Ask and ye shall receive; the second List of the Moment in one week. We’ll see if there is enough to say biweekly and how it works out. This week there are a lot more. The prior list was brief and didn’t include enough of what is on the list this week. And so, here are a few more samplings.
Rock on,
s.r.p.
"Kinder" by David Garza – a truly perfect and sexy as hell song. What can I say about it? It has a thrashing background sound that makes it just perfect. It suits the tone so well and it’s not harsh, but just hard and thrashing enough that the real confidence of Garza’s voice shines through as if he just knows he’s all that and more… Utterably desirable.
"Motortown" by the Kane Gang – the ultimate summer song. It does and will always remind me of driving down to the beach at night to meet my husband and go for a walk with him there. You can find this through Amazon with relative ease, though I haven’t met too many people who knew it. I’ve seen it spelled both Kane Gang and Kanegang. It's happy, light, summery.
"Heart of Glass" by Blondie – I’ll never forget seeing a video of twenty-something Debbie Harry (at the time that was her age) singing "Heart of Glass" during a recording at Studio 54. The camera showed a close up of her face and I realized how incredibly beautiful she was, and this is a close up video as well. Her skin is like porcelain and while I have no doubt that Debbie Harry, though I haven’t seen her lately, is pretty great looking still, I don’t know if anyone could top that "Heart of Glass" video that I saw. Her mouth, her eyes, wow! Just incredible, and the song is unforgettable. Generally everyone I know associates this song with some point in their life and with someone they knew during that time period. I suppose all songs do to a greater or lesser extent, but this one even more so seems to evoke memories (not necessarily of love, just memories).
"Sexual Healing" by Shaggy and Marvin Gaye – I’m not sure how to categorize this song, only to say that the original "Sexual Healing" practically knocked me out when it came out. It is such an honest, frank song but done so well that you don’t feel like you need a shower after it. (Like I do when listening to Prince’s “Do Me Baby,” which makes me feel dirty every time I hear it. Maybe a parochial school thing? Can’t say…) But anyway – this is a remix and has more of a reggae sort of thing going on that makes it fun. Though, it's not really reggae – I can’t describe it. It’s like “Caribbean rap” or Jamaican rap, though I’m sure it has a proper name. If you now it, please do list under comments section and correct or fill in the void of my ignorance.
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— go to most recent comments1 - Connie Phillips
Oh my goodness! I haven't heard or thought of the Squeeze song, "Tempted" in years, but as soon as I saw your mention of it I had to go download it. While I was there I also picked up my Favorite Squeeze song, "Black Coffee in Bed." I currently have them on a loop, such great memories and songs. Thanks for reminding me of them.
2 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
i'm glad Connie; black coffee in bed is GREAT song as well, though not on my list of the moment, alas as this one is... glad i could remind you of something .... :)
3 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Sadi--your mention of a couple faves recalled a couple lyrical snippets:
---Squeeze--"Up the Junction":
Alone here in the kitchen
I feel there's something missing
I'd beg for some forgiveness
But begging's not my business
And she won't write a letter
Although I always tell her
And so it's my assumption
I'm really up the junction.
---And Smiths ("Is it Really So Strange"--
I left the South
I travelled North
I got confused - I killed a horse
I can't help the way that I feel.
I'm really up the junction
(cited in my "Favorite Rock Laugh Lines" BC article a while back)
Thanks for the reminders--Gordon
4 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
(oops--forgive the Smiths "I'm really up the junction" cross-pollination of a Squeeze line above)
5 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
these are great lines -- how did you manage to assemble such a list - amazing... can you shoot or build in the link; i'd love to read your article about it....cheers,--- s
6 - Steve
Ah, Sadi, found your list at last lol. I've been out for the evening.
Anyway, I must confess I've never been a fan of The Smiths or Morrissey, but I did quite like "How Soon Is Now" and "What Difference Does It Make?" by the Smiths, and "Everyday Is Like Sunday" by Morrissey.
As far as Squeeze go, I enjoyed "Hourglass" and "Labelled With Love", can't recall much else of theirs (except maybe "Pulling Mussels from a Shell" or something).
I have found Bowie's stuff to be rather patchy, especially his early years, but "Heroes" was a great tune.
I have about a dozen Oasis tunes, IMO they've had some great tunes and some duds, but I do think "Don't Look Back In Anger" is one of their better tunes for sure.
Thanks for the list, Sadi.
7 - Steve
Ooops, forgot about Kane Gang and Blondie!
Yes, I vaguely recall "Motortown" from 1987, the year I moved back to Canada to live, that was a good one, I also liked their tunes "Closest Thing To Heaven" and especially "Gun Law" from 1985 I think, shame they didn't last longer as a band.
And "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie, yep, that was a good tune too. I think their tune "Rapture" is considered a forerunner to the rap music genre.
That's the trouble, once you start writing a comment, you can't see the article you're answering. Oh well...
8 - Gordon Hauptfleisch
Sadi: sorry I'm computer un-savvy, but if look up my name in the right-side "see all blogcritics" index, go to #21 ("Ho ho ho, hee hee hee...") I think you'll be entertained. Includes "Tombstone Blues" by Jokerman, Waits, Westerberg, Costello, and if you haven't encountered Nellie McKay, this is absolutely mandatory. Let me know what you think.
9 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
I really like Squeeze a lot - am surprised that you're not so keen but hey to each his own. Yes, Bowie's earlier stuff could be patchy to be sure but heroes is great - ever hear Niko singing it? Pretty damn funny IMO... but worth a listen -- is it on the banana album? i can't recall of the top of my head.. but Bowie's is irristable
(interject - why are all the comments italic now and my article half italic - some code error somewhre.. not sure how this happened... odd.)
Kanegang or Kane Gange have that one great song - Motor Town is such a happy song i think and reminds me of going to the beach for summer and for french fries and walks along the beach front promenande not far from our house....
i don't know too much else by the Kane Gang but will check it out... thanks for the song titles
Blondie - God yes... too many good songs to list and i know i choose the most obvious but mainly b/c i can't get over how freakin' gorgeous she was in that one video, very old video by now, for Heart of Glass - such amazing skin and eyes...
Did you know (mark interjects) that Femme Fatale was written for Edie Sedgwick -- supposedly... iteresting factoid if true... based on comment by Warhol who said, Don't you think she's a Femme Fatale so bitchy femme fatale?? So Lou Reed, being Lou Reed and too clver by half, wrote the song -- all supposedly true and certainly believable to me, but hey, what the mcfuck do i know...
Intersting stuff now...
Yes, scrolling back up to read about what you are writing is frustrating b/c you can't remember the substance of the entire article and have to keep scrolling up and up and up...
argh!!!
but hey... i'm going to check out your piece if i can sort out which one it is...
Gordon what is your full Blogcritics name so i'm certain to find you... for the article...
cheers all -
any thoughts on the Warhol/Reed/Sedgwick front are welcome as are thoughts about all.
does everybody hate Sarah Harmer??? Okay, so it is one good song and fifteen minutes perhaps but still a great song. Maybe too chick-like for you boys... eh? dunno.. but i like it anyhow...
My favorite song by Oasis and i'm perhaps predictable here is "Maybe" (just some bitterness there... mixed with optimism) as well as Champagne Supernova, on which Paul Weller plays the lead in guitar... did you know that??
10 - Steve
Actually, no, Sadi, I have never listened to Nico myself so far, though I do have covers of
the Velvet Underground & Nico songs "All Tomorrow's Parties" by Simple Minds and Japan and "Waiting For The Man" By OMD.
Only Lou Reed solo that I have is a cover of -
"Street Hassle" by Simple Minds
and samples of "Walk On The Wild Side" in "Can I Kick It?" by A Tribe Called Quest and "Shout" by Ant & Dec feat. lead singer of Erasure.
Also, a remake he did with various artists for charity of his song "Prefect Day".
I also loved "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis, no I didn't know that about Paul Weller, interesting. I should probably get that album
"What's The Story" sometime!
I can honestly say, don't think I have ever heard Sarah Harmer's stuff.
What is your definition of chick-like Sadi? Would you call LeAnn Rimes that? I like some of her stuff, even though country is not my fave. Or Celine Dion? I like her stuff too. Am curious as to what you mean lol.
This is fun lol.
11 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
hey - i love OMD - i forgot about them... wow! thanks for reminding me...
chick music - i guess sorry i think of celene dion to some extent, mariah carey, etc etc...britney spears, NOT that Sarah Harmer is anything like that; she has a toughness a bit and a cheekiness to her that i really like; sort of reminds me of some better folk singers but more contemporary. Hard to describe. Listen to a clip called "Almost" on Amazon... i forget the album name but there can't be many of them....
"What's the Story Morning Glory" is a great album.. you'd love it... it's amazing, i nmy view, anyway. But yes that's Weller at the beginning which i've known for years but i tend to check out whatever Weller is up to, having seen him several times... did i tell you how i got his autograph at the show? surely i told you about the Valium script? If not, remind me to tell you... funny story...
you in the U.S. or G.B. - i'm from Tottenham (well, finsbury first, then Tottenham...)
but wow, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark... "i crosed every ocean, for the sake of locomotion..."
crazy.... thx. for that...
12 - Steve
Re. OMD, yeah, I have their 1988 "Best Of..." and all of their albums until their demise around ten years ago. Apparently, the primary lead singer was a songwriter for British all-girl group Atomic Kitten from 1999 until they split up last year. I remember "Locomotion" being a UK hit in the summer of 1984, the only year I DIDN'T spend my summer holidays in Canada between 1978 and 1985. Happy memories mostly.
Re. Chick music, I have Mariah Carey's Greatest hits and would like to get Celine's too, though I have a few of her songs on compilations. Will keep my eyes open for Harmer.
No, you didn't tell me about your Weller autograph etc., you really should look for one of those "Later...with Jools Holland" DVD's, I'm sure Weller would be in concert on at least one of them.
I'm in Canada, Sadi, for the first 4 years here after I was born, then 13 out of the next 14 in Scotland, been back here now for 19 years almost. You mentioned you'd spent some time in Scotland and are now in the US but your typing style seems more English, I was wondering about that lol.
13 - Steve
Well, here's an OMD lyric I recall from 1991 lol -
"'Cause I'm so in awe of you,
And I don't know what to do,
And I'm sailing on the seven seas so blue..."
I know that's not alot, but that's all I remember off the top of my head lol. It was their last UK Top 3 hit.
Remember the name of that one?? I would give you a hint but then it might be too obvious lol.
14 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
Funny you would think of that lyric.... no. 3 hit eh?
Christ, i do not remember the title of that song.. durrr..
you should get out World's Tallest Thing - parts of the album are a patchy but Gibraltar is great as is Lollipopup and etc... Highly recommended...
check it out. it's on amazon...they may even allow a listen; i'd listen to Gibraltar...
cheers --s.
15 - Steve
The OMD tune was called...wait for it..."Sailing On The Seven Seas"!!! It was their first single after a three year break following their 1988 best of...
Thanks for the tip re. WTT.
Oh, re. chick-like music, a fave of mine is Alison Moyet, formerly of Yazoo (or Yaz here in N. America).
16 - Steve
I did look up Sarah Harmer by the way. Notice she did the soundtrack to the 2002 Canadian movie "Men With Brooms" with Leslie Nielson, it was a comedy with some drama, wasn't bad as I recall.
17 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
God i remember Alison Moyet -- i used to love her when i was younger (ahhh age is catching up with me and i'm a freakin' Genxr and feeling old -
Thanks for the OMD stuff - my download thing is not working right now for some reason, so it's dodgy for some reason; telling me to reboot (forget it)
Am now listenign to some song called "fuck off baby" but don't know the name of the band-- mihgt have to put on next week's list of the moment as it's damn funny and a great song... gotta love it...
over and out... :)
18 - Steve
Yeah, I know what you mean by a GenXer, not in the young adult category anymore myself as of last year lol.
Re. Moyet, I have her "Singles" collection, only 3 songs I don't like on it out of 20!! She came out of 'retirement' in 2002 with an album of new recordings, which wasn't bad, then followed up with an 'old songbook' kind of album, kinda like Rod Stewart, but hardly any American tunes...songs like -
Windmills Of My Mind
Cry Me A River
Almost Blue
God Give Me Strength
and a couple of French songs I'm scared to attempt to spell lol.
A classy album anyways.
19 - Steve
Speaking of funny songs, here are a few from long ago!! -
"Living Doll" by Cliff Richard & The Young Ones (remember those Brit comedians? They were hilarious on this 1986 take of the 1959 classic!)
"Doctorin The Tardis" by The Timelords (1988)(obviously re. Brit TV series Dr. Who lol)
"It's Grim Up North" by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (1990)
not to mention "Justifed & Ancient" by Tammy Wynette & the KLF (1991)
"Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" by Kid Creole & The Coconuts (1982)
Madness and the Pet Shop Boys had some funny tunes, names escape me at the moment.
20 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
god i can relate to the age thing..
i DO know Dr. The Tardis which is a wonderful song.... i love it... are the other songs anything like that? if so, i'll adore them...
French music: autour de lucie are increble and you should try to download "je reviens" and Les Promesses" and Salon - all great songs.. reallly realy good also Carla Bruni
non sequitor - why are the comments now bold AND italic? is it only our thread or what????
whatever - but yes, we like very much the same music... try spelling the French bands-- i'd love to hear more since i'm really into French pop and could turn you onto more..
speaking of, did you listen to An Innocent Child by BAD II?
Amazing song like "Lamb" by Gorecki... also an amazing song...
and Breathe Me by Sia - both of which have made my List of the Moment at various times....
xo
21 - Steve
Well, try 1991's "The White Room" album by the KLF, I don't have it, but have a few songs from it. It's fun, like the singles. It made #3 in the UK and #11 in the US. For more novelties, try "The History of the Jams" album by them also, from 1988.
Having trouble hearing anything at Amazon.com for some reason, so no, no BAD II yet.
Sia, I should have heard of, but the chart magazine I subscribed to went out of business and I was without UK charts for about 18 months, when she was having hits, hence my ignorance of her.
Re. French tunes, I must say, I have very little, I generally prefer my songs in English truth be told lol (hence my dislike of opera, for example). As far as French artists are concerned, I have enjoyed Supermen Lovers, Daft Punk, Modjo, Deep Forest, but my all-time fave French artist is muti-instrumentalist Jean Michel Jarre. Oh, and "She" by Charles Aznavour from 1974 was a fave of my mother's. I have the Elvis Costello version of it which was featured on the "Notting Hill' soundtrack.
22 - Steve
Oh, and regarding the bold and italics, I really don't know.
I sometimes use the shortcuts on my keyboard accidentally, I wish I could turn them all off, really annoying sometimes lol, that's how much of a computer geek I am...NOT!!!
23 - Steve
oh, just realised I didn't tell you the name of that Alison Moyet album with the few French songs on it...it's called "Voice" from 2004.
24 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
Steve - omg - you love "She" as well - damn baby, are we separated at birth or something... how weird is that and it was my mother's song as well... that's is so weird...
If you want Sia or any music go to my Website
www.tantmieux.squarespace.com (link above) and use the Contact Me link and i'll email you MP3 Files in exhange for yours... sound fair?
Now it's just italic comments - maybe they're meant to be italics...hmmmmm
lemme knwo what you think of my music exchange. i do this with a friend in Paris and it works wonders... great way to tune in, turn on.. .etc. etc...
25 - sadi ranson-polizzotti
heard of "voice" think i had or have that on vinyl...but then, where the mcfuck i put all of my vinyl, though i noticed that Amazon is starting to put out some newer stuff in Vinyl - or maybe that's the record companies themselves...who knows. would be cool if they do it... i have my record player and Dylan albums still... Dylan still sounds better on Vinyl, i don't care what they say...