This is the twelth installment of my weekly blog entry series "5 Songs On Shuffle." I’ll put my iTunes on shuffle and blog about the first five songs that play.
"That Time" - Regina Spektor Begin To Hope
Opening with a funny little guitar riff and a bizarre lyric reminiscing about time Regina tried to save a pigeon with a broken wing, or when she only ate tangerines, or only smoked Camel cigarettes. Then it get serious, when the topic of the two drug overdoses comes up. Classic Regina Spektor, crazy and sweet and scary all rolled into one.
"Mr. Brightside" - The Killers Hot Fuss
I started to fall in love with The Killers after "Somebody Told Me" hit, with the gender-bender lyrics, hooky chorus and synth-heavy rock sound. But "Mr. Brightside" was a new-wave revelation, a tale of falling for a hooker dressed up in a New Romantics wash. They sounded like my British boyfriends in Franz Ferdinand, but they are Yanks from Vegas, baby.
"Pretty In Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs The Modern Edge
Real new wave from the soundtrack to the only John Hughes film I've never seen. I'm pretty sure I own it, but I've never sat down a watched it. I've seen Breakfast Club five-hundred times, so that almost makes up for it. Almost.
"Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" - Fall Out Boy Infinity On High
Emo-pop kings quote Mike Nichols' Closer on a Babyface-produced hit that features Kim Kardashian in the video. It's like six degrees of separation in one song! Plus, the song rocks.
"You've Got A Friend" - Carole King Tapestry
My sister Rachel loves Tapestry so much, she has it on CD, plus two vinyl copies. It's just one of the greatest albums of all time! While "You've Got A Friend" is a nice song, and I do prefer Carole's version to James Taylor's, my favorites are "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "I Feel the Earth Move." There is just something so honest in Carole's voice, and her songwriting is brilliant. I remember watching the kids TV specials she sang on, "Chicken Soup With Rice" and that one where the kid only said "I don't care!" until he got eaten by a lion. They were off the chain...
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