Screw it. I am doing 5 songs at a time from now on. Just too damned bored.
144. "Lullaby" by The Cure (Disintegration)
First of many entries from one of my three favorite bands of all time (along with U2 and James), plus first of several songs off of my all time favorite album. This would probably make a really good song to have playing at Halloween, just because it's so damned creepy. The video is also one of my all time favorites.
Line: "Stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead, looking for the victim shivering in bed."
143. "Little Black Backpack" by Stroke 9 (Nasty Little Thoughts)
This is one of those songs that I loved back in the day, then completely forgot about. Heard it on the radio about 6 months ago, and it's been on my mp3 player and in my main iTunes play list since. So bad ass.
Line: "Your mind is lined with layers of lead. Have you heard one thing that I've said?"
142. "I Want You" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions (Blood and Chocolate)
Holy fucking stalker Batman! This is probably the single most obsessive song on my list, as well as one of the creepiest. I find it really bizarre that nearly every video I've seen on YouTube interprets this as a love song, when it's really not. (There's no official video, so it's all live versions and home made videos.) Oh well. What ya gonna do? The line "I want you" is repeated over and over throughout the song, between nearly every other line, and by the end it's just dripping with possessive obsession. Beautiful.
Line: "I want you. Go on and hurt me then we'll let it drop. I want you. I'm afraid I won't know where to stop. I want you."
141. "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep At the Wheel" by Barenaked Ladies (Maroon)
This is kind of a crazy song. The music's all pretty and shit, it's sung all sweetly, it seems pretty nice. Then you read the lyrics. It's basically a song about the final thoughts of a person who, as the title says, falls asleep at the wheel on their way to see their... Significant other, I'm guessing. The line "You're the last thing on my mind" changes meaning significantly from the first verse to the last. In the first verse, it's like, "Yeah, not even thinking about you, just trying to get home." At the end, it's "You are the last thing I am thinking about as I die." Pretty bad ass song that really gets overlooked.
Line: "From the ceiling my coffee cup drips, while out the window the horizon does flips."
(The song doesn't actually start until about the 1:50 mark. the first 2 minutes are just ad-lib stuff)
140. "Pretty' by The Cranberries (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?)
There's really nothing spectacular or meaningful about this song, I've just always liked it. Just a quick, pretty song.
Line: "You got to say it if you want to, but you won't change me."
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I knew you'd have The Cure on your list. I remember from high school how much you liked them. I use to hate the cure, until was around 19, then I just "got them." So glad I changed my mind, they became one of my favorite bands. Looking forward to see what other songs of theirs are on your list.
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