Here's the top five I've been listening to on repeat this week:
"Hip Hug Her" - Booker T and the MGs
"You're Gonna Miss Me" - 13th Floor Elevators
"Wonderwall" - Ryan Adams
"Sequestered in Memphis" - The Hold Steady
"At War With the Sun" - The Big Pink
"Both Ends Burning" - Roxy Music
"Hip Hug Her" is a song I've been trying to find for the past 17 years. It's the intro music to the movie Barfly and I only just this week thought to type "barfly soundtrack" in Google. Idiot. This was one of my favorite movies in college.
"You're Gonna Miss Me" was featured in the opening to "High Fidelity." This is the scene. It perfectly matches his question, "Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"
"Wonderwall" was a great tune to begin with and Ryan Adams made it better with this arrangement.
"Sequestered in Memphis" has the line, "In the bar light, she looked alright. In the day light, she looked desperate. That's alright because I was desperate too."
"At War With the Sun" reminds me of 90s Britpop.
When I heard "Both Ends Burning" I thought it was some sort of new music movement. Surprise! This song is over 30 years old.
My top five is so awesome, it's actually six.
Posted by: Dave G | July 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM