| Monday, June 18, 2007 |
| Songs in the Key of X, Part 1 (possible TMI) [LJ Repost] |
*part of a series of posts I am cross-posting. I'm finally within the MySpace timeline, which means these posts will be dated the actual date/time they were originally posted*
I have been toying with the idea of writing this series for a while. Basically it is a place where I come up with songs that describe in some way people I have dated or had crushes on. Some will be sentimental and others will be insulting, and all will come with little blurbs about why each person got the songs that they did along with clickable LJ cuts for the lyrics (in case you hadn't heard of the song). Some people may end up getting more than one song in the course of the series, I'm undecided still. Without further ado here is the first set of songs off the top of my head. 1) Tommy H. - Poor Wand'ring One! from The Pirates of Penzance. Tommy recieved the Pirates of Penzance song for the simple reason that he played Frederick in the school play when I was in 6th grade. Since seeing that musical I am still to this day obsessed with both pirates and Gilbert & Sullivan. I had a huge crush on Tommy, but will never know if the feeling was mutual, since he only started flirting with me on the last day of classes and then my family moved over the summer so I switched schools (well if you call stealing some keys flirting {I cannot remember now if it was my set of keys or Julie's [catscratchziggy], all I remember is going to retrive them and him insisting that he had put them down his pants and wanted me to "come and get them"). For the record in 6th grade I was way to shy and embarrassed to do that! Poor Wand'ring One is essentially the love song in The Pirates of Penzance, the lead female role, Mabel, sings to Frederick upon first meeting him and learning of the tragic circumstances which led to his becoming a pirate.
MABEL: Poor wand'ring one! Though thou hast surely strayed, Take heart of grace, Thy steps retrace, Poor wand'ring one!Poor wand'ring one! If such poor love as mine Can help thee find True peace of mind- Why, take it, it is thine!GIRLS: Take heart, no danger low'rs; Take any heart but ours!MABEL: Take heart, fair days will shine; Take any heart -- take mine!GIRLS: Take heart; no danger low'rs; Take any heart -- but ours!MABEL: Take heart, fair days will shine; Take any heart -- take mine! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Poor wand'ring one! Though thou hast surely strayed, Take heart of grace, Thy steps retrace,ENSEMBLE MABEL GIRLS Poor wand'ring one! Poor wand'ring one! Ah, ah! Ah, ah, ah! Poor wandr'ing one! Ah, ah! Ah, ah, ah! Fair days will shine, Take heart, Take heart, Take heart, Take mine! Take any heart Take heart! but ours! Take heart! Take heart! Take mine! Take heart, no danger lowr's; Take any heart but ours! Ah, ah! Take heart, take heart, Ah! Take any heart but ours, Take heart! Take heart!
2) Craig S. - You're So Vain by Carly Simon. I swear to this day that Craig probably thinks he did me a favor dating me, even if it did only last a week or two. I think the only good thing that came out of that whole ordeal is that he ended up setting me up (sort of) with Gates. It's not necessarily that Craig is a bad person, in fact I don't hate him or anything, but once I got to know him better I always thought him very pretentious, like he just thinks he's better than everybody else or something, from the things he talks about, to the affect in his speach, to the way he walks he just exhudes the kind of over-confidence I think Carly pegs so perfectly in this song.
You walked into the partyLike you were walking onto a yachtYour hat strategically dipped below one eyeYour scarf it was apricotYou had one eye in the mirrorAs you watched yourself gavotteAnd all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partnerThey'd be your partner, andYou're so vainYou probably think this song is about youYou're so vainI'll bet you think this song is about youDon't you? Don't you?You had me several years agoWhen I was still quite naiveWell, you said that we made such a pretty pairAnd that you would never leaveBut you gave away the things you lovedAnd one of them was meI had some dreams they were clouds in my coffeeClouds in my coffee, andYou're so vainYou probably think this song is about youYou're so vainI'll bet you think this song is about youDon't you? Don't you?I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffeeClouds in my coffee, andYou're so vainYou probably think this song is about youYou're so vainI'll bet you think this song is about youDon't you? Don't you?Well, I hear you went up to SaratogaAnd your horse naturally wonThen you flew your Lear jet up to Nova ScotiaTo see the total eclipse of the sunWell, you're where you should be all the timeAnd when you're not, you're withSome underworld spy or the wife of a close friendWife of a close friend, andYou're so vainYou probably think this song is about youYou're so vainI'll bet you think this song is about youDon't you? Don't you?
3) Peter T. - I am the Walrus by The Beatles. Pete got this songs for two basic reasons. Firstly because he was obsessed with John Lennon, to the point at which he used to ask me everytime he sang a Beatles song (which was a lot) if he sounded like John, (I used to lie and tell him yes, because well we were dating and at that time I think I thought to do otheriwse would be rude). He also broke up with me to date some Japanese girl (how Yoko!). Aside from this he was also probably the heaviest person I have ever dated, which was also something he constantly harped on about in addition to his penis size (basically I think this guy had a lot of insecurities, and rightly so in hindsight). So just to be a bitch I have chosen I am the Walrus, because well Walruses are kind of large, just like Pete (well except that other problem area he kept harping on). LOL!
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.I'm crying.Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday.MAN, you been a naughty boy, and let your face grow long.I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,goo goo g'joobMister City P'liceman sittingPretty little policemen in a row.See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.I'm crying. I'm cry------------ing,I'm crying. I'm cry------------ing.Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your Knickers down.I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,goo goo g'joobSitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.If the sun don't come, you get a tanFrom standing in the English rain.I am the eggmen, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,goo goo g'joob goo goo g'joobExpert texpert choking smokers,Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (ho ho ho, he, he he, ha, ha, ha)See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied.I'm crying.Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna.Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus,goo goo g'joob, goo goo goo g'joob, goo goo g'joob, g'goo goo g'joob g'goo(rhythmical speaking along with juba's).Juba juba juba, juba, juba, juba, juba, juba, juba juba. Juba juba.....(speaking)--Repeat (eventually juba's will stop) and fade until end.--during the fade out background vocals:[Simultaneously:] 'Everybody smokes pot' and 'Oompa, oompa, stick it up your joompa' [jumper]
4) Steve E. - Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison . Overall this realtionship rates neither on the positive or negative scale. Steve was basically the first person I had consentual sex with (I was raped my official first time) but other than that is not noteworthy. While I do not have Brown Eyes (mine are Blue) this song is here mainly because when we did "do the deed" it was undernearth Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, MA, and of course this song has the famous line "making love in the green grass/behind the stadium with you".
Hey where did we go, Days when the rains came Down in the hollow, Playin' a new game, Laughing and a running hey, hey Skipping and a jumping In the misty morning fog with Our hearts a thumpin' and you My brown eyed girl, You my brown eyed girl. Whatever happened To Tuesday and so slow Going down the old mine With a transistor radio Standing in the sunlight laughing, Hiding behind a rainbow's wall, Slipping and sliding All along the water fall, with you My brown eyed girl, You my brown eyed girl. Do you remember when we used to sing, Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da So hard to find my way, Now that I'm all on my own. I saw you just the other day, My how you have grown, Cast my memory back there, Lord Sometime I'm overcome thinking 'bout Making love in the green grass Behind the stadium with you My brown eyed girl You my brown eyed girl Do you remember when we used to sing Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da.
5) Jonathan W. - Wish by Nine Inch Nails. This is why I have to tell you the stories behind the songs, if I were to just tell you I dedicate Wish to Jon without explaining why and you knew/read the lyrics you would say to yourself, wow what did this guy do to her that she hates him so much? This is in fact not true at all. Jon is probably my best male friend, ever. Mostly because were are almost the exact same two people, you know separated at birth kind of thing. We dated for like a day (O.K. more like a month) but I broke up with him even though I still liked him a lot for a kind of complicated reason involving the fact that we were too much alike, I didn't want to lose him as a friend, and I was still not quite over another ex. We didn't talk for a while, and for a while I even thought he may be dead (he was suicidal in his younger years) but we got back in touch and have stayed quite good friends for a number of years now. The reason he recieved "Wish" is it was the song which was playing when we were first introduced. We both loved NIN and we both worked building sets for Boston University Stage Troop.
This is the first day of my last daysI built it up now I take it apart Climbed up real highNow fall down real farNo need for me to stayThe last thing left I just threw it awayI put my faith in God and my trust in youNow there's nothing more fucked up I could doWish there was something realWish there was something trueWish there was something realIn this world full of youI'm the one without a soulI'm the one with this big fucking holeNo new tale to tellTwenty-six years on my way to hellGotta listen to your big time, hard line, bad luck fist fuckDon't think you're having all the funYou know me I hate everyoneWish there was something realWish there was something trueWish there was something realIn this world full of youI want to but I can't turn backBut I want to, but I can't turn backWish there was something realWish there was something trueWish there was something realIn this world full of you
6) M. Gates R. - Who Knew by Pink. Gates is probably the only person whom I wished I had married, aside from my husband (who of course I actually did). It took me almost two years to even date anyone after we broke up, even though I tried not to make a big deal of it at the time (because really when someone lets you know they don't think it's working out what're you really supposed to say or do that isn't going to make you look like an idiot). We dated for 2 years and seven months (how sad that I remember) and I think we attempted to stay friends for a few more after that, but I can't remember if he thought me being around still was holding him back from moving on or if I just found it too painful to continue trying to be friends with him, that we just stopped talking or hanging out all together. He gets this song mostly for the particular line "if someone said three years from now you'd be long gone/I'd stand up and punch them out 'cause they'd be all wrong" since at the time I was still Goth and really into angry industrial Music (well ok I'm still into that ) and I remember being so thrilled the day he finally asked me out that I think I quite literally would have had a fight with anyone that told me it wasn't going to last. Too bad if that had happened they would have been right.
You took my handYou showed me howYou promised me you'd be aroundUh huhThat's rightI took your wordsAnd I believedIn everythingYou said to meYeah huhThat's rightIf someone said three years from nowYou'd be long goneI'd stand up and punch them outCause they're all wrongI know betterCause you said foreverAnd everWho knewRemember when we were such foolsAnd so convinced and just too coolOh noNo noI wish I could touch you againI wish I could still call you friendI'd give anythingWhen someone said count your blessings now'fore they're long goneI guess I just didn't know howI was all wrongThey knew betterStill you said foreverAnd everWho knewYeah yeahI'll keep you locked in my headUntil we meet againUntil weUntil we meet againAnd I won't forget you my friendWhat happenedIf someone said three years from nowYou'd be long goneI'd stand up and punch them outCause they're all wrong andThat last kissI'll cherishUntil we meet againAnd time makesIt harderI wish I could rememberBut I keepYour memoryYou visit me in my sleepMy darlingWho knewMy darlingMy darlingWho knewMy darlingI miss youMy darlingWho knewWho knew |
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