Favorite Songs: 90 - 86

Feels like I haven't written on here in a month, so time permitting I'm going to try to do the next 2 sets of 5 back-to-back. And away we go.

90. "Sometimes" by James (Laid)
There are a lot songs on this list that really tell a story, but few of them do it this well. The first part of the story is about a boy holding an antenna on the roof during a massive rain storm, then he (predictably enough) gets hit by lightning and dies. The second part is about an old man trying to take pictures of a rainbow, but can't get anything but the rain to come out in the pictures. Then some random thing about being able to hear the sea through the old man's ear... I dunno... random, like I said.
Line: "Sometimes when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul."



89. "Of Monsters + Heroes + Men" by James (Hey Ma)
Back-to-back James songs? You betcha. Going from the first James album I bought, back in '93, to their newest one, from last year. The first few times I heard this song, I was like, "Hell yeah, good tune" but I was always impatient for the song that follows it, which is one of the top 5 songs on this list and my favorite song by them now. (Yay! More foreshadowing!) This is more of a stream of consciousness lyric, not really telling a story, but doing so at the same time. Odd, I know. I love the end verses, which are several repetitions of the following:
"Rambling poets, manic with vision
We are the drivers, yet we feel driven
Moths in the moonlight, fooled by the flashlight
Caught in the jam jar, gasping for air."
But not as much as I love what passes for the chorus...
Line: "Either way, I'm in awe of you. Either way, we'll survive."

(Chose to put this video instead of one of the live versions because the live versions, well, just aren't as good, quite frankly.)


88. "Doll Parts" by Hole (Live Through This)
Another bad ass tune from Courtney and the gals. Not their best, but still just a great song. Also kind of a prophetic song, considering Kurt Cobain was found dead 4 days before this album was released.
Line: "Someday you will ache like I ache."



87. "Stay" by Belly (Star)
Tanya Donelly has one of my favorite voices in music, even though this isn't the greatest example, just because it's such a subdued song. I could listen to her sing the owner's manual for an '85 Yugo and still be entertained. This is probably not the best song on either of the two albums they recorded, but it's still my favorite by them. Just an insanely pretty song.
Line: "But I love him near, and I love him dear, and I've loved him hundreds of thousands of years."



86. "Unknown Caller" by U2 (No Line On the Horizon)
I don't know why I like this song so much, but it's been my favorite on the new album since the first time I listened to it. Steadily making its way up the list of favorite U2 songs in general, as well.
Line: "I had driven to the scene of the accident, and I sat there waiting for me."