Swans “I Remember Who You Are”

When other people say
You’re someone to misuse
Shut in behind your young girl’s face
And helpless in your bed of thorns
I’ll remember who you are
Yes I’ll remember who you are
I’ll remember who you are:
A young girl, unchained
Come back here now
I know you’re somewhere still alive
Strong behind your young girl’s tears
I know you’re somewhere unchanged
Oh I remember who you are
Yes I’ll remember who you are
I’ll remember who you are
A young girl, unchained
There stands a young girl naked
In her innocence unused
And she holds me in her small hand
And she smiles down on me
I am innocent in her dark eyes
I will lose my heart in the sand
You’re cruel but you’re good for me
And you hold me in your young girl’s hand
I Remember Who You Are
Yes I Remember Who You Are
I remember who you are
A young girl, unchained

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superbadgirl - You guys know it’s Open Studios this Sat., right? So for #wednesdayplaylist what music gets you in your creative groove? (topic via @narcise)

Grave_Danger – @Superbadgirl Define “creative groove”.

superbadgirl – When I sit down to write or make artz for an extended period, I usually turn to Loreena McKennit’s “The Book of Secrets” #wednesdayplaylist

El_Dickman – @superbadgirl “The Passion” by Peter Gabriel. #wednesdayplaylist

superbadgirl – To clarify for @Grave_Danger and others, any music that makes you feel inspired to do whatever thing you do best = creative groove. :-)

H_Wallbanger – @superbadgirl Miles Davis: Kind of Blue album works pretty well.

H_Wallbanger – @superbadgirl OH wait…I was thinking more work-related. Thing I do best? I don’t think I wanna answer that.

jamietoonart – @superbadgirl Combichrist, Ladytron, Aphex Twin #Wednesdayplaylist

superbadgirl – @H_Wallbanger Someone believes way too much of his own hype.

narcise – Studio music has been all about Fugazi lately. End Hits, Repeater, and The Argument have been in VERY regular rotation. #wednesdayplaylist

Grave_Danger – @superbadgirl I always liked having classical music in the embalming room. It was a must.

cbellers – @superbadgirl Zero 7, Shostakovich, Mozart. #wednesdayplaylist

bengoldman – @superbadgirl Depends a lot on what mood I want the art to have. Pretty much anything in my library can work. #wednesdayplaylist #lameanswer

violentecstasy – @superbadgirl Usually if I’m sewing or cooking (as close as I get to artifying), I’m listening to audiobooks. #lame #nerd #wednesdayplaylist

communique – @superbadgirl air’s “moon safari”

trmink – @superbadgirl Shake Yourself Loose by Vickie Winans. http://iLike.com/s/44kQ

jamesblackwood -@superbadgirl Pell Mell, something about the guitar kicks my brain in gear.

_bunny_ – @superbadgirl Trent Reznor’s Quake soundtrack. #wednesdayplaylist

Hope I got everyone, doesn’t seem like a lot of responses. If I missed you out, let me know or leave your info in the comments.!

This Mortal Coil “Another Day”

The kettle’s on, the sun has gone
another day
She offers me Tibetan tea on a flower tray
She’s at the door, she wants to score
She dearly needs to say

I loved you a long time ago, you know
Where the winds own forget-me-nots blow
But I just couldn’t let myself go
not knowing what on earth there was to know.

But I wish that I had ’cause I’m feeling so sad
that I never had one of your children.

And across the room inside a tomb
a chance is waxed and wanes
The night is young, why are we so hung up
in each others chains
I must take her, I must make her
while the dove domains

and feel the juice run as she flies
run my wings under her sighs
as the flames of eternity rise
to lick us with the first born lash of dawn.

Oh really my dear I can’t see what we fear
Sat here with ourselves in between us.

And at the door we can’t say more
than just another day
and without a sound
I turn around
and I walk away.

superbadgirl – I listened obsessively to my Mom’s 8-track with the Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” on it. #iMetHimAtTheCandyStore

jeniburns – @superbadgirl The one that sticks out the most for me is Carly Simon’s Comin’ Around

H_Wallbanger – @superbadgirl Well, I did listen to Puff The Magic Dragon even before I figured out it was about weed.

El_Dickman – @superbadgirl “Tuesday Afternoon” by the Moody Blues. Yeah, they were hippies. I love the ethereal feel to it. #wednesdayplaylist

narcise – Wild World -Cat Stevens #wednesdayplaylist

H_Wallbanger – @superbadgirl Also, anything by Buddy Holly since my dad both had those glasses and listened to him.

cvbarnhart – @superbadgirl John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads #wednesdayplaylist

ieincognito – @superbadgirl My parents had a 60′s folk tape we listened to constantly on trips. Pete Seeger did the “Little Houses” song on there.

Lorizs_tweets – Wild World -Cat Stevens It is the only song I remember my Dad singing along to, still hear his voice when I listen to it #wednesdayplaylist

cbellers – @superbadgirl blondie – Rapture #wednesdayplaylist

The_Cyr – @superbadgirl Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull.

p_tea – @superbadgirl “Sunshine on My Shoulders” by Bob Denver #wednesdayplaylist #momlovedthatsong

sDonoho – @superbadgirl Johnny Paycheck – Take This Job and Shove It

UnclePilot – @superbadgirl Meat Loaf – “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” #wednesdayplaylist

Grave_Danger – @Superbadgirl “A Fifth of Beethoven” from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack let me know my parents were going to party.

_bunny_ -@superbadgirl Harry Nilsson – Coconut. My dad’s LP (the cover reflected his style perfectly). Endless interpretive dance. #wednesdayplaylist

communique – @superbadgirl queen of hearts by juice newton #wednesdayplaylist

agingdragqueen – @superbadgirl Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon #wednesdayplaylist

thatcesareguy – @superbadgirl Anything off of “Magical Mystery Tour” for dad, as it was the sole 8-track that still worked. Anything by The Cars for mom.

jamesblackwood – @superbadgirl “Mountain Music” Alabama, “Ocean Front Property” George Strait, and anything by the Oak Ridge Boys #wednesdayplaylist

k_del – @superbadgirl Rock Island Line- Johnny Cash (grandpa was a engineer) #wednesdayplaylist

stevodarkly – I remember listening to “A Taste of Honey” by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass on my parent’s 3-ton cabinet stero. #wednesdayplaylist … Eventually this led to me buying the “Whipped Cream etc.” CD as an adult. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP7EzJtXWQM

Joule – @superbadgirl My dad’s obsession with Graceland led to my obsession with Graceland, so I’ll go with the title track. #wedplaylist

jamietoonart – @superbadgirl “Hotel California” and “Nights in White Satin” via my parents, “Don’t Dream It’s Over” via KHTR

hipntrendy – I had a fixation for my mom’s Glenn Miller, I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo for #wednesdayplaylist

_bunny_ – @superbadgirl Also, the companion song to my previous (in *my* mind anyway) James Taylor – Gorilla. From my mom’s rekkids. #wednesdayplaylist

ZSB3 - @superbadgirl “I Love a Rainy Night” by Eddie Rabbitt. My dad and I used to sit on the patio and watch storms roll in.

violentecstasy – @superbadgirl Sam Kinison’s Wild Thing immediately popped to mind, though I can’t explain exactly why. #wednesdayplaylist

_bunny_ – @superbadgirl Motorhead – In the Black #wednesdayplaylist It’s actually a love song. . . of sorts.

cvbarnhart – @superbadgirl Muse – Invincible #wednesdayplaylist

El_Dickman – @superbadgirl “Weird Science” by Oingo Boingo and “She Blinded me with Science” by Thomas Dolby.

H_Wallbanger – @superbadgirl Romantic? I’ll Throw out Rainy Night in Soho by the Pogues just ’cause I think it’s pretty much the most romantic song ever.

jamietoonart – @superbadgirl It’s The End of the World As We Know It – R.E.M., Miracles – I.C.P. #wednesdayplaylist, #onlysmartasssongsbyacronyms

The_Cyr – @superbadgirl Slow Ride by Foghat. Love Gun by KISS. Also, Beth by Kiss and Good Hearted Woman by Willie Nelson

_bunny_ – @superbadgirl Family Ties theme “Without Us” by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams. #wednesdayplaylist #shalalala

cbellers – @superbadgirl I’m mad no one has offered November Rain by GnR . :D

k_del – @superbadgirl Late as usual..and unusually sappy: THe Way You Look Tonight- Frank Sinatra

cbellers – @k_del @superbadgirl Thats cool, I was going with Sinatra doing They Cant Take That Away From Me.

UnclePilot – @superbadgirl Anything by Otis Redding. #wednesdayplaylist

zsb3 - A little late, but: Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin #wednesdayplaylist

I particularly love how many languages they sing in. That might be part of their charm, they have a poetry to their lyrics that comes from not being native English speakers. They put words together based on how beautiful they sound, without thoughts constrained so much by meaning. Phrases like:

• Hodgepodge for haunted lusts
• Sixteen rifts inside of me, inside this solid tube, inside is solitude, inside this solid tube…
• There is a chapel in the woods where from the farthest-seeing senses rule

Are not typical English constructions I think. And that makes them beautiful because they can mean whatever you want them to. A little bit of the magic of Cocteau Twins and earlier Dead Can Dance, probably.

I think “Dreaming Girl” is probably my favorite song of theirs – but that changes based on my mood. Today it’s this one. Anyway, not an official video here, but just a way to let you hear the song in case you have not ever.

Bel Canto – Spiderdust

she lived in limbo
time showed no mercy
til an ingrate gave her
doses of a sweet poison
Ooh she got ooh she got hoodooed, voodooed
Ooh she got ooh she got finally released
she stirred huge cauldrons
with toads and henbane and…
spiderdust, spiderdust!
hodgepodge for haunted lusts
spiderdust, spiderdust!
hodgepodge for the evil-eyed
spiderdust, spiderdust!
hodgepodge for spellbound lusts
spiderdust, spiderdust!
Ooh she got ooh she got hoodooed, voodooed
Ooh she got ooh she got finally redeemed
she stirred huge cauldrons
with toads and henbane and…
spiderdust, spiderdust!
hodgepodge for haunted lusts
spiderdust, spiderdust!
hodgepodge for the evil-eyed
spiderdust, spiderdust!
hodgepodge for spellbound lusts
spiderdust, spiderdust!

she bred toads
she got burnt

Fever Ray “Triangle Walks”

an apple and a berry plant
comes with a house
on the grass
who is that
to come by my house

stands outside my window
sucking on the berries and
eats us out of house and home
keeping us awake
keeping us awake

can i come over, i need to rest
lay down for a while
disconnect
the night was so long
the day even longer
lay down for a while
recollect

five AM
out again
triangle walks
magpies, i throw sticks at them
they laugh behind my back

getting a feeling
maybe i will dream again
having that feeling
when there’s no one awake
no no one awake

can i come over, i need to rest
lay down for a while
disconnect
the night was so long
the day even longer
lay down for a while
recollect

can i come over, i need to rest
lay down for a while
disconnect
the night was so long
the day even longer
lay down for a while
recollect

Anyway, it’s the song of MY day, anyway.

Ditty Bops “Wake Up” (listen at playlist.com)

Wake up and smell the coffee,
Rise and shine,
The early bird gets the worm,
Strike while the iron’s hot,
And whistle while you work

Stay on the trail,
Keep your hands and arms inside the train,
Don’t stray,
Watch your step,
And wipe your feet,
Draw inside the lines

What if you didn’t know where the bad side of town was,
Where would you wander to?
So many places from which to choose
Would you let yourself be?

Don’t cause a scene,
Mind your manners,
Speak only if spoken to,
You know what you are not to do,
Watch and learn

What if you never were short for time?
All meetings cancelled, clocks stopped at nine,
Without alarms the silence beams,
Invited to be

What if you never heard a word they say,
And up were down and night were day?
I bet you’d have a lot more time to play
If you’d let yourself go

Breath deep,
Speak out,
Make up your mind,
Be brave,
Follow your dreams,
Listen to you heart,
Close your eyes,
Make a wish.

My own submission: “Mass Nerder” by the Descendents:

Don’t got no goatee
Don’t got no tattoo
Don’t got no nose ring
Don’t wanna be like you

From @sDonoho


ieincognito – @superbadgirl Not the most musically advanced offering, but the Bugs “Dave Navarro’s Goatee Fucking Sucks” fits the bill #wednesdayplaylist

El_Dickman – @superbadgirl I bet 90% of the Santa Claus songs have some mention of a white beard. :P #wednesdayplaylist

butterflyfish_ @superbadgirl Lizzie says there’s a mustache in Girl All the Bad Guys Want by Bowling for Soup.

H_Wallbanger

communique – @superbadgirl “teenage mustache” by the locust #wednesdayplaylist

_bunny_ @superbadgirl The Girlie Had a Mustache – DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince #wednesdayplaylist

bengoldman - @superbadgirl: “Relax & Ride It” (aka, the mustache ride song, aka the @cvbarnhart theme song) by Alter der Ruine #wednesdayplaylist

cvbarnhart – @bengoldman Dag. Beat me to it.

Lorizs_tweets – @superbadgirl Burning Beard ~ Clutch #wednesdayplaylist

cvbarnhart – @superbadgirl mc chris – Older Crowd #wednesdayplaylist

p_tea – @superbadgirl “The Night Santa Went Crazy” by Weird Al.

stevodarkly – @superbadgirl Bowling for Soup, “Girl All the Bad Guys Want.” Dream girl likes mustaches, singer can’t grow one.

trmink - @superbadgirl Untouchable Face – Ani DiFranco #wednesdayplaylist

cvbarnhart – @superbadgirl Rev. Horton Heat – Devil’s Chasing Me #wednesdayplaylist

cvbarnhart – @superbadgirl Clutch – Burning Beard #wednesdayplaylist

bengoldman – @superbadgirl The Whisker Ticklers – Molestache Mamba #wednesdayplaylist #makinshitup

(Not the official video, but the best way to post the actual song now that lala is going belly-up :-/)

Au Revoir Simone “Don’t See the Sorrow”

Don’t see the sorrow
Don’t let it creep up through your skin
‘Cause I read somewhere
What you like, you’ll find again
You’ll find it again

I’m on the edge
Of not wanting to feel this way
anymore
I will still try to learn my lessons
There’s no mistakes anyway
I know that

So you
Why won’t you make room
Some room for me?
You
Why won’t you make room
Some room

I see myself in you
I seem to know my own death too
But here on a day this clear
It’s as good a day
To begin
To begin

So you
Why won’t you make room
Some room for me?
You
Why won’t you make room
Some room for me?
You
Why won’t you make room
Some room for me?
You
Why won’t you make room
Some room