random itunes thoughts

time for the first five songs game again:

Explain it to Me by Liz Phair
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this is a great song. the last time i saw her in concert her guitar was having problems and they were killing time, and she kind of taught her boy-guitarist to play this song in an impromptu moment. apparently he was not familiar with the entire liz collection.

Closedown by The Cure
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this reminds me of 8th grade - i would put on the tape before falling asleep, funny how the cure can lull one into semiconsciousness. and if you listen real closely, pretty much every cure song has the same structure. esp. on "disintegration," but it's a great fucking album.

Nonentity by NIN
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i saw this song performed by trent on piano (with accompanying beat box) on the hurricane katrina special on mtv. knowing how he feels about new orleans, the song had an extra special punch. and while watching him perform this, i had never wanted to be a microphone so badly in my life.

History of Us by Indigo Girls
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my kiddo loves this song, and there are some nights that she wants me to sing it to her, over and over again, until she falls asleep. i've been singing this song to her at night for many a year.

Everyday is Exactly the Same by NIN
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a great fucking song. a great fucking album.
"i can feel their eyes are watching, in case i lose myself again..."
"...i can't remember how this got started, but i can tell you exactly how it will end..."
"sometimes i think i'm happy here, sometimes i still pretend..."

Perfect Plank by Jude
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kiddo loves this song. i love this song. i love this album. i love jude. "don't do that thing where you can rip apart my insides, cause that's a power i gave to you in faith."

ooh! that's six songs! i may as well make it to 10, b/c i'm SURE that everyone in the universe wants to know this.

Big Man with a Gun by NIN
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as weird as this sounds, this song reminds me of the bar at the bowling alley in minot. they have "downward spiral" on the jukebox and this was a great source of pleasure for me, in addition to the 2 dollar tequila shots. i think my friend, patrick, requested this song more than once. funny to think of that now.

Closer by NIN
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(i suppose when you have this much NIN on your itunes, it will repeat some NIN, even on random play.) great song. always great in concert.
it still reminds me of my best friend at the time, b/c he was listening to NIN even more than i do and he really, REALLY loved this song. and he would dedicate this song to a girl that he liked at the time.

Fare Thee Well by Indigo Girls
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first time i heard this song it hadn't been released yet, and i was 17 and at their concert in Mpls. with my friend, Josh. and, like all music at the time, i always associate it with the boy that i adored all through high school. who, by the way, remains to be one of my best friends today.

and the 10th song???

Rudie Can't Fail by the Clash
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what a great closing song to a blog entry! the clash always reminds me of john cusack movies, b/c so many of them include the clash. this is one of those songs that ends up on a comp cd, i forget it's on there and then one day i put in the unmarked cd and mid-way through the cd, RUDIE CAN'T FAIL! always a nice surprise.

6:34 a.m. and i am so tired my eyes hurt. that happens when you wake up EVERY FUCKING HOUR IN THE NIGHT. time for work.

and, on a final note, do any of you feel like there is something missing from your day?