I Can't Meet All My Desires

Monday 8 June 2015
2:31 PM

I have about four different posts I want to work on right now, but they are all kind of fighting in my head. My goal right now is to listen to a playlist of random stuff on iTunes, and when a song brings one of these four ideas (or possibly an unrelated one) to the forefront, then that's what I'll write about.

2:43 PM

Not much progress so far. And I only have about an hour or so to write, so hopefully it begins soon so I can finish. (That's what she said.)

2:53 PM

"Born Of Frustration" by James is on. How fitting. I am insanely frustrated right now that I can't get anything to come out of my head and into this text box. Now "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al is on. That concert was really really good last weekend. Still wouldn't list it among my favorite concerts ever, but better than most of his shows I've seen. If you follow me on Instagram, sorry for blowing up your feed with pictures and videos from the show.

3:04 PM

Obviously this plan has failed. I've been sitting here playing trivia games and listening to songs and adding to the general mishmash of noise in my head. Instead of forcing myself to write about anything of consequence, I'll do another music themed post. Because dammit I really like music.

Here are a few quick music related lists. I'm not going to get too fancy because I only have a short amount of time to write. They'll probably all be 5 items per list. We'll see how it plays out together.

Favorite songs to sing at karaoke:
1. "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. - First song I ever sang at karaoke. Funny(ish) story behind it that I'll tell at some point.
2. "Nights In White Satin" by Moody Blues - Amazing song that I can sound OK on sometimes.
3. "Oh Boy!" by Buddy Holly - Usually the first song I sing any time I do karaoke.
4. "One" by Metallica - I don't get to let my anger out in constructive ways often. This is a chance to do that.
5. "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" by Neil Diamond - I don't sing it often but it's fun to do.

Bands/singers I would love to be in a tribute band to:
1. The Cure. Duh.
2. James. So much better than anybody knows.
3. Depeche Mode. Just because.
4. Peter Gabriel.
5. Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel

Five songs I wish were erased from history because they absolutely suck and make me want to claw out my eardrums:
1. "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ugh. Such a shitty song. It really should never be played outside Alabama. Or inside Alabama. Or anywhere. Ever.
2. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC. Well, anything by AC/DC sucks, really. This one just stands out in its level of suck.
3. "Waterfalls" by TLC. God damn this is a crappy song. We get it. People are stupid and do stupid things. Welcome to humanity.
4. "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette. Because it's not.
5. Anything at all by KISS. Because they are terrible and make really boring music. And because fuck KISS.

Five songs that have made me cry:
I'm not afraid to admit it.
1. "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks. If you've never heard this song, go listen to it right now.
2. "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead. I don't know if the song itself got me, or if it was just coincidental due to what was happening at the time, but either way, I cried while it was on, so it goes here. Oh, and it was for the acoustic version in the Clueless soundtrack, if that makes any difference.
3. "Calling All Angels" by Jane Siberry and k.d. lang. Such an amazingly beautiful song.
4. "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones. The best way I can describe how this song hits me is this... If your heart was going to make a wish, these would be the words it would use.
5. "Hold On" by Sarah McLachlan. "Angel" and "I Will Remember You" are probably the first songs that come to mind when you're thinking of Sarah's sad stuff, but "Hold On" blows them both away, lyrically. It's got a much quicker tempo than either of those songs, but the lyrics... so depressing.

3:54 PM

I would keep going but I have to leave. Maybe I'll come back to this tonight and add a little more, but I'll probably just leave it as it is.

Post title is from "Born Of Frustration" by James