Day 11. A song from your favourite band - Genesis: The Musical Box

So I am kind of exposing myself here. Genesis? Yes, Genesis. Up to and including their 1977 album Wind And Wuthering, there is not a single album I do not like. Even until the early 1980s, I still mostly approve.

However, I am not out to defend the atrocity that is Invisible Touch or ( Read more... )

Day 10. A song that makes you fall asleep - Yes: Tales From Topographic Oceans

Since there is no song that literally makes me fall asleep, I will just take this to mean "A song that bores you to tears". I am taking further liberties, because Tales From Topographic Oceans is of course an album, not a song, but you can pick any of the four that are on ( Read more... )

Day 09. A song that you can dance to - Liaisons Dangereuses: Etre Assis Ou Danser

About dancing in clubs: I mostly don't. If I do, chances are I have had two or three vodkas, which is in itself a rare, near-freak occurrence, and even then I am uncomfortable and tense. I know that no-one gives a rat's arse what I look like dancing, and that others ( Read more... )

Day 08. A song that you know all the words to - PeterLicht: Stratosphärenlieder

The evil greedy cunts Sony Music did a brilliant job of removing every video upload of this song that Google is able to find, so I cannot embed it. If you are interested, you can listen to it here:
www.simfy.de/profiles/arclight/playlists/5067463

PeterLicht: ( Read more... )

Day 07. A song that reminds you of a certain event - Anne Clark: Sleeper In Metropolis

November 1997, our school trip to England. In the back of the coach to Calais, sometime after sunset, we started listening to someone’s Anne Clark tape. I had never heard of her, but Sleeper In Metropolis was an instant favourite with me.

During the same time, one ( Read more... )

Day 06. A song that reminds you of somewhere - R.E.M.: Lotus

Struck by the realization that we had our last summer break ahead of us, a friend from school and I decided to go on a three week camping trip through Norway. We went with another friend of his, whom I had only met a couple of times before.

Norway is a breathtakingly beautiful country. ( Read more... )

Day 05. A song that reminds you of someone - Guts Pie Earshot: Close To Distance

It was around 1999 when I first ventured out to meet other homos. It was at a coming out group for young queers called Die grünen Tomaten ('Green Tomatoes' - named after the film, I guess). After struggling with myself in the parking lot for 45 minutes, I finally set ( Read more... )

Day 04. A song that makes you sad - The Blue Nile: From A Late Night Train

In his post for day 4 , mamoosh pointed out the difference between a song that makes you cry and one that makes you sad. I had not thought about it, but I have to agree. There are no songs that make me sad, but a few make it very hard to choke back tears. From A Late Night Train is ( Read more... )

Day 03. A song that makes you happy - Squarepusher: Iambic 9 Poetry

There were a couple of choices for this one, but I'll stick with Squarepusher.

I love how the drums fall apart towards the end. It reminds me of a game I played when I was little: Turn around as fast as you can for as long as you can, then try to stand upright with your eyes closed ( Read more... )

Day 02. Your least favorite song - Scooter: Hyper Hyper

It's past midnight here, and the next one is easy as pie. The atrocious, plastic, unfeelingly calculated techno pop crap from the mid-nineties I mentioned? I don't think there is a better example than Hyper Hyper.

Granted, there were a lot of downright silly records at the time, even from the ( Read more... )