I will grab you by the ears

[raybear]

I'm home all day writing up mission statements and goals and skills and timelines and curricula. This will be more fun if you give me songs to listen to while I work. New or obscure stuff I should discover, old stuff that's good for the brain or soul, outrageously bad stuff that will make me laugh -- whatever. Recommend one, two....eight.

Thanks in advance.

Comments

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

I've been addicted to Cake's Comfort Eagle, Tift Merritt's Tambourine, and a bunch of Bollywood movie soundtracks.

Also? The Jackson 5.

Love!

youuuuuuu should listen to

[tracijean.livejournal.com]

"parade" by vic chesnutt
"my career as a homewrecker" by jonathan richman
"if if was a 5th" by e-40
"devil's pie" by d'angelo

Re: youuuuuuu should listen to

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

i love "devil's pie"

[redrider.livejournal.com]

Miss Pussycat & Quintron: "Swamp Buggy Badass" & "Witch in the Club"! From the Swamp Tech album (via iTunes). Ridiculously fun w/lots of organ flourishes!

Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins: "You are What You Love" & "Rabbit Fur Coat," especially, but the whole album is sexy & amazing.

[lucyberliner14.livejournal.com]

" casimir pulaski day" sufjan stevens
"the cat'ss pyjamas" isobel cambell
"ghostwriter" rjd2
"the big guns" jenny lewis w watson twins
"gangstas paradise" rockapella
"honey honey" abba
"theres a fine fine line" avenue q
"and you belong" scream club
"heaven must be missing an angel" tavares
"give it to you" jordan knight

[thebrownhornet.livejournal.com]

"Ghostwriter" was easily my favorite song last year. It reminds me of riding my bike in the hot New Orleans summer sun.

[supersteph.livejournal.com]

Gorillaz. I've been listening to them for a few days now. They rock.

[moander.livejournal.com]

the album "ta det lungt" by dungen, if you haven't heard it before.
"the length of youth" - bitter love (itunes ftw)

and yeah, i'd go along with the jenny lewis thing that everybody else said. although i personally hate the title track, the rest of the album is solid.

[twostepsfwd.livejournal.com]

Band: Songs:Ohio
Album:"Magnolia Electric Company"

Martin Carthy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000590A/sr=8-7/qid=1145461778/ref=pd_bbs_7/103-9740001-0083049?%5Fencoding=UTF8

(Good luck finding this one to download - But it's well worth it, it's really beautiful and includes an old British ballad about a crossdressing [trans?] person)

I'm also really digging Wyclef's newest:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002WZTB6/sr=8-2/qid=1145461880/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-9740001-0083049?%5Fencoding=UTF8

And of course, Amos Lee:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00070G6Y2/sr=8-1/qid=1145461915/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-9740001-0083049?%5Fencoding=UTF8

I have a thing for boys who sing like girls.

[sebastian6.livejournal.com]

you might've pulled these from my journal already, but here is a collection of stuff that I absolutely love:

Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love
Wonderful, etheral rockabilly ballad from the Queen of Rockabilly.

ELO - El Dorado
Cheesy and brilliant at the same time. Jeff Lynne's voice is creeptastic!

Sid Laverents - Fatman
I couldn't stop singing this song to myself for two months.

Sebastian6 - Thirties
One of mine.

The Zombies - Care of Cell 44
Poppy as poppy can get...in the '60s

Gumby Theme Song
Retro-reverby theme to the show.

The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
Ska from Jamaica...catchy. I'm a sucker for good pop.

King Crimson - Moon Child
Don't let the fact it's King Crimson deter you. I hate prog/art rock, but this is a nice departure.

Ahsa Bhosle - Dum Maro Dum
Play this back to back with the Gumby theme and you'd think they'd recorded in the same studio with the same guitarist.

[vfc.livejournal.com]

Too bad you won't be here Friday, you could come to karaoke with us and sing some ELO!

[raybear.livejournal.com]

you fcking rock, for not only making copious suggestions, but providing downloadable links! thanks!!

[mintwaster.livejournal.com]

I'm listening to the Pine Valley Cosmonaut's tribute to Bob Wills right now.

[gotmce99.livejournal.com]

Seu Jorge