Songs that play out like a movie in your head.
For me, it’s the Mountain Goats’ “Oceanographer’s Choice.”
Well
Guy in a skeleton costume
Comes up to the guy in the Superman suit
Runs through him with a broadsword
I flip the television off
Bring all the bright lights up
Turn the radio up loud
I don’t know why I’m so persuaded
That if I think things through
Long enough and hard enough
I’ll somehow get to you
Then you came in and we locked eyes
You kicked the ashtray over as we came toward each other
Stubbed my cigarette out against the west wall
Quickly lit another
Look at that
Would you look at that?
We’re throwing off sparks
What will I do when I don’t have you
To hold onto in the dark?
Yes
Everybody’s going to need a witness
Everybody’s going to need a little backup
In case the scene gets nasty
You throw the attic window open
And I throw myself all around you
And night comes to Tallahassee
I don’t know why it’s gotten harder to keep myself away
Thought I’d finally beat the feeling back
It all came back today
And then we fell down
And we locked arms
We knocked the dresser over as we rolled across the floor
I don’t mean it when I tell you
That I don’t love you any more
Look at that
Would you look at that?
The way the ceiling starts to swerve
What will I do when I don’t have you,
When I finally get what I deserve?
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How about Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots?
Her name is Yoshimi
she’s a black belt in karate
working for the city
she has to discipline her body
‘Cause she knows that
it’s demanding
to defeat those evil machines
I know she can beat them
Oh Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots eat me
Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots defeat me
Those evil-natured robots
they’re programmed to destroy us
she’s gotta be strong to fight them
so she’s taking lots of vitamins
‘Cause she knows that
it’d be tragic
if those evil robots win
I know she can beat them
Oh Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots defeat me
Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots eat me
Yoshimi
‘Cause she knows that
it’d be tragic
if those evil robots win
I know she can beat them
Oh Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots defeat me
Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots defeat me
Oh Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots eat me
Yoshimi, they don’t believe me
but you won’t let those robots eat me
Yoshimi
Comment by Supergenius — September 27, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Nice one. I use “evilnaturedrobots” as an email address (from that song).
Comment by Susan M — September 27, 2007 @ 11:43 am
Under the Milky Way - The Church
She Goes On - Crowded House
I Didn’t Mean to Hurt You - Paul Weller
Comment by gabby — September 27, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
Almost everything by Stan Ridgway.
Wanna Be A Boss
Drive She Said
The Big Heat
Camouflage
Peg & Pete & Me
Comment by zionssuburb — September 27, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
The Decemberists, “O Valencia!”
You belong to the gang
And you say you can’t break away
But I’m here with my hands on my heart
Our families can’t agree
I’m your brother’s sworn enemy
But I’ll shout out my love to the stars
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go
When first we laid eyes
I swore to no compromise
‘Til I felt my caress on your skin
Well, how soon we were betrayed
Your sister gave us away
And your father came all unhinged
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go
But Oh Valencia
With your blood still warm on the ground
Valencia
And I swear to the stars
I’ll burn this whole city down
All I heard was a shout
Of your brother calling me out
And you ran like a fool to my side
Well the shot, it hit hard
And your frame went limp in my arms
And an oath of love was your dying cry
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Wait by the car and we’ll, go we’ll go
But Oh Valencia
With your blood still warm on the ground
Valencia
And I’ll burn this whole city down
Valencia
With your blood getting cold on the ground
Valencia
And I swear to the stars
I’ll burn this whole city down
Comment by Allison — September 27, 2007 @ 4:24 pm
Excellent pick, Allison. Didn’t they already make a movie out of that though? It sounds so familiar. Isn’t it just Romeo & Juliet?
Comment by Supergenius — September 27, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Yup. But it’s still well told.
Comment by Allison — September 27, 2007 @ 6:18 pm
#5 sounds like West Side Story to me. Not that WSS was hugely different from Romeo and Juliet either.
Songs that play out like movies in my head:
“No matter where you go I will find you” by Clannad.
“These Dreams” by Heart.
Comment by Proud Daughter of Eve — September 27, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
PDoE, if you want a Heart song that plays out like a movie, try “All I Want To Do Is Make Love To You.”
Comment by Supergenius — September 27, 2007 @ 9:36 pm
Or “Magic Man.”
Comment by Susan M — September 27, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
“Barracuda.”
Wait, are we just naming random Heart songs now?
Comment by BTD Greg — September 27, 2007 @ 11:25 pm
Third Eye Blind: “My Hit and Run”
Feel the speed through the intersection
Sheets of rain I seek out cars
Hands in gloves grip handlebars
Ride alone to the pub in the dark
I get a little wet but I don’t have to park
And the lights start flashing green and red
As I ride, a car turns left and I slide
I can’t turn back
I make contact
Blinkers smash into mosaic
Then I start flying
Always think we’ll get more time
Now flying through the air
Maybe living, maybe dying
In this motor crash it’s you who comes to mind
Don’t we always wish had more time
I’m thrust slow mo through time and space
Details smash and I protect my face
And then I see yours
And go to a time when we just knew
Mister death in the car below
Doesn’t even slow and away he goes
In the majesty of a motor crash
You skid into my darkness forming
Sex and death, heartbreak and strife
Well, they give no warning
Always think we’ll get more time
Now I’m flying through the air
And it’s you who comes to mind
In the red lights and cathedrals there’s a sign
Don’t we always wish had more time
Here it comes, my hit and run
Always think we’ll get more time
Then you’re flying through the air
With someone on your mind
In the shattered glass reflections there’s a sign
Cause you were there
And I wish we had more time
I come down hard and roll to my feet
And rain washes blood now off concrete
People turn away and I just had to laugh
Cause I’m still flying
Living and dying
Always think we get more time
You’re flying through the air
With someone on your mind
And this motorcycle crash it is a sign
Cause you were there and I wish we had more time
You were there
And I’d like to thank mister death now for what he’s done
Cause I got to walk away from my hit and run
(You were there)
Mysteries are not so empty now as they seemed
(You were there)
Cause I saw you
At my hit and run
At my hit and run
Comment by MCQ — September 28, 2007 @ 12:46 am
I liked it better when we were just naming random Heart songs.
Comment by Supergenius — September 28, 2007 @ 8:03 am