Love Walks In

Some Hagar-era Van Halen rounding out the year for ya. If I wake up with a song tomorrow, I'll blog it. Otherwise, stay tuned for the statistics from 2010, coming at some point in the near-future at The Songs In My Head. You can peruse the summary from 2009 right here.

Artist: Van Halen
Year: 1986
Rating: Lukewarm

Happy New Year, all! Thanks for singing along these last two years, and for all your support and comments. May the songs in your head this coming year be enjoyable, whether sincerely or ironically.

--Sooze

Chicken Pot Pie

Speaks for itself, doesn't it?

Artist: David Cross
Year: 1999
Rating: Hot!

Angie

You can't say we never tried.

Artist: The Rolling Stones
Year: 1973
Rating: Luke Hot

Song Against Sex

Wow. Waking up to an apocalyptic, necrophilic, suicidal, yet somehow upbeat dirge is kind of odd. And a welcome relief to all the classic rock of late.

Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel
Year: 1996
Rating: Luke Hot

Layla

The guitar riff instantly registered in my head upon waking this morning. It came soon after a dream in which I was making a martini for an old high school classmate who I really never even knew in high school. One of the most recognizable songs in the rock canon, I never bother to listen to it all the way through anymore when it turns up on the radio, since it's been so ridiculously ubiquitous my whole life. But upon listening now, I realize that the piano outro is pretty much the best part of the song.

Artist: Derek and the Dominoes
Year: 1970
Rating: Warm

Miss You

An example of a song that's been in my head probably hundreds of times during the course of my life, and yet, today is the first time it's been the *first* song in my head (since starting this blog, at least).

Artist: Rolling Stones
Year: 1978
Rating: Warm

My Alcoholic Friends

So glad these freaks have come into my life!

Artist: The Dresden Dolls
Year: 2006
Rating: Luke Hot

Hello Again

Maybe it's been crazy
And maybe I'm to blame.

Artist: Neil Diamond
Year: 1980
Rating: Luke Hot

What Do You Want From Life?

Amber and I have been having lots of conversations lately about what we both want from life. I have no doubt that this theme is what's springing up for me as this song floats through my head this morning. I'm not sure if a herd of Winnebagos or a baby's arm holding an apple are on either of our lists, but you get the idea. There's an absurdity in this song that I've always thought is so perfect for the subject matter: to what lengths will you go to achieve wealth and notoriety, and is that all there is?

Artist: The Tubes
Year: 1975
Rating: Hot!

New Year's Day

May possibly be the only popular song ever written about the Polish Solidarity movement. Not sure why it's in my head, but up with the trade unionists!

Artist: U2
Year: 1983
Rating: Luke Hot