Lady

This song will now forever be associated with Freaks and Geeks in my mind.



Artist: Styx
Year: 1972
Rating: Warm

I Know What I Like

Hit me today in this vague sort of way. I had no idea whose song it was, and when I was hunting for it online, I came up with a Peter Gabriel-era Genesis song of epic and boring proggy proportions. But the musicality is more interesting than this bland pop-rock Huey Lewis tune which has managed to lodge itself in my head for more than 20 years.

I know what I like, and this ain't it.

Artist: Huey Lewis & the News
Year: 1986
Rating: Lukewarm

Somebody to Love

This one's from this morning, for reals. (I've been, and will continue, playing catch-up here at the blog, 'cause I've got a long queue of songs that need entries.) Anyway, it's in my head 'cause the song is a motif in the Cohen Brothers' film A Serious Man, which Amber and I just rented a couple nights ago. I don't think it has more resonance than that at the moment. The song, and the film, are pretty awesome.

Artist: Jefferson Airplane
Year: 1967
Rating: Luke Hot

Here Comes My Girl/Here Comes the Night

Another instance of one song bleeding into another in the mental soundtrack.



Artist: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Year: 1979
Rating: Warm



Artist: Them
Year: 1965
Rating: Luke Hot

I Can Feel It

I got a thing for you, too, You can have it, you can have it. Artist: Sloan Year: 1994 Rating: Luke Hot Note: This clip from 2006 features the Yoko Casionos. The original single duet was with Jennifer Pierce of fellow Canadian indie band Jale.

Carry On

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from their amazing 1970 album Déjà Vu. I didn't realize, until investigating the song for this entry, that the band had adapted the song from an earlier Stephen Stills tune with Buffalo Springfield. Many of the lyrics are the same, but the melody and harmonies are significantly different. Really cool to hear the original song!

Artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Year: 1970
Rating: Luke Hot

Three-Way

The morning after giving a lecture on polyamory in a human sexuality class at SF State. [Grins.]

The "videography" here is a bit confused, but their live acoustic performance of this song is at their beautiful, absurd best. May have even been the very same show I saw live a couple years ago at Herbst Theater in my fair City.

Artist: Magnetic Fields
Year: 2008
Rating: Luke Hot

Downtown Train x3

Sometimes multiple versions of songs flash through my head almost simultaneously. In this case, three versions of the song "Downtown Train," written and performed originally by Mr. Tom Waits, appeared in my head in reverse-chronological order.



I own the acoustic album from EBTG, so that's the version of the song I've heard most.

Artist: Everything but the Girl
Year: 1992
Rating: Luke Hot



Then Rod Stewart's radio-hit version wormed its way in for a few minutes. The studio rendition is not bad, though his live performances of the song are cheese-tastic, to be sure.

Artist: Rod Stewart
Year: 1989
Rating: Warm



Then I was left with the original, and man, that's exactly where I needed to be.

Artist: Tom Waits
Year: 1985
Rating: Hawt!

Satisfaction

I can't get no girlie action. Harumph!

Artist: The Rolling Stones
Year: 1966
Rating: Warm

Note: Sorry for the weak video. I had a great live performance up here originally, but YouTube took it down for copyright violation. Meh.

Babylon Sisters, Redux

Last in my head on November 9, 2009

Artist: Steely Dan
Year: 1980
Rating: Warm