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GPOY music post
This is of no interest to anyone but me, but it's a nice procrastination technique (also. You have to understand, people. This whole "listening to my own choice of music while I walk and drive" thing did not exist when I was young, nor until recently for me except for sliding CDs (previously tapes) in and out. So it's still fun and exciting, and at least I'm not here telling you where I was when Kennedy was shot. In a stroller, probably).
I've been throwing together a playlist called "Book party" which is songs tied in my weird imagination to my novels, probably never to be played at an actual book party (I'd probably play classical music) but it will do nicely for the drive to Allentown tomorrow. (This is why all my playlists are so long; they need to last between rest stops.) So, for that one, and then for all the rest: first song, last song, fairly arbitrarily chosen old favorite and new favorite, and worst earworm.
Book party. 75 songs.
First: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," Nnenna Freelon.
Last: "Jump (For My Love)," The Pointer Sisters.
Old Fave: "Tea in the Sahara," The Police.
New Fave: "Praying for Land," Randall Williams.
Earworm: "Free Man in Paris," Joni Mitchell.
Adjectives and Adverbs. 51 songs. What it says.
First: "Amazing Grace," Judy Collins.
Last: "Young at Heart," Frank Sinatra. (I just put them in alphabetical order.)
Old Fave: "Then I'll Be Tired of You," Nat King Cole.
New Fave: "Not With Haste," Mumford and Sons.
Earworm: "How to Be Dumb," Elvis Costello.
Ambiguity. 59 songs. In keeping with the grammar theme, should probably be "question words, modifiers, and expressions of uncertainty" but whatever.
First: "Do You Want to Know a Secret," The Beatles.
Last: "Somebody to Love," Chanticleer (this is glorious).
Old Fave: "For All We Know," Nat King Cole.
New Fave: "When I Decide," My Terrible Friend.
Earworm: "I Think You Know," Julia Nunes.
Body of Work. 71 songs. Body parts.
First: "All of You," Ella Fitzgerald.
Last: "Your Feet's Too Big," Fats Waller.
Old Fave: "Heart of Glass," Blondie.
New Fave: "Everlasting Arms," Vampire Weekend.
Earworm: "Unchain My Heart," Ray Charles.
Celestial. 59 songs. Suns, moons, stars, space, planets, sky, heaven, light, etc.
First: "I've Got the World On a String," Frank Sinatra.
Last: "Lover of the Light," Mumford and Sons.
Old Fave: "Rising for the Moon," Fairport Convention.
New Fave: …. "Waiting on the Sun," Sixpence None the Richer. (There's not a lot really "new" in this one.)
Earworm: "Planet Claire," B52s.
Color in Your Cheeks. 40 songs. Colors.
First: "Color in Your Cheeks," Mountain Goats.
Last: "Spectrum," Florence + The Machine.
Old Fave: "La Vie en Rose," Edith Piaf.
New Fave: "Blue," First Aid Kit.
Earworm: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," The Beatles.
Commerce. 26 songs. About money. I have to be in the right mood for this one.
First: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," The Weavers.
Last: "Can't Buy Me Love," The Beatles.
Old Fave: "I've Got Five Dollars," Ella Fitzgerald.
New Fave: "Gold On the Ceiling," Black Keys.
Earworm: "You Never Give Me Your Money," The Beatles.
Communication. 37 songs. Talking, etc.
First: "Words," The Monkees.
Last: "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," Billie Holliday.
Old Fave: "Song For the Asking," Simon and Garfunkel.
New Fave: Can't choose. "All This and Heaven Too," Florence + The Machine; "Stupid Mouth Shut," Hem; ""The Wrote and the Writ," Johnny Flynn, "Tell Me Tomorrow," Sierra Hull.
Earworm: "Call Me," Blondie.
Craving. 37 songs. Food, drink, drugs, etc.
First: "Constant Craving," k.d. lang.
Last: "I Get a Kick Out of You," Ella Fitzgerald.
Old Fave: "A Case of You," Joni Mitchell.
New Fave: "Hurricane Drunk," Florence + The Machine.
Earworm: "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pandowdy," Dinah Shore.
Exploration. 61 songs. Going places. :)
First: "Roam," B52s.
Last: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," U2.
Old Fave: "500 Miles," Peter Paul and Mary.
New Fave: "M79," Vampire Weekend.
Earworm: "From the Indies to the Andes in His Undies," John Lithgow. Among others.
Family. 34 songs. What it says.
First: "Be Afraid of Your Parents," The Indelicates.
Last: "Your Mother Should Know," The Beatles.
Old Fave: "Sons Of," Judy Collins.
New Fave: "Sons and Daughters," The Decemberists.
Earworm: "I Will Come For You," Randall Williams. (Also under "songs that make me cry.")
Fire in the Dark. 22 songs. Fire, dark, angst.
First: "Whispers in the Dark," Mumford and Sons.
Last: "Fire and Rain," James Taylor.
Old Fave: Well… "Walk Through the Fire," from Buffy.
New Fave: "Ring of Fire," Chanticleer, another awesome rendition.
Earworm: "No Light, No Light," Florence + The Machine.
Geography. 105 songs. Places.
First: "Anyplace is Paradise," Elvis.
Last: "Home," Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, though I'm getting a bit tired of it so it may go away.
Old Fave: "Land of Canaan," Indigo Girls, or "The Only Living Boy in New York," Simon and Garfunkel.
New Fave: how does one pick among 105, but "Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)," Laura Marling, or "Tourniquet," Hem.
Earworm: "Radio Free Europe," REM.
Health Care. 39 songs. In sickness and in health.
First: "Save Me," k.d. lang.
Last: "I Don't Hurt Anymore," Dinah Washington.
Old Fave: "Comfortably Numb," Pink Floyd.
New Fave: "Things Are Alright," Lauren O'Connell.
Earworm: "I Wanna Be Sedated," The Ramones.
Hello Goodbye. 40 songs. Starting up and letting go.
First: "Hello Goodbye," The Beatles.
Last: "We Will All Go Together When We Go," Tom Lehrer.
Old Fave: "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," Bob Dylan.
New Fave: "Say Goodbye," Dave Matthews Band.
Earworm: "Easy Come, Easy Go," Sierra Hull.
Names. 82 songs. What it says. In alphabetical order.
First: "Adam at the Window," Mary Black.
Last: "Yolanda Hayes," Fountains of Wayne.
Old Fave: "Mrs. Robinson," Simon and Garfunkel, to pick one randomly.
New Fave: "The Temptation of Adam," Josh Ritter.
Honorable Mention: Chanticleer's version of Biebl's "Ave Maria," which is incongruous in this list but I couldn't help adding it.
Earworm: classically, "Barbara Ann," the Beach Boys.
Oh, Mr. Finch. 57 songs. Birds.
First: "Blackbird," Paul McCartney.
Last: "Three Little Birds," Bob Marley.
Old Fave: oh, gosh. "Green Finch and Linnet Bird," Sarah Rice.
New Fave: "The Goose Song," PigPen Theatre Co.
Earworm: "Open Up the Window, Noah," The Seldom Scene.
Professional. 36 songs. Work and jobs and vocations.
First: "Nice Work If You Can Get It," Ella Fitzgerald.
Last: "Her Majesty," The Beatles.
Old Fave: okay, well, "Psycho Killer," Talking Heads.
New Fave: "The Gardener," cover by The Sparrows.
… two songs about murder…
Earworm: "The Dress Song," PigPen Theatre Co.
Seasons and Weather. 56 songs. Vaguely chronological seasons and associated weather.
First: "A Song of the Weather," Flanders and Swann.
Last: "Valley Winter Song," Fountains of Wayne.
Old Fave: "Mandolin Wind," Rod Stewart.
New Fave: "August," Julia Nunes.
Earworm: "A Winter's Tale," The Moody Blues.
Soil. 21 songs. Plants and earth.
First: "Things Are Not Perfect in Our Yard," Hem.
Last: "Green, Green Grass of Home," Joan Baez.
Old Fave: "Leaves That Are Green," Simon and Garfunkel.
New Fave: "Half Acre," Hem.
Earworm: "The Gardener," The Sparrows.
Structure. 26 songs. Architecture.
First: "Love Shack," B52s.
Last: "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright," Simon and Garfunkel.
Old Fave: "If I Had My Way," Peter Paul and Mary.
New Fave: "Tap At My Window," Laura Marling.
Earworm: "Don't Worry About the Government," Talking Heads.
Supernatural. 30 songs. Magic, ghosts, angels, devils, gods, belief, etc.
First: "Magic to Do," Ben Vereen (from "Pippin").
Last: "Ya Hey," Vampire Weekend.
Old Fave: "I Put a Spell On You," Nina Simone.
New Fave: "Unbelievers," Vampire Weekend. And "Digital Ghost," Tori Amos, new to me.
Earworm: as previously stated, "Ghosts," Laura Marling. Urghh.
Sweet and Low. 34 songs. This started as "quiet songs," and then turned into songs about the words "sweet" and "low." Odd, but it works pretty well.
First: "Sweetest Thing," U2.
Last: "Sweet Baby James," James Taylor.
Old Fave: "Absolutely Sweet Marie," Bob Dylan.
New Fave: "Run the Banner Down," Shearwater.
Earworm: "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," Nat King Cole.
Things. 54 songs. Objects, mostly (first and last songs are a joke, ha).
First: "Little Things," Pomplamoose.
Last: "The Last Thing On My Mind," Cry Cry Cry.
Old Fave: "Catapult," REM.
New Fave: "My Dear Machine," Sixpence None the Richer.
Earworm: … a lot of them, actually, but… "White Dress," Fairport Convention.
Time. 55 songs. Starting at midnight and working round the clock, with a lot of generalized time-related songs thrown in.
First: "Hour Follows Hour," Ani DiFranco.
Last: "The End," The Beatles.
Old Fave: so many of them, but "No Time At All," Irene Ryan (from "Pippin") and "Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time," Rod Stewart.
New Fave: … this is almost all older stuff. "Last Call," Hem.
Earworm: "Morning Glow," also from "Pippin."
Verb Tenses. 59 songs. Songs with… verbs in them. Significantly, I guess.
First: "Je T'Aimais, Je T'Aime, Je T'Aimerai," Francis Cabrel.
Last: "Save the Last Dance For Me," The Drifters.
Old Fave: "I'll Dance At Your Wedding," Fats Waller.
New Fave: "You As You Were," Shearwater.
Earworm: "Wouldn't It Be Nice," The Beach Boys.
Water Metaphors. 63 songs. Anything about water: lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, water creatures, ships and the sea, etc.
First: "Once In a Lifetime," Talking Heads.
Last: "Down By the Riverside," Blind Boys of Alabama.
Old Fave: "Suzanne," Judy Collins.
New Fave: "Barnacled Warship," Johnny Flynn, or "Pushing the River," Shearwater.
Earworm: "Never Let Me Go," Florence + The Machine.
Zoo. 31 songs. Animals.
First: "At the Zoo," Simon and Garfunkel.
Last: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," The Tokens.
Old Fave: "The Hippopotamus Song," John Lithgow (originally Flanders and Swann).
New Fave: "The Lion's Roar," First Aid Kit.
Earworm: "Horsey," Hem.
And that is at last the end.
ETA: If you're curious what got stuck in my head after all that… Talking Heads wins. My building has every convenience; it's going to make life easy for me.
I've been throwing together a playlist called "Book party" which is songs tied in my weird imagination to my novels, probably never to be played at an actual book party (I'd probably play classical music) but it will do nicely for the drive to Allentown tomorrow. (This is why all my playlists are so long; they need to last between rest stops.) So, for that one, and then for all the rest: first song, last song, fairly arbitrarily chosen old favorite and new favorite, and worst earworm.
Book party. 75 songs.
First: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," Nnenna Freelon.
Last: "Jump (For My Love)," The Pointer Sisters.
Old Fave: "Tea in the Sahara," The Police.
New Fave: "Praying for Land," Randall Williams.
Earworm: "Free Man in Paris," Joni Mitchell.
Adjectives and Adverbs. 51 songs. What it says.
First: "Amazing Grace," Judy Collins.
Last: "Young at Heart," Frank Sinatra. (I just put them in alphabetical order.)
Old Fave: "Then I'll Be Tired of You," Nat King Cole.
New Fave: "Not With Haste," Mumford and Sons.
Earworm: "How to Be Dumb," Elvis Costello.
Ambiguity. 59 songs. In keeping with the grammar theme, should probably be "question words, modifiers, and expressions of uncertainty" but whatever.
First: "Do You Want to Know a Secret," The Beatles.
Last: "Somebody to Love," Chanticleer (this is glorious).
Old Fave: "For All We Know," Nat King Cole.
New Fave: "When I Decide," My Terrible Friend.
Earworm: "I Think You Know," Julia Nunes.
Body of Work. 71 songs. Body parts.
First: "All of You," Ella Fitzgerald.
Last: "Your Feet's Too Big," Fats Waller.
Old Fave: "Heart of Glass," Blondie.
New Fave: "Everlasting Arms," Vampire Weekend.
Earworm: "Unchain My Heart," Ray Charles.
Celestial. 59 songs. Suns, moons, stars, space, planets, sky, heaven, light, etc.
First: "I've Got the World On a String," Frank Sinatra.
Last: "Lover of the Light," Mumford and Sons.
Old Fave: "Rising for the Moon," Fairport Convention.
New Fave: …. "Waiting on the Sun," Sixpence None the Richer. (There's not a lot really "new" in this one.)
Earworm: "Planet Claire," B52s.
Color in Your Cheeks. 40 songs. Colors.
First: "Color in Your Cheeks," Mountain Goats.
Last: "Spectrum," Florence + The Machine.
Old Fave: "La Vie en Rose," Edith Piaf.
New Fave: "Blue," First Aid Kit.
Earworm: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," The Beatles.
Commerce. 26 songs. About money. I have to be in the right mood for this one.
First: "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," The Weavers.
Last: "Can't Buy Me Love," The Beatles.
Old Fave: "I've Got Five Dollars," Ella Fitzgerald.
New Fave: "Gold On the Ceiling," Black Keys.
Earworm: "You Never Give Me Your Money," The Beatles.
Communication. 37 songs. Talking, etc.
First: "Words," The Monkees.
Last: "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," Billie Holliday.
Old Fave: "Song For the Asking," Simon and Garfunkel.
New Fave: Can't choose. "All This and Heaven Too," Florence + The Machine; "Stupid Mouth Shut," Hem; ""The Wrote and the Writ," Johnny Flynn, "Tell Me Tomorrow," Sierra Hull.
Earworm: "Call Me," Blondie.
Craving. 37 songs. Food, drink, drugs, etc.
First: "Constant Craving," k.d. lang.
Last: "I Get a Kick Out of You," Ella Fitzgerald.
Old Fave: "A Case of You," Joni Mitchell.
New Fave: "Hurricane Drunk," Florence + The Machine.
Earworm: "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pandowdy," Dinah Shore.
Exploration. 61 songs. Going places. :)
First: "Roam," B52s.
Last: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," U2.
Old Fave: "500 Miles," Peter Paul and Mary.
New Fave: "M79," Vampire Weekend.
Earworm: "From the Indies to the Andes in His Undies," John Lithgow. Among others.
Family. 34 songs. What it says.
First: "Be Afraid of Your Parents," The Indelicates.
Last: "Your Mother Should Know," The Beatles.
Old Fave: "Sons Of," Judy Collins.
New Fave: "Sons and Daughters," The Decemberists.
Earworm: "I Will Come For You," Randall Williams. (Also under "songs that make me cry.")
Fire in the Dark. 22 songs. Fire, dark, angst.
First: "Whispers in the Dark," Mumford and Sons.
Last: "Fire and Rain," James Taylor.
Old Fave: Well… "Walk Through the Fire," from Buffy.
New Fave: "Ring of Fire," Chanticleer, another awesome rendition.
Earworm: "No Light, No Light," Florence + The Machine.
Geography. 105 songs. Places.
First: "Anyplace is Paradise," Elvis.
Last: "Home," Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, though I'm getting a bit tired of it so it may go away.
Old Fave: "Land of Canaan," Indigo Girls, or "The Only Living Boy in New York," Simon and Garfunkel.
New Fave: how does one pick among 105, but "Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)," Laura Marling, or "Tourniquet," Hem.
Earworm: "Radio Free Europe," REM.
Health Care. 39 songs. In sickness and in health.
First: "Save Me," k.d. lang.
Last: "I Don't Hurt Anymore," Dinah Washington.
Old Fave: "Comfortably Numb," Pink Floyd.
New Fave: "Things Are Alright," Lauren O'Connell.
Earworm: "I Wanna Be Sedated," The Ramones.
Hello Goodbye. 40 songs. Starting up and letting go.
First: "Hello Goodbye," The Beatles.
Last: "We Will All Go Together When We Go," Tom Lehrer.
Old Fave: "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," Bob Dylan.
New Fave: "Say Goodbye," Dave Matthews Band.
Earworm: "Easy Come, Easy Go," Sierra Hull.
Names. 82 songs. What it says. In alphabetical order.
First: "Adam at the Window," Mary Black.
Last: "Yolanda Hayes," Fountains of Wayne.
Old Fave: "Mrs. Robinson," Simon and Garfunkel, to pick one randomly.
New Fave: "The Temptation of Adam," Josh Ritter.
Honorable Mention: Chanticleer's version of Biebl's "Ave Maria," which is incongruous in this list but I couldn't help adding it.
Earworm: classically, "Barbara Ann," the Beach Boys.
Oh, Mr. Finch. 57 songs. Birds.
First: "Blackbird," Paul McCartney.
Last: "Three Little Birds," Bob Marley.
Old Fave: oh, gosh. "Green Finch and Linnet Bird," Sarah Rice.
New Fave: "The Goose Song," PigPen Theatre Co.
Earworm: "Open Up the Window, Noah," The Seldom Scene.
Professional. 36 songs. Work and jobs and vocations.
First: "Nice Work If You Can Get It," Ella Fitzgerald.
Last: "Her Majesty," The Beatles.
Old Fave: okay, well, "Psycho Killer," Talking Heads.
New Fave: "The Gardener," cover by The Sparrows.
… two songs about murder…
Earworm: "The Dress Song," PigPen Theatre Co.
Seasons and Weather. 56 songs. Vaguely chronological seasons and associated weather.
First: "A Song of the Weather," Flanders and Swann.
Last: "Valley Winter Song," Fountains of Wayne.
Old Fave: "Mandolin Wind," Rod Stewart.
New Fave: "August," Julia Nunes.
Earworm: "A Winter's Tale," The Moody Blues.
Soil. 21 songs. Plants and earth.
First: "Things Are Not Perfect in Our Yard," Hem.
Last: "Green, Green Grass of Home," Joan Baez.
Old Fave: "Leaves That Are Green," Simon and Garfunkel.
New Fave: "Half Acre," Hem.
Earworm: "The Gardener," The Sparrows.
Structure. 26 songs. Architecture.
First: "Love Shack," B52s.
Last: "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright," Simon and Garfunkel.
Old Fave: "If I Had My Way," Peter Paul and Mary.
New Fave: "Tap At My Window," Laura Marling.
Earworm: "Don't Worry About the Government," Talking Heads.
Supernatural. 30 songs. Magic, ghosts, angels, devils, gods, belief, etc.
First: "Magic to Do," Ben Vereen (from "Pippin").
Last: "Ya Hey," Vampire Weekend.
Old Fave: "I Put a Spell On You," Nina Simone.
New Fave: "Unbelievers," Vampire Weekend. And "Digital Ghost," Tori Amos, new to me.
Earworm: as previously stated, "Ghosts," Laura Marling. Urghh.
Sweet and Low. 34 songs. This started as "quiet songs," and then turned into songs about the words "sweet" and "low." Odd, but it works pretty well.
First: "Sweetest Thing," U2.
Last: "Sweet Baby James," James Taylor.
Old Fave: "Absolutely Sweet Marie," Bob Dylan.
New Fave: "Run the Banner Down," Shearwater.
Earworm: "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," Nat King Cole.
Things. 54 songs. Objects, mostly (first and last songs are a joke, ha).
First: "Little Things," Pomplamoose.
Last: "The Last Thing On My Mind," Cry Cry Cry.
Old Fave: "Catapult," REM.
New Fave: "My Dear Machine," Sixpence None the Richer.
Earworm: … a lot of them, actually, but… "White Dress," Fairport Convention.
Time. 55 songs. Starting at midnight and working round the clock, with a lot of generalized time-related songs thrown in.
First: "Hour Follows Hour," Ani DiFranco.
Last: "The End," The Beatles.
Old Fave: so many of them, but "No Time At All," Irene Ryan (from "Pippin") and "Tomorrow Is Such a Long Time," Rod Stewart.
New Fave: … this is almost all older stuff. "Last Call," Hem.
Earworm: "Morning Glow," also from "Pippin."
Verb Tenses. 59 songs. Songs with… verbs in them. Significantly, I guess.
First: "Je T'Aimais, Je T'Aime, Je T'Aimerai," Francis Cabrel.
Last: "Save the Last Dance For Me," The Drifters.
Old Fave: "I'll Dance At Your Wedding," Fats Waller.
New Fave: "You As You Were," Shearwater.
Earworm: "Wouldn't It Be Nice," The Beach Boys.
Water Metaphors. 63 songs. Anything about water: lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, water creatures, ships and the sea, etc.
First: "Once In a Lifetime," Talking Heads.
Last: "Down By the Riverside," Blind Boys of Alabama.
Old Fave: "Suzanne," Judy Collins.
New Fave: "Barnacled Warship," Johnny Flynn, or "Pushing the River," Shearwater.
Earworm: "Never Let Me Go," Florence + The Machine.
Zoo. 31 songs. Animals.
First: "At the Zoo," Simon and Garfunkel.
Last: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," The Tokens.
Old Fave: "The Hippopotamus Song," John Lithgow (originally Flanders and Swann).
New Fave: "The Lion's Roar," First Aid Kit.
Earworm: "Horsey," Hem.
And that is at last the end.
ETA: If you're curious what got stuck in my head after all that… Talking Heads wins. My building has every convenience; it's going to make life easy for me.