Friday the 13th, and having not been killed by a mask wearing psycho it's time for another seven to end the week with, and as Saturday is St Valentines it's 7 songs related to Cupid.
Then again I was watching the news yesterday and the Catholic church has announce that Valentine is the wrong saint and the date's wrong - it should be September or some such. But never mind here are
seven songs for that certain someone
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Man I love The Temptations. There's a vast richness of their sound and the harmonies are to die for. If Get Ready was their song to woo a lady, this is the other end of the story, trying to stop her going and turning into a bit of a weeping willow just to stop his lady going
I know you wanna leave me,
but I refuse to let you go
If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy,
I don't mind coz' you mean that much to me
Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me, girl, don't you go
Now I heard a cryin' man, is half a man
with no sense of pride
But if I have to cry to keep you,
I don't mind weepin' if it'll keep you by my side
Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't leave me girl, don't you go
If I have to sleep on your doorstep
all night and day just to keep you from walkin' away
let your friends laugh, even this I can stand
cause I want to keep you any way I can
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown
Now if there's a smile on my face it's only there to fool the public is possible the greatest opening gambit in song. Like The Temptations, Smokey and the boys were a template of a Motown band but unlike todays put together bands they had real talent. While The Beat covered it with aplomb there's no beating Smokey and his happy song of sorrow. Even the circus music hook adds to the eternal hopelessness he's feeling.
Kelis - Caught Out There
last year Valentines Day,
You would swarm and say,
Babe I love you, love you, (yeah well he's lyin')
babe I ,swear,
Held you when you were sick,
Even, sucked your dick,
The whole time I think to myself
this isn't fair,
One for anyone who's been fucked over by a lover and needs to vent.
Richard Ashcroft - A Song For The Lovers
Not really a love song but all the better for it and one of the best songs he did without The Verve backing him up.
Liberty X featuring Reverend Run - Song 4 Lovers
One of the strangest team ups of music, and a really good piece of joyfully pure pop music
Edwin Starr - S.O.S
Edwin was one of my early musical favourites and here he is asking people around the world to stop the young lady he loves so he can get to her. He even asks the F.B.I., and that's an episode of Without a Trace I'd love to see
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Thursday, 5 February 2009
5th Feb 2009
The first one of the year, and a different 7 this week. I've been really slow with thefriday7 and have considered giving it up all together but instead had a reshuffle and rethink. I get bored easily and have really got annoyed that half the songs I wanted to include have their videos locked on YouTube because record companies think embedding a video people may not have seen and therefore bringing the music to a new audience who may buy the song if they like it enough is akin to repeatedly kicking their granny in the cunt. So here's the new format friday7 which hopefully may be weekly again.
7 things I discovered this week
1: Franz Ferdinand are good again
I was let down by the last Franz Ferdinand album, but the new track has really grown on me loads. The one thing that disappointed me though was that I was hoping that it was the a cover of this
2: The NME are still shit
The announcement of the NME award nominations and how predictable and shit they are. Best British Band - Oasis? Bloc Party? Radiohead? Muse? Oh and the random new band spot goes to Last Shadow Puppets. Sexiest Female? Worst Dressed - Katy Perry, oh why not throw in Mr Motivator now he's back on GMTV while you're at it? Predictable isn't the word for it. I really hope Connor McNicholls, Editor and journalistic charlatan, dies a long drawn out death and then we can get back to the NME of old where it concentrated on music and bringing new bands to our attention rather than building up some retro tribute act only for next week to say how shit they are. I never thought I'd say this but oh I pine for the days of Steven Wells and Stuart Maconie.
3: I can't bowl
For the missus's birthday we went for Mexican food and bowling with my housemate and his bird. The last few times I've bowled has been against my sister's kids so we've had the bumpers up and I was ace. This time they weren't and I came 4th in both games, after an opening strike which looked like I was on to a winner. We however reckon we were hustled by a ringer because after three ends of hitting the occasional pin, the bird then went on a strike and spare frenzy and won both games, with a few two strike combos.
4: Lady Gaga
She may be the new Aguillara or she may not, but she's mental and we love mental pop stars. If she's still about at the end of the year expect more inflatable dolphin humping to 80s inspired raunchy pop and Bowie inspired make up.
5: Network West Midlands are useless
Not being a driver I depend upon public transport. A bit of snow and suddenly three buses an hour turns into one turning up when it feels like it. Try asking which bus this is meant to be and if you're lucky you get "the 21" Seventeen quid a week I pay em and they can't even turn up on a clear, gritted road.
6: The Civil Service is great
Sat at work on Monday watching the snow out of the window we get a building wide message: We're locking up at half two, make sure you're out of the building except for essential operational staff. We may not even open up tomorrow." And we get paid til 5. Bargain. Your tax pounds paid for me to have a snowball fight.
7: Frank Black - The Cult of Ray
Old Charlie Kittridge released a belting debut solo album and this hasn't been off Media Player in three weeks - the only thing I've listened to more in the last month is Pulp's Countdown. Men In Black is a belter and alien abduction has never sounded better. But it's one of many cracking tracks - with the weakest songs being good at worst. Even has a song about being hoofed in the knackers. After The Pixies split I expected several bad solo projects, but Cult of Ray easily stands up to both The Breeders and Pixies
7 things I discovered this week
1: Franz Ferdinand are good again
I was let down by the last Franz Ferdinand album, but the new track has really grown on me loads. The one thing that disappointed me though was that I was hoping that it was the a cover of this
2: The NME are still shit
The announcement of the NME award nominations and how predictable and shit they are. Best British Band - Oasis? Bloc Party? Radiohead? Muse? Oh and the random new band spot goes to Last Shadow Puppets. Sexiest Female? Worst Dressed - Katy Perry, oh why not throw in Mr Motivator now he's back on GMTV while you're at it? Predictable isn't the word for it. I really hope Connor McNicholls, Editor and journalistic charlatan, dies a long drawn out death and then we can get back to the NME of old where it concentrated on music and bringing new bands to our attention rather than building up some retro tribute act only for next week to say how shit they are. I never thought I'd say this but oh I pine for the days of Steven Wells and Stuart Maconie.
3: I can't bowl
For the missus's birthday we went for Mexican food and bowling with my housemate and his bird. The last few times I've bowled has been against my sister's kids so we've had the bumpers up and I was ace. This time they weren't and I came 4th in both games, after an opening strike which looked like I was on to a winner. We however reckon we were hustled by a ringer because after three ends of hitting the occasional pin, the bird then went on a strike and spare frenzy and won both games, with a few two strike combos.
4: Lady Gaga
She may be the new Aguillara or she may not, but she's mental and we love mental pop stars. If she's still about at the end of the year expect more inflatable dolphin humping to 80s inspired raunchy pop and Bowie inspired make up.
5: Network West Midlands are useless
Not being a driver I depend upon public transport. A bit of snow and suddenly three buses an hour turns into one turning up when it feels like it. Try asking which bus this is meant to be and if you're lucky you get "the 21" Seventeen quid a week I pay em and they can't even turn up on a clear, gritted road.
6: The Civil Service is great
Sat at work on Monday watching the snow out of the window we get a building wide message: We're locking up at half two, make sure you're out of the building except for essential operational staff. We may not even open up tomorrow." And we get paid til 5. Bargain. Your tax pounds paid for me to have a snowball fight.
7: Frank Black - The Cult of Ray
Old Charlie Kittridge released a belting debut solo album and this hasn't been off Media Player in three weeks - the only thing I've listened to more in the last month is Pulp's Countdown. Men In Black is a belter and alien abduction has never sounded better. But it's one of many cracking tracks - with the weakest songs being good at worst. Even has a song about being hoofed in the knackers. After The Pixies split I expected several bad solo projects, but Cult of Ray easily stands up to both The Breeders and Pixies
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