Friday Random 10

1. Four Piece Suit - "Bombasteroid" (Matinee Idylls) : more swingin' goodness from the local boys.
2. The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?" (Newbury Comics: The Early Years) : I love the way The Smiths use depressed lyrics with poppy music. Their Strangeways Here We Come is one of my all time favorite albums.
3. The Church - "The Unguarded Moment" (Of Skins and Heart) : a favorite 80s New Wave song. I'm not sure I've ever listened to the entire album, just love this song.
4. Bob Dylan - "Tangled Up In Blue" (Blood On The Tracks) : the best song on one of the best albums of all time. Some amazingly intricate rhyming goes on in this song, as with Simple Twist Of Fate. Each of the songs on this album is a story in itself. Turn it up!

   I had a job in the great north woods
   Working as a cook for a spell
   But I never did like it all that much
   And one day the ax just fell.
   So I drifted down to New Orleans
   Where I happened to be employed
   Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
   Right outside of Delacroix.
   But all the while I was alone
   The past was close behind,
   I seen a lot of women
   But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
   Tangled up in blue.
   
   She was workin' in a topless place
   And I stopped in for a beer,
   I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
   In the spotlight so clear.
   And later on as the crowd thinned out
   I's just about to do the same,
   She was standing there in back of my chair
   Said to me, "Don't I know your name?"
   I muttered somethin' underneath my breath,
   She studied the lines on my face.
   I must admit I felt a little uneasy
   When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe,
   Tangled up in blue.

5. Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus (Kazan Cathedral Mix)" (Just Say Da) : Not my favorite mix of this song, but the only one I own, as part of the Just Say Yes series. A longer instrumental version of this toe-tapping 80s hit. No idea what it means!
6. Frou Frou - "It's good to be in love" (Details) : Another smooth vocal from Imogene, with a clever beat. Most every track on this CD is solid.
7. Richard Barone - "Love Is A Wind That Scream" (Cool Blue Halo) : Wondefult live album by the former lead of The Bongos, this is my favorite original song. He does several great covers, along with an eclectic version of The Bongos hit, Numbers with Wings.
8. Dead Can Dance - "Indus" (Spirit Chaser) : I've been a huge DCD fan since their first album, back in the heyday of 4AD Records. Back in my wild and carefree single days, I used to pick up just about everything from their catalog, reveling in the wonder of it all.And Dead Can Dance remain a real favorite. My girls really enjoy the strange sounds Lisa & Brendan can generate, and yet dig the rhythms too.
9. Queen - "She Makes Me So" (Sheer Heart Attack ) : My favorite track from this CD. I wore this album out, back in the vinyl days. And the rhythmic stomping in this love song just slays me.
10. Cruel Sea - "Seems Twice" (The Honeymoon Is Over) : instrumental time from the blues-rooted Aussie band. You know, I'm not even sure why, when or where I picked this CD up, but it sure has some great songs on it.

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