Favorite Songs: 70-66

Ok, now this is getting into the REALLY good shit. This is where I'll actually start having some fun with writing this stuff.
Happy New Year to all, and everyone be safe tonight.
On with the show.

70. "Sleep" by Stabbing Westward (Wither Blister Burn + Peel)
This is a disturbingly beautiful song about a girl who's father sneaks into her room at night and fucks her. No way of sugar coating it, sorry. Supposedly it's about the lead singer's girlfriend at the time, and the stuff that was actually happening to her.
Line: Pushing higher on the bed, staring at her father's head, wishing one or both was dead so this Hell could finally end."



69. "Stars" by Hum (You'd Prefer An Astronaut)
I've never heard anything else by Hum, but a friend of mine who likes them a lot says this is actually one of the worst songs they've written. If that's true, then I'm missing out on a shit load. Heard many different interpretations of this song, ranging from being about a break up to being about a suicide to being about drugs. No matter the case, it rocks pretty hard.
Line: "I think I finally broke her."



68. "Follow You, Follow Me" by Genesis (...And Thene There Were Three...)
When Peter Gabriel left Genesis... damn... how would they continue? Phil Collins steps up, writes some mediocre songs, changes the band from a progressive artsy band to more of a pop band, and tries his balls off to sound exactly like Peter Gabriel. This is the first good song post-Gabriel (as well as post-Steve Hackett, the original guitarist.) Another instantly recognizable opening guitar riff.
Line: "In your arms I feel so safe and so secure."



67. "This Is A Lie" by The Cure (Wild Mood Swings)
This album was dismissed pretty quickly by critics considering how good it actually is. Admittedly, though, I didn't really listen to it very much until about 5 years after it came out. There are some goofy ass songs, but it's not as bad an album as Wish was, and Wish was a lot more successful, both critically and comercially. Oh well. At one point, The Cure could have retired and been happy knowing they'd made 20 years worth of great, usually consistent music. Instead, they revamp the line-up yet again and make this album, followed by the insanely beautiful Bloodflowers. Still think it's funny that both of those albums were better than Wish, yet every time I've seen a list of best Cure albums, be it in Blender or Spin or whatever, Wish is considered their second best album, behind only Disintegration. At least they get that part right, anyway.
Line: How each of us dreams to understand anything at all."

Don't think I've ever heard it with live strings before. Sounds pretty bad ass.


66. "Silverfuck" by Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream)
God I love this song. Some of my favorite drums in any song, just a manic pace from the start til the slow part in the middle, then picks right back up at the end.
Line: "She was my lover, so sweet. She was my angel. And what I've recovered of me I put into a box underneath my bed."

Album version that friggin rules:


Live version that friggin rules:


Just put both because they are both great versions. Love the "Over the Rainbow" break in the live version. Good stuff.

Gonna try to do 5 more real quick, but if I don't finish them they'll definitely be up by tomorrow night. And for the 2 of you that actually leave comments, I usually go back and reply to your comments, but from now on I'll do it in the next post. If I'd been thinking I would have done that from the start.