Friday 8-Track
Songs about women.
Weezer - "Susanne" - Mallrats Soundtrack
The perfect girl next door. This may be the only Rivers Cuomo song, about a girl, that isn't bitter, jaded, or fetishistic.
Stevie Wonder - "I Was Made To Love Her" - I Was Made To Love Her
Dig that James Jameson bass groove.
Ben Folds Five - "Kate" - Whatever and Ever Amen
The ultimate indie/hipster chick. She's got 100 dude friends all of whom are secretly in love with her. We all know her, we've all crushed on her.
The Wrens - "She Sends Kisses" - The Meadowlands
Long-distance never works.
Guns 'N Roses - "Rocket Queen" - Appetite For Destruction
This song is pretty fucked up, but damn it rocks. The first half is all balls and porn swagger but then after the break it becomes a sincere sentiment of thanks and concern. It must be half-Izzy and half-Axl.
Matthew Sweet - "Evangeline" - Girlfriend
Lyrically there's nothing too remarkable about this tune but Richard Lloyd's guitar work (of Television fame) is fantastic. Just the right amount of skrunk.
Josh Rouse - "Carolina" - Nashville
Great, great hook. Rouse is a master of upbeat melodies paired with sad lyrics...but this one has a happy ending.
Pernice Brothers - "Working Girls" - The World Won't End
The other reigning king of mopey lyrics and killer hooks, Joe Pernice tells the story of depressed office girl (think Pam/Dawn from The Office). This is probably my favorite song by this band with an all-time great lyric: "...contemplating suicide or a graduate degree..."
posted by Jason @ 11:00 AM
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Current odds on a Friday 8-track NOT containing an entry from the Wrens - 8 to 1.
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I like Evangeline, but I think my favorite song from that album is Girlfriend.
Good list! Although, now I'm singing Rocket Queen at work. That can't be a good thing.
Probably a bad bet no matter how tempting the odds.
I prefer "Winona" for a better song with a girl's name in it from the album Girlfriend. I have that on tape, yo.
GnR is always a good thing in the office.
Elizabeth, you get mad props for having "Girlfriend" in analog. Got any good cassingles?
Offhand I know of three cassingles: New Order, Indigo Girls, and Bryan Adams's "Everything I Do, I Do It For You." Hope that is not the Bryan Adams song you are adding to your repetoire.
New Order cassingles, how hip were you in 9th grade? And I hate the Bryan Adams song.
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