July 14 - July 21

Wow, it's been a little while. As you can see, I've started to embed videos for many of the songs. When I get a little time, I'll also add some streamable songs.

July 14:
4:45 pm: The Police - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5W2Vr6HU7s
Again, there is no embedding, which is annoying. I have no idea why this song got stuck in my head. Maybe because I watched through literally every episode of the Office in existence in about a week, and Scrantonicity just happened to play it. But anyway, I'm watching this video right now, and it is really, really lame. The video switches from clips of them playing, to clips of Sting playing with Africans (these scenes look like they're right out of The Gods Must Be Crazy, I mean the dude from that movie looks kinda like Sting), to clips of the Police dancing around a mixer. The funniest part is at 3:12--they're TRADING HATS. What the fuck. Good song, though. Oh, and do you remember that one band, Ra, that covered it? That was the only song they did that anyone cared about.

July 15:
10:35 am: The Beatles - Lady Madonna

Another great song. My brain is on a roll. Though this one is definitely my fault. It's another song that I've been pondering covering with the band, given that it heavily features both a piano and a saxophone. Man, I keep wanting to hear this song again. By the way, I love the line "Sunday morning creeping like a nun." Awesome. Oh and doesn't "Eleanor Rigby" look like "Eleanor Rugby"? I wonder what that would be like. But I digress.

11:35 am: Human League - Don't You Want Me

People in the 80's look really funny.

12:10 pm: Michael Jackson - Thriller
It hits again. I miss the old black Michael Jackson. The one who didn't rape children. I think Robot Chicken may actually be right, here.


July 16:
11:00 am: Social Distortion: Story of my Life
Alright, this is probably one of the worst songs ever written, and the only reason I've heard it is Guitar Hero 3. Because it sucks so much, I'm not embedding a video, and if I add a streamable track feature to the blog, I will not include it. If you feel like listening to it, search for it yourself. Along with generally sucking, this is also one of the worst songs anyone could pick for Guitar Hero, and I have no idea why they included it. First of all, there's nothing interesting in the song, guitar-wise. Obviously, this does not make it a bad song. Also, it's horribly repetitive, which again does not necessarily make it terrible (though there is a pretty decent correlation), and is a very common thing with punk songs. However, there is one MAJOR problem. Punk songs are normally really short, between 2 and 3 minutes. "Story of my Life" is over 5 minutes of the same riffs, same chords, same singing. So in Guitar Hero, you just have to sit through it, get your 5 stars and douse your ears in alcohol. So, as you can easily see, getting it stuck in my head was truly fucking wonderful. Oh, and wikipedia says: "The song never reached any of the major charts, but is considered one of the band's most well known and loved songs by fans." I can see why, and I can see why old people hate teenagers.

July 18:
12:20 am: Reefer Madness - The Brownie Song

This is something you just have to watch. It's even better in the stage production.

July 19:
12:15 pm: Doubletop - Wasted
Check it out at www.myspace.com/doubletop
I know this sounds like a plug for a friend's band, which I suppose it is, but I promise this song got stuck in my head, fair and square. This Tucson based band plays a unique style of alternative rock that really pushes the genre. "Wasted" is probably their most accessible song, at least of the ones off their debut (and only) album, so I suppose it makes sense that that was the one stuck in my head. I bid you all to check them out.

July 20:
12:30 am: Rush - Tom Sawyer

I was driving back from my improv show with my girlfriend, Ari, and this song randomly came into my head when we were eating In and Out Burger fries. The very scalar part where Geddy sings "And what you say about his company / Is what you say about society" came into my head, and it took me like 3 of 4 minutes to figure out what it was from. As soon as it did, the rest of the song came along with it. Good song, but I'm actually surprised a song like this got popular, given it's strange rhythm and melodies. I guess Rush just owns. Anyway, this is hilarious, Rush actually used a South Park clip to intro the song in concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrejJHPnVfk

12:50 pm: The Muppets - Mahna Mahna

The progression of life:
0-8: Love the Muppets
9-15: Hate the Muppets
16-death: Love the Muppets
The ages may vary, but the general pattern is the same.

12:55 pm: Mary Poppins - Let's Go Fly a Kite
Whatever. I haven't seen that movie in ages, but it came into my head nonetheless.

July 21:
4:05 pm: The Beatles - Hard Day's Night

I love the Beatles, but for some reason this song was never one of my favorites. It's still good, don't get me wrong, but it seems rather dated. I prefer later Beatles.