Fog Bound – Badelt
- Sweet Apollo on a flaming chariot, that is some good cello playing there at the beginning... [mops self up from floor]
493. Following Tzipporah – Zimmer
- Fun times score from Prince of Egypt. Well, “fun times” is hardly the right word for it. Um... Good music.
494. The Fool – Lee Ann Womack
- “I’m the fool in love with the fool who’s still in love with you.” Slow, sad, and not something you would really go for, I don’t think.
495. Fool’s Paradise – Buddy Holly
496. For Herself – Reba McEntire
- Yeah for female empowerment!
497. For the Longest Time – Rockapella
- This one was actually on the soundtrack of my _sister’s_ film. It’s just a cute, fun little song. A cappella, of course.
498. For You - Barenaked Ladies
- “If I hide myself where ever I go, am I ever really there?” BNL does bluegrass... Very odd, but great, great lyrics and a lovely tune.
499. Ford Looney – Ford Prefect
- “You’re all a lot of useless bloody looneys.”
500. Forever’s as Far as I’ll Go - Alabama
501. Forget About Love - Gilbert Gottfried, Lea Salonga, Brad Kane
- I put together a Sappy Music CD to give out as party favours at the Hornblowerfest I had Valentine’s weekend last year, and this was one of the ones I stuck on it. That’s about the only reason I have it. I do like Iago’s cynicism, though.
502. Forget About You – Dierks Bentley
- “There’s a good chance I’ll end up insane without enough sense to come in from the rain. My mind might be the last thing you make me lose, but I’ll forget about you.” Nothing terribly exciting about the music, but the lyrics are kind of funny.
503. Fountains of Rome 1: The Fountain of the Valle Guilia at Dawn - Philadelphia Orchestra
504. Fountains of Rome 2: The Triton Fountain at Morning - Philadelphia Orchestra
505. Fountains of Rome 3: The Fountain of Travi at Midday - Philadelphia Orchestra
506. Fountains of Rome 4: The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Respighi
507. Four of Two - They Might Be Giants
- A neat, sci-fi esque little song from No!, one of their children’s albums.
508. Four Scottish Dances: Pesante - Dallas Wind Symphony
509. Four Scottish Dances: Vivace - Dallas Wind Symphony
510. Four Scottish Dances: Alegretto - Dallas Wind Symphony
511. Four Scottish Dances: Con Brio - Dallas Wind Symphony
- More Malcolm Arnold
512. Four Seasons: Winter – Vivaldi
- Another one that wound up on the Blair Witch Too soundtrack.
513. Frantic – Jamie O’Neal
- What an appropriate title... Jamie O’Neal is an Aussie who showed up on the country radar about a year and a half after Keith Urban did. They have a lot of similarities – they’re incredibly energetic, have witty, quirky lyrics that they write themselves (::gasp!::), and they’re just fun. Jamie is a little less...consistently upbeat than Keith, but she does good work, regardless. And this song is definitely one of the more upbeat. [hums] “I’m not built for relaxing, I get bored without some action.”
514. Freddy Feelgood and His Funky Little Five Piece Band – Ray Stevens
515. Freedom’s Finally Mine – The Ranch
- “Freedom’s finally mine (I ain’t takin’ any more!)” Man, I would have loved this song about ten months ago. Not that I don’t still love it, but it would have been really bloody satisfying then, with the whole graduation thing and all.
516. Friend Like Me - Robin Williams
517. Friends – John Michael Montgomery
- “You say you love me very much and you’ll always hold me dear. Those are the sweetest words I never want to hear.” A slap in the face of platonic relationships, dagnabit. But it’s got some pretty guitar work.
518. Friends Never Say Goodbye - Elton John
- The extended version. The good version. The version that the Backstreet Boys somehow wound up on. [shrug]
519. Friends of Mine – Duran Duran
- Deliciously creepy, this song. Is there any style or mood that Simon can’t nail? And it still seems familiar for some reason.
520. From Me to You – The Beatles
521. From Spring Days to Winter - Mark Knopfler
- From the Celtic CD
522. The Frost is All Over
- If the frost were truly all over, this song would not be as happy as it is. Oh, wait... Maybe it means that the frost has ended. Then it would make sense that the song is so happy sounding.
523. The Funky Western Civilization – Tonio K
524. Funkytown – Lipps Inc
- They used this song in Shrek 2 when Shrek and Fiona first get to the land of Faraway, so I’ll always picture the streets of Faraway when I hear it. I do really like the instrumentation with the strings in contrast with the synth. Neat stuff.
525. Furthermore – Ray Stevens
- “I'm sick and tired of all your lying and your cheating and the way that you have been mistreating me, and lemme tell you friend that you will never get the chance to break my heart again. And furthermore – yes, furthermore - on top of that, I don't love you anyway.”
526. The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades – Timbuk-3
527. Gaelic Aire
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
528. The Galaxy Song - Eric Idle
- More optimism from everyone’s favourite 6’1” Python.
529. Gallarda, for vihuela - Angel Romero
530. The Gap - The Thompson Twins
Woot for stuff stolen—er...borrowed without the intention of returning—from you!
531. Gaston - Richard White, Jesse Corti
532. Gaston (Reprise) - Richard White, Jesse Corti
- “Who plots like Gaston? Takes cheap shots like Gaston? Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston?”
533. Gatherin' Rhubarb - The Band with Rocks In
534. Georgia Rain – Joshua Kadison
- Kadison sounds a lot like Elton John... I just realized that.
535. Get Back – The Beatles
536. (Get a) Grip (on Yourself) – The Stranglers
- This reminds me of those “Touch My Toes” by Eileen Dover and “Under the Bleachers” by Seymour Butts type things we used to make up in elementary school. Come to think of it, “Homicide” by 999 is a bit like that, too... Hmm...
537. Get in Line - Barenaked Ladies
- They originally released this song on the King of the Hill soundtrack. It’s a fun little song about paranoia.
538. Get it On (Bang a Gong) – Power Station
539. Get it On (Bang a Gong) – T-Rex
540. Get a Job – The Silhouettes
- This is one of those songs that just gets stuck in your head and _won’t_ leave. There have been several times this summer where I’ve narrowly avoided humming it at the dinner table. That would, of course, be BAD, as my parents would no doubt comment on the fact that I should take my own advice.
541. Get out of London - Intaferon
542. Get to the Point - Acappella
543. Getting Acquainted – Menken
- Pocahontas
544. Ghost in this Guitar – The Ranch
- “Sometimes I’m in control, and sometimes I just sit back and let ‘im go.” Not quite as eerie sounding as the title would lead you to believe it would be, but still a neat song. I’m not sure exactly when the song came out, but it _sounds_ like it’s from about ’93 or so. And I have to wonder who wrote the song – it sort of ruins the effect to know that the guy singing about defying segregation laws in his childhood grew up in Brisbane in the seventies.
545. Ghost Story – Don Williams
- “He's just a ghost story, so don't let him scare you. He's not really there like he seems.” Gorgeous song about protecting a significant other from the “ghost” of her ex.
546. Girl – The Beatles
547. Girl Crazy Excerpts – Gershwin
548. A Girl’s Gotta Do (What a Girl’s Gotta Do) – Mindy McCready
- “Fancy meeting you at our stompin’ ground. Sorry if you caught me painting the town. Guess I should have stayed home with your memory. Baby, don’t take it personally.” Another of those great Girl Power songs. Certainly better than any of that tripe the Spice Girls shelled out... I also really like the line, “Just give me a call some time real soon and remind me to remember to forget about you.”
549. Girls on Film – Duran Duran
550. Girls Talk – Dave Edmunds
551. Girls with Guitars - Wynonna Judd
- “Get your money for nothin’ and your _guys_ for free.” Gotta love that line...
552. Give it Up or Let Me Go – Dixie Chicks
- These girls have too much fun... This one shows off Emily and Marty (the guitar/mandolin player and fiddler, respectively) a bit more than usual.
553. Give Me One More Shot – Alabama
- “I’m satisfied just being alive – give me one more shot.”
554. Giving Up on Love – The Ataris
- Provided by Jason for the Anti-Love Album
555. Glamourous Indie Rock & Roll – The Killers
- “It’s in my soul, it’s what I need.” The super special extra track from the UK version of the album. One of the slower songs, but still much quicker than a lot of my stuff and it has a rather driving beat. I also really like the line “I take my twist with a shout” for some reason.
556. Glass Onion – The Beatles
557. “The Glory Trumpeter” – Derek Walcott
558. Go! – Tones on Trial
559. Go Away – Lorrie Morgan
- Haha! A song about being indecisive! “I have a right to change my mind at least a couple hundred times.” Good stuff.
560. Go On – Lari White
- “I can take it if you leave, but this waitin’ round is killin’ me.” A very angry song, which is really uncommon for “country,” and is probably why it doesn’t get played on the radio. It’s also one of my favourites from the album.
561. God Help the Outcasts - Heidi Mollenhauer
562. God Help the Outcasts - Bette Midler
563. God’s Been Good to Me – Keith Urban
- “He put me smack-dab in the middle of paradise in the heart of the city where my dreams have come alive. Everything I have and everything I see is just another reminder that God’s been good to me.” A bouncy, upbeat song, which can really be said of most of his music. You really just can’t listen to this stuff and not break into a smile.
564. God’s Wrath – Bartleby
- “Prepare to taste God’s wrath.”
565. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) - Dixie Chicks
- “God bless Mommy and Matchbox Cars,” this whole song has this adorable little innocence to it that really appeals to me
566. Gone Country – Alan Jackson
- A song about musicians who discover that country music isn’t quite as bad as they had thought and decide to “go country.”
567. Good As I Was to You – Lorrie Morgan
- The snide little “Honey, you can have him, I don’t want him anymore,” would lead the casual listener to believe that this would be an Anti-Love candidate, but this is one of those cases where the person hasn’t quite gotten over the guy yet.
568. Good Enough for Now – “Weird Al” Yankovic
569. Good Good Love – Lari White
- A gospel choir backs Lari on this upbeat little tune.
570. Good Livin' – Acappella
- I actually don’t think they directly mention anything religious in this song at all, oddly enough... They talk about how they’re “gonna tell ya what good livin’s about,” but they never actually preach in this one.
571. Good Lovin' - The Band with Rocks In
572. Good Ole Boys Like Me – Don Williams
- “I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees, and those Williams boys, they still mean a lot to me - Hank and Tennessee. I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be. So what do you do with good ole boys like me?” Very pretty in a soothing sort of way.
573. The Good One – Thin Buckle
- Poor Kevin! This song is really heart-wrenching in that he’s trying to put on a brave face, but it’s just not quite working. The synth part is really trippy, too, and that makes the song itself really neat sounding.
574. Goodbye Brother - Ofra Haza
- This scene (in Prince of Egypt) tears my heart out every time. It makes the movie, it really does.
575. Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks
- “It turns out he was a missing person who nobody missed at all.” Ha ha ha! This song is the reason I started paying attention to the Dixie Chicks. I was at the height of my Feminazi years when it came out, so I ate it up. Abused wife and her best friend from high school take revenge. It’s good stuff. And they just sound so gleeful singing the little “nah nah nahnah naaaah nah”s
576. Goodbye is Forever - Arcadia
577. Goodbye to You - Scandal
578. Got No Shame – Brother Cane
- While I was digging through the family CD collection, I ran across this random collection of music called “Breaking the Sound Barrier” that must have come with one of our pieces of stereo equipment. It looks like a promotional type thing, and I can’t imagine anyone in my family purchasing it. I don’t know anything about the music on it, and though I’ve heard _of_ most of the artists represented, I’ve never knowingly listened to any of them but Lenny Kravitz, not because I purposefully avoided them, but just because that’s the way my musical background worked out. Anyway, it’s interesting stuff, to be sure, so I figured I’d rip it and see how it worked out from there.
579. Got to Give it Up – Marvin Gaye
580. Grande Overture for Guitar in A - Angel Romero
581. Grandmother Willow - Menken
582. The Great Gate at Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition) – Mussorgsky
- Really bloody neat piece. But that goes without saying – it’s Mussorgsky
583. Great Provider – Barenaked Ladies
- “Where does the time go when it’s not around here?” A sort of haunting, but still strangely...country-esque, song about a son saying goodbye to his father before heading off on his own. It’s apparently not a terribly close relationship, and the singer is at least a bit upset that it isn’t. When Steven sings the harmony line over top Ed’s melody, it makes this _chilling_ sort of unnatural sound. And the keyboard line sounds like a jazz pipe organ. I’ll let you ponder that one...
584. The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks – The Eagles
- Not that I condone frats or hazing in any way, but this is still a fun song.
585. Green Grow the Rashes
- The Robert Burns poem as a song. I love the Norton.
586. Green Onions – Booker T & The MGs
587. Greenfields – Gary Allan
- Slow, pretty, and contemplative. It’s the last song on the album, which would work really well IF the ending weren’t so disappointing. It just...stops. There’s no resolution, no last, poignant note, no fade out. It just leaves you in the middle of this unfinished phrase. That’s my only complaint about this album. That, and it took a little longer than I would have liked for it to have taken to get here. But that’s not Allan’s fault.
588. Grey – The Brothers Creeggan
- Steve may want to write “Jim is a Bass Good” on random walls while listening to “Pinch Me,” but I personally think this one wins. It may not me the most technically difficult song ever, but the bass line is just tasty.
589. Grey Lady of the Sea – Simon Le Bon
- ::sigh:: Such a pretty song... As you well know, Simon is _not_ my favourite Duran, but he might as well be when this song comes on ^_^
590. Guilty – Classix Nouveaux
591. The Guitar - They Might Be Giants
592. Guitar Man – Bread
- This has got to be my favourite Bread song. “You listen to the music and you’d like to sing along. You want to get the meaning out of each and every song. Then you find yourself a message and some words to call your own and take them home.”
593. Guitarzan – Ray Stevens
594. Gunmen of the Apocalypse Theme
595. Guys Do It All the Time – Mindy McCready
- Hahaha! The tables are turned, and he doesn’t like it much. “Get over it, honey, life’s a two-way street, or you won’t be a man of mine. So I had some beers with the girls last night – guys do it all the time.” I love it...
596. Habañera - Bizet
597. The Haircut Song – Ray Stevens
- A story song about why you should only have your haircut by someone you know.
598. Hakuna Matata - Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane
599. Hakuna Matata - Lebo M
- This version makes the other one seem very flat. It’s just got more energy and a more interesting beat.
600. Half Enough – Lorrie Morgan
- I love the first line of this song: “I wish there was a big room somewhere, and they kept all the time in there, all the time that got away somehow, and I wish there was a way I could get it back now.” She goes on to explain that, if she were to try for the rest of her life to thank her significant other for what he’s done for her, “it wouldn’t be half enough.”
601. Hall of Heads - They Might Be Giants
602. Hallelujah - Rufus Wainwright
- I have no idea why I’m so into this song, but I am.
603. Hang on Sloopy – The McCoys
604. Hangin’ In and Hangin’ On – David Ball
- Ball has a voice suited to the whinier sort of honky-tonk, and that’s exactly what this song is. Take that as you will.
605. Hangin’ It – Tanya Tucker
- Classic Tanya Tucker – vulnerable, but still strong; feminine, but a little gruff; slow, but with a bit of a kick.
606. Hanging on a Heart Attack - Device
607. Hank Don’t Fail Me Now – The Ranch
- “She was headin’ for the car, so I grabbed my old guitar – I’ve got one more chance before she drives away.” I know! I’ll win her back by singing old country songs! Maybe not the most logical train of thought, but hey. Whatever floats his boat (one of the other band members actually says “I don’t think so...” when Urban sings “If I sang ‘I Saw the Light’ would she believe?”)
I start to wonder if perhaps someone who writes for Daria didn’t somehow hear this song before they wrote “Speedtrapped”... Yeah. I doubt it, too. But still, funny coincidence.
608. Happiness is a Warm Gun – The Beatles
- Bang band, shoot shoot.
609. Happy Girl – Martina McBride
- It’s...a happy song. Very happy. I don’t know. It’s...itself.
610. Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
611. The Hard Way – Keith Urban
- “This love drives us crazy, but nobody’s walkin’ away, so I guess we’ll have to do it the hard way.” Slower than most of his stuff. Actually, I could easily see the couple that he’s singing about being Noah and Allie from The Notebook. You know, excusing the simple little fact that it’s _completely_ the wrong time period for them.
612. Harry the Hairy Ape – Ray Stevens
- One of the classic Stevens songs.
613. Happy End in Agrabah – Menken
- Aladdin. Obviously.
614. Harmonious Pipe - Celtic Spirit
- This song sounds like some bizarre cross between “The First Christmas Gift” and “Storybook Love”, the song from Princess Bride.
615. Haunted Heart – Sammy Kershaw
- Appropriately creepy-feeling with the fiddle and harmonica parts.
616. Have You Seen My Love? - Barenaked Ladies
- “Now the dream’s a nightmare, and the truth, to be fair, is that dreaming was the first mistake.” I love how diverse these guys are. I have no idea at all what genre this song goes in.
617. He is Not Dead Yet (Playoff) – Hank Azaria
- Because no musical is complete without a militaristic march...
618. He Left a Lot to Be Desired – Ricochet
- The other single Ricochet put out. It’s enjoyable, but not anything to write home about.
619. He Lives in You - Lebo M
- This. Is. A. Cool. Song. It’s another of those from the Rhythm of the Pridelands CD, and I _love_ it.
620. The Healing Kind – Lee Ann Womack
- One of those slow fiddle songs that I think you have to be raised on to enjoy.
621. Hearing Aid - They Might Be Giants
622. Heart and Soul – T’Pau
623. Heart Trouble – Steve Wariner
- Fun, catchy little song about a girl who’s playing games with Steve’s heart.
624. The Heart Won’t Lie – Reba McEntire and Vince Gill
- A song about not being able to get over someone. I like Reba a lot, but Vince has never been one of my favourite singers. I hate to be pitchist, but his voice is just too bloody high. Still, good song.
625. Heartache Tonight – The Eagles
626. Heartbeat – Buddy Holly
627. Heartbreak School – James Bonamy
628. Heartbreak Town – Dixie Chicks
- “This ain’t nothing but a heartbreak town – square people in a world that’s round. They watch you dancin’ without a sound...” The singer uproots her family and risks everything to try her hand at Nashville. It’s a sad song, and I like it a lot, but I can’t help but find it ironic that they put it on their second album after their first went, like, triple platinum or something ridiculous like that.
629. Hearts Against the Wind - Diamond Rio
- You ever hear one of those older, whiney country songs? This one’s a lot like that.
630. Heaven's Light/Hellfire - Tom Hulce, Tony Jay
-Still love the dichotomy here. And Jay is still fantastic.
631. Heavenly - The Corrs
- From the Celtic CD with, bizarrely enough, thunderstorm sfx in the background.
632. Hello Hello Hello – O Boyz!
- Unfortunately only the little clip from the show. It’d be neat if they had done a full version...
633. Hello, Goodbye – The Beatles
634. Hello Mr. Heartache – Dixie Chicks
- True honky-tonk, though the female voices are a unique spin on the genre.
635. Help Me Fall – Mark Wills
- “I’m a walking contradiction, I’d hate to be my heart. It keeps tryin’ not to love you, but it don’t know where to start.” After all these years, I’m still not entirely sure whether the singer wants the listener to help him fall into or out of love. I _think_ it’s the former, but I’m not sure. It’s a slow, plaintive song, and you do want to help the guy, but he’s not making it clear enough _how_ you can help him.
636. Help! – The Beatles
- “But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assure.” I’m not quite to this point yet, thank you very much ;^P
637. Helter Skelter – The Beatles
638. Henry Kissinger – Eric Idle
- Idle does swing-style! “I know they say that you are very vain, and short and fat and pushy, but at least you’re not insane.”
639. Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
640. Here Comes that Rainy Day Feeling Again – The Fortunes
- There’s a Gary Allan song called “Songs About Rain” that I always get stuck in my head when I see the titles of any of the songs he mentions in the chorus (“Rainy Night in Georgia,” “Kentucky Rain,” “Blue Eyes Criyin’ in the Rain,” and “Early Morning Rain,” and this one)
641. Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You) – Air Supply
642. Here I Go Fallin' - Diamond Rio
- “Yeah, I’m lookin’. Ain’t everbody lookin’? For that ‘One of a Kind,’ ‘One in a Million,’ ‘Match Made in Heaven’ that we all know probably don’t exist.” I’ve liked these guys for nearly a decade, now, and it was a nice little surprise a few years ago when they popped this quasi-cynical little gem out.
643. Here’s Johnny – “Weird Al” Yankovic
644. Here’s Your Sign – Bill Engvall
- The original bit that made Engvall famous-ish. I actually almost got to see him last fall – you know, one of the concerts that I missed... Anyway, he’s really bloody funny. Any comedy routine that starts with “I hate stupid people” has my backing.
645. He’s My Brother-In-Law – Tim Wilson
- I have a feeling that my uncle included this song in the stuff he gave my family because it sounds a bit like Wilson is describing a member or two of my family...
646. He's a Pirate – Badelt
- This line just makes me chuckle. I don’t have much to say about the song itself that I haven’t said already about other pieces of the score, but I love the title.
647. Hey Jude – The Beatles
648. Hey, St. Peter – Flash & the Pan
649. High Cotton – Alabama
- This song puts me in mind my father’s family – good, simple country folk who don’t realize that they’re as poor as they are because they’re happy with what they have. Of course, when I say “my father’s family,” I mean his family when he was growing up – the extended family isn’t simple, happy, or even particularly “good” in many cases.
650. High Road to Linton
- “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road, and I’ll slaughter helpless sheep before ye!” A little ditty from an episode of CatDog that always runs through my mind when I hear about High Roads or Low Roads. Wait. Sorry. This song isn’t from CatDog, the song I quoted is. This is just another Celtic instrumental piece. Sorry.
651. Highway Blues - Marc Seales
- I honestly don’t know how this got on my computer, but I kinda like it.
652. His Name is Launcelot – Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber, Christian Borle
- Wow... So the suicidally brave Sir Launcelot turns out to be... Never mind. Wouldn’t want to spoil anything.
653. Historian’s Introduction to Act I – Christian Borle
654. Historian’s Introduction to Act II – Christian Borle
- Not _quite_ Christian Bale... From Spamalot.
655. Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick – Ian Dury and the Blockheads
656. Hold Back the Rain – Duran Duran
- Ah, memories... (of, like, three months ago) As the first Duran song I ever heard, this one will always stand out for me.
657. Holdin’ – Diamond Rio
- I’m not sure how to describe this one... It’s upbeat, happy, lovey-dovey in a non-drippy way... Basically a typical Diamond Rio love song.
658. Hole in My Head – Dixie Chicks
- “I need a boy like you like a hole in my head.” Probably my least favourite of their songs that I’ve heard, but it’s still listenable. Or whatever that word is.
659. Hollywood Kiss – Emerson Drive
- “Only fiction could move me like this...”
660. Hollywood Waltz – The Eagles
661. Holzfällerliederhosen (The Lumberjack Song) – Michael Palin
- This is just too funny.
662. A Home - Dixie Chicks
- “Guess I did what I did believing that love is a dangerous thing. But that couldn’t hurt any more than never knowing...” I really love this song. And I know exactly why, too.
663. Home - Smash Mouth
- And a complete genre reversal as we leap headlong into a song that _strongly_ suggests that “I’m going home” is referring to somewhere around 430 light years away from Guildford. Or perhaps not those specific coordinates, but you get the picture.
664. Homespun Love – The Ranch
- “I like the flamingoes you stuck in your yard, and I like the notions you’ve stuck in my head and my heart. And I like the way that you fix up my car.” This one actually does discuss living in a trailer, but it seems to be _celebrating_ it. It’s kind of like “Cowboy Love” and several other country songs that I could mention, but that you have probably never heard of, in that it is completely, unabashedly _country_, and it’s not going to apologize to ANYone for it. Others may not be too thrilled about it, but these are My People, when it comes right down to it.
665. Homicide – 999
666. Honey Pie – The Beatles
- “I’m in love, but I’m lazy.”
667. The Honeythief – Hipsway
668. Hopeless Bleak Despair - They Might Be Giants
- ::sigh:: This copy cuts off at the beginning of what I think must be the last time through the chorus. I really do like the song, though, so I recorded it anyway. Perhaps I’ll actually get the album someday...
669. Hot Cha - They Might Be Giants
- “Hot Cha, where are you? Everybody’s eyes are closed...”
670. Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
671. Hotel California – The Eagles
- How can you not love this song? I mean, really.
672. House of Fun – Madness
- Hmm... I wonder where THIS came from...
673. How Am I Doin’ – Dierks Bentley
- I prefer the album version to the single, as it has a slow intro that makes it seem slightly (but not much) more complex. Mostly it’s just a fun little song about how much better his life is without the “you know what” he used to be with.
674. How Can I Sing Like a Girl? - They Might Be Giants
- “I want to raise my freak flag and never be alone.”
675. How Your Love Makes Me Feel – Diamond Rio
- One of the very few love songs that I honestly _love_, this one is unconventional with an emphasis on the “un.” “I’m no poet and I know it, I don’t use $5 words. This might not sound like much compared to all the pretty things you’ve heard. But here’s how I’d explain it since you brought it up. It won’t sound like anybody else’s version of love. It’s like just before dark, jump in the car, buy an ice cream and see how far we can drive before it melts kind of feeling. Cow in the road, swerve to the left, fate skips a beat and it scares you to death and you laugh until you cry. That’s how your love makes me feel inside.” I LOVE that! Unfortunately, my tape got messed up on this song (and therefore on the song on the opposite side as well), so it skips a part of the chorus at the end. Ah, well. We do what we can with what we have...
676. How’s the Radio Know – Aaron Tippin
- This guy sounds sort of like the reverse of Frequency – instead of predicting what will come on, the radio senses his mood and plays songs that mirror it.
677. HRH, The Duke of Cambridge – Dallas Wind Symphony
- Malcolm Arnold again. This one’s a very happy, fun little British march.
678. Human Again - Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Jerry Orbach
- They cut this song out of the movie originally, then put it back in the DVD. I’m still not sure how I feel about that...
679. Human Head - They Might Be Giants
680. Humanity – Schwartz
- A whole slew of random singers got together and recorded this song for the Prince of Egypt soundtrack. It isn’t too terribly bad, either.
681. Humiliation – Menken
- From Hunchback
682. Hummingbird – Seals & Crofts
- Definitely one of my favourites of theirs.
683. Hunger Pains – Confederate Railroad
- Slow and rather mournful. Um...you probably wouldn’t care much for it.
684. Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
- As hard as I’m trying to disassociate this song from Daria, I’m afraid it’s always going to put me in mind of DeMartino biting that door...
685. Hush – Acappella
686. Hyperactive! – Thomas Dolby
687. Hypnotist of Ladies - They Might Be Giants
- “Heeeeeeee’s a hypnotist... A hypnotist of laaaadies!”
688. Hypnotize the Moon – Clay Walker
- This song is really pretty. It’s heavy on the piano, and heavy on the sap. Clay’s accent is really bloody thick here, too (he’s a Texan ^_^).
689. I Am the Walrus – The Beatles
- My sister recently decided that _she_ is the walrus.
690. I Am What I Is – Ron Stoppable
691. I Believe in Love - Dixie Chicks
- “I’d rather be alone like I am tonight than settle for the kind of love that fades before the morning light.” Sometimes I wonder if I actually am a cynic...
692. I Believe in Love – Don Williams
- Not the same song as the Dixie Chicks song. Surprisingly enough, this one – this older song by someone who is known for singing sap – is much faster and much happier.
693. I Bet You They Won’t Play This Song on the Radio – Eric Idle
- Fun with censors ^_^
694. I Bought the Shoes – Dierks Bentley
- “...that just walked out on me.” Dierks finds out the hard way that you can’t buy her love. This would be a good two-stepping song if I danced.
695. I Call Your Name – The Beatles
696. I Can Hear You - They Might Be Giants
697. I Can Help – Aaron Tippin
- A sort of old timey rock/swing beat and a strong singer = me getting as close to dancing as you’re likely to get.
698. I Can Love You Like That – John Michael Montgomery
- “They read you Cinderella, you hoped it would come true.” And so on. Sappy. Very sappy.
699. I Can't Be Bothered Now - Harry Groener
- Why do all female choruses in musicals have obnoxious voices? It’s a cute song, though.
700. I Can't Hide From My Mind - They Might Be Giants
701. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Mike Reid
- Slow and sad, but I still like it for some reason. Mike Reid was one of the artists from “Rising Stars” that I haven’t heard anything else from.
702. I Can’t Tell You Why – The Eagles
703. I Could Do it with My Eyes Closed - Diamond Rio
- About as close to rock as these guys ever do. Still firmly on the side of country, though.
704. I Do – Paul Brandt
- Brandt has a really pretty voice, and this song shows it off well.
705. I Do (Cherish You) – Mark Wills
- I think everyone in the world got married to this song that year... It’s sappy beyond belief, but I can’t bring myself to kick it off the playlist.
706. I Do the Rock – Tim Curry
707. I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby – Alison Krauss
- Krauss could pass for Dolly Parton or Lee Ann Womack in this song... Pretty song, but definitely not anything you would go for.
708. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Doug Supernaw
- A song about how divorce affects a father/son relationship, particularly after the mother finds another serious love interest.
709. I Don’t Even Know Your Name – Alan Jackson
- Straight-up country story song about a guy who gets completely hammered and marries his waitress. This was my sister’s favourite song for a year or so when she was considerably younger. I don’t think she had really listened to the lyrics at that point...
710. I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
711. I Don’t Think I Will – James Bonamy
- This would be entirely too sappy for me if I didn’t have so many memories attached to this album. I was absolutely in love with Bonamy in junior high.
712. I Don’t Want You to Go – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- Fun, catchy, bouncy... It’s an entertaining song. The line “I know tomorrow my best friend will be my coffee cup” caught my ear from the first time I heard it.
713. I Eat Cannibals Pt. 1 – Total Coelo
714. I Feel Fine – The Beatles
715. I Feel Love – Donna Summer
716. I Fumbled – The Brothers Creeggan
- This reminds me of “Fingertips” from TMBG’s Apollo 18. The main difference of course being that “Fingertips” was meant to be played on random, and “I Fumbled” really only works if it’s directly before “Rocking Chair.”
717. I Got Rhythm - Jodi Benson
- Complete with the rhythm section in the middle, which is lots of fun, but involved no pit at all, which was sad.
718. I Got You – Split Enz
719. I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
- My friends and I had “Friends Never Say Goodbye,” my sister and her friends had “I Hope You Dance.” I think that says a lot about us. Mine is about holding on to at least the memory of the friendship, while hers is about getting on with your life and living it to the fullest.
720. I Just Can't Wait to Be King - Jason Weaver
721. (I Just) Died in Your Arms – Cutting Crew
722. I Just Drove By - Wynonna Judd
- Nostalgia. Fun times.
723. I Just Wanna See - Smash Mouth
- “Sleeping on the ceiling, the flies don’t fall. Dust bunnies bound their way to the wall. And I don’t even wanna understand it all, I just wanna see.”
724. I Knew You’d Come Around – ?
- Fun and poppy. Shame they disappeared into oblivion...
725. I Know Why the River Runs – Lee Ann Womack
- It’s a slow, sad song, but it doesn’t drag.
726. I Left Something Turned on at Home – Trace Adkins
- “It ain’t the stove, it ain’t the heater – she’s hollerin’ a whole lot sweeter.” At least he *does* leave the bar to spend time with her.
727. I Like Chinese – Eric Idle
- “They’re cute, and they’re cuddly, and they’re ready to please.”
728. I Love the Nightlife – Alicia Bridges
729. I Love the Way You Love Me – John Michael Montgomery
- Sappy, formulaic... Not a lot I can say in its defense, but I still like it.
730. I Love You Anyway – Tanya Tucker
- Country mouse and city mouse hit it off really well. Or something.
731. I Love You ‘Cause I Want To – Carleen Carter
- Carleen tells her significant other that she certainly doesn’t love him because of any obligation to him or anything, so if he wants her to stay around, he better damn well _keep_ her wanting to stay around. The music is appropriately attitude-ridden.
732. I Miss You a Little – John Michael Montgomery
- “Sometimes a song can touch a nerve that takes me back to you, then I pick up my old guitar and I play your favourite tune. Every now and then some little thing I’ve buried comes bubbling up, and once in a while, you feel close enough to touch.” Beautiful song that was written after his father died.
733. I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow – Ray Stevens
- “No one knows how to suffer quite like you.” Really quite funny, this one. “My Ficus plant has lost its will to live” is probably my favourite line.
734. I Need Your Lovin’ – Teena Marie
735. I Palindrome I - They Might Be Giants
736. I Pray – Lonestar
- Slow song about a modern-ish view of Christianity (and surprisingly enough, considering the kinds of modern views of Christianity that I _usually_ read and listen to and watch, it’s got a much more positive position on the whole argument. Well, I suppose that’s not all that surprising, as it is sung by a country group. But it’s not the kind of scary, unquestioning, shove-it-down-your-freaking-THROAT kind of Christianity that most people associate with Southern culture.
737. I Recall a Gypsy Woman – Don Williams
- A neat little song with just enough of an Eastern European flavour to make it interesting, but not enough to scare off country audiences.
738. I Saw Her Again – The Mamas and the Papas
739. I Should Be Sleeping – Emerson Drive
- And this would be the song that first hooked me on Emerson Drive. Ah, insomnia... You’re so much fun when it’s something exciting keeping you up... Well, sort of. Not really, actually. It still sucks, even then.
740. I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
- Another really bloody popular wedding song. Another version was done by...Boyz II Men? All-4-One?,,,one of those groups...at about the same time.
741. I Take the Dice – Duran Duran
742. I Think I Love You - Diamond Rio
- Again, not the Partridge Family song
743. I Thought You Knew - Keith Urban
- “I’m not asking you to let me rush back in and fail again, I’m asking for one chance not to assume so I can say and do all the things I thought you knew.” Love the voice. Probably wouldn’t like the song nearly as much without it, though it’s not bad.
744. I Wanna Be a Cowboy – Boys Don’t Cry
745. I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever) - Keith Urban
- Most of his songs are _way_ upbeat, and this is one of the peppier ones. It’s the kind of thing you would expect to see people dancing to at a barn raising.
746. I Want it My Way – O Boyz!
- “If that makes me as selfish as you have accused, let me just say this: I don’t like to lose!”
747. I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
748. I Will – The Beatles
749. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
- Quieter and much less obnoxious than the Whitney Houston version. Or perhaps that’s just my opinion because I’ve been listening to it all my life.
750. I Will Get There - Boyz II Men
- Kind of neat little a cappella song from...the Hunchback soundtrack, I’m pretty sure. Or Prince of Egypt. I don’t even remember. Not that it matters. Not a genre I usually listen to, but still enjoyable.
751. I Wish You Peace – The Eagles
- One of my favourites. It’s just so calming.
752. I Won't Say (I'm in Love) - Susan Egan et al
- This song is actually the reason I put the Sappy Music CD together. I just love it.
753. If – Bread
- Slow and sappy – just what Bread is known for.
754. If Hollywood Don’t Need You – Don Williams
- Don calls up an old flame who’s gone off to pursue her dreams.
755. If I Can’t Have You – Yvonne Elliman
756. If I Could Make a Living – Clay Walker
- “If I could make a living out of loving you, I’d be a millionaire in a week or two.” If only... The fiddle that kicks this song off is fantastic.
757. If I Fall You’re Going Down with Me – Dixie Chicks
- “Nobody runs from the law now, baby, of love and gravity.” Not their best, but still very good.
758. If I Had $1000000 - Barenaked Ladies
- “If I had a million dollars,” “We wouldn’t have to walk to the store.” “If I had a million dollars,” “We’d take a limousine cause it costs more.” “If I had a million dollars,” “We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinners” “But we _would_ eat Kraft dinners.” “That’s right, we’d just eat more.” Easily one of my favourite BNL songs. It’s very little more than Ed Robertson and Steven Page with a couple of guitars, a fiddle, a drum set, and a really funny song. There’s a line about a monkey in there, too. They seem to like singing about simians.
759. If I Wasn’t Shy - They Might Be Giants
- Another of my favourite TMBGs
760. If I Were You – Collin Raye
- “I won’t promise the moon, but I’ll promise to be here.” I just love that line for some reason. Another of Collin’s drippier songs, but he does drippy well, so it’s alright.
761. If I’m Not Already Crazy – Lari White
- “I’m talking to myself so I don’t hear his voice on every wind that’s blowing. If I’m not already crazy, my mind is all that I have left to lose.” Kind of Spanish-ish sounding, slower, and the lyrics seem to ramble, like they’re desperately searching for _something_. Which is appropriate. Lari has a really strong voice, and it shows in this one. And I really like the way she says the hard “k” sound, for some reason. [shrug]
762. If You Ain’t Lovin’ (Then You Ain’t Livin’) – George Strait
- Pretty much the anti-Anti-Love song. Cute, but I don’t know how much I agree with it. Unless he includes platonic love.
763. If You Only Knew – Lari White
- “I pretend I’m just a friend, but now and then I wonder what you’d do. Would you love me too if you only knew?” Gorgeous, gorgeous little song. Slow, slightly sad, meditative... The theme song of everyone who’s ever harboured a secret crush for any length of time. A-hem.
764. If You Wanna Stay - Keith Urban
- “Go if you wanna go, stay if you wanna stay.” A slightly “She Won’t Change Her Mind”-ish song.
765. If you're anxious for to shine - Danny Kaye
- This song sounds a lot like “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General,” and I always try to sing it, instead.
766. If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You’ve Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) – Alabama
- Okay, so perhaps that’s not entirely true. But it’s pretty close. Sort of.
767. If You’ve Got Love – John Michael Montgomery
- This was my favourite song for about four years... That was in my Happy Robin Bubble stage.
768. I'll Be That Girl - Barenaked Ladies
- “If I were you, and I wish that I were you, all the things I’d do to make myself turn blue. I suppose I’d start by removing all my clothes and tie my pantyhose around my neck.” This is one odd song. One very odd song. And I may or may not figure out what it means one of these days.
769. I’ll Do Anything – Jason Mraz
- Groovy, tropicalish, almost No Doubt beat, plus great words (what other pop singer has ever used the word “lugubrious” in a song?) The song itself is sort of my Anti-Theme, but I love it so much...
770. I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song – Jim Croce
- Jim’s unable to express his feelings face to face, so he falls back on what he’s good at – writing really pretty love songs.
771. I’ll Never Find Another You – The Seekers
772. I'll Never See Him Again – Menken
- Pocahontas
773. I’ll Think of Something – Mark Chesnutt
- Mark tries to drown her memory in any number of things, mostly alcoholic. “And if that don’t work, I’ll think of something.”
774. I’m All Alone – Tim Curry, Michael McGrath
- “All alone, all alone, all by myself...” Wait. Wrong song. Once again, the masters of parody show off their talent in all its glory. And it’s great the way they manipulate the audience’s pity (and direct it in a rather unexpected direction).
775. I'm Already Gone - Diamond Rio
776. I’m Already There – Lonestar
- This song is especially poignant for my family, even if it is a little cheesy. It’s about a man who is away from his family a lot, and it just kills him that he doesn’t get to spend more time with them. My dad doesn’t have to travel nearly as much any more (he didn’t see my sister until she was three months old because he was on a six month cruise when she was born), but there are still weeklong business trips every once in a while. This song hits rather close to home, and we all tend to stop and listen when it comes on.
777. I’m Already There (Message from Home) – Lonestar
- Why do I torture myself like this? This is the same song as the last entry, only it has recordings of family members of deployed troops sending their love over top of the music. I’m getting slightly choked up just thinking about it.
778. I'm At Your Mercy – Acappella
779. I’m a Believer – Tin Huey
780. I’m a Drifter – Dolly Parton
- A driftin’ drifter.
781. I’m Gonna Love You Too – Buddy Holly
782. I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) – Alabama
- “I rush and rush until life’s no fun. All I’ve really gotta do is live and die, but I’m in a hurry and don’t know why.” This used to be my theme song. I’ve gotten a lot better about it since then, but I still feel this way on occasion.
783. I’m Little, but I’m Loud – Martina McBride
- An adorable recording of Martina when she was a kid singing a cute little song that couldn’t be truer. “I’m puny, short, and little, but I’m loud!”
784. (I’m Looking for) Cracks in the Pavement – Duran Duran
785. (I’m Looking for) Cracks in the Pavement (live) – Duran Duran
786. I’m Looking for Someone to Love – Buddy Holly
787. I’m Moving On – Rascal Flatts
- The lead singer has a really nasal voice, so I usually don’t like their slower songs because they’re very...whiny. But this one I actually do like, probably because there aren’t a lot places where he holds notes for extended periods of time. Very sad song, though, with a lot of that sort of piano that just rips your heart out.
788. I’m the One – Gary Allan
- Not to be confused with “The One,” also by Gary Allan. That one is a stalker ballad. This one is more like a proposal set to music. Very, _very_ country music. The beginning of this song sets the listener up to expect either Hank Williams or George Strait or Tammy Wynett. Most of Allan’s singles have a rock edge to them, but most of his album tracks are pure country. _Most_ of them. Not all.
789. I’m Sick - They Might Be Giants
790. I’m So Worried – Terry Jones
- This one is kind of obnoxious, but it’s _meant_ to be, and that’s where the humour comes in. Jones is apparently worried about a lot of things, especially the baggage retrieval system at Hethrow.
791. I’m That Kind of Girl – Patty Loveless
- I distinctly remember my sister singing in her car seat, kicking her legs and belting the chorus to this song. “I’m THAT kind of girl...I’m THAT kind of girl. I ain’t the woman in red, I ain’t the girl next door. But if somewhere in the middle’s what you’re lookin’ for, I’m that kind of girl.”
792. I'm Trying - Diamond Rio, Chely Wright
793. I’ve Done Everything for You – Rick Springfield
794. Imaginary Air Battle – Williams
- Another piece from Empire of the Sun
795. Imagine That – Diamond Rio
- This is the other one that got messed up (see “How Your Love Makes Me Feel”) It’s another sappy-ish song that still manages to be just offbeat enough for me to love it.
796. In America – Charlie Daniels Band
- Cold War era patriotism that borders on scary at times, but somehow still manages to seem less alarming than the Toby Keith song from ‘02
797. In Lonesome Dove – Garth Brooks
- Pretty, soft song about a woman’s life in the Old West.
798. In My Life – The Beatles
- “The people and things that went before - I know I’ll often stop and think about them...”
799. In the Car - Barenaked Ladies
- This song has the only instance of a flat-out inappropriate lyric in a BNL song that I know of, so _of course_ that’s the lyric that gets stuck in my head for months at a time.
800. In the City – The Eagles
801. In the Dark – Megavolt
- “You are in the dark, aren’t you?”
802. In the Minnow Trap – Thin Buckle
- This song is absolutely bizarre, and not a thing about it suggests that it was written by a pasty Canadian. It’s also really, extraordinarily long, which is not necessarily a bad thing, except when it comes time to try to upload it.
803. In the Mood – Ray Stevens
- I _guarantee_ whatever you thought about the song when you read the title is completely and utterly wrong.
804. In the Palm of Your Hand – Alison Krauss
- Like most of her stuff, pretty song, but not your style.
805. In the Summertime (You Don’t Love Me Anymore) – Roger Miller
- Basically, Roger says that summer is beautiful and everything, but she doesn’t love him anymore, so it doesn’t matter all that much.
806. In a Week or Two – Diamond Rio
- “In a week or two, I was gonna bring you diamonds. In a week or two, a long, long string of pearls.” But he didn’t, and she got away. Oops. Better luck next time, Marty. I feel for ya, man. I really do.
807. In the Year 2525 – Zager Evans
- Really bizarre sci-fi tinged song that Marshall sent me.
808. Inchon - R. W. Smith (PHS)
- Another one that we played at our spring concert this past year. This song commemorates Korean veterans, so it was actually really special when my sister and I landed the duet in the middle and our grandfather, who served in Korea, was able to come up for the concert. The piece is actually very complex, musically, and I would go into all the dichotomies that Smith set up and all of the neat techniques that we got to learn and implement, but I don’t want to bore you.
809. Independence Day – Martina McBride
- I believe this was her first big hit. It’s a powerful song, and one of those that really makes you think about social issues and such. It especially makes you think about how much abusive husbands suck.
810. Indian Outlaw – Tim McGraw
- This song is the reason I bought this album. It may not be PC, but it’s got an awesome tune. I particularly like the fiddle.
811. Inspector Dim of the Yard – Graham Chapman, John Cleese
- “If I were not in the CID, something else I’d like to be. If I were not of the CID, a window cleaner me.”
812. The Intermission – Idle, Duprez
- This is actually pretty close to the music from the “Intermission” in the film, though it’s not the same.
813. Intermittently – Barenaked Ladies
- “Someone somewhere has unglued our epoxy, so I’m kissing you by proxy. Hope you don’t mind.” And lots of other great, quirky little classic BNL phrases. I particularly like “Every morning I just hit the ground yawning.” Most of Maybe You Should Drive is very calm compared to their later stuff, but this one foreshadows Everything to Everyone in a lot of ways.
814. Interruption – Eric Idle
- “We interrupt this programme to annoy you and make things generally irritating.” I swear, I still think this is Cleese every time it starts up, but then his voice drops down and takes on that very Idle characteristic when he says “generally”
815. Into the Sunlight – Menken
- Hunchback
816. Invisible Man – Joshua Kadison
- I think this is my favourite of his songs that I’ve heard. It’s about the feeling that you’re invisible and how making a scene and upsetting people makes you feel better because at least you know someone actually noticed you.
817. The Irish Washerwoman
- Highly energetic Celtic music
818. Is Anybody Lovin’ You These Days – Dierks Bentley
- Dierks isn’t quite over his ex. There’s something kind of neat about the music and the way the verses are almost like arpeggios, but not quite.
819. Is That Asking Too Much – Diamond Rio
- “I want a car that goes fast, fast, fast when I step on the gas, gas, gas.” How is it that a group so rooted in bluegrass can rock so hard? Anyway, this song seems to celebrate the lifestyle that “Stuff” satirizes.
820. Is There Something I Should Know? – Duran Duran
821. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
822. It Ain’t a Party – Mindy McCready
- “...’til the girls arrive.”
823. It Ain’t Me, Babe – Bob Dylan
824. It Doesn’t Have to Be that Way – Jim Croce
- “It doesn’t have to be that way, what we had should never have ended...” One of his prettiest songs, IMHOE.
825. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore – Buddy Holly
826. It Don’t Matter to Me – Bread
- “A lot of people have an ego hang-up cause they want to be the only one. How many came before? It really doesn’t matter just as long as they’re the last.” The singer doesn’t mind that his significant other has broken up with him. But if she wants to come back later, that’s cool, too.
827. It Must Be Love – Don Williams
- A bit repetitive, and not at all complicated, but it’s definitely catchy.
828. It Stinks – Joel and the Bots
- Wah wah waaaaah...
829. It Wouldn’t Kill Me – John Anderson
- One of his slower songs. Not bad, but not the best.
830. It's All Been Done - Barenaked Ladies
- “Woo hoo hoo, it’s all been done! Woo hoo hoo, it’s all been done! Woo hoo hoo, it’s all been dooooooone before!” This one was their first hit in America, so you may or may not have heard it. Incidentally, it’s also one of their least intellectual (what does that say about Americans? About the same thing you think it does, I’m sure)
831. It’s All in Your Head – Diamond Rio
- This right here is one of my All Time Favourite Songs EVER. Paranoia, conspiracy theories, theological arguments, and this ISN’T in an alternative rock song. No, it’s bluegrass-based country. “It’s all interpretation – to find the truth, you’ve got to read between the lines. Work out your own salvation. That narrow path is hard to define; heaven’s more than a place, it’s a state of mind.”
832. It’s Gone – Diamond Rio
- Slow song about a doomed relationship.
833. It's Kickin' In - They Might Be Giants
834. It’s K-k-k-Ken! – Otto West
- “It’s K-k-k-Ken, c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me!”
835. It’s Lonely Out There – Pam Tillis
- Pam tries to convince her significant other that single life is really lonely. It’s a song I grew up with, so I really don’t know how to describe it, musically.
836. It's a Love Thing - Keith Urban
837. It’s Love – Lari White
- “I feel your sweet kiss catching me by surprise, I hear that honey drippin’ off of your tongue.” A fun little song that has always put me in mind of a vast cityscape of people falling in love – one of those very movie-esque moments where the camera pans out from the apartment where the couple is kissing and you see a _bunch_ of apartments full of people kissing, or something along those lines. There’s a neat bit like this at the end of Love Actually, in fact, though it’s set in an airport terminal.
838. It’s Love – Ranma ½ Movie
- I found the others I got from you! Obviously.
839. It’s Me Again, Margaret – Ray Stevens
- Song about a creepy, stalking frisky grandpa type.
840. It’s My Life – Talk Talk
841. It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland) - Barenaked Ladies
- “Who knows me half as well as me, I’m the me in ‘monogamy’!” The antisocial theme song. I love it.
842. It’s So Easy – Buddy Holly
843. It's Time - Lebo M
- I never remember how much I love this CD until I pop it in.
844. It’s Too Late – Bobby Goldsboro
845. It's Tough to Be a God - Elton John, Randy Newman
- I would _prefer_ to have the version from the movie, dammit...
846. It’s Working – Mark Wills
- “We don’t really know what we’re doing, but it’s working.” Happy, upbeat, carefree. The basic message is, I don’t know what makes our love work, and I really don’t care so long as it does – don’t try to analyze it.
847. Itty Bitty Little Single Solitary Piece O’ My Heart – Lari White
- I always think of the song about the yellow polka-dot bikini when I see the title of this song. The song itself sounds a lot like some twisted mix of country, jazz, and gospel.
848. Jack and Sally Montage - Elfman
849. Jack's Lament - Danny Elfman
- “There’s something deep inside these bones, an emptiness began to grow. There’s something out there far from my home, a longing that I’ve never known.” And Danny Elfman tries _his_ hand at the Menken/Ashman magic. My favourite line? “And since I am dead, I can take off my head to recite Shakespearean quotations. No animal nor man can scream like I can with the fury of my recitations.”
850. Jack's Obsession - Danny Elfman
- “Christmas time is buzzing in my skull. Will it let me be? I cannot tell.” Definitely one of my favourite NMBC songs. Which probably has a lot to do with the fact that Jack’s obsessive, too ;^) Elfman’s got a gorgeous voice when he wants to show it off.
851. Jafar's Hour - Menken
852. The Jam Was Moving – Debbie Harry
853. James K. Polk - They Might Be Giants
854. Jane - Barenaked Ladies
- "Jane, desired by the people at the school and work. Jane is tired, ’cause every man becomes a lovesick jerk." I’ve decided that I am Jane.
855. Jasmine Runs Away - Menken
856. Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante - Bizet
857. Jeans On - Keith Urban
- Completely and utterly inane, and I love it to death. It’s just too much fun.
858. Jenny Lynne Polka
- Irish...polka? What?
859. Jenny Was a Friend of Mine – The Killers
- Yet another song where the only lyrics I can ever remember are “Come on, come on, come on.” The music is very different, though. It opens with a sort of siren thing and helicopter noises. Very odd.
860. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated, Quick Dissolving, Fast Acting, Pleasant Tasting Green and Purple Pills – Ray Stevens
- Well, _that_ title isn’t long enough...
861. Jessie – Joshua Kadison
862. Jim's New Life - Williams
863. John Smith Sneaks Out - Menken
864. Johnny Guitar – Johnny Winter
- From the Breaking the Sound Barrier disc. It puts me in mind of Sesame Street for some bizarrely inexplicable reason. [shrug]
865. Jolene – Dolly Parton
- There’s something about this song that just draws me to it. I’m not sure what, but there you have it.
866. The Journey – Atlantis
867. Journey of the Sorcerer – The Eagles
- Of course the first thing I think of when I hear this song is HHG, but it is an awesome instrumental in its own right.
868. Jukebox in My Mind – Alabama
- A song about the affect music can have on the psyche. Good stuff.
869. Julia – The Beatles
- “Half of what I say is meaningless.” At least someone admits it.
870. Just Another Heart – Diamond Rio
- Great demonstration of the truly haunting harmonies these guys use. “You treat love like a game, but you don’t play by any rules.” And so on.
871. Just Around the Riverbend - Judy Kuhn
872. Just Do It - Atlantis
873. Just Enough Rope – Rick Treviño
- The bilingual version! Yeah for Spanish!
874. Just Like New - Wynonna Judd
- A song about Elvis’ Cadillac. A really neat song about Elvis’ Cadillac.
875. Just Like Romeo and Juliet – The Reflections
- Somehow this _doesn’t_ sound like a good relationship to emulate...
876. Just Some Love – The Ranch
- “If Babe Ruth was just some guy with a glove, then oooh, baby, this is just some love.” John Michael Montgomery did a song several years later that this song reminds me a lot of. I prefer this one, even given that Urban tries to make “tough” rhyme with “love.”
877. Just Thinking – Lari White
- There’s really not a lot country about this song. In fact, what it sounds like is something that a lounge singer would perform. Slightly sultry, lots of piano and soft high-hat... You can almost see Lari lying on the baby grand in a slinky, sequined dress crooning this to an audience member.
878. Just What I Do – Trick Pony
- Basically, Jesse James, the Wright Brothers, and various other inventors and painters and such did what they did because “It’s just what I do when I can’t get no lovin’.” So the premise of the song isn’t the best, but it’s still a fun tune.
879. K-Ra-Zy for You - Harry Groener
880. Kaimana Hilo – Hawaiian Style Band
881. Kansas City Star – Roger Miller
- “Kansas City star, that’s what I are...!” Roger’s been offered a job in Omaha, but he’s starring in a local children’s show in Kansas City, so he decides not to take them up on the offer.
882. Kaval Sviri - Bulgarian Women's Choir
- This song has never been written down. It’s an un-metered, non-Western piece taught by rote. So, what did my brilliant band directors do? Made it into a marching band closer, of course! That was not an easy song to pull off, let me tell you.
883. (Keep Feeling) Fascination – The Human League
884. Keep Me in the Dark - Arcadia
885. Keep on Dancing – The Gentrys
886. Kenny's Psych Project - Kenny, Chris
- A couple of my friends did a Psychology project where they did a song about the anatomy of the brain to the tune of “Sunshine of Your Love.” The guitar work is pretty good, but the singing leaves a little to be desired. Which is unfortunate, because I KNOW Chris can sing – he had the lead in the musical two years in a row.
887. Khanada – Duran Duran
- This title looks like it should be a country in Klatch.
888. The Kid on the Mountain
- A slightly more subdued Celtic song
889. Kida Returns - Atlantis
890. Kids in America – Kim Wilde
891. Kidnap Sandy Claws - Danny Elfman et al
- Lock, Shock, and Barrel’s song
892. The King Dies/Going After Roarke - Atlantis
893. King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up) – China Crisis
894. King of Hollywood – The Eagles
895. King of New York - Bill Pullman et al
- “A pair uh new shoes with matchin’ laces,” “A permanent box at Sheep’s Head Races,” “A porcelain tub with boilin’ watuh,” “Uh Saturday night wit’ tha mayuh’s daughtah!” And Kid Blink (the one who says the last line) is my favourite _why_...?
896. King of Pride Rock - Zimmer
897. King of the Road – Roger Miller
- So I’ve obviously recorded my Roger Miller cassette, and here’s the original version of the next song.
898. King of the Road – Randy Travis
- A remake of a cute little Roger Miller song. I prefer Roger’s version, but Roger is one of my all-time favourite country singers, so that’s not too much of a shocker. Unfortunately, I don’t have any of Roger’s albums on CD, but if you’ve seen the Disney version of Robin Hood, you’ve heard him. He was the rooster minstrel, and wrote and sang almost all of the songs (including “Whistlestop,” the one from the opening credits, and “Oo-de-Lally,” which I certainly _hope_ you recognize.)
899. The Kiss – Menken
- Aladdin score
900. Kiss Me – Tin Tin
901. Kiss Me, I’m Gone – Marty Stuart
- Most country fans are really leery of Stuart, because he tends to do...wilder songs, I guess is the word. This is one of the few that actually make it on the air on occasionally. But it’s definitely not slow or even terribly stereotypically country.
902. Kiss the Girl - Samuel E. Wright
903. Knights of the Round Table – Monty Python
904. Knights of the Round Table/The Song that Goes Like This (Reprise) – Sara Ramirez, Tim Curry, Michael McGrath, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber, Steve Rosen
- KotRT is virtually unchanged, other than a slightly longer instrumental break, consisting of a snipet of “Los Toreadores” from Carmen. The second verse is also tailored for the stage, I guess... But the first verse is the same. And then Ramirez _really_ hams it up amazingly well. This is the song that really made me realize how freaking good she is.
905. Knock on Wood – Amii Stewart
906. Kube - Lebo M
907. Lady Come Down - Colin Firth, Rupert Everett
- I love these two, and I really love it when they sing. The Importance of Being Earnest is just really great, mostly because these two play off of each other so bloody well.
908. Lady Madonna – The Beatles
- “See how they run.”
909. The Lake Isle of Innisfree – Yeats
- Yeats is awesome. And he reads his poetry really oddly. I’d rather listen to Sean Bean read it, but it is uberneat to hear the poem from the source.
910. Laker Girls Cheer – Tim Curry, Laker Girls
- Because “Come with Me” was relatively straightforward and really pretty, they _had_ to go off into random silliness... “K-I-N G-A-R T-H-U-R Arthur!”
911. Lala - Lebo M
912. Land of the Living – Don Henley
913. Landslide - Dixie Chicks
- This one _is_ a remake, I do know that.
914. Last Chance on the Stairway – Duran Duran
915. Last Chance to Lose Your Keys – Brand New
- Provided by Jason for the Anti-Love Album
916. Last Love in This Town – Ricochet
- There’s something about this one that I like, but I’m not sure what it is.
917. The Last Memory – Mark Wills
- “Ain’t it funny the things you remember and the things you don’t?” Classic nineties country feel – subdued electric guitar, lots of piano, soft drumming under each verse with only a little kick every once in a while and very little use of the cymbals.
918. The Last Resort – The Eagles
- I think this is my favourite Eagles song, I really do. And it’s definitely the one that gave my computer the most trouble.
919. The Last Time – Bread
- “This is the last time that I will say ‘Goodbye’.” He’s not going to change his mind and come back this time.
920. Late Bar – Duran Duran
- I’m on a major HHG kick right now, so every time I see the word “late,” I think of Slartibartfast. Somehow “Late, as in ‘The Late Bar’,” doesn’t work quite as well.
921. Lawnchairs – Our Daughter’s Wedding
922. Lay Around and Love on You – Lari White
- This song is more swing jazz than country... I can’t say much for the lyrics, since it seems that Lari would rather “lay around and love on you” than go to work, but it’s a fun little tune.
923. Lay Your Hands on Me – Thompson Twins
924. Lea Halalela - Lebo M
925. Lead Me Not – Lari White
- [belting it out in a vaguely blues-esque manner] “Lead me not into temptaaaaaaation, I can find it all by myself.”
926. Lean on Me (Ah-Li-Ayo) – Red Box
927. Learning to Live with Me – Gary Allan
- The music in the verses is neat, and I really like the lyrics (“Is anybody satisfied with who they really are? You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. You gotta learn to swim if you can’t walk upon the sea, so I’m learning to live – learning to forgive – learning to live with me”), but it’s a bit too slow to be one of my favourites.
928. Leave - Barenaked Ladies
- Has there ever been a better line than “I’ve informed you to leave”? Probably, but I enjoy it muchly nevertheless.
929. Leg Bitten Off – John Cleese
- “Yes, uh, during the night, ol’ Perkins got his leg bitten...sort of...off.”
930. Legend of the Lamp - Robin Williams
931. Legend of Wooley Swamp – Charlie Daniels Band
- I used to really scare my friends with this one. It’s odd now to think that it was so effective, considering they thought hillbilly rock was laughable. But it does have a very creepy feel.
932. Lenny Valentino – The Auteurs
- This came off the Breaking the Sound Barrier disc. Umm... It’s a neat song, short and rockin’, but I haven’t listened to it enough to know what else to say about it.
933. Les triangles des sistres tintaient - Bizet
934. Les voici! - Bizet
935. Let the Guitar Do the Talking – John Anderson
- Not the most energetic song ever written about a guitar, but it’s definitely way up there.
936. Let Him Fly – Dixie Chicks
- “There’s no mercy in a livewire, no choice at all in freedom.” They released this album right after Emily (was it Emily? I dunno. Ignore me) got divorced, and this song is about the release. It’s very quiet, subdued, calm. And I like it a lot.
937. Let It Be – John Lennon
- Love this song.
938. Let It Roll – Charlie Daniels Band
- And leaping several genres in a single step, we’re back to hillbilly rock about...hillbilly rock. Specifically the guitar. “Won’t cause no harm, never started no wars, and it sounds like fallin’ rain.”
939. Let Me Go – Heaven 17
940. Let There Be Love – Acappella
- One of my favourite Acappella songs
941. Let Your Love Go – Bread
- The girl that this song is about doesn’t want to “let [her] love go,” no matter how much the singer begs her to fall for him. Definitely a candidate for the Anti-Love Album.
942. Let's Make a Baby King - Wynonna Judd
- Another gem from this CD – it’s just got a great tune.
943. Let’s Talk Story – Hawaiian Style Band
- Cute little Hawaiian-esque song.
944. Letterbox - They Might Be Giants
945. The Leviathan – Atlantis
- Would make a good marching band closer if it ended more dramatically
946. Liberation: Exsultate Justi – Williams
- I have no idea why this is on here twice...
947. Liberty Bell March – Sousa
- The extended version of the Flying Circus theme. It definitely doesn’t sound right without the splat.
948. Life Can Turn on a Dime – Rick Treviño
- Live in the now, enjoy life, no regrets, so on and so forth. But it’s a good song.
949. Life During Wartime – Talking Heads
950. Life Goes On – Little Texas
- This has been one of my favourite country songs for quite some time. It’s rather perky and upbeat, and the line “I miss you honey, but life goes on” is just great. Actually... Wow. The Anti-Love Album continues to grow, whether I’m trying or not.
951. Life in a Northern Town – The Dream Academy
952. A Life Lived as One
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
953. Life in the Fast Lane – The Eagles
954. Life, in a Nutshell – Barenaked Ladies
- “She memorized every pencil crayon colour in the box. Her blue-green eyes compliment the burnt sienna in her locks.” Steven Page really digs in on those low pickup notes. This is fun and bouncy, and has very, very unusual lyrics. And the first couple of lines are just this side of my TMI line. (The lyrics in question are “When she was three, her Barbies always did it on the first date. Now she’s with me, and there’s no need for them to demonstrate.”)
955. Life’s a Dance – John Michael Montgomery
- “Life’s a dance you learn as you go, sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. Don’t worry about what you don’t know.” A cute little song about learning from your mistakes and not stressing out about them. Wish I could internalize this message, what?
956. Life’s Highway – Steve Wariner
- “Here’s hoping you will never go astray on life’s highway.” Relatively catchy, and thought-provoking in a relatively conventional sort of way.
957. Light of My Life – Megavolt
- “Well, what do ya know, Darkwing? You’re the light of my life!”
958. Light Up My Room - Barenaked Ladies
- A song about a light bulb! Well, sort of. It discusses light bulbs...
959. Like Humans Do - David Byrne
- Like “Highway Blues,” I’m not sure where this came from, but I like it. But that’s about the only thing it has in common with “Highway Blues”
960. Lil' Jack Slade - Dixie Chicks
- Instrumentals hurricane _rock_. Fiddles, banjos, mandolins, the whole nine yards. What’s not to love?
961. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Lebo M
- Sounds really neat in Swahili
962. Listen to the Music – Doobie Brothers
963. Listen to the Radio – Don Williams
- Fun, almost poppy song. Not sure how else to describe it.
964. Listen with Your Heart - Bobbi Page, Linda Hunt
965. Listen with Your Heart II - Bobbi Page, Linda Hunt
966. Lister to Red Dwarf – Craig Charles et al
- “We have in our midst a complete smegpot...”
967. Little Burnt Potato
- “Po-TA-To.” What other peoples but the Irish would write a song called “Little Burnt Potato”? Ours is a rich heritage, no?
968. A Little Luck of Our Own - Keith Urban
969. Little Rock – Collin Raye
- Another of the quieter, and therefore less memorable, songs from Extremes.
970. Little Suite #1: Prelude – Dallas Wind Symphony
971. Little Suite #1: Sicilano – Dallas Wind Symphony
972. Little Suite #1: Rondo – Dallas Wind Symphony
973. Little Suite #2: Round – Dallas Wind Symphony
974. Little Suite #2: Cavatina – Dallas Wind Symphony
975. Little Suite #2: Galop – Dallas Wind Symphony
- It probably would have saved me a lot of time to have just said at the beginning that all of the stuff I currently have from the DWS was composed by Malcolm Arnold...who apparently really likes slapsticks.
976. Little Tiny Song – Andrew Creeggan
- Andrew is the BNL pianist who left not long after Maybe You Should Drive. The lyrics to this song are simply “Hey, I’m a cow, I’m curious. Hey, watch me now, I’m furious. Hey, I’m a cow, I’m full of hate. Hey, watch me now, I’m on your plate.” This song is probably the strongest evidence for the BNL/TMBG similarity argument.
977. Liturgical Dances – Holsinger
- This is another one that my friend’s band played.
978. Live a Little – Hawaiian Style Band
979. Live to Love Another Day – Keith Urban
- “It’s alright, and it’s okay, I’ll live to love another day.” Bouncy, happy, fun, typical Urban.
980. Live Until I Die – Clay Walker
- This song fits in really well with Keith Urban’s “Be Here” album – it’s all about being happy with your life and enjoying what you have. Walker has multiple sclerosis, so I can definitely see how a song like that would resonate with him.
981. Livin’ on Love – Alan Jackson
- Most of Jackson’s song are happy and upbeat, and he’s easily the most purely country artist still popular in the business, save possibly George Strait.
982. Living in a Box – Living in a Box
983. Living in Oblivion – Anything Box
984. Living in a Sovereign Land – Hawaiian Style Band
- Okay. I want you to follow me on this one... Imagine a group called the Hawaiian Style Band playing a moderately tempoed New Wave song. Actually, most of the songs on this album could pass for New Wave, under your definition. I think. Maybe I’m way off on this one. I dunno.
985. Living with a Hernia – “Weird Al” Yankovic
986. Local Girls – Graham Parker
987. Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III) – Wagner
- I love Wagner. My director teased us with “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral,” which is also from Lohengrin, for three of the four years I was there, and we NEVER actually got to play it.
988. London Bridge – Bread
- The verses are slow and sappy, but the chorus picks up, and there’s a neat...organ grinder-esque bit in the keyboard line.
989. Lonely in Your Nightmare – Duran Duran
- I love how...unsettling this song is.
990. Lonely Tonight – Power Station
991. Long and Slow – The Brothers Creeggan
- “I’d bake up a pie made of clowns in the sky...” Or clouds. Whichever you prefer. The music in this song is very sexxy, IMHOE.
992. Long and Winding Road – The Beatles
- I always, _always_ think this is that Sarah McLaughlin song. The “we are born innocent” song.
993. Long Haired Country Boy – Charlie Daniels Band
- “If you don’t like the way I’m livin’, just leave this long-haired country boy alone.” You said it, Charlie. I mean, no, I’m not getting “stoned in the morning” or “drunk in the afternoon,” and I’m not a “long-haired country boy,” but I understand the sentiment.
994. Long Hard Lesson Learned – John Anderson
- “When will we understand that the future’s in our hands? Once it’s lost, it can’t be returned. It’s another long hard lesson learned.” Who expects environmental protection messages from country singers?
995. Long, Long, Long – The Beatles
996. Long, Long Time – Mindy McCready
- Soft and slow. “I can’t say you hurt me when you never let me near.”
997. The Long Run – The Eagles
998. A Long Time Ago – Jim Croce
- This song should be creepy, given that it’s about cradle robbing, but it’s just too pretty for its own good. “Pretty” really is the word for Croce’s music...
999. Long Time Gone - Dixie Chicks
- “They sound tired, but they don’t sound Haggard. They got money, but they don’t have cash. They got Junior, but they don’t have Hank. I think, I think, I think the rest is a long time gone...”
1000. Long Train Runnin’ – Doobie Brothers
1001. Look What You’ve Done – Bread
- “You have taken the heart of me and left just a part of me.” Either he’s begging her to fall in love with him, or he’s trying to get her back after a break up.
1002. Looking Over My Shoulder – Emerson Drive
- Okay. So, the fiddle solo is the only thing I remember from this song. Um... The solo’s really good? And...something else should probably be said. The lead singer’s got a nice voice...? [shrug]
1003. Looney? – Rincewind, Ponder Stibbons
- “You’re a looney!” “Looney? Looney, eh? ::woof!:: We’ll see about that!”
1004. Lord, I Hope This Day is Good – Don Williams
- “Lord, I hope this day is good. I’m feeling empty and misunderstood. I should be thankful, Lord, I know I should, but Lord I hope this day is good.” I really love this song for some reason.
1005. Lord, I Hope This Day is Good – Lee Ann Womack
- Cover of the Don Williams song. I kind of prefer his version, but I like Lee Ann’s, too.
1006. Lost in the Crowd – Williams
- Empire of the Sun
1007. Lost in Love – Air Supply
1008. Lost Without Your Love – Bread
- Pure sap.
1009. Louie, Louie – Iggy Pop
- From the Breaking the Sound Barrier disc. It’s the same lyrics in the chorus as the Kingsmen song, but that’s it. A look back on the Cold War from after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I really don’t know if I have enough of this social and political commentary stuff on my playlist...
1010. Love - Robin Hood
- Easily my favourite Disney love song, and, appropriately enough, also the most oft forgotten. I wish I could remember the name of the woman who sings it...
1011. Love Changes (Everything) – Climie Fisher
1012. Love and Honesty – Hawaiian Style Band
- They played this song on the country station that we listened to in Hawaii, which is why we have the album. I just barely remember the song, but there’s something very familiar about it, still.
1013. Love Hangover – Diana Ross
1014. Love is Alive – Mark Wills
- “Steam on the window, the moon is bright; we’re just two people holding on tight.” Straight up rock, or at least as straight up rock as country is ever allowed to be.
1015. Love is All Around – The Troggs
- I will forever think of Love Actually when I hear this song. Generally, that wouldn’t be such a bad association, but the _reason_ it puts me in mind of the movie is a rather unfortunate one. In the movie, Bill Nighy’s character is an aging rock star who covers this song (but as “Christmas is All Around,” with the lyrics changed accordingly). He knows it’s an absolutely horrendous song, but he cuts it and promotes it anyway. His version of the song plays through out the movie, so you have it firmly rooted in your head by the end. It’s humourous, because well-done satire is always humourous, but it sort of ruined the original song for me.
1016. Love is Like a Butterfly – Dolly Parton
- There’s something about this song that keeps it _just_ this side of the Too Sappy to Stand line.
1017. Love a Little Stronger – Diamond Rio
- Basically the same situation as every other Diamond Rio love song. The lyrics are sappy with a bit of an unconventional slant, but not too much, and the tune is awesome.
1018. Love Me Do – The Beatles
- Has there ever been a neater harmonica part?
1019. Love Me Over Again – Don Williams
- One of the classic Don Williams songs (i.e. sappy lyrics, lovely singing, and slightly catchy music)
1020. Love Missile F1-11 – Sigue Sigue Sputnik
1021. Love Plus One – Haircut 100
1022. Love Takes You There – Diamond Rio
- Yet another in Diamond Rio’s long list of songs that would be drippy if they didn’t have such awesome music.
1023. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
1024. Love Without End, Amen – George Strait
- A song about the relationship between a father and son.
1025. The Love of a Woman - Diamond Rio
- This song has a lot of really neat harmonies, but I don’t know that I would necessarily recommend it to you. In fact, I’m sure it’s too country fried for you. You _might_ like one or two of their songs, but this isn’t one of them. This song does have some very good mandolin work, though I’m probably the only eighteen-year-old in the world who is excited by this.
1026. Lover’s Cross – Jim Croce
- “It seems that you wanted a martyr – a regular guy wouldn’t do. Baby, I can’t hang upon a lover’s cross for you.” One of his best songs, lyrics-wise.
1027. Lovers in a Dangerous Time - Barenaked Ladies
- “Nothin’ worth havin’ comes without some kind of fight; you’ve got to kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight.” Here’s what Steve Page has to say about this song in the liner notes of their Greatest Hits album: “Recorded for an album called Kick at the Darkness, a tribute to Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn, this became our first video and the first time that our faces invaded homes all over Canada. We took what was a four-on-the-floor rock song and turned it into a BNL-style bluegrass stomper, complete with Jim [Creeggan]’s bowed-bass solo and my out-of-tune wailing, which still inspires a generation of Canadians to imitate my voice à la Kermit the Frog.” I personally love the song and am curious to hear the original.
1028. Loving Lover's Love - Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett
- We tried to use this in Blair Witch Too, but the two actors who were supposed to be “singing” the song wouldn’t stop laughing during takes, so we completely redid that scene with “Kiss the Girl” and a gorilla. It was not my idea, but it worked out in the end.
1029. Loving You Against My Will – Gary Allan
- “I don’t want to turn down your side-street, I don’t want to pull in your drive. Don’t wanna see you standin’ there, don’t wanna see you standin’ there, don’t wanna see that look in your eyes...” Gary’s in a relationship with someone, but he’s loving another woman “against [his] will.” It’s a neat sounding song, especially the way he seems to honestly be fighting himself in the lyrics.
1030. Low Class Love Affair – Tim Wilson
- Even lower class than the relationship in “Third Rate Romance,” and that says something. Of course, the fact that Wilson is a comedy act and Sammy Kershaw wasn’t necessarily trying to be funny with “Third Rate Romance” makes much of what gets discussed in this song less surprising.
1031. Lucky Ball and Chain - They Might Be Giants
- “She’s five feet tall and sick of me and all my rattling on.”
1032. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – The Beatles
- I really like the different styles they used in this song.
1033. Lullaby (The Divorce Song) – Steven Lynch
- Doesn’t get much more offensive than this... I’m terrible, and I’m going to burn. I really do like his voice, though.
1034. The Lumberjack Song - Michael Palin
- It never fails to amaze me how many “die-hard” Python fans _don’t_ know this song...
1035. Lyin’ Eyes – The Eagles
1036. Lynda – Steve Wariner
- “Lynda, do you wanna dance? Lynda, give me half a chance! Lynda, just a passing glance and we’ll fall in love!” This song right here is country’s version of “Last Chance on the Stairway,” but with more of a “Rio” tune. Well, not really even “Rio.” This song is too conventional rock sounding to really have a Duran equivalent, tune-wise. Let’s say it’s somewhere between “Rio” and a sock hop.
1037. Ma Petite Limace – Banoffi
- A really neat instrumental done entirely with stringed instruments, if I’m not mistaken.
1038. Made to Be Broken – Lari White
- It’s got a kind of neat slow swing feel with some more of those Spanish-esque guitar parts. I like it, but it’s not your style.
1039. Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
- This is just a fun song, and I’m glad Kat decided to use it for the credits in our movie, because I have a copy now. My dad was in the room while I was editing it together, and he got kind of upset when I had to cut the song off in the middle. He said something along the lines of “You know, that’s the kind of music I was listening to when I was in college. Steppenwolf and the Eagles and the Stones...” and he seemed really surprised when I told him that, yeah. That’s what _I’m_ listening to, too, because, other than BNL and a few others, there’s really not a lot out these days that can compete with the older stuff.
1040. The Magic Flute - Angel Romero
1041. Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles
1042. La maja de Goya - Angel Romero
1043. Major Tom (Coming Home) – Peter Schilling
1044. Make a Circuit with Me - The Polecats
- This came on while I was talking to Fay the other night, and she got really excited. It’s apparently one of her favourite songs from when she was younger, and she hadn’t heard it in a while. So, thank you from Fay ^_^
1045. Make It with You – Bread
- Some of the lyrics are neat, and it’s got a good beat.
1046. Making Christmas - Danny Elfman et al
- This song uses minors more than any other song I can think of, which, in conjunction to all the people in the chorus who flat out sing out of tune, gives it this _deliciously_ unsettling feeling. I think it’s really neat, though, that all the parts with Jack use majors instead of minors. But I’m just a geek that way.
1047. Making Love Out of Nothing at All – Air Supply
1048. Making Memories of Us – Keith Urban
- “We’ll follow the rainbow where ever the four winds blow.” More sap. Who would have guessed? This is one of Urban’s slower, sweeter songs. It’s pretty. Not a lot else I can say about it, except that there’s a line about a cottage by a glade with wild bees that puts me in mind of the line about the “bee-loud glade” in Yeats’ “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.”
1049. Mama Don’t Forget to Pray for Me – Diamond Rio
- Slow song about not being quite satisfied with life in the real world.
1050. Mama’s Arms – Joshua Kadison
- Oh, man... This is a really sad song. His mama has passed away, and all he wants is “Mama’s arms.”
1051. Mammal - They Might Be Giants
1052. Man, It’s So Loud in Here - They Might Be Giants
- Haha... I love this song so much, simply because it’s so snarky... “When they stop the drummachine and I can think again, I’ll remember what it was [I was going to say],” indeed.
1053. Man of the House – The Ranch
- Wait a moment... That’s not a country backbeat... This is also an uncharacteristic song for Urban because it’s about an affair with a married woman and not happy daffodils and stuff (I really make him sound good, don’t I? He really is my favourite solo act, right now, I promise)
1054. Man of My Word – Collin Raye
- One of the softer, sweeter songs on Extremes. If only real men were this sincere...
1055. A Man with 18 Wheels – Lee Ann Womack
- Another song that never fails to get my toes a tappin’. Lee Ann’s apparently in love with a trucker.
1056. Man with a Mission – Don Henley
1057. Mandolin Rain – Pam Tillis
- Oh my gosh, this is a pretty song. But I’m the mandolin nut, so don’t listen to me ;^)
1058. March to the Scaffold: Symphonie Fantastique – Berlioz
- I know we played a Berlioz piece somewhere a long the line, but I don’t remember which one it was... It wasn’t this one, though. Anyway, this is fun little study of happy fun times classical music versus darker, foreboding music.
1059. Mars (the Planets) – Holst
- They used this in something, I know... Anyway, it puts me more in mind of volcanoes and geysers than Mars, which is really relatively calm, though I suppose Holst could have been drawing his inspiration more from the Roman Mars, which would be fitting...
1060. Marsden animation demo - Jason Marsden
- Yeah. I know. Leave me alone ;^)
1061. Marketplace – Menken
- A very fun little piece from the marketplace scene in Aladdin. Awesome, awesome flute, oboe, violin, and trumpet work. It’s amazing how much they managed to make those western instruments sound like they fit in an Arabian marketplace.
1062. Martha My Dear – The Beatles
- I love this tune.
1063. Maxwell Murder - Rancid
1064. Maybe Baby – Buddy Holly
1065. Maybe He’ll Notice Her Now – Mindy McCready
- My seventh grade science class participated in the Adopt a Wetland program, and one of the projects we had to do was to take a song and write an essay about how the song fit the wetland. I used this one. The basic idea was that “Now that [the wetlands are] gone, maybe [humans] will notice [the wetlands] now.” Everyone in the class thought I was a nutcase and laughed at me for listening to country, but my essay was definitely more creative and worked better than any of theirs.
1066. Maybe Katie - Barenaked Ladies
- “What’s so maybe about, what’s so maybe about, what’s so maybe about Katie?” It’s probably not what you’re expecting to be maybe about her ^_^ Have I mentioned that I love BNL?
1067. Maybe Katie (acoustic) - Barenaked Ladies
1068. “MCMXIV” – Philip Larkin
- Larkin sounds exactly how I had imagined he would – very dull, British, and unexciting.
1069. Me – Faith Hill
- “Me. That’s all I have to give. What you get is what you see.” And so on.
1070. The Meaning of Life - Eric Idle
- The title song from the movie. Idle affects a French accent and ponders the meaning of life. “Is mankind evolving, or is it too late?”
1071. The Medallion Calls – Badelt
- Badelt really just rocks my world. As does the trumpet soloist. I think this song is specifically what the reviewer guy was talking about when he wrote that “Perhaps shrewdly realizing that genre clichés are nothing if not for reinventing, Badelt delivers his rhythmically nervous Eurocentric sensibilities--sort of Holst duels Shostakovich on the Spanish Main--with the subtlety of a scorching cannonball.”
1072. The Medley – Acappella
- An 11-minute sampling of some of their best work. It showcases some really amazing vocal work. Not that, you know, every one of their songs doesn’t do that.
1073. Meet in the Middle – Diamond Rio
- “Ain’t no road too long when we meet in the middle.” Bouncy little song that you just have to dance along with.
1074. Mêlons! Coupons! - Bizet
1075. Memo to Human Resources - They Might Be Giants
- “I’m searching for some disbelief that I can still suspend.”
1076. Mesopotamia - The B-52s
- “I am no student of ancient culture. Before I talk, I should read a book.” Really wish people would learn something from that line...
1077. The Messenger - The Band with Rocks In
1078. Metal Detector - They Might Be Giants
1079. Mexican Radio – Wall of Voodoo
1080. Michelle – The Beatles
- This song puts me in mind of Colin Firth’s role in Love Actually.
1081. Mickey – Toni Basil
1082. Midnight Show – The Killers
- “Make it go away without a word...Drive faster.” Kind of futuristic-y. You’d like it, I think, though some of the lyrics are rather, as you say, “spicy.” The repeated “Drive faster”s are very infectious.
1083. Milo and Kida’s Questions – Atlantis
1084. Milo Meets Kida – Atlantis
1085. Milo’s Turned Down - Atlantis
1086. Mine, Mine, Mine - David Ogden Stiers, Mel Gibson
- So, let me get this straight... Mel Gibson gets to sing, but not Christian Bale? Fine. See if I care. (In case I haven’t made it abundantly clear over the years, I do _not_ like John Smith. I didn’t like him back when the world knew him as the short, squat, lying, opportunistic bastard of history, and I certainly don’t like him now that he’s the “handsome,” dashing tragic hero. The fact that he’s also unnecessarily condescending to my sweet little Thomas doesn’t help his case any, either.)
1087. Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants
1088. Minnie the Moocher – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- Fun times jazz.
1089. Miracles - Jefferson Starship
- _How_ many times did this group change its name? I don’t guess it really matters, as long as they made good music.
1090. Mirror, Mirror – Diamond Rio
- “Mirror, mirror, on my wall, tell me who is the loneliest fool of them all. Oh, wait one minute, I believe I see the answer starin’ back at me.”
1091. Missing - Arcadia
1092. Mississippi Squirrel Revival – Ray Stevens
- _Easily_ my favourite Stevens song. It’s humourous, and there’s a delicious little bit of commentary on parishioners of Southern Baptist churches.
1093. Mistakes – Don Williams
- Don just wants everyone to stop acting like they know what’s best for him and let him make his own mistakes.
1094. Misty – Ray Stevens
- One of his rare serious songs, this one is a little sappy, but the music is great in a bluegrassy sort of way.
1095. The Mob Song - Richard White
- The tone of this one is just _neat_.
1096. Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde – Travis Tritt
- Tritt has a lot of attitude, and this is one of the most fun songs he’s done. It’s clearly country – everything’s acoustic, and there’s a lot of harmonica – but it’s the kind that makes me want to move.
1097. Un Momento Allá - Rick Treviño
- The only song I have (on my computer) that is entirely in Spanish, believe it or not. Yeah for Tejano. Yes. I will listen to just about everything.
1098. The Money Song – Eric Idle
- “You can keep your Marxist ways, for it’s only just a phase, for it’s money, money, money makes the woooorld goooo roooooound!” Naturally one of my favourites... Anything that gets Idle to dance on a table...
That wasn’t supposed to sound as dirty as it wound up sounding. And we haven’t even gotten to “Nudge Nudge”, yet. Oh, boy.
1099. Money (That’s What I Want) – The Flying Lizards
1100. Monks’ Chant/He is Not Dead Yet – Christian Borle, Hank Azaria, David Hyde Pierce
- The monks’ chant is not the same as the one in the movie. “He is Not Dead Yet” is _very_ insidiously catchy, too. Consider yourself warned.
1101. Montagues and Capulets – Prokofiev
- This song creates the perfect atmosphere for reading Carpe Jugulum. It’s dark and dangerous and brooding, but still kind of fun, and then there’s a nice, light little break in the middle before it plunges back into Überwald.
1102. A Month of Sundays – Don Henley
- This song seems especially poignant in the middle of all the poppy sounding songs on the rest of the album. Not that the poppy songs aren’t poignant and meaningful, but the feel is so much different.
1103. Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck
- Awesome, awesome, _awesome_ marimba break. And I like the little laugh there in the middle.
1104. Moonlight Serenade – Badelt
- Mmm... Lots and lots of lovely bass. I love it.
1105. Moonlight Sonata – Dubravka Tomsic
- Beethoven. You’ve got to know this one. Since seeing Interview with the Vampire, I’ve been unable to hear it without seeing nasty, decaying Lestat sitting at the piano taunting Claudia and Louis. I guess you would have had to see it...
1106. The More I Learn (the Less I Understand) – Ronna Reeves
- About love. Saving the unfortunate detail that she doesn’t seem to put off by her lack of understanding, this is almost an Anti-Love song. If it were sung in an angstier way, it would be. Reeves was another “Rising Star” who toppled off the Stairway to Fame and into the Gorge of Obscurity.
1107. More Love - Dixie Chicks
- More excellent fiddle and mandolin/banjo work. The lead singer gets a little whiney, but that’s not terribly uncommon.
1108. More Than I Wanted to Know – Regina Regina
- “That’s just a little more than I wanted to know about love...” She doesn’t seem to have enjoyed her experience with this guy. I guess that this one would work for the Anti-Love Album, too, now that I look at it.
1109. More Than Physical - Bananarama
1110. Mother Nature’s Son – The Beatles
1111. Mountain Man – Alabama
- This has always been one of my favourite Alabama songs. It’s got a very happy, fun feel, and you can really tell that the guys love making “mountain music.” The fiddle is fantastic towards the end when it really picks up.
1112. Mouth of the Shadow – Thin Buckle
- Aww... Pobrecito... Another of the slower, softer songs from H-Wing.
1113. Movie Star – Cracker
- Off of Breaking the Sound Barrier. The people who put this album together apparently really like electric guitar. I mean, I know that rock as a genre really likes electric guitar, but this CD seems to keep up Killers level guitar throughout. This is definitely a bizarre song, though.
1114. Mr. Brightside – The Killers
- “Jealousy, turning saints into the sea, swimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibi” Another I would dance to, if I danced.
1115. Mr. Businessman – Ray Stevens
- A warning to Mr. Businessman about the way he’s throwing his life away. There’s something rather Beatles-y about this song. And it also brings to mind the Mooby scene from Dogma.
1116. Mr. Flibble Says – Christ Barrie
- “Game over, boys.”
1117. Mr. Roboto - Styx
1118. Mr. Sheene – Eric Idle
- A really suggestively dirty song about a _motorcycle_. Really, it is.
1119. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) – Garth Brooks
- Brooks’ first single (or maybe it was just his first hit... I don’t remember. It’s been around a long time, though). It’s about a rodeo star who’s been in the circuit for a while. There’s a line, “lonely women and bad booze seem to be the only friends I have left at all,” that I always thought was “lonely women and baboons...” when I was little.
1120. Murderess – Power Station
1121. Musee des beaux arts
- A W. H. Auden poem. I actually had to read it for class today.
1122. My Evil Twin - They Might Be Giants
1123. My Front Porch Looking In – Lonestar
- “I’ve traveled here and everywhere, following my job. I’ve seen the paintings from the air brushed by the hand of God. The mountains and the canyons reach from sea to shining sea, but I can’t wait to get back home to the one he made for me.” The bit about his kids always makes me giggle. I love the way it’s sentimental without being sappy.
1124. My Heart Dances - Elton John
- “The things we love completely we are fated to destroy.” If ever there were evidence for Tuls and Miguel being a couple, this song and “Someday Out of the Blue” are the strongest. It’s a far more melancholy song than the title indicates, and it’s got some marvelous Spanish guitar. The lyrics kind of put me in mind of Lestat, too, now that I’ve read the second and third books in the Vampire Chronicles.
1125. My Heart Has a History – Paul Brandt
- Paul warns some poor girl that “my heart has a history of hurting those who mean the most to me.” It’s not a candidate for the anti-love album because he genuinely seems to want to fall in love with this girl, but doesn’t quite know how to make it work. This was a popular song in 1996, which is reflected in the fact that I got it off an album called “Country Picks of ‘96”
1126. My Heart I Can’t Say, Your Heart I Want to Know – Oh My Goddess
1127. My Home’s in Alabama – Alabama
- One of Alabama’s prettiest songs, as far as I’m concerned. I especially like the guitar line. “I’ll speak my southern English just as natural as I please. I’m in the heart of Dixie, Dixie’s in the heart of me.”
1128. My Kind of Crazy – John Anderson
- A fun, rockin’ little piece about a rather unpredictable girlfriend.
1129. My Kind of Girl – Collin Raye
- “You march to the beat of a different drum. The funny thing is that I hear the same one.” Collin apparently wants a very eclectic, contradictory girl.
1130. My Last Name – Dierks Bentley
- “It may never get famous, but I’ll never bring it shame – it’s my last name.” Slow and slightly cheesy, but I still like it.
1131. My Last Name – The Ranch
- “All you’ve got to lose is my last name.” Obviously not the same song as the Bentley one. Like “Ghost in This Guitar,” this song makes me think that these songs are probably from the first half of the nineties. And if you were listening to country music then, you might actually know what that meant, style-wise...
Incidentally, the reason I don’t know when the songs were recorded is that they only recently released the album, now that the lead singer is a well-known solo act.
1132. My Lord and My God - Acappella
1133. My Love – Petula Clark
1134. My Mistake – The Kingbees
1135. My Own Way – Duran Duran
- About the third or fourth time I listened to this song, something about the rhythm just clicked with me. I’m not sure exactly what it was, but I really like it.
1136. “My Sad Captains” – Thom Gunn
1137. My Sharona – The Knack
1138. My Town – Montgomery Gentry
- And here’s an example of one of John Michael’s brother’s songs. Eddie’s voice sounds almost exactly like a deeper version of John Michael’s, but that’s about the only similarity that this song has to anything John Michael ever did. Eddie and Troy basically describe their hometown with a passion and unquestioning loyalty that only Southerners seem to have.
1139. My Wild Irish Rose
1140. Nabbed – Elfman
- Incidental music from when Sandy Claws is captured.
1141. Narrow Your Eyes - They Might Be Giants
- This is one of my favourite TMBGs, and I briefly considered it for the Anti-Love album.
1142. National Working Woman’s Holiday – Sammy Kershaw
- Ugh...I’ve got to get a job... This is not cool.
1143. Naughty Baby - Michelle Pawk, John Hillner
- I canNOT believe they let us do this song. Our school system was _way_ conservative about things of a sexual nature, but we got away with this song that basically boils down to “I’m a whore, let’s go have a roll in the hay.” They _did_ make us cut out a line in the middle where the girl says “At Bryn Mawr, I was top of my class...all the boys were underneath,” but “If you’re wanting a beginner, I shan’t do. I can make a saint a sinner if I want to” is apparently okay.
1144. Never Be Rude to an Arab – Terry Jones
- Hideously offensive, but the singer gets his comeuppance.
1145. Never Ending Story – Limahl
1146. Never is Enough - Barenaked Ladies
- “The world’s your oyster shell, but what's that funny smell? You eat the bivalve anyway, you're sick with salmonella. You get your Ph.D, how happy you will be when you get a job at Wendy's and are honored with employee of the month.” It’s actually a fun, happy, optimistic little song, in a twisted sort of way.
1147. New Kid in Town – The Eagles
1148. New Moon on Monday – Duran Duran
1149. New Moon on Monday (dance mix) – Duran Duran
1150. New Religion – Duran Duran
- The intro to this song is very ethereal, and then the rest has this great beat... Duran is really good about doing that, where the mood completely changes from one part of a song to the next. And the counterpoint parts are just awesome sounding.
1151. New York City - They Might Be Giants
- They apparently played this song in NYC on September 10, 2001.
1152. New York Interlude – Gershwin
- Scene change music from Crazy, though I _swear_ Gershwin just nabbed part of “Rhapsody in Blue.” Which I suppose is okay, since he wrote that, too, but still...
1153. Next Time - Barenaked Ladies
- “It's a shame I have to wait until the ending; everything I've yet to break is surely bending. Every vow I ever take is just pretending that this mess I make is worth defending.” Mmm... Irony. Delish.
1154. Nice – Duran Duran
1155. Nice Weather for Ducks – Lemon Jelly
- “All the ducks are swimming in the water. Fal da-ral da-ral da” [does a little ducky dance] I don’t know... Don’t ask me.
1156. Nice Work if You Can Get It - Harry Groener
- Starts with a flute solo that I choked on four out of five nights we did the show. Ah, well.
1157. Night on Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky
- This was the Chernabog piece from Fantasia. Love it.
1158. Night is Fallin’ in My Heart – Diamond Rio
- “You see, she uuuuuuuuused to be my sunshine; noooooooow I fall apart. Ni-hight is fallin’ in my heeeeeeart. Oh-ho, the liiiiiiight is slowly fadin’, skiiiiiiiiiies are growin’ dark. Ni-hight is fallin’ in my heart!” Woe-is-me with a snappy tune. Good stuff.
1159. Nightboat – Duran Duran
- Deliciously creepy... ^_^
1160. No Boy – Wellard, Captain Sawyer
- “Don’t call me boy.” “Oh? What would you have me call you? Coward?” “I’m no boy, sir. And I am no coward. And I’m no scarecrow that has to be tied up so he don’t bite his own shadow, sir.”
1161. No Ke Ano Ahiahi – Hawaiian Style Band
- I really wish I remembered any Hawaiian... It’s a pretty language.
1162. No Letting Go – Wayne Wonder
- I have no idea where this came from, and none of my friends will own up. It’s got a neat beat, though.
1163. No Man’s Land – John Michael Montgomery
- “She’d break down and cry, but she doesn’t have time.” Song about a single mother – not terribly happy, as you can probably infer.
1164. No More Protecting My Heart – Jamie O’Neal
- “I’ve been walking through life with a bulletproof vest, shielding emotions, acting like I couldn’t care less.” Now, imagine the guy from “It’s Only Me” were to go all...romantic on us. It’s a huge blow to the Anti-Love movement. But it’s a fun, catchy little song anyway. There’s a neat sax line, too, which is rather unexpected in country.
1165. No News – Lonestar
- How in the WORLD did I forget this one when I was picking out songs for the Anti-Love Album? This was not only the first music video that I ever thought was “really neat,” but was also the first song that I used the internet to find the lyrics for. It still makes me chuckle to this day, and I’ve been listening to it since I was about nine or ten. Poor, stupid Ritchie just doesn’t get the signals...
1166. No Road Home/Seeing the Bomb – Williams
- Williams is just a genius, and I think this piece is one of his best.
1167. No Stopping Us – Jason Mraz
- There’s some really neat horn effects in this song. There are some neat vocal effects, too, but that’s a given for Mraz. That’s really all I have to say about this one, though... It’s the one that I tend to forget about for some reason. That’s not to say it’s a bad song, there’s just always at least one on an album that tends to slip my mind...
1168. Nobody Drinks Alone – Keith Urban
- “And you can hear your mama cryin’, only now she cries for you.” Crazy good electric guitar work at the end of this one. The whole song is very sad, tragic sort of desperately trying to convince someone to face their alcoholism and to deal with it.
1169. Norma Jean Riley – Diamond Rio
- This would be a stalker ballad, if it weren’t more of a stalker honky tonk dance number. Or something. It’s a quick little number, let’s put it that way.
1170. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles
1171. Not a Day Goes By – Lonestar
- He may tell her that he’s over her, but “not a day goes by that I don’t think of you.” Slow and sappy, but there’s some movement to it. It’s probably one of my least favourite Lonestar songs, but there’s always got to be one, right?
1172. Not Enough Hours in the Night – Doug Supernaw
- “I wish that I could set that clock to moonlight-savings time, ‘cause when it comes to loving you, there’s not enough hours in the night.” A classic country ballad. Well, as classic as something that came out in 1996 can be...
1173. Not Enough Love in the World – Don Henley
1174. Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly
1175. Not a Moment Too Soon – Tim McGraw
- A woman rescues Tim from his demons.
1176. Not My Will But Thine – Acappella
- I love the dark, creepy atmosphere of this song, if a song can be said to have an atmosphere...
1177. Nothin’ a Little Love Won’t Cure – Collin Raye
- On the faster, more rocking side of Collin’s Extremes. It’s about how his significant other can make even the worst day seem alright. “It’s been one of those days were I can do no right...But it ain’t nothin’ just a little love won’t cure.”
1178. Nove Mesto – Banoffi
- There’s some wicked fiddle in this song. And it sounds like the drummer is using hand drums or bongos instead of any sort of traditional drum set.
1179. Now I Know – Lari White
- “I’m doing alright, I’m strong enough to make it on my own. I’m not afraid of the night, I’m learning how to face it alone.” Triumphant, strong, empowered... Still slightly sad, because she still hurts some, but it’s not ironic in any way. You can’t tell it in a text medium, but I am being sincere in saying that – the singer is actually recovering.
1180. Nowhere Bound – Diamond Rio
- There’s a lot more drum set in this song than most Diamond Rio songs. It’s actually probably about as far from bluegrass as they ever strayed until about 2000-ish. “It’s a hard, hard lesson, but you’re gonna have to learn it. It’s a long, cold swim up against the current. Somewhere down the line, you’re gonna have to turn it around; boy, right now, you’re nowhere bound.”
1181. Nowhere Man – The Beatles
1182. Noyana - Lebo M
- This song sounds like a bunch of singers got together and had a party. Wish I knew Swahili....
1183. Nudge Nudge – Eric Idle, Terry Jones
- “Say no more!” It’s the live version from one of the albums. Slightly different than the Flying Circus or And Now for Something Completely Different, but mostly just in that it doesn’t feel quite as spontaneous – more like Idle was hamming it up for an audience who already knew the bit. Which he was.
1184. O’Shaughnessy’s Cove
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
1185. Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da – The Beatles
- This never fails to make me giggle. It’s just too happy sounding.
1186. Oboe Concerto in C Major: Adagio – Camerata Labacensis
- A really pretty Mozart piece. Of course, I’ve lived for seven years now with an oboist, so I’m accustomed to the rather irritating sound. Oboe concertos are not for the weak.
1187. Octopus’ Garden – The Beatles
1188. Oh, Atlanta – Alison Krauss
- Much more upbeat than most of Krauss’ other stuff. This is one of those songs that puts me in mind of little family bands gathered around the front porch in the summer, playing on washboards and washtubs. The one thing that I dislike about Krauss is that I can’t even begin to _try_ to sing along with her because her voice is entirely too high. And this song really makes me want to sing along.
1189. Oh Boy! – Buddy Holly
1190. Oh L’amour – Erasure
1191. Ol’ Red – Blake Shelton
- This is such a cool song... It’s about a guy doing time for...whatever happened after he caught his wife cheating on him (he never explains) and how he escapes. The music has this really neat, sort of creepy feel to it that is just fabulous.
1192. The Old Apartment - Barenaked Ladies
- “Why did they pave the lawn? Why did they change the lock? Why did I have to break in? I only came here to talk.” Really bizarre little song about breaking into the apartment the narrator used to live in.
1193. Old Brown Shoe – The Beatles
1194. Old Enough to Know Better – Wade Hayes
- “I’m old enough to know better, but still too young to care.” Ah, hedonism... Fun song, though.
1195. Older – They Might Be Giants
- “You’re older than you’ve ever been, and now you’re even older, and now you’re even older...”
1196. Oliver Cromwell – John Cleese
- “The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was five foot six inches tall at the start of his reign, but only four foot eight at the end of it because of...Oliver Cromwell.” Kind of TMBG meets the Beatle’s White album... It’s like listening to a schizophrenic read a European History textbook.
1197. On Bended Knee
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
1198. On a Dark Night – Menken
- Really nice, dark piece of score from Jafar’s introduction in Aladdin.
1199. On the Drag - They Might Be Giants
1200. On Love, In Sadness – Jason Mraz
- Mmmm... Such a delicious tune... Gotta love that driving acoustic guitar/banjo/whatever the hells that is. And I love the way he surprises you with the one line (it’s not the l-word you _expect_ them to be lying awake in...) There’s a religious aspect to this song, too, somehow. I haven’t listened to it closely enough to figure out how it all fits together, but it’s just generally a fun song. There’s not a lot of overt sadness in the tune, at least, and the lyrics sound happy enough to me, for the most part.
1201. On the Open Road - Bill Farmer, Aaron Lohr
1202. On Top – The Killers
- “It's like a cigarette in the mouth or a handshake in the doorway. I look at you and smile because I'm fine.” Tra la la... This is me ignoring the _highly_ suggestive lyrics... The song is very catchy, though, so it’s all good.
1203. The One – Gary Allan
- I love Gary Allan... He’s got a nice voice, but it’s also quite gruff and somehow higher than I usually go for (yeah...figure out how that works...). Anyway, this one is a straight up Stalker Ballad (“I’ll walk a step behind in your shadow so you shine.”) but, it’s a pretty one with some lovely imagery.
1204. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces – Ben Folds Five
1205. One By One - Lebo M
1206. One Dying and a Burying – Roger Miller
- The only melancholy Roger Miller song I’ve ever heard (other than “Not in Nottingham” from Robin Hood), it’s of course my favourite of his. What was that you were saying about me not being a Misery Chick?
1207. The One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse - Discworld
1208. One Jump Ahead - Brad Kane
- This song is the reason I knew what a nom de plume was when I was in third grade...
1209. One Jump Ahead (Reprise) - Brad Kane
1210. One Last Good Hand – Reba McEntire
1211. One Last Shot – Badelt
- More Badelt goodness.
1212. One More Day - Diamond Rio
- “One more day, one more time, one more sunset, maybe I’d be satisfied. But then again, I know what it would do: leave me wishin’ still for one more day with you.”
1213. One More Minute – Weird Al Yankovic
- Funny stuff.
1214. One of These Nights – The Eagles
1215. One of Those Days – Duran Duran
1216. One of Those Days – “Weird Al” Yankovic
- Obviously, these two songs are completely different.
1217. One Step Beyond - Madness
1218. The One that You Love – Air Supply
1219. One Thing Leads to Another – The Fixx
1220. One Way or Another - Blondie
1221. One Week - Barenaked Ladies
- “Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing.” When I was in sixth grade, my sister, my cousin, and I spent a week with my grandparents, and he was listening to this song on the way up; my sis and I thought he was _such_ a rebel. On a different tangent, I recently got to hear BNL do a live set for my radio station back home, and Ed Robertson improved one of those quasi-rap type things like he does for this song. Needless to say, it was quite impressive.
1222. Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo
1223. Only the Lonely – The Motels
1224. Only Love - Wynonna Judd
1225. Only on Days That End in ‘Y’ – Clay Walker
- Pretty much straight-up mid-nineties fast-paced country. Clay misses her “only when I laugh, only when I cry, and only on days that end in ‘y’.”
1226. The Only Thing Wrong – Jamie O’Neal
- This song is _almost_ blues. It doesn’t quite have the right...smoky atmosphere, but it’s almost there.
1227. Only Truth - Acappella
1228. The Oogie Boogie Song - Ken Page, Ed Ivory
- Slinky, sexxy, _and_ sinister. I love it.
1229. Oops Upside Your Head – Gap Band
- We stretched to this song at a band competition one time, so I’ll always associate it with restrictive wool uniforms and dark, noisy parking lots. I have serious association issues that I’m sure would baffle most.
1230. Opening (TNBC) - Elfman
1231. Operator (That’s Not the Way it Feels) – Jim Croce
- Jim harangues the operator about an old flame.
1232. Oranges – They Might Be Giants
1233. Organ Concerto in G Major: Largo – Capella Istropolitana
- Composed by Christoph Philipp Emmanuel. More good mood music for Carpe Jugulum.
1234. Otto Suicide Song – Monty Python
1235. Ou va tu - Bizet
1236. Our Lips are Sealed – The Fun Boy Three
1237. Our Lips are Sealed – Go Go’s
1238. Out on My Own - Keith Urban
- “I’m an old, reluctant gypsy; I don’t like campin’ anymore.”
1239. Out There - Tom Hulce, Tony Jay
- I really just like the juxtaposition here. A lot.
1240. Over and Over – Mindy McCready
- The obsessive nature of the relationship in this song comes through really well in the song, I think. It’s also got a bit of a haunting feel in some of the verses.
1241. Overseas – Dallas Wind Symphony
1242. Overture – Idle, Duprez
1243. Overture (Crazy for You) - Gershwin
1244. Overture: Fireworks Music – Handel
1245. Overture (TNBC) - Elfman
1246. Overture in D Major – H.D. Karras
- Haunting organ piece by Bach. Very neat.
1247. The Padstow Lifeboat – Dallas Wind Symphony
1248. Painted Desert Serenade – Joshua Kadison
1249. The Pancake Song Pt. 1 – Ioan Gruffudd
1250. The Pancake Song Pt. 2 – Ioan Gruffudd
- 11-year-old Ioan
1251. The Pancake Song - Ioan Gruffudd
- The 25-year-old version. Veeeeery nice.
1252. The Panic in Me - Elton John
- “For when you are laughing, like silver, like rain, you cool me, you soothe me and love me again. For a few perfect hours, the world lets me be. You know how to break down the panic in me.” I like this song, I really do. Again, I’m not quite sure whether the couple he’s singing about is supposed to be Tuls and Chel or Tuls and Miguel, but it’s pretty nevertheless.
1253. Pants! - Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy, Trace Beaulieu
- This song really humours me. A lot.
1254. Papa Loved Mama – Garth Brooks
- But Papa was a trucker, and Mama got lonely... Apparently up until “Goodbye Earl” came out, country singers were really shy about coming out and saying that people had been murdered. This is another of those songs that took me years to figure out because of the ambiguous way the story is told.
1255. Paperback Writer – The Beatles
1256. Paradise – John Anderson
- A song about how nice it is to be stranded in a cabin in the backwoods. It sounds absolutely fabulous to me until I realize how dependent I really am on, like, grocery stores and the internet and stuff.
1257. Paris Burning – Menken
- From Hunchback.
1258. Paris Holds the Key to Your Heart – Flaherty
- A kind of annoying song from Anastasia, but there’s about half a line sung by Jonathan Dokuchitz, who has a lovely voice. Obviously, this was one of the ones on the Sappy Music CD.
1259. Parle-moi de ma mère!...Ma mère je la vous! - Bizet
1260. Part of Your World - Jodi Benson
1261. Particle Man - They Might Be Giants
1262. Passionate, Desperate Love – Emerson Drive
- And how does this title not apply to every one of their other songs...? Ah, well. It may be a touch repetitive, but it’s catchy and fun.
1263. Pathway to Paradise - The Band With Rocks In
1264. Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly
1265. Pen Light – Megavolt
- “I doubt this guy’s brain has enough energy to power a penlight.”
1266. Penny Lane – The Beatles
- But not Jane, Trent, Wind, Summer, Amanda, or Vincent Lane... Or Chiquita.
1267. Percy's Bath – Menken
- From Pocahontas.
1268. Pet Name - They Might Be Giants
1269. The Pheasant Hunt – Williams
- This song seriously (Seriously? Dagnabit, look what you’ve done, now... At least I’m watching “Steal Wheels” right now...) makes me think of something my band director would have had us play. Of course, he actually _did_ say that he was seriously (seriously.) considering playing a piece from the score in my 12th grade year, but we never did.
1270. Philosophers Drinking Song – Eric Idle
- “Eeeeeeemanuel Kant was a real pissant who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could drink you under the table...” And so on.
1271. Photographs and Memories – Jim Croce
- Neat play between slow, sad nostalgia, and quicker, happier memories.
1272. Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major: Largo – Anton Nanut
- Fairly recognizable Beethoven piece. You’ve probably heard it somewhere.
1273. Piano Man – Billy Joel
1274. The Picard Song - DarkMateria
1275. Pick Me Up – Diamond Rio
- “Pick me up so I can fall again.” Relatively upbeat song about the singer (Marty Roe) needs a little help getting back on his feet so he can try again.
1276. Picking Corn – Menken
- Pocahontas
1277. Picture Postcards from L.A. – Joshua Kadison
- A song about the friendship between a piano player in a bar and a waitress who wants to make it as an actress. It’s a cute story, if not slightly sad.
1278. Pigeon on the Gate
- Crazy energetic Celtic music
1279. Piggies – The Beatles
- “In their eyes there's something lacking.; what they need's a damn good whacking.”
1280. “Pike” – Ted Hughes
1281. Pinch Me - Barenaked Ladies
- “It’s like a dream you try to remember but it’s gone, then you try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn when you try to see the world beyond your front door...” This song is the reason I became a BNL fan in the first place, and I suspect it’s the reason I prefer Ed Robertson’s voice to Steve Page’s. It really is the manic-depressive’s theme song.
1282. Pines of Rome 1: Pines of the Villa Borghese – Philadelphia Orchestra
1283. Pines of Rome 2: Pines Near a Catacomb – Philadelphia Orchestra
1284. Pines of Rome 3: Pines of the Janiculum – Philadelphia Orchestra
1285. Pines of Rome 4: Pines of the Appian Way – Philadelphia Orchestra
- The Respighi piece with the flying whales in Fantasia 2000
1286. The Pipes on the Hob
- I can’t help but think of Hobbits when I hear this for some reason.
1287. The Piper’s Cave
- And this one brings to mind images of Hobbits dancing on a pirate ship.
1288. The Plagues - Amick Byram, Ralph Fiennes
- I mentioned earlier on that Amick Byram’s voice is delicious. Ralph Fiennes goes a step further and leaves me a squishy mess on the floor. And the whole tone of this song just does it for me.
1289. Planet Earth – Duran Duran
1290. Playing with the Big Boys - Steve Martin, Martin Short
- Silly song, but I like the chanting bits with all the names of the Egyptian gods.
1291. Please Please Me – The Beatles
1292. Pocahontas – Menken
- Hmm... Wonder which movie _this_ is from.
1293. “Poem in October” – Dylan Thomas
- More poetry fun from the Norton.
1294. Point of No Return – Duran Duran
1295. Poison Arrow - ABC
1296. The Politics of Dancing – Re-Flex
1297. Polka Party! – “Weird Al” Yankovic
1298. Poor Jack - Danny Elfman
- Poor Jack, indeed... This is from after his attempts at Christmas fall down around his ears. “Why does nothing ever turn out like it should?” I don’t know, Jack, but it doesn’t.
1299. Poor Unfortunate Souls – Pat Carroll
- I came out of the band room for the dress rehearsal for Crazy, and Delanté, this really scrawny guy who I will always remember as the guy who bit my English paper, was dancing around singing this song.
1300. Pop Muzik - M
1301. Porgy and Bess Excerpt - Gershwin
1302. Potato King – Chris Barrie, Craig Charles
- “The Potato King says...”
1303. Poultry Promenade – Diamond Rio
- Cute little instrumental that definitely conjures up images of chickens strutting around.
1304. Precious and Few – Climax
- I didn’t hear this song for at least a year after I was familiar with the TMBG song “Your Own Worst Enemy,” so I didn’t know the latter was a parody for quite some time.
1305. Preludes for guitar: No. 1, Plegaria
1306. Preludes for guitar: No. 2, Aleluya
1307. Preludes for piano: No. 1 – Gershwin
1308. Preludes for piano: No. 2 – Gershwin
1309. Preludes for piano: No. 3 - Gershwin
1310. Pretty Maids All in a Row – The Eagles
1311. Prevenge - They Might Be Giants
1312. Près des ramparts de Séville - Bizet
1313. Prélude (Carmen) - Bizet
1314. Prince Ali - Robin Williams
1315. Prince Ali (Reprise) - Jonathan Freeman
- The only time Jafar gets to sing. Which is a shame, because when Freeman lets loose, it is really effective.
1316. Procession of the Sirdar - Ippolitov-Ivanov
- Lovely woodwind work here that gives it a lovely sort of Russian-esque feel.
1317. Prologue - David Ogden Stiers
- From Beauty and the Beast. That was always a great moment for me. I was fascinated by the stained glass and the particular quality Stiers’ voice took on when he read this bit from the first time I saw it.
1318. The Promise – When in Rome
1319. Promises, Promises – Naked Eyes
1320. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
1321. The Pub with No Beer – The Dubliners
- Another Irish Beer Drinking Favourite
1322. Pure Bred Redneck – Jeff Foxworthy and Cooter Brown
- I know you know who Jeff Foxworthy is, whether you like him or not. This is a collection of some of his best jokes from around ’96 that are framed by a little ditty that Cooter Brown wrote and sang specifically to go with Foxworthy’s material.
1323. Queen of Cities - Elton John
- Rivals “El Dorado” for number of times “El Dorado” is said. But I love hearing people pronounce “Barcelona” correctly, so it makes up for it.
1324. Queen of My Doublewide Trailer – Sammy Kershaw
- Sammy’s significant other seems to think that his lifestyle is some sort of game.
1325. Radio - Smash Mouth
- “Who did you know comin’ up? Who will you know goin’ down?” If I liked having headaches, I would headbang to this song.
1326. Rag Doll – The Four Seasons
1327. Ragtime Annie
- Celtic fiddle!
1328. Raining in My Heart – Buddy Holly
1329. Raining on Sunday - Keith Urban
- “Pray that it’s rainin’ on Sunday, stormin’ like crazy, we’ll hide under the covers all afternoon. Baby, whatever comes Monday can take care of itself cause we’ve got better things that we can do when it’s rainin’ on Sunday.” Lovely, lovely voice on this man.
1330. The Rakes of Kildare
- A particularly good song from “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
1331. Rally – Zimmer
- I think in terms of soundtracks PoE is my second favourite, just behind PotC.
1332. Ramblin’ – Don Williams
- A fun, quick little instrumental.
1333. Rat Patrol - They Might Be Giants
1334. Ratcliff's Plan – Menken
- Pocahontas
1335. Rave On – Buddy Holly
1336. (Reach Up for the) Sunrise – Duran Duran
1337. Ready to Run – Dixie Chicks
- “It feels like I’m starting to care, and I’m gonna be ready this time...What’s all this talk about love?” Flute! I love it! This was on the Runaway Bride soundtrack and was bloody ubiquitous there for a while. But some distance has given me a lot of appreciation for it.
1338. The Real American Folk Song (Is a Rag) - Brian Nalepka, Hal Shane, Tripp Hanson
- “For it's inoculated with a syncopated sort of meter, sweeter than a classic strain, boy you can't remain, still or quiet, for it's a riot.” This song isn’t dated... What are you talking about? Crazy was a fun show.
1339. A Real Nice Problem to Have – Aaron Tippin
- A bartender’s thoughts on how terrible it must be to have a wife nagging a patron to come home.
1340. Red Dwarf End Theme
- “It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere...”
1341. Red Sea – Zimmer
- Prince of Egypt
1342. Redneck 12 Days of Christmas – Jeff Foxworthy
- “Five flannel shirts, four big mud tires, three shotgun shells, two huntin’ dogs, and some parts to a Mustang GT” I did that from memory. And it’s been at least a couple years since I heard it. I don’t remember the rest, though. Pretty humourous song, though.
1343. Redwing Medley
- An Irish jiggy thing
1344. The Reflex – Duran Duran
1345. Reformation – Philharmonic Festival Orchestra
- The finale from Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s Symphony No. 5 in D Major. Stirring sort of piece that would be really fun to play (the flutist says because there really aren’t any terribly wicked runs)
1346. Refried Dreams – Tim McGraw
- “I’m messed up in Mexico, living on refried dreams.” It seems kind of like this song would be too easy a target for anyone to bother doing a parody version of it, but I’ve heard one, and I always sing the parody chorus on accident. I really don’t mean to, and I wish I didn’t still remember the line, because it’s kind of gross. But alas, we can’t always have what we want.
1347. The Remedy (I Won’t Worry) – Jason Mraz
- His “one” hit. A fun, poppy little song that falls somewhere between “(Reach Up for the) Sunrise” and “What Happens Tomorrow” on the Scale ‘O Cynicism
1348. Remembering Heather
- From “Timeless Romance,” a Celtic collection
1349. Reminiscing - Little River Band
- “Hurry don’t be late, I can hardly wait, I said to myself ‘When we’re old, we’ll go dancing through the dark, walking in the park and reminiscing.’” The trumpet here is fun times.
1350. Reprehensible - They Might Be Giants
1351. The Reprimand – Zimmer
- More from Prince of Egypt
1352. Rescue - Acappella
1353. Rest Awhile - They Might Be Giants
1354. Return to Pooh Corner – Kenny Loggins
- I just found this on my computer. Marshall must have sent it to me... Whatever. It’s a pretty song.
1355. The Return to the City – Williams
- Empire of the Sun’s soundtrack is probably third on my list of the best ones ever...
1356. Revolution – The Beatles
- “You say you'll change the constitution; well you know, we'd all love to change your head.”
1357. Revolution 9 - The Beatles
- Bizarre. Absolutely bizarre.
1358. Revolutionary Etude – Chopin
- I’ve got about 12 copies of this one. Not too big on solo piano, but this isn’t too bad.
1359. Rhapsody in Blue – Gershwin
- Perhaps not Gershwin’s most well known song (that’s probably “I’ve Got Rhythm”), but definitely the one that band students most readily recognize as his. Several of the instrumental sections in his musicals sound a lot like this song, actually.
1360. The Rhubarb Tart Song – John Cleese
- [sings disgustingly off-key] “I think, therefore I am a rhubarb tart!”
1361. Ricky Tidwell’s Mama – Tim Wilson
- Turns out that the college scouts would rather sign Ricky Tidwell’s mama than Ricky. Ricky Tidwell’s mama’s gonna play football...!”
1362. Right Where I Need to Be – Gary Allan
- I have a feeling you’ll like this one... It’s certainly not going to be one of your favourite songs ever, but I think the electric guitar line is powerful enough to get your attention. I can’t help but crank the volume on it, myself.
1363. Rimmer Munchkin Song
- "Master of the wit and the repartee, his command of space directives is uncanny. How come he's such a genius? Don't ask me Ask Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer...”
1364. Ring My Bell – Blood Sisters
- A really long funk version.
1365. Rio – Duran Duran
- Simon has the strangest descriptions...and I love them. I also think it’s really deliciously ironic how, in the midst of so many country songs about various locations across the south, it’s an English pop band that manages to write the most inspired song about a Texan landmark.
1366. The River – Garth Brooks
- This is just a gorgeous song... It’s an extended metaphor comparing life to a river. “I will sail my vessel until the river runs dry.”
1367. The River and the Highway – Pam Tillis
- A haunting little ballad that follows a really neat little allegory. This was actually one of the first things that I identified as a metaphor on my own. Here’s a hint: the river and the highway are trying to maintain a relationship.
1368. River Lullaby - Amy Grant
- An extended version of the lullaby sung by Ofra Haza (as Moses’ birth mother) as part of “Deliver Us”
1369. River's Edge – Menken
- Pocahontas? It must be Pocahontas. Since I don’t remember any river scenes in Hunchback or Aladdin. Unless you count the “Court of Ankle-Deep Sewage”
1370. Road Man - Smash Mouth
- “Meanwhile the band is waiting on the roadman, crushed by his beloved sound system.” Reggae is fun times.
1371. Road Movie to Berlin - They Might Be Giants
1372. Robert Graves
- “To Juan at the Winter Solstice”
1373. Robert’s Two Step
- Not my two step, not your two step, but _Robert’s_ two step. It’s really quite easy to see who is really to blame for the square dance – the Irish.
1374. Rock & Roll High School – The Ramones
1375. Rock Bottom - Wynonna Judd
- “I keep a clenched fist under this hat in my hand cause only the strong survive.” I love this woman’s attitude.
1376. Rock This Town – The Stray Cats
1377. Rockin’ Down the Highway – Doobie Brothers
1378. Rocking Chair – The Brothers Creeggan
- This song starts out sounding very much like it could fit in with Elvis or Buddy Holly or someone like that, but then the piano kicks in and it starts reminding me more of Hank Williams and a honky tonk.
1379. Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles
1380. Rodeo – Garth Brooks
- I don’t know if he was ever actually a rodeo star, but Brooks sure sings enough songs about being one... This is one of his earliest songs with distinctly non-country influences.
1381. Rollercoaster - Keith Urban
- Instrumental! Urban plays this bizarre thing called a ganjo that really just has a neat sound.
1382. Roman Festivals 1: Circuses - Philadelphia Orchestra
1383. Roman Festivals 2: The Jubilee - Philadelphia Orchestra
1384. Roman Festivals 3: The October Festival - Philadelphia Orchestra
1385. Roman Festivals 4: Epiphany - Philadelphia Orchestra
- Respighi
1386. Romanticide – Combo Audio
1387. Rondeau – Mouret
- The Masterpiece Theater theme
1388. Rope the Moon – John Michael Montgomery
- “When I look at the sky but can’t see through the clouds, she shows me the brightest star.” John Michael is just sappy. That’s all there is to it. Since I got over my obsession with him, his brother, Eddie, and another guy, Ted Gentry, showed up on the country scene in a group called Montgomery Gentry, and I actually prefer them these days. They’re closer to rock, and they definitely have more of an edge to their lyrics. John Michael was apparently originally part of Montgomery Gentry before he went on as a solo act, which was _several_ years before anyone had ever heard of the group. John Michael started singing sappy, formulaic love songs and had released about eight albums by the time Eddie and Troy made it onto the radio with their harder, less...namby-pamby songs.
1389. Rudyard Kipling – Monty Python
- About the names that he _could_ have.
1390. Run Away! – Hank Azaria, Thomas Cannizzaro, Christian Borle, Tim Curry, Michael McGrath, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Sieber, Steve Rosen
- “These frogs with their terrible prattle are fighting a battle with cattle.” Gotta love it...
1391. Runaway – Gary Allan
- So I still haven’t heard the original version of the song that Steve refers to in “When You Dream,” but I’ve heard a cover. And I like it a lot. But if the Del Shannon version sounds anything like the Gary Allan version, it’s not at all what I was expecting – “When You Dream” is a really trippy sort of lullaby with random association that makes some of Simon’s logic* seem to follow really well, so I had imagined something slower, quieter, and...stranger.
* I of course mean the logic in Simon’s songs. And “some” is the operative word here.
1392. Runnin’ Away with My Heart – Lonestar
- “I don’t know where she’s bound, but I aim to be there when the sun goes down to do a little catchin’ up in the dark.” Upbeat and fun, like most of Lonestar’s stuff.
1393. Running up That Hill – Kate Bush
1394. Russian Dance from Petrouchka – Stravinsky
- Playful sounding little ballet piece
1395. Sabre Dance – Khachaturian
- This is the song Herb is humming in “Whirled History”
1396. Sad Café – The Eagles
1397. Sail On – The Commodores
1398. Sally's Song - Cathrine O'Hara
- “Although I’d like to join the crowd in their enthusiastic cloud, try as I may, it doesn’t last.” Sally is such a cute little character...Very depressed, but cute. Oh. Yeah. It’s from Nightmare Before Christmas.
1399. Salon and Saloon – Jim Croce
- About a high school relationship that just didn’t work out, presumably because the two people were entirely too different. One of the rare Croce songs that isn’t guitar-driven, this one is all about the piano.
1400. Same Changes – Sam Phillips
- More social and political commentary from the Breaking the Sound Barrier disc. This is probably my favourite track from that album. I’m particularly fond of the last line: “How we run from the things we need.”
1401. Sanctuary – Menken
- Hunchback is probably fourth on my list of favourite soundtracks. Maybe third. It depends on my mood.
1402. Santa Fe - Christian Bale
- “When I dream on my own, I’m alone, but I’m not lonely. For a dreamer, night’s the only time of day.” Do I even have to say anything?
1403. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love - They Might Be Giants
- My sister has made this her Official Archie Kennedy song. And it still sounds like Lemmings music to me.
1404. Satellite - Smash Mouth
- “You must be gravitating to the vibe I’m generating, or maybe not...yet.” Very groovy song. With some almost Spanish guitar-ish stuff. And I don’t think I have to mention again how much I love that.
1405. Savages - David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings
1406. Savages (Pt. 2) - David Ogden Stiers, Jim Cummings, Judy Kuhn
- I really love these songs. They’re so...dark.
1407. Save a Prayer – Duran Duran
- Such neat sound effects in this song... It’s very exotic sounding.
1408. Savoy Truffle – The Beatles
- “Cream tangerine and montelimar...”
1409. Say it Ain’t So - Weezer
1410. Say My Name – Emerson Drive
- Umm... See just about every other entry for Emerson Drive. It’s just...formulaic pop, I guess. Well, poppy country. Whatever.
1411. Seamus Heaney
- “The Skunk” Heaney is the best.
1412. Second Best - Barenaked Ladies
- “Perhaps it’s just as well that I still look like hell – at least the world can tell us apart. Is it true? Well, it’s true enough I guess.”
1413. Second Best (acoustic) - Barenaked Ladies
1414. Secret Oktober – Duran Duran
1415. The Secret Swim - Atlantis
1416. See the Constellation - They Might Be Giants
1417. The Seed – The Roots
- I just don’t even try to listen to the lyrics, so I still like the beat.
1418. Seize the Day - David Moscow
- From Newsies. Good music to listen to before going up against The Man. Believe me, I know. What I really want is the reprise, which is a cappella and drop dead _gorgeous_, but I suppose I would have to buy the soundtrack to get it.
1419. Sentimental Over the Shoulder – Megazone 23
- Boy, does this song make me wish I knew Japanese...
1420. Serenade - Bourgeoisie (PHS)
- From the CD from my 10th grade year. This is a cute little song that the composer wrote for a friend’s wedding march. The catch is that it never spends more than three measures in a single time signature, and most of it is in either 5/8 or 13/8
1421. Sergeant Duckie’s Song – Terry Jones
- I think I finally figured out which sketch this is from. It’s cute, but Terry Jones has very little tempo control...
1422. Seven Bridges Road – The Eagles
- Ack! Such gorgeous harmonies! I may die.
1423. The Seventh Stranger – Duran Duran
1424. SEXXY - They Might Be Giants
- “There she is, standin’ on the bed, cookie in one hand, wig on her head, S-E-X-X-Y.” Why? Because it’s extra. Baby.
1425. Sexy Sadie – The Beatles
- I always want to add another x to “sexy,” thanks to the TMBG song...
1426. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
- This puts me in mind of an old Ray Stevens tape I used to listen to all the time when I was about 8.
1427. The Shades of Ankh-Morpork – From the Discworld
1428. Shadows on Your Side – Duran Duran
1429. Shall We Dance? - Harry Groener, Jodi Benson
- Directly follows from “Can You Use Me,” which is the one where Polly slams Bobby with insult after insult. And now they’re dancing together, because we’re in Musical Land.
1430. Shameless – Garth Brooks
- One of his wildest songs, and definitely one that usually gets turned off if it comes on the radio at my house while my mother is close to the dial. Perhaps knowing that Billy Joel wrote it would give you some idea of the style.
1431. Shattered Dreams – Johnny Hates Jazz
1432. She Blinded Me with Science – Thomas Dolby
1433. She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful – Sammy Kershaw
1434. She Got a Smile – Stephen Lynch
- Wow, that’s offensive. Misogynistic AND offensive to the overweight. But again, Lynch’s delivery is great.
1435. She Hasn’t Heard It Yet – Jamie O’Neal
- “If only love could cry out loud, it’d be enough to send this whole house crashing down. Still, she’d choose to turn her head. It’s easier to deny than to admit that he’s been telling her goodbye, and she hasn’t heard it yet.”
1436. She Loves You – The Beatles
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1437. She Made a Man out of a Mountain – Aaron Tippin
1438. She Misses Him on Sunday the Most – Diamond Rio
- Really sad song about a widow and all the things that remind her of her husband.
1439. She Never Knew Me – Don Williams
- I’m still not entirely sure what the significance of her never having known him is, because it seems like a relatively conventional song about an imminent reconciliation, aside from that “she never knew me” line.
1440. She Sure Did Like to Run – Diamond Rio
- “Everybody said she was a restless one. She never knew where she was going, but she sure did like to run.” I have a feeling this is going to be me after I get out of school... Despite my intense need for security, I also have world-class wanderlust, thanks to the whole military brat thing. Sometimes my paradoxical nature really sucks (this one and the procrastinating perfectionist one are probably the worst on my nerves)
1441. “She Walks in Beauty”
- I’ve never been a big fan of Byron, but whatever. The way the song is done isn’t bad.
1442. She Won't Change Her Mind - The Band with Rocks In
- “You know the girl has made her miiiind up...”
1443. The Shelter of Your Eyes – Don Williams
- “And I'm gonna stay right here ‘cause I'm in rhythm with your mind. Tune out the world and rest my head beneath the shelter of your eyes.” Another one of those sappy sort of songs that I shouldn’t like, but I can’t help smiling and humming along because it’s just beautiful.
1444. She’s Actual Size – They Might Be Giants
- “But she seems much bigger to me...”
1445. She’s Got a Mind of Her Own – James Bonamy
- With a title like that, how can you go wrong? Well, you probably could, but still...
1446. She’s Gotta Be – Keith Urban
- “So much for never making the same mistake. I can’t believe I’m here again. So much for ever thinking that I could change. My good intentions still remain in chains.” I think this is my favourite track from his newest album. It’s got a really neat beat, and I do like the lyrics a lot. Actually, the drum line makes me think of the one from “Believe Me Natalie.” Very odd...
1447. She’s in Love – Mark Wills
- “The hardest thing I ever did was let her go.” Sad little song trying to come to terms with the fact that an old girl friend has a new boyfriend, and she’s MORE in love with him than she ever was with the singer.
1448. She’s in Love with a Rodeo Man – Don Williams
- Don’t ask her to dance, because she’s already taken. On the slower side and pretty, like most Don Williams songs.
1449. She’s Like the Swallow
- Relatively melancholy Celtic song
1450. She’s the Only One – Bread
- Uptempo sap. There’s not a lot else I can say about it.
1451. (She’s) Sexy + 17 – Stray Cats
1452. Sheamus O’Brien’s Waltz
- Why does Sheamus O’Brien have a waltz, I wonder? And more to the point, why does he have an “h” in his name?
1453. Shield of Achilles
- W. H. Auden’s poem. Good times.
1454. Shiny Shiny – Haysi Fantayzee
1455. Ship at Sea – Menken
- My favourite piece of score from Pocahontas.
1456. Shock – The Motels
1457. Shoebox - Barenaked Ladies
- “But you’re so nineteen ninety and it’s nineteen ninety four...” So, there’s this teenaged boy. And he’s involved with a grown woman who doesn’t realize that he’s just a kid. And then she asks him to move in with her.
1458. Shopping - Barenaked Ladies
- “You know that it’s going to be alright, yeah, I think it’s gonna be alright. Everything will always be alright when we go shopping.” This is not social commentary. Nope. Not at all.
1459. Shriner’s Convention – Ray Stevens
- Pure novelty song about a Shriner who is a little less than responsible.
1460. Sidewalk Talk - Jellybean
1461. Sioni Bod Da - The Band with Rocks In
- Celtic harp is almost as awesome as Spanish guitar and cello.
1462. Sin Wagon – Dixie Chicks
- “Praise the lord and pass the ammunition.” I was terrified that my dad was going to catch me listening to this song back when I was about thirteen. She sings about doin’ a little “mattress dancin’,” and that was about the spiciest thing I had ever heard in a song. Ah, youthful naivety...
1463. Since I Don’t Have You – The Skyliners
1464. Since Yesterday – Strawberry Switchblade
1465. Sister Golden Hair – America
- “I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find, but it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind.” Yup. I listen to 70’s soft rock. What of it?
1466. Sister of Mercy – Thompson Twins
1467. Skirmish – Menken
- Pocahontas.
1468. Skull and Crossbones – Badelt
- PotC goodness.
1469. Slang Teacher – Wide Boy Awake
1470. Slap that Bass - Beth Leavel et al
- “Dictaaaators would beee better off if they’d zoom-zoom now and then.” This song was particularly hard to pull off because our bass player quit two weeks before the show, so we had “Slap that Piano,” music wise... But it’s a nifty song, and this version actually does have bass.
1471. Slavic Dance #1 – Dvorak
- More from the Blair Witch Too CD. It’s a fun one. We used it for the pranking montage. There’s a reason for the pranking montage. Sort of.
1472. Sleep All Day – Jason Mraz
- Sounds like a good idea to me... Another great demonstration of how gorgeously smooth Mraz’s voice is. If he was more of a baritone, I would be a squishy little puddle right now.
1473. Sleep On – Alison Krauss
- Man, does she have a strong voice. The harmonies are gorgeous, and the singing is fantastic, but I don’t think you would really appreciate the song itself. Wow... I just realized how much she sounds like Jodi Benson in this song...
1474. Slip Slidin’ Away – Paul Simon
1475. Small Town Girl – Steve Wariner
- “Cold city like the eyes in the subway station, it's ten stories to my desk in the smoggy sky.” The imagery in this song is just lovely.
1476. Smile – Lonestar
- “I could hold on a little tighter, I know, but when you love someone you’ve got to let them go. So I’m gonna smile because I want to make you happy. Laugh, so you can’t see me cry.” Such a cute song, in a pathetic sort of way.
1477. Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers
- “Save some face, you know you’ve only got one. Change your ways while you’re young – boy, one day you’ll be a man.” I like the guitar line in this song a lot.
1478. Smoke Rings in the Dark – Gary Allan
- I believe this was his first big hit, but I’m not completely sure about that. I _do_ know for certain that it was the first song of his that made me pay him any attention. It seems at first to be a fairly typical song about a failed relationship that has a kind of interesting tune, but the chorus is absolutely haunting. The combination of Allan’s very unique voice (the nasal voice with a somehow gruff quality that I was trying to describe earlier – but it somehow seems smooth and very pretty in the end), the eerie instrumental parts, and the quasi-echo effect they added to his voice made me take notice immediately.
1479. Snail Shell – They Might Be Giants
- “I’d like to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell.”
1480. Sneaky Moon – Tanya Tucker
- “How am I supposed to stay in bed with a crazy little love song stuck in my head?” I doubt she was referring to a love song quite as crazy as some of BNL’s, but I understand the sentiment. The rest of the song, not so much. But that’s a good line.
1481. So Long – Fischer Z
1482. So This Is Love - Ilene Woods
- Obviously, from the Sappy Music CD. It’s the song from...Cinderella? Or Sleeping Beauty. One of those. They’re using it in Disney World commercials, now.
1483. Softly and Tenderly – Acappella
- This is a nice calming song, and it’s got random French tossed into the middle.
1484. Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) – John Michael Montgomery
- Very definitely country. High-energy country, but very definitely country. And the feminist in me gets a little upset about the fact that he’s talking about _bidding_ on a woman at an _auction_ like she’s an antique table or a _cow_ or something. But the rest of me just goes on dancing around the room (metaphorically, of course. I don’t dance), because the song is _catchy_, as you are so fond of saying ;^P
1485. Solid Ground – Ricky Skaggs
- Skaggs is one of those singers whose voice is very distinctive, but whose name I can never remember. I like his faster stuff a lot, and this is definitely one of his faster
1486. Some Broken Hearts Never Mend – Don Williams
- I’m fast running out of ways to describe his music...
1487. Some Days You Gotta Dance – The Ranch
- The Dixie Chicks did a version of this song, too. I think I like this one better, even though Dane Cook would contend that “You never hear a man tell his buddies, ‘Hey, man, tonight...I gotta dance. Screw chicks, man. I’ve just gotta dance.’” It’s a really fun, peppy little song.
1488. Some Days You Gotta Dance – Dixie Chicks
- And here’s the Dixie Chicks version. They don’t sound a lot different – a few instrumentation tweaks, obviously the singer in this one is a woman, I think it may be a touch slower... The Ranch released it first, then Urban worked with the Chicks for a little while, playing for them and writing with them and such, and he apparently let them cover the song.
1489. Some Fantastic (Ivory & Ivory) - Barenaked Ladies
- “I can't stand to wait in line long, so I built a new machine. It just measures up the distance and then eliminates the folks between.” This one falls into Lily’s “Stalker Ballad” category, I think. If not, it’s bloody close. Even though it’s not, strictly speaking, a ballad.
1490. Some Fools Never Learn – Steve Wariner
- “It’s only love when you’re loved in return.” Steve just can’t face facts that she’s not in love with him.
1491. Some Like it Hot – Power Station
1492. Some People – Belouis Some
1493. Somebody Like You - Keith Urban
- “I wanna feel the suuuunshine shinin’ down on me and you. When you put your arms aroooound me, you let me know there’s nothin’ in this world I can’t do-ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo.” Lots of fun, this song.
1494. Somebody Told Me – The Killers
- “Breaking my back just to know your name; seventeen tracks and I’ve had it with this game.”
1495. Somebody’s Fool – Lari White
- “I've got a closet full of sensible shoes, I keep my head never lose my cool, I'm well known for my practical ways, but ooh, ooooh one of these days I wanna be somebody's fool.” A sentiment that probably most logical, cool-headed, cynical anti-romantics can relate to. But they’d never admit to it. No sir. I’ve never felt that way, and I never will.
1496. Someday - All-4-One
- Hunchback? Yeah. I believe it was Hunchback.
1497. Someday Out of the Blue - Elton John
- The song from the end credits of El Dorado. Really don’t know that Sir Elton was given the script before he was sent off to write his songs.
1498. Someone Else – Art Garfunkel
1499. Someone Keeps Moving My Chair - They Might Be Giants
- “Would it be okay with you if we wrote a reminder of Things to Forget to Do Today?”
1500. Someone to Watch Over Me - Jodi Benson
- It was terrible... I sat down in the pit and laughed my arse off when we first started rehearsing this song. I just kept seeing Rimmer with that fried egg, chili, chutney sandwich...
1501. Something – The Beatles
1502. Something There - Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson
- Why oh why did they not let the Beast sing more?
1503. Sometimes – The Brothers Creeggan
- Somewhere between the steel pan and the congas, I fell in love with this song. The lyrics are very...Simon-esque, too (“Sometimes you are light, and the flocks flit, and the rising sun pricks you in your bed”). I was too harsh on them before, as far as their lyrics go. Many of their songs really are kind of ridiculous if you just read the lyrics, but about half of them really are very effective.
1504. Sonata em Ré Allegro – Brazilian Guitar Quartet
1505. Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 322 (L. 483) - Angel Romero
1506. Sonata for keyboard in A major, K. 83 (L. S31) - Angel Romero
1507. Sonata for keyboard in C minor, K. 11 (L. 352) - Angel Romero
1508. Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K. 32 (L. 423) - Angel Romero
1509. “Song” – Christina Rossetti
- A song written by the poet. And called “Song.” Brilliant.
1510. A Song: Man of England
- A Shelley poem-song-thing
1511. Song for Dad - Keith Urban
- “I tap my fingers on the table to the rhythm in my soul, and I jingle the car keys when I’m ready to go. When I look in the mirror, he’s right there in my eyes starin’ back at me...” A sweet song about his dad.
1512. Song of Solomon – ERA
- More fun Celtic music
1513. Song of the Toréador – Bizet
- The guy who sings Escamillo has a _gorgeous_ voice. Baritones rock my world.
1514. The Song that Goes Like This – Christopher Sieber, Sara Ramirez
- This right here was worth the cost of the album. I’m not spoiling it, so you’ll have to hear it yourself.
1515. Sonnets from the Portuguese
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” poem
1516. Soon – Tanya Tucker
- Don’t mess around with married people! Just don’t do it!
1517. Sorry – Gary Allan
- Hahaha! This may very well be my favourite song on this album, and my favourite new-to-me song I’ve heard since MYSD. _Maybe_. I need to let the new ware off before I make that decision. ANYhow, I wasn’t expecting _anything_ like this song on a country album, particularly one from someone so loyal to classic country. It’s straight up old-fashioned swing, down to the quirky, slightly devilish sense of humour. It’s also one of the most positive songs on the album. Almost all of his others are about being left by his significant other. Well, this one is, too, but it’s much more Anti-Love than any of the others. Except it’s not anti-love, it’s just anti-fickle partners.
1518. Sound of Thunder – Duran Duran
- There’s a really good Ray Bradbury short story called “A Sound of Thunder.” That would explain why I think of dinosaurs when I see or hear this song.
1519. The South’s Gonna Do It Again – Charlie Daniels Band
- “Be proud you're a rebel, 'cause the South's gonna do it again and again” Hillbilly jazz? Yup. _Swing_ jazz, no less. Really odd combo, but there you go.
1520. Souvenir – Rubber Rodeo
1521. Space Oddities – David Bowie
1522. Space Suit - They Might Be Giants
1523. Spam Song – Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam.
1524. Spancil Hill - Maire Brennan
- This has a very eerie, dancing around a pool in a cavern type feel. Or something. Like the singers should be faeries.
1525. The Spanish Inquisition – Monty Python
1526. The Spanish Inquisition continued – Monty Python
- “No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!”
1527. Special Delivery - Acappella
1528. Spider - They Might Be Giants
- “Spidah!”
1529. Spider Arm – Thin Buckle
- “Does it matter on days like this if we forget the ones between?” Another good day for Kev. The music itself is quite fun, and Kevin sounds much happier here than he does in other songs, almost like he’s back to normal for four minutes or so – not overly introspective, not depressed, not drugged out of his mind, just...Kevin Hearn.
1530. Spiderwebs – No Doubt
- One of the first non-country songs I ever bothered to learn the lyrics to the chorus. That was a while back, obviously, but I’ve only recently acquired the song.
1531. Spine - They Might Be Giants
1532. Spines - They Might Be Giants
1533. Spinning Around Over You – Lenny Kravitz
- From Breaking the Sound Barrier. The tune in the beginning of each verse sounds just enough like the Kinks’ “Lola” for me to get that song stuck in my head.
1534. Spiraling Shape - They Might Be Giants
1535. Sporting Paddy
- Celtic
1536. “Spring and Fall”
-Gerard Manley Hopkins
1537. St. Anne’s/Big John
- Fun Celtic stuff
1538. Stalk of Wheat - They Might Be Giants
1539. Starting Over Again – Steve Wariner
- This definitely sounds more like a lounge song than a country one.
1540. The Statue Got Me High - They Might Be Giants
1541. The Staunton Lick – Lemon Jelly
- A whole song set up around a single guitar lick. It’s quite neat. A bit repetitive, but neat.
1542. Steady as the Beating Drum - Schwartz
1543. Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise) - Jim Cummings
- Mmm... Cummings has such a soothing voice when he wants it to be.
1544. Stick and Bucket Dance - Discworld
1545. Stiff Upper Lip - Amelia White, Harry Groener, Jodi Benson, Stephen Temperley
- “Stiff upper lip, stout fellah, when you’re in a jam...” And so on and so forth. Lily got to sing the lead on this one ^_^
1546. Still – The Commodores
1547. Still Breathing – Duran Duran
1548. “Still Falls the Rain” – Edith Sitwell
1549. Still Holding On – Martina McBride, Clint Black
- And yet another marriage crumbles... Ah, duets... Twice the angst, twice the fun.
1550. Still in Saigon – Charlie Daniels Band
- “My younger brother calls me a killer and my daddy calls me a vet.” Obviously about a Vietnam vet coming home to a rather confusing reception. It gets under your skin, let me tell you. And the tone created when you play Oriental-esque chords/rhythms on electric guitar is quite interesting...
1551. Stoned - Smash Mouth
- “I’m gettin’ stoned, and what’s wrong with that? The president seems to be just fine.” Probably one of my favourite Smash Mouth songs, though not for the subject matter.
1552. The Storm "Pastorale" – Beethoven
- I believe this was the bit in Fantasia with the vat of wine and the centaurs and stuff. I think.
1553. Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
- “Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It´s getting hard to be someone, but it all works out; it dosen't matter much to me”
1554. The Streak – Ray Stevens
- “Don’t look, Ethel!”
1555. Street Urchins – Menken
- Aladdin score.
1556. The Streets of Shanghai – Williams
- Empire of the Sun score. Good tense music.
1557. Stroker’s Theme – Charlie Daniels Band
- Apparently, racecar drivers are considered really sexxy. I don’t guess I see it, but I do like the song.
1558. Stronger Than I Am – Lee Ann Womack
- Lee Ann’s baby girl is apparently handling her father’s absence better than Lee Ann is.
1559. Stuck in the Middle – The Ranch
- No, I’m not kidding - it’s a country version of “Stuck in the Middle.” And it actually doesn’t sound terrible. Or too terribly different, for that matter. I mean, obviously the accent and the instrumentation are different, but that’s about it.
1560. Stuff - Diamond Rio
- “It’s treasure ‘til it’s mine, then it ain’t worth a dime.” Like “Shopping,” it’s not social commentary... There’s a good chance you would at least find some humour in this song. If you could understand the Southern accents, which is something that I’ve found is a problem with some.
1561. Subliminal – They Might Be Giants
1562. The Submarine - Atlantis
1563. Suite Española - Angel Romero
1564. Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts
- “July is dressed up and playing her tune.”
1565. A Summer Song – Chad and Jeremy
- This just seems like such a pretty, sweet song, and I like the imagery a lot, in a cheesy way.
1566. Summertime – Charlie Parker
- A nice jazz sax piece.
1567. Summertime Blues – Alan Jackson
- “Sometimes I wonder what I’m gonna do, cause there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.”
1568. Sunglasses at Night – Corey Hart
1569. Sunny Disposition – Oberon, Puck
- “Yes... What _about_ him?” “I’ve got a sunny disposition and I’m always kind to animals...”
1570. Sunset Grill – Don Henley
- Goodness, this is a long song... This is particularly problematic when you’re dealing with the computer I was dealing with. I would go into details, but I’m just not in the mood.
1571. Sunset Red and Pale Moonlight – Pam Tillis
- “Now the stars came out like diamonds on a deep blue satin sky. He said, from where he stood, honey, you sure look good in sunset red and pale moonlight.” The imagery in this song is just fantastic.
1572. Suo Gan - James Rainbird and the Ambrosian Junior Choir
- Welsh lullaby. It’s beautiful. And the high notes have made every set of speakers I’ve ever listened to it on crackle like there’s no tomorrow.
1573. Swan Lake – Madness
- Tchaikovsky plus Madness... Interesting combination, to be sure.
1574. Sweet Dreams – Air Supply
1575. Sweet Pea – Tommy Roe
1576. Sweet Summer - Diamond Rio
- “He had a freezer full of bomb pops, pushups, and dreamsicles and a paint-chipped change box full of sticky quarters, dimes and nickels.” This is a fun song. It’s all nostalgia-ridden and stuff...
1577. Sweet Surrender – Bread
- “You keep your rights, I’ll take your nights.” The man is the submissive partner in the relationship, it would seem.
1578. Swords Crossed – Badelt
- Badelt is my hero.
1579. Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
- ^____^
1580. Symphony No. 1 "Titan" IV Sturmisch Bewegt – Mahler
1581. Symphony No. 9 - Beethoven
1582. Take it Back – Reba McEntire
- “If this is how you act when you give your heart away, well, take it back.” If you’re looking for a strong female singer, this song is for you.
1583. Take it Outside - Barenaked Ladies
- “Any other guy would wanna take it outside, but I’d never even try – who wants to get their lights knocked out? Any other guy would wanna stir it up some, but I’d rather say goodbye.” Okay, one more time with the “She Won’t Change Her Mind” comparison...
1584. Take it to the Limit – The Eagles
1585. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me) – Doobie Brothers
1586. Takin’ it to the Street – Doobie Brothers
1587. Talk Talk – Talk Talk
- That felt funny to type ;^P
1588. Tam O'Shanter
- The poem by Robert Burns.
1589. Tam O’Shanter – Dallas Wind Symphony
- And the song by Malcolm Arnold.
1590. Tangled Up in Love – The Ranch
- “The webs we spun wove into one and left us tangled up in love.” Cute, soft little song. Nothing terribly exciting (except maybe the acoustic guitar bit in the middle), but it makes me smile.
1591. Tank! - Cowboy Bepop Theme
- No song should be allowed to have this much energy.
1592. Taste the Summer – Duran Duran
- This song _really_ sounds like something Wayne Brady would have come up with in a matter of seconds... I hate to say it, but it does.
1593. Teaching the Truth in Love – Acappella
1594. Teardrops Will Kiss the Morning Dew – Alison Krauss
- If there was ever any question that Alison Krauss is more suited to the country music scene in about 1940 or 1950 than the ‘90s, this song pretty much answers it.
1595. Teenage Jail – The Eagles
1596. Tel Aviv – Duran Duran
- Very neat little instrumental piece. And this is where Duran proves its metal – you don’t see modern boy bands doing instrumentals because they _don’t play instruments_! Losers.
1597. Ten Pound Hammer – Aaron Tippin
- “Love hit me like a ten-pound hammer. A ten-pound hammer with a nine-foot swing...” I love Tippin, because his songs are generally very energetic and catchy. His accent is really _incredibly_ thick, though, so you’re not likely to forget that it’s country. I’ll give him a try with you sometime, but not this song to start off.
1598. Ten Thousand Angels – Mindy McCready
- “I can tell he’s going to ask me to dance, but that’s not as far as he wants to go. I need ten thousand angels to help me tell him ‘no.’” Mindy’s first single, and probably the only one that anyone else remembers.
1599. Tender Moment – Lee Roy Parnell
- “Let her know you’ll always be her man; that’s the kind of thing a woman understands.” Lee Roy tells the boys to just show her a little affection, pay her a little attention, and she’ll feel appreciated.
1600. Tenderness – General Public
1601. Tennessee River – Alabama
- This was one of my favourite songs when I was little. It’s just classic Alabama, and not one of the sappy classics. Musically, it’s almost Charlie Daniels-ish. Perhaps not quite as loud, but close. Very close.
1602. Testing 1, 2, 3 - Barenaked Ladies
- “Testing 1, 2, 3, can anybody hear me? If I shed the irony would anybody cheer me? If I acted less like me, would I be in the clear?” This is one of my theme songs. The other is a BNL song, too.
1603. Tequila Mockingbird – Pam Tillis
- This song sounds like it should be from the soundtrack to a John Wayne film... It’s a gorgeous song, in my opinion, but it’s one of those things that you might think had neat effects, but just really don’t care for otherwise.
1604. Tequila Talkin’ – Lonestar
- “It was just the tequila talkin’ when I told you I’m still not over you...” Moderately tempoed, and the archetypical mid- to late-nineties country song.
1605. Thanks that was Fun - Barenaked Ladies
- “Don’t forget, no regrets, except maybe one. Made a deal, not to feel. God that was dumb.” Love, love, love this song for some reason. It’s just neat, and the ¾ feel is awesome.
1606. That Just About Says It All – The Sky Kings
- “She used to love me; that just about says it all.” I barely even remember this song, though it’s on the Picks of ’96 album, and I haven’t heard anything from The Sky Kings since. It’s a decent enough song, now that I go back and listen to it, though. The lead singer has a nice enough voice, I suppose, and the music is good, though not terribly outstanding.
1607. That the Science of Cartography
- An Eavan Boland poem
1608. That Was Yesterday - Wynonna Judd
- “And so it goes, another lesson gets learned. In the big book of experience, another page gets turned. You say you need me, well, honey, you got some nerve. I hope in some sweet tomorrow, we get what we deserve [evil little laugh].” Great, great blues song. You can see the smoke in the dingy brick-lined basement. And it’s about tossing out an arrogant bastard.
1609. That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly
1610. That’s as Close as I’ll Get to Loving You – Aaron Tippin
- This right here is the reason I got this CD. I don’t know what it is about it, but I’ve loved this song since the first time I heard it.
1611. That's Death - Eric Idle
- “Of the billions who’ve died, no one came back to complain.”
1612. That’s Enough of That – Mila Mason
- Mila almost sounds like Tanya Tucker in this song... She’s definitely got the Tanya attitude down, at least. “That’s enough of this cryin’ and enough of this whinin’ and enough of this overreact. That’s enough of this all day, everyday, thinking maybe someday you’re coming back. That’s enough of that.” I would suggest it for the Anti-Love album, but I’ve suggested plenty at this point.
1613. That’s How You Know (When You’re in Love) – Lari White
- “When your heart makes a sound like rolling thunder and your arms are wrapped around an angel from above...” This is one of Lari’s very few hits, and also one of the most conventional of her songs (surprise, surprise). Not that most of her stuff is _un_conventional, it’s just somehow slightly _different_. Anyway, this is a pretty song, but not in the slow ballad kind of way – it’s actually relatively upbeat.
1614. That's Just That - Diamond Rio
- Way faster than their usual style, and very neat.
1615. That’s My Baby – Lari White
- “See that boy walkin’ down the street? Thinks he’s tough, but he smiles so sweet.” I love the guitar in this song. I’m almost positive that it’s not Lari playing, because she has apparently been missing her left pinky since she was little and that kind of impairs your guitar-playing ability. The song itself is very perky and sounds like the couple is in high school or college, just from the very young, almost puppy-love sort of excitement.
1616. That’s My Story – Collin Raye
- A family favourite.
1617. That’s the Way (I Like It) – KC and the Sunshine Band
1618. That’s What I Get for Loving You – Diamond Rio
- Sort of cheesy, but still very Diamond Rio in the music department. They very rarely disappoint me.
1619. That’s When I Love You – Phil Vassar
- Because so few country singers write their songs, there are a large number of country songwriters that get little to no public recognition for their work. Vassar was one of these for several years before he finally broke into the business as a singer. He’s also a pretty good pianist.
1620. Think It Over – Buddy Holly
1621. Tell Her – Lonestar
- Ritchie counsels a friend through what he _should_ have said.
1622. Theme from Flood - They Might Be Giants
1623. Then the Morning Comes - Smash Mouth
- “And the world's a craze, and the world's a faze, and the end is near. So push rewind just in time, thank anybody. You're gonna do it again.”
1624. “Theology” – Ted Hughes
- It’s a neat little poem. Actually, here it is:
No, the serpent did not
Seduce Eve to the apple.
All that’s simply
Corruption of the facts.
Adam ate the apple.
Eve ate Adam.
The serpent ate Eve.
This is the dark intestine.
The serpent, meanwhile,
Sleeps his meal off in Paradise—
Smiling to hear
God’s querulous calling.
1625. There Goes My Heart – The Mavericks
- The lead singer has a ridiculously nasal voice... The Mavericks are so rooted in my musical development that I don’t really notice unless I’m paying attention, though. “So when you go, here come the blues, there goes my heart.”
1626. There is No Arizona – Jamie O’Neal
- “But they don’t exist, those dreams he sold her. She’ll wake up to find there is no Arizona.” A song about a woman who is constantly lied to by her significant other. There’s something very...funky, I guess, about the way Jamie bends the verses, and I absolutely love the backup line. There’s something very...haunting about it.
1627. There’s No Way – Alabama
- Saaaaaaaaap... That’s pretty much all Alabama is, really. But I’ve grown up with it, so I’m immune.
1628. There’s Your Trouble – Dixie Chicks
- Their first hit from their first album, which is the one I don’t have. Somewhere along the line, someone did buy the There’s Your Trouble single, though, so I have it, as well as the B side, which is “Give it Up or Let Me Go”
1629. These Apples – Barenaked Ladies
- “I’ve never been frightened of being enlightened, but some things can go too far. Some times I stammer and mix up my grammar, but you get what my meanings are.” I’m determined to figure out what this song means someday, even if it means I have to listen to it in a continuous loop for the rest of my life. Now that would be tragic, wouldn’t it? ;^)
1630. These Are the Days – Keith Urban
- “These are the days we will remember, these are the times that won't come again. The highest of flames become an ember, and you gotta live 'em while you can” Man, I wish I’d have had this CD last May... Not as quite as energetic as most of his “Wake up and enjoy your life!” songs, but it still has that sound that tells you that the guy absolutely _loves_ life.
1631. These Dreams – Jim Croce
- Haunting, in a characteristically pretty way. “Once we were lovers, but somehow things have changed. Now we’re just lonely people trying to forget each other’s names.”
1632. These Foolish Things – Roxy Music
1633. They Can’t Take that Away from Me – Gershwin
- The instrumental version
1634. They Can't Take that Away from Me - Harry Groener
- More Crazy memories.
1635. They Don’t Make Hearts (Like They Used To) – Diamond Rio
- One of their slower songs, this one about how love meant more in the old days.
1636. They Got Lost - They Might Be Giants
- ::chuckle:: I love these guys...
1637. They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
1638. They Spent Forever – John Anderson
- This is exactly the kind of formulaic, slowish, pretty sap that you don’t go for.
1639. Things Are Looking Up - Harry Groener
- I really, really hated playing this song, which is why it’s always stuck in my head.
1640. Third Rate Romance – Sammy Kershaw
- Ah, sleazy love stories... By which I mean, not love stories at all.
1641. (This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing – Trace Adkins
- “I’ve reached the only logical conclusion: Love ain’t supposed to make sense.” And that would be why I don’t like love... I do like the song, though – it’s energetic and fun.
1642. This is Halloween - Danny Elfman et al
- This has the same feel as “Making Christmas.”
1643. This Kiss – Faith Hill
- And this is the last Faith Hill song that I’ve liked... It’s poppy, but still good. Since then, she’s just gone bubblegum pop on us. Not cool. Anyhow... This was also the first music video that I ever really paid attention to. It was very pastel, very surreal. It’s been a while, but I definitely remember her being dressed as a fairy and swinging on a walnut shell or some such thing at one point.
1644. This Land – Zimmer
- From The Lion King. It sounds a lot like one of the pieces Badelt wrote for Equilibrium.
1645. This State of Mind – Diamond Rio
- Energetic. And I’m out of modifiers.
1646. This Woman and This Man – Clay Walker
- Moderate tempoed and very distinctly country in instrumentation (most of Walker’s stuff is scored that way, actually). The song itself is about a relationship that is falling apart because the couple isn’t paying attention to one another. Clay insists that they can make it work if they try, though.
1647. Those Shoes – The Eagles
1648. Three Times a Lady – The Commodores
1649. Through Heaven's Eyes - Brian Stokes Mitchell
- From Prince of Egypt. It’s got this terribly depressing line, “When all you’ve got is nothing, there’s a lot to go around,” but it’s said very cheerily.
1650. Thunder and Lightening Polka - J. Strauss
1651. Thunderbird - They Might Be Giants
1652. Thunderer March - Sousa
1653. Thursday – Jim Croce
- With a title like this, the song should be more...depressing than it is. Even though it’s about a relationship that doesn’t work out, it’s upbeat and happy-ish. “I was looking for a lifetime lover, and you were looking for a friend.”
1654. Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
1655. Tiger – Eric Idle
- “We’re inmates from a Bengali psychiatric institution, and we escaped by making this skin out of old used cereal packets.”
1656. Tiger, Tiger – Duran Duran
1657. ‘Til My Head Falls Off - They Might Be Giants
- “There were 87 Advil in the bottle, now there’s 30 left. I ate 47, so what happened to the other 10?”
1658. ‘Til the Heartache's Gone - Diamond Rio
1659. Till the Rivers All Run Dry – Don Williams
- “‘Til the rivers all run dry, ‘til the sun falls from the sky, ‘til life on earth is through, I'll be needing you.”
1660. Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce
- _This_ is a fabulous example of excellent acoustic guitar work. It’s also a really good example of well-written lyrics. “There never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do once you find them,” indeed.
1661. Time on My Hands – Don Williams
- “I’ve got time on my hands, you on my mind, and nowhere to spend all my love. I’ll be here waiting if you ever change your plans, ‘cause you own this time on my hands.”
1662. Time Passages - Al Stewart
- “Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn; don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn - it's just a game that you play.” I like this song a lot. Don’t know why.
1663. To Be Free – Menken
- Um... Aladdin? Yeah. Aladdin.
1664. To Die For – Zimmer
- The Lion King. Lovely, lovely dark piece.
1665. To Earth - Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett
- “Hey, maybe we’ll meet Colin Firth!”
1666. To the Border and Beyond – Collin Raye
- Very fast, very energetic, very much the kind of music that my mother hates.
1667. To the City - Hopwood, Bush
1668. To the Fair – Menken
- Beauty and the Beast
1669. To the Pirates' Cave! – Badelt
- Pirates of the Caribbean
1670. To the Rescue – Elfman
- Nightmare Before Christmas
1671. To the Shore – Duran Duran
1672. Token Back to Brooklyn - They Might Be Giants
1673. Told You So - Barenaked Ladies
- “I never thought that it could be painless, but it is I guess. I had myself fooled into needing you. Did I fool you too? Have to let it go, it's time to let it go. Now I can't believe it took so long to leave. Perhaps one day I'll grieve, or I never will.”
1674. Tongue Tied – Danny John-Jules, Chris Barrie, Craig Charles
- “You make me tongue tied (Tongue tied!) whenever you are near me!” From “Parallel Universe” ^_^
1675. Tonight I Wanna Cry – Keith Urban
- “I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show, and I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control, but I'm just drunk enough to let got of my pain. To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain from my eyes.” It doesn’t start out sounding like anything special, but I love that bit. It picks up a little, from there, but that’s really my favourite part.
1676. Tonight, Not Again – Jason Mraz
- This is probably my favourite of the album tracks from Waiting for My Rocket to Come. It reminds me a bit of that Rusted Root song that I can never remember the name of... The one they used in Matilda... Anyway, _love_ the song. It’s catchy and upbeat, but with a dark side and the bridges kind of draw back and feel like thy spiral away from you in sort of a desperate yearning way. Or maybe that’s just me and my overactive imagination...
1677. Tonight's the Night - Harry Groening et al
- I don’t think I’ll ever know the lyrics to this song. I actually don’t know many of the lyrics to any of these songs, because all you get to hear in the pit is the music. I don’t even really know the plot of the one we did last year (btw, the musical itself _sucked_, which is why I didn’t even bother to get the CD, which is why I don’t have any of the music here)
1678. Too Little Too Late - Barenaked Ladies
- "I'm gaining strength, tying to learn pull my own weight. But I'm gaining pounds at the precipice of Too Late."
1679. Too Many Hands – The Eagles
1680. Too Much Food – Jason Mraz
- If “Tonight, Not Again” isn’t my favourite album track from Waiting, this definitely is. It’s just entirely too much fun, and I love the metaphor. “Pass me the spoon, pass the analytical knife,” indeed. He seems to really like singing about his singing/writing style... “Curbside Prophet,” “Wordplay,” and now this. I’m definitely not complaining at all – these are three of my very favourites of his.
1681. Too Much Fun – Daryle Singletary
- While I don’t quite agree that there’s no such thing as having “too much fun,” the song is just that – fun. I can easily see this as the theme song of someone like Nanny Ogg.
1682. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
1683. Toothless People – “Weird Al” Yankovic
1684. Top of the World - Dixie Chicks
- “There’s a whole lot of singin’ that’s never gonna be heard, disappearin’ every day without so much as a word.” I like this song a lot. It’s slow and sad, but in a pretty way.
1685. Topsy Turvy - Paul Kandel
1686. Tortured, Tangled Hearts - Dixie Chicks
- "Well a blast of confusion coupled with delusion makes the best made plans sometimes fail." It’s really fast, and I’m still not entirely sure that I’ve gotten the plot of the story. I _think_ it’s an “Earl” sort of situation, except I don’t think this guy _quite_ deserved what he got. But again, I’m not sure.
1687. The Touchstone - The Band With Rocks In
1688. Touring the City - Atlantis
1689. Town Meeting - Danny Elfman et al
- A neat song wherein Jack Skellington tries to explain Christmas to the citizens of Halloweentown.
1690. Toy Planes, Home, and Hearth – Williams
- The piece that the Cadets seem to think is “Cadillac of the Skies”
1691. Track 04
- I have no bloody idea what this is. At all. No artist, no title, no nothing. And it’s an instrumental, so I can’t even take a guess at a voice. I found it while I was cleaning out Nega. I begin to worry about all of these random files...
1692. The Trail We Blaze - Elton John
1693. Train Travelin’ – Dierks Bentley, The Del McCoury Band
- “Who knows what I would see from that old time machine?” Nostalgia about the simpler days when “train travelin’” was the only way to “fly across the country.” Great song if you like energetic mandolin and fiddle.
1694. Transformation – Menken
- From Beauty and the Beast
1695. Travelin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks
- This is the reason I got this CD – I used this song in my History Fair [boo!] project in 11th. It’s a great song, though, and it still makes me tear up every time. “I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy. Too young for him they told her, waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier. Our love will never end, waitin' for the soldier to come back again. Never more to be alone when the letter said a soldier's coming home." You can actually hear this song here, if you want to without the whole download hassle:
1696. Trouble’s Here – Lee Ann Womack
- Ah, accordion... You are so underused. This is the kind of song that can really only be played at a county fair.
1697. Truckin’ – Bread
- Fabulous, fabulous driving music, even when you’re a cautious driver like myself. “Truckin’ down the highway, get out of my way.” And it has the marvelous line, “Someday I’m gonna find me a woman rich enough to pay my way!” Mmm...gender role reversal. I love it.
1698. True – Spandau Ballet
1699. True Love Ways – Buddy Holly
1700. Trust Me - Elton John
- “Lookin’ back makes me shiver. Don’t be scared to kick the past. Selling lovers down the river. Nothing built for speed will last overnight.”
1701. Truth in Your Words - They Might Be Giants
1702. Truth No. 2 - Dixie Chicks
- "I looked at my reflection in the window walking past and I saw a stranger. I'm just so scared all the time, it makes me one more reason why the world's dangerous."
1703. Try and Love Again – The Eagles
1704. Tulsa Time – Don Williams
- Probably his catchiest song, and also one of his very few that aren’t about love.
1705. Tuning – Idle, Duprez
1706. (Turn Out the Light) And Love Me – Don Williams
- You may have heard this one. Maybe. I tend to assume everyone knows the really well known country songs... Anyway, this is the “Pull down the shades, turn out the lights, and love me tonight” song.
1707. Turn Around – Kingston Trio
- Boy, does this song make me feel like a sap... Excuse me while I dry my overactive tear ducts...
1708. Turn Around - They Might Be Giants
- _Quite_ different from the Kingston Trio song...
1709. Turning Japanese – The Vapours
1710. Twice in Every Show – Tim Curry, Sara Ramirez
- No musical is complete without a _second_ reprise of the main theme (not including overture/scene change/finale music, of course...)
1711. Twisting - They Might Be Giants
1712. Two Doors Down – Dolly Parton
- This song has a groovy beat. “Two doors down, they’re laughin’ and drinkin’ and havin’ a party. And two doors down, they’re not aware that I’m around.” I hear ya, Dolly. I hear ya.
1713. Under the Milky Way – The Church
1714. Under the Sea – Samuel E. Wright et al
- “One day when the boss gets hungry, guess who’s going to be on the plate”
1715. Under the Stars – Zimmer
- From The Lion King
1716. Underwater March – Badelt
- From Prince of Egypt
1717. Uneasy Rider – Charlie Daniels Band
- “Now the last thing I wanted was to get into a fight in Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night, especially when there was three of them and only one of me” Cute, entertaining little story-song (the kind where the singer is really more talking with a little bit of rhythm than singing) about being a “long-haired hippie boy” and getting caught in a Southern bar.
1718. Unfinished - Barenaked Ladies
- "I'd say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of attention span." And there’s a lot of irony and fun stuff like that in this one, too. Imagine that from these guys...
1719. Union of the Snake – Duran Duran
1720. Union of the Snake (monkey mix) – Duran Duran
1721. Unseen University - Hopwood, Bush
1722. Unseen University/The Librarian – Discworld
1723. Up Around the Bend – Creedence Clearwater Revival
1724. Upside Down - Barenaked Ladies
- “If I hold my tongue, I’ll never lose my voice.” What other group goes from a string orchestra opening to an almost near-eastern sounding, accordion-ridden sort of poppy song?
1725. Use Me – Bill Withers
1726. Vanishing Treasure – Hawaiian Style Band
- A nice little instrumental. It makes me happy, but that could very well just be me.
1727. Vanity Kills - ABC
1728. Victim of Love – The Eagles
1729. Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
1730. Vienna - Ultravox
1731. A View to a Kill – Duran Duran
1732. The Virginia Company – Schwartz
1733. The Virginia Company (Reprise) - Mel Gibson
1734. The Virginia Reel
- Celtic
1735. Visions – The Eagles
1736. Voices in My Head – Ron Stoppable et al
- “But there was nothing wrong with the _old_ you.” “Okay, Rabbi, get out of my head...” “Ron, he’s right. These instant muscles have got to go; it’s not the real you.” “So many voices in my head!” “Ron, we’re talking to you through a ventilation shaft...”
1737. Voices - Macross Plus
1738. Voo Doo – Rachel Sweet
1739. A Vote for Beauty – The Brothers Creeggan
- This song is right after “Anna on the Moon” on the album, and by the end of it, I am an absolute puddle. And the lyrics are actually just as pretty as the song, in this case. The verses are “This is a vote for beauty, that grace will come. May it find you alone on a sofa, lost in your world out the window,” and “This is a vote for you, dear, there waiting to be welcome. We’ll send a note to your family saying you’re happy but not typical.”
1740. Walk the Plank – Badelt
1741. Walkin’ Away – Diamond Rio
- All about why “walkin’ away” because of a little disagreement is a stupid thing to do when you’re in a good relationship.
1742. Walkin’ in the Country – The Ranch
- “Runin’ from the rat race just as fast as I can, takin’ off this tie so I can breathe.” I told you Urban likes this theme...
1743. Walkin' that Line - Acappella
1744. Walking in Memphis – Lonestar
- This is easily one of my favourite songs from ’03. This one and “I Miss Mayberry” by Rascal Flats (which I don’t have, unfortunately). The lyrics are nice, I guess, but I really couldn’t even begin to tell you what they are because I love the tune too much to pay any mind to what’s being sung. I don’t really know how to describe the music, either, except that it’s _fabulous_.
1745. Walking on Broken Glass – The Eurythmics
1746. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
1747. Waltz Into Mischief – Madness
1748. Want You More! – Duran Duran
1749. War on Drugs - Barenaked Ladies
- “They say that Jesus and mental health are just for those who can help themselves. What good is that when you live in hell on earth?” Sad, sad song.
1750. The Warriors Arrive – Menken
- Pocahontas
1751. Warthog Rhapsody - Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane
- This song is so much more fun than “Hakunah Matata”... Any “children’s” song that uses the term “gastronomy” is fine by me.
1752. Was There a Girl on Your Boys’ Night Out? – Terri Clark
1753. Waste - Smash Mouth
- "I'm lookin' at my watch, at all the time that's been stolen when I was carrying you. It seems I've tripped and I've fallen."
1754. Wasted Time – The Eagles
1755. Wasted Time (Reprise) – The Eagles
1756. Water Music: Allegro – Dallas Wind Symphony
1757. Water Music: Andantino – Dallas Wind Symphony
1758. Water Music: Vivace – Dallas Wind Symphony
1759. Waterfall – Banoffi
- This band has one hyperactive flutist...
1760. The Way You Are – Tears for Fears
1761. We Bury the Hatchet – Garth Brooks
- “We bury the hatchet, but leave the handle sticking out.” Cute, fun little song about a couple who just shouldn’t be together. Good song for two-stepping.
1762. We Can Work it Out – The Beatles
1763. We Can’t Love Like This Anymore – Alabama
1764. We Close Our Eyes – Go West
1765. We Want a Rock - They Might Be Giants
- This song always makes me think of Klingons...
1766. Wearing a Raincoat - They Might Be Giants
1767. The Weekend – Steve Wariner
- It was just a weekend fling, but Steve will “be in love for the rest of my life.”
1768. Weird Science - Oingo Boingo
1769. Well on My Way - Acappella
1770. West Wing – Menken
- Beauty and the Beast
1771. What About Me - Keith Urban
- "Sometimes I can't help thinkin' what about me. Some days go by that I don't even see. I'm doing everything right and I can't break free. Is this the way it's always gonna be?"
1772. What About Now – Lonestar
- “$400 was a heck of a deal for a 400 horsepower jukebox on wheels.” There’s something about that line that just stuck with me from the first time I heard it. Great song about just taking the risk and doing something for yourself. It may not be something I’m personally known to do, but I can enjoy a song about it.
1773. What Causes That? - Harry Groener, Bruce Adler
- This is actually a really funny song, and I’ve never even seen it. Bobby, who’s been pretending to be a famous director, runs into said director while in costume. Since they’re both completely sloshed, they do a whole song and dance sequence together.
1774. What Do All the People Know? – The Monroes
1775. What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
- I still want to know if the Doobie Brothers took their name from doobies or if doobies took their name from the Doobie Brothers. Either way, they made good music.
1776. What a Good Boy - Barenaked Ladies
- “When I was born, they looked at me and said, ‘What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.’ When you were born, the looked at you and said, ‘What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.’” Ah, gender stereotypes...
1777. What Happens Tomorrow – Duran Duran
- Ugh... I love this song so much... Which is really bizarre, considering how _pessimistic_ I am.
1778. What an Honour – Wellard
- “What an honour to serve under a captain with such a record, sir.” Accompanied by the sweet stylings of Archie Kennedy’s laughter. Yes, I am odd. Thanks for noticing.
1779. What If That Guy from Smashing Pumpkins Lost His Keys? – Stephen Lynch
- I have to laugh. I really do. Not big on the Smashing Pumpkins.
1780. What She’s Doing Now – Garth Brooks
- Garth isn’t quite over his ex, and it’s tearing him apart.
1781. What Was I Thinkin’ – Dierks Bentley
- High energy song about being a rebellious teenager out on a date. “I know what I was feelin’, but what was I thinkin’?” There’s a line about “hood-slidin’ like Bo Duke” that has made me think of Ed in the “One Week” video ever since I saw the thing...
1782. What a Woman Can Do – Ricochet
- I wish I could defend Ricochet, I really do. But they just don’t stand out as excellent music among the rest of my stuff. That’s not to say they’re bad, they’re just...not as good.
1783. What a Woman Wants – Lari White
- Relatively fast, for White. “What a woman wants is to be treated like a queen by a man who deserves to be treated like a king.”
1784. What the World Needs Now is Love – Tom Clay
- This is the neat one with the news clips about Martin Luther King and John and Robert Kennedy.
1785. What’s Going On? – Hawaiian Style Band
1786. What's This? - Danny Elfman
- The most insidious song _ever_. I’m not kidding. I saw the movie the first time when I was 9, didn’t watch it again for about 7 years, and in the mean time, I would _still_ get the song stuck in my head.
1787. Whatever You Say – Martina McBride
- Martina twists her significant other’s words around in another angsty ballad. Good times. Good times, indeed.
1788. When Boy Meets Girl – Terri Clark
- Ah, puberty... Boys are twits, aren’t they? “He’ll be living in a different world when boy meets girl.”
1789. When I Held Your Brain in My Arms – Tom Servo, Crow T. Robot, Mike Nelson
1790. When I Meet Them – Seals & Crofts
1791. When I Think About Angels – Jamie O’Neal
- I loved this song from the moment I heard it. It’s a quirky, stream-of-consciousness sounding song that turns out to NOT be just another love song. Nope. The “you” in the song is Jamie’s puppy, who passed away a little less than a year before the song debuted.
1792. When I’m 64 – The Beatles
- This is such a cute song... ^_^
1793. When It Comes to You – John Anderson
- A cover of the Dire Straits song (though I grew up listening to this version and have only recently found out that it’s a cover...).
1794. When It Rains – Lari White
- “When it rains, when it rains, it pours down memories and thunders her name, and he drowns in the flood of the same old pain when it rains, when it rains” Really sad little ballad that somehow gives the impression – at least to me - that “when she left him behind” was when she _died_, rather than when she walked out on him. The singer never specifies, but that’s the interpretation I always had.
1795. When We Make Love – Alabama
- When I found out what “making love” was, I couldn’t believe my parents let me run around singing this song when I was little... Country songs may not be as explicit as other genres, but they’re still interested in the same things.
1796. When a Woman Cries – Joshua Kadison
1797. When You Believe - Michelle Pfeiffer, Sally Dworsky
- Beautiful harmonies.
1798. When You Dream - Barenaked Ladies
- “Do you dream about Jesus or quantum mechanics or angels who sing lullabies?” This is a really pretty song. Very calming.
1799. When You Say Nothing at All – Alison Krauss
- Krauss has a gorgeous voice, and she really does justice to Keith Whitley in this cover.
1800. When Your Heart is Weak – Cock Robin
1801. Whenever I Run - Keith Urban
- “I never could stay in one place too long, I never could stand that still.” Another good showcase of his voice.
1802. Where Are You? – Christian Borle
- Prince Henry’s lament... And the outcome is a bit different in this version (see “His Name is Launcelot”)
1803. Where the Blacktop Ends - Keith Urban
- “I’m gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet.” I think it’s deliciously ironic how often Urban sings about getting away from the city to enjoy the country.
1804. Where the Dream Takes You – Mya
- From Atlantis
1805. Where the Lights Are Low – Lari White
- Straight up honky tonk. There’s really no other way to describe it.
1806. Where We Belong – Jamie O’Neal
- I had to let this one grow on me, but it did. It’s really slow, and I don’t think you would really go for it. You have to be raised on this stuff...
1807. Which Describes How You’re Feeling - They Might Be Giants
1808. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
1809. Whip It - Devo
1810. Whisper My Name – Randy Travis
- This is one of those songs that I just grew up knowing. It’s on the slower side, but it’s still relatively powerful. And there’s a quasi-gospel choir backing him, which makes an interesting contrast with the steel guitar.
1811. Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) – The Icicle Works
1812. Whistling in the Dark - They Might Be Giants
- “I’ve often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that’s be you, be what you’re like, be like yourself.”
1813. White Trash Wedding - Dixie Chicks
- “Baby’s on its way, baby’s on its way... Say ‘I do’ and kiss me quick cause baby’s on its way.” I’ve been to this wedding, I swear I have. Though it didn’t have the awesome banjo playing.
1814. Who Am I – Diamond Rio
- This one is almost, _almost_ too drippy for me, but the harmonies saved it.
1815. Who Needs Shelter – Jason Mraz
- [glances down] Now I’m just waiting to come across “Who Needs Food and Water”... Anyhow, pretty, melodic song asking “Who needs shelter from the sun?” I’ll tell you who... Andy Taylor and me, that’s who.
1816. Who Needs Sleep? - Barenaked Ladies
- “Now I lay me down not to sleep, I just get tangled in the sheets. I swim and sweat three inches deep; I just lay back and claim defeat.” And this is my second theme song. And there’re some really neat musical effects, including flute.
1817. Who Needs You Baby – Clay Walker
- “I do.”
1818. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me - Keith Urban
- “I got no money in my pockets, I got a hole in my jeans. I had a job and I lost it, but it won’t get to meeee...” Ah, my favourite Urban song. This one is why I’m such a big fan, actually. And the opening has this really great overlay of fabulous electric guitar work over even better ganjo. At least, I think it’s ganjo. I’m not a ganjo expert...
1819. Who's There? - Smash Mouth
- “A million tiny light bulbs shine through celluloid across the country.” And then there’s something about little green men that I have never been able to pick up in its entirety.
1820. A Whole New World – Menken
- We had to sing this song in 2nd grade. Somehow, it was less effective as a duet with 400 pre-pubescent boys singing Aladdin’s part and 400 pre-pubescent girls trying to remember what Jasmine’s part is in the last verse.
1821. Whose House – Loki
- “Whose house? Ron’s house. I said, whose house? Ron’s house! Whose house? Say what? Ron’s house! Say what? Ma’iiiiiiin!” Um, yeah... A rather humourous little bit from Dogma that didn’t make it into the Edited for Telly version.
1822. Why Don’t We Do it in the Road? – The Beatles
1823. Why They Call it Falling – Lee Ann Womack
- Follows a relationship from the first passionate stages through to the inevitable heartbreak. I think this album was from right around the time that her baby’s father left. I’m not entirely sure about that, so don’t quote me or anything. But I do know that she was pregnant when we saw her in concert several years ago (my mother used to win tickets all the time), and she never did get married.
1824. The Wild Boys – Duran Duran
1825. Wild Honey Pie – The Beatles
- The disks Kat sent me didn’t have the titles, so I had to go find them all, and this one gave me all kinds of hell. I thought that I had figured out that they were saying “Honey Pie”, but then it turned out that “Honey Pie” was a _different_ song, and then I was utterly confused. Luckily, she stepped in and we got it straightened out.
1826. Wild Horses – Garth Brooks
- “Wild horses keep dragging me away.” Garth keeps promising his significant other that he’s going to quit the rodeo circuit and settle down, but he just can’t stay away.
1827. Will and Elizabeth – Badelt
- Doo-doo doot doot doo doo DOO doot...
1828. Will You Come Back to Me – The Brothers Creeggan
- Very simple, very tender, and an excellent way to end the album.
1829. William Tell Overture – Rossini
- This got used in Looney Tunes a lot. Don’t know that I could tell you exactly where, but...
1830. “Wind” – Ted Hughs
1831. “The Windhover” - Gerard Manley Hopkins
- I really think his two poems are read by David Strathairn.
1832. Wipe Out! - The Ventures
- I think this was the Ventures... It’s another that Kat gave me on the soundtrack, so I’m not entirely sure.
1833. Wish It Would Break – Dierks Bentley
- “You’re wrapped around me, your memories bound me like a chain. I wish it would break.” On the slower side, but it doesn’t drag.
1834. Wish You Were Here – Mark Wills
- Really sad song... A husband gets on a plane to..Florida? Hawaii? somewhere tropical, anyway...on a routine business trip, plane goes down, wife gets a mysterious postcard from him a couple of days later from “Heaven.”
1835. Wishes – Lari White
- “If wishes were blue skies, I'd never get rained on. I'd walk in the sun whenever I please. If wises were dreams, I'd dream the same one over and over of you loving me” Boy, did I listen to this CD a lot in junior high... This song is on the slower side, kind of mournful, but it doesn’t drag, and she sounds like she still has a _little_ bit of hope left.
1836. With All My Heart - Eleanora McEvoy, Mary Black
- A very...synth-filled song from the Celtic disk.
1837. With a Little Help from My Friends – The Beatles
- There’s a little place on campus that does free bike repair that I pass on my way home
most days, and about every third time I go by, the guy who works there has this song on.
1838. With Me – Lonestar
- This is one of those songs that you just have to dance to. “When you’re with me, my head starts spinnin’. It’s like you’re sendin’ the adrenalin straight to my brain.”
1839. Without Question - Elton John
- “I’d believe in anything were it not for you, showing me by just existing only this is true: ‘I looooove you’.” Do what, John? Do what, John? Come again? Do what? (sorry... see entry for “Do What John”)
1840. Without You – Dixie Chicks
- “I’ve sure enjoyed the rain, but I’m looking forward to the sun...” Soft, pretty, soothing, but still very sad. One of my favourite country ballads.
1841. Without You – Doobie Brothers
- Very different song from the Dixie Chicks one, but I can never remember how it goes because the other “Without You” always springs to mind when I try to think of it.
1842. Without Your Love – Aaron Tippin
- Oooh... Slinky song... Well, sort of. It starts off sounding really slinky, but it gets a little...edgier I guess?...later on.
1843. A Wizard’s Staff - Discworld
1844. Women and Men - They Might Be Giants
- “Women and meeeh-eh-eh-EH-eh-eh-ehn”
1845. Wonders of the New World – Zimmer
- They took the score from the Shibalba scene, the Jaguar/crashing the boat stuff (with the two-bar phrase that Badelt swiped for the PotC main theme...), and the ball game and rammed them all together on one track.
1846. Woo'd and Married
- A poem by Joanna Baillie about an (apparently) very young bride.
1847. Woodchopper’s Medley
- More Irish fiddle. I have a lot of this.
1848. Words – Missing Persons
1849. Words Are Like - They Might Be Giants
1850. Words of Love – Buddy Holly
1851. The World Before Later On - They Might Be Giants
- “Where’s that font of acquired wisdom that eludes me now?”
1852. The World Will Know – Newsies
- “And The World will know! And The Journal too! Mr. Hurst and Pulitzer, have we got news for you!” Yeah! Stick it to The Man!
1853. Worlds on Worlds
- Another Shelley poem.
1854. Would I Lie to You - Eurythmics
1855. Wouldn’t It Be Nice – The Beach Boys
1856. Wrapped Around – Brad Paisley
- Brad’s totally whipped, and “I think it’s time to put a ring on the finger I’m wrapped around.” Brad’s one of the biggest proponents of the current trend toward humourous songs in country, so even though this isn’t one of his comedic songs, I still like it a lot more than many recent songs.
1857. Wrong Again – Martina McBride
- This is not a happy song at all, but the end is a little more happy than the rest. It is, however, an excellent display of Martina’s voice.
1858. The Wrong Man was Convicted – Barenaked Ladies
- “If I’m again beside your body, don’t tell me where it’s been. It’s cruel, unusual punishment to kiss fingerprinted skin.” I love the way they wove in so many references to the legal system, and the snare drum was a neat touch, as was the wind section (yes! You may just naturally assume that that’s a synth there in the middle, but they got an actual flutist to actually play the flute! Which is not uncommon for these guys, at least on their early stuff). This is one of the few truly melancholy BNL songs.
1859. Wyrd Sisters - Discworld
1860. XTC vs. Adam Ant - They Might Be Giants
- “Even the singer from Bow Wow Wow can’t make up her mind...”
1861. Yangtse Song – Michael Palin, Terry Jones
- I have no idea what this is from. It’s very...marchy, though.
1862. Yellow Submarine – The Beatles
- Several years ago, I ran across a Daria parody of this song... Something about living on MTV...
1863. Yer Blues – The Beatles
1864. Yesterday – The Beatles
- More cello!
1865. You and I Both – Jason Mraz
- This is a little Anti-Love, in the same way that “She Won’t Say Goodbye” is. From what I can tell, Jason and the girl he’s singing about have put their relationship on an indefinite hiatus. But Jason realizes that what they had was special, and he’s happy to have those memories, so he’s not going to push the issue.
1866. You Can Dream of Me – Steve Wariner
- “If you want someone to fill your waking hours, well baby I’m still not free. But if you think you could fall for a telephone call and some flowers, if you’re dreaming of someone, you can dream of me.”
1867. You Can’t Go By That – Ricochet
- “Boy, I swear I’ve been there, if she acts like she cares, you can’t go by that.” Fun, peppy, and short.
1868. You Can’t Have a Good Time without Me – Pam Tillis
- Pam revels in the fact that her ex isn’t over her yet. It’s kind of swing jazzy. Or something like that. It would definitely work well in a certain kind of dance club.
1869. You Can’t Lose Me – Faith Hill
- A sweet song about a mother/daughter relationship.
1870. You Can’t Make Love – Don Henley
1871. You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd – Roger Miller
- No, Roger, you can’t. Nor can you do any of the other ridiculous things he mentions over the course of the song.
1872. You Don’t Know – Scarlett & Black
1873. You Gotta Love That – Neal McCoy
- My dad really dislikes McCoy because he’s another of those singers who really push the bounds of what constitutes “country.” Likely the only reason this song is played on the country station is that about half of the guitar work is acoustic. My favourite line is definitely “She knows what she wants, and you’ve gotta love that.”
1874. You Gotta Start Somewhere – Aaron Tippin
- A song about taking it one day at a time after a breakup. But an upbeat song about taking it one day at a time. Actually, it’s a touch on the satirical side, now that I really stop and think about it.
1875. You Just Watch Me – Tanya Tucker
- Mmm... Another woman with an attitude... ;^)
1876. You Look Good in My Shirt - Keith Urban
- “Maybe it’s a little too early to know if this is gonna work. All I know is you’re sure lookin’ good in my shirt.” A quite silly song that always makes me want to dance. Which is rare.
1877. You Love Fall – The Brothers Creeggan
- A short, silly song in the tradition of TMBG and “Little Tiny Song.” I can’t help shake the impression that it’s about sibling rivalry. And that’s probably why my sister and I will never release an album as The Sisters Whittle. Well, one of many reasons...
1878. You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
- “I never did believe in the ways of magic, but I’m beginning to wonder why.”
1879. You Make Me Feel - Diamond Rio
- “I never thought I’d really love reality.”
1880. You Rescued Me – Jamie O’Neal
- There’s something appealing about this song, but I really don’t know how to describe it.
1881. You Send Me – Sam Cooke
1882. You Sing to Me - Eimear Quinn
- More of the slower brand of Celtic stuff.
1883. You Still Got It – Ricochet
- Up tempo, shallow, and just fun. There are some neat chords, too.
1884. You Walked In – Lonestar
- Lonestar and Ricochet showed up at about the same time, the first two of maybe a half-
dozen country boy bands that have ever actually made it as far as the country top 40 chart.
There aren’t a lot of Lonestar songs that I usually mistake for Ricochet songs, since
Ricochet disappeared after a couple of albums but Lonestar is still around and doing
really well, but this is one of the ones that I do have a little bit of trouble with.
1885. You Will Be Adored – The Brothers Creeggan
- The lyrics are a touch on the silly side (and even sillier when I zone out and start hearing “You will be a door” as the chorus), but still an excellent display of Andy, Jim, and Ian’s musical prowess.
1886. You Will Be Waiting – Barenaked Ladies
- “And so you hate my arrogance and smothering and sitting on the fence, but I’m afraid of the hard permanence of letting you go free.” Steven tends to do these absolutely gorgeous ballads that are comparatively sincere, but still very quirky (see also “When You Dream”). This is remarkable mostly in that _Ed_ is the one whose voice seems most suited to ballads and Steven sounds more like he should be doing the faster, more abrasive songs. And speaking of Ed taking off... I think I told you that I heard them do a live, unplugged set for the station I listen to in MD over Christmas break. One of the songs they did was “Another Postcard,” wherein Ed almost reaches “One Week” speeds, but Steven sings along with him. On the CD, they line up, because they were able to _edit_ it so that Steven had several chances, but in the live version, he tripped over one of the words, and then spent the rest of the song trying to catch up. It would have been really funny if he hadn’t been so obviously frustrated. And for some reason, whoever it is who does the falsetto (I still think it’s Kevin...) went up an extra partial when they did it live, AND his mic was up too high, so almost all you could hear was this really fricken Jodi-Benson-level high harmony line _soaring_ out over top. That was actually the first time I had even noticed that that particular harmony line _existed_, it’s so subtle in on the album/radio version.
1887. You Won - Keith Urban
- “I shouldn’t be standin’ here today after all the crazy things I’ve done. I’m ready to fall, and that’s okay. I ran as far as I could run, and you won.”
1888. You Won’t Be Happy – The Beat
1889. You Won’t Succeed on Broadway – David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry
- Excuse me while I laugh my arse off for a moment...
1890. You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban
- “Someday I'm gonna run across your mind. Don't worry, I'll be fine, I'm gonna be alright. While you're sleeping with your pride, wishing I could hold you tight, I'll be over you and on with my life." Okay, this one really is the last “She Won’t Change Her Mind” mention I’m going to make. Really.
1891. Young Love – Sonny James
1892. Your Everything - Keith Urban
- "I wanna be the wind that fills your sails, and be the hand that lifts your veil, and be the moon that moves your tide, the sun coming up in your eyes." Somehow, sappy crappy love songs aren’t as disgusting from Urban...
1893. Your Own Worst Enemy - They Might Be Giants
- “Precious and few are the moments that you and your own worst enemy share.”
1894. Your Racist Friend - They Might Be Giants
- Why do I get the distinct feeling that the inspiration for this song had nothing to do with a racist OR a friend? Perhaps because that would mean that the song made sense?
1895. Your Tattoo – Sammy Kershaw
- Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy has naked picture of girl tattooed on his arm. Boy breaks up with girl. Boy meets another girl. And this is why one shouldn’t do stupid, rash things.
1896. You’re My Best Friend – Don Williams
- See just about any other Don Williams song...
1897. You're Not Alone Tonight - Keith Urban
- “Call it an angel, call it a muse, or call it karma that you’ve got comin’ to you. What’s the difference? What’s in a name?” I absolutely adore this song. It’s almost as good as the two Idle songs at cheering me up. It’s not as cheeky, of course, but it’s prettier, so...
1898. You're Not My God (with One Chord Song) - Keith Urban
- “Little white lies on a mirror, cut neatly in a row. Medicine that kept me from lookin’ in my soul.” A song about how money and drugs are Bad. Except, it actually has some significance, because he _used_ to be a drug addict. It’s also the last track on the disk, so after two minutes of silence, he does his “One Chord Song”, which is this song that never fails to make me chuckle. “I can make it sound like there’s another chooord, but you’d be fooled, cause there is only one.”
1899. You’re the First, My Last, My Everything – Barry White
1900. You're the Only One - Keith Urban
- "Though you don't believe me now, I'll never walk away. And you, you know that I'll be there when tomorrow comes." This song always puts me in mind of what Horatio says to Mariette in the fourth Hornblower – “You do not know me mademoiselle. If you knew me, you would not be so quick to doubt me.”
1901. You’ve Always Got Me – Aaron Tippin
- For those days when you’re feeling particularly upbeat... Or want to feel that way.
1902. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – The Beatles
- I still think they’re saying “You’ve got to hide your lovely way,” if I’m not concentrating.
1903. You’ve Got to Talk to Me – Lee Ann Womack
- I think this was her first single. Either first or second, certainly. It’s a good song, though. Moderately tempoed, not drippy about the whole love thing, and it’s got some decent advice.
1904. Yrrah (The Shape of Water) – Banoffi
- A live piece from Banoffi! Party in a box! Well, not even in a box. On my computer.
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