Favorite Songs: 75 - 71

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas, and here's to a MUCH better 2010.

75. "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" by Jesus Jones (Liquidizer)
Yet another fun little post-break up song. Basically a nice way of calling your ex a heart-crushing soul-stealing shit. Man, I love these kinds of songs!
Line: "Well, you're not very nice. You made me feel small."

Video note: There's an actual video for this song out there, but the only video I could find is a mix of 4 Jesus Jones videos - "Info Freako" "Never Enough" "Bring It On Down" and "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" which starts at the 4:25 mark. All 4 songs are pretty good, all from the debut album, Liquidizer.



74. "Nights In White Satin" by Moody Blues (Days Of Future Passed)
Back in the day, groups would make what were known as concept albums, and Moody Blues were no exception. But where some bands succeeded (Pink Floyd's The Wall, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway by Genesis, Tommy by The Who), Days Of Future Passed was quite... umm... pathetic, really. Until you get to the final song, anyway. Fade from previous song, with a little orchestration... quick fade in with the classic and instantly recognizable guitar and drum beat... dum... bang... dum dum dum... bang... dum dum... bang... dum dum dum... bang... dum dum... "Nights in white satin... never reaching the end..." What a fucking song! Makes me want to go eat steak and screw like 50 women! Or... ya know... just sit here, thinkin about the wifey.
Line: "Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before."



73. "By My Side" by INXS (X)
Just a great song about love and devotion, but with a little obsessiveness thrown in for good measure. Michael Hutchence could deliver a song with more soul than damn near anybody else. Such a shame. And how amazing would it be to play in front of almost 90,000 people at Wembley? Yeah, that would be a nice little feeling.
Line: "The room's full of strangers, some call me 'friend', but I wish you were so close to me."



72. "Soma" by Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream)
Easily one of the most beautiful songs of the '90s, on one of the best albums of the '90s. The slow (and I mean slow) build up to the crashing crescendo is pretty much perfect. Just some amazing atmospheric guitars, sparse drums, soft vocals, all building for, oh, 3 and a half minutes or so, then just exploding. Awesome. This is also another of my all-time favorite lines from any song...
Line: "Wrapped my hurt in you, and took my shelter in that pain."



71. "Come Undone" by Duran Duran (Duran Duran)
Duran Duran had pretty much fallen off the face of the Earth for about 6 years. Then, with no warning at all, they unleash this monster upon the unsuspecting masses. Oh yeah, they were back. But... well... then they pretty much disappeared again a couple years later.
Line: "Who do you need? Who do you love when you come undone?"

(Hunt the actual video down. It's pretty good.)


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