The Woodpile
March 29, 2009
And here is the stuff that I have cut from my ipod playlist. Thank you for indulging me; I know that Rebekah, for one, finds the playlist posts boring, and I wonder if all my readers agree – I could keep this stuff to myself, I have plenty to write about these days.
What’s Out
“Follow Me” by Uncle Kracker – This song is kind of catchy, but ultimately I find its lyrics a combination of trite and morally reprehensible. The trite: “I swim through your veins like a fish in the sea”. The reprehensible: “I’m not worried about the ring you wear / ‘Cause as long as no one knows then nobody can care” – beautiful sentiment, that.
“Higher” by Creed – I don’t like Creed. I’m thinking this is a fossil from the times when Ty and I shared this computer.
“Introduction” – this is the track from Let the Music Take You Home where Seamus Kennedy is introduced. Seems like a pretty cheap cut to me, especially since my player’s always on shuffle, so as soon as the track ended it would jump to someone who is most likely not Seamus Kennedy.
“Never Again” by Nickelback – You must be truly cursed as a songwriter if you can take something as awful as domestic violence for your subject and still produce a song with this little humanity or pathos.
“On My Own” from Les Miserables – I am not really all that susceptible to musicals and showtunes, although there are some that I quite enjoy. Songs like this, however, the workaday numbers where it just feels as though a big slab of characterization or plot has been set to music because it’s a musical and they kind of have to, leave me cold.
“Shame On You” by the Indigo Girls – As previously discussed, I am not a huge fan of the Indigo Girls, though their songs “Galileo” and “Get Out the Map” appear to be safe for now.
“Spread the Glory” by Chris Thomas King – The only bad song on an otherwise stellar blues album. Kind of a mellow, “elevator music” feel to it.
“Surf City” by Jan & Dean – When I saw this track nestled into the playlist, I gave a wry grin. As the song which provoked my famous petulant outburst, I almost felt a nostalgic affection for it. I decided to give it a listen, see if my jets had cooled. Ten seconds after I’d clicked “play” I was clicking “delete”. There’s just something about this song that makes it anathema to me.
“From My Head to My Heart” by Evan & Jaron – Who the #$@% are Evan & Jaron? A cursory listen reveals the likely donor of this particular playlist entry, the lyrics are just redolent of Ty and his hangups.
And there we have it, at least for the present. I continue to mold the playlist, however, so stay tuned.
