This Conversation Seems Like A Dream

Playlist.

One of the things I love most about Napster is the flexibility factor. Between that and the ease of swapping from artist to artist, song to song, and my love of music, is it any wonder I pay the subscription fee to get unlimited monthly downloads?

Occasionally, I'll listen exclusively to one artist, but since I've only got a couple of full albums downloaded, that doesn't happen with any sort of frequency. Most often, I'll do what I'm doing tonight--I'll look over the playlist, pick whatever strikes my fancy at that point in time, and move along to the next once all's said and done.

Tonight, for some reason, I feel compelled to share--not the songs themselves, but a list, with some lyrics, and the reason why it struck my fancy. Don't ask, I don't know, really. Like I said, compelled. I give up understanding. :)

Stays In Mexico - Toby Keith

One more's never enough--
Don't bite off more than you can chew
There's things down here the devil himself wouldn't do
Just remember when you let it all go
What happens down in Mexico
Stays in Mexico

I just love this one. Doesn't hurt that Toby himself is dead sexy, but really, the song itself is just fun. Strange subject to consider fun, perhaps, but the chorus is catchy, and...well, yeah. I just love it.

Dog And Butterfly - Heart

She rode back down to the warm soft ground
Laughing up to the sky, up to the sky
Dog and butterfly

This song is just all about Mom for me. Heart has always been one of her favorites, and this song is probably my absolute favorite of theirs. I hadn't ever really listened to the lyrics before tonight, I just remember this one from when I was a kid, I remember the chorus and the melody. Lots of positive associations.

Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea

Where've you been?
I've looked for you forever and a day.
Where've you been?
I'm just not myself when you're away.

I vaguely recall writing about this song, somewhere on Livejournal. The first time I heard it, I cried for a good long time--it still makes me tear up. Go read the full lyrics for the song, but don't blame me if it makes you sniffly. This one fills my mind with thoughts of Brett, since the first time I heard it was around the time I realized how serious I was about him.

(Just as well he just got home, otherwise I'd probably be tempted to indulge in lengthy amount of time listening to songs that'll make me cry on purpose.)

Naima - Steve Lukather

(Instrumental)

Steve Lukather is the guitarist for Toto, this is off a Windham Hill release called Sounds Of Wood & Steel 2. The man has so much talent, and can make such incredible sounds from a guitar that it is, frankly, amazing.

Caribbean Blue - Neal Schon

(Instrumental)

Not a cover of the Enya song, though he's done instrumental covers of popular songs in the past (ref: album called Voice). Guitarist for Journey, and another one who's immensely talented. Skill to be envied, all that good stuff.

Highway - The Moody Blues

Who sees the world in a grain of sand?
Who holds the future in the palm of their hand?
No one else can see things like I do.

My first favorite band. This song was originally released (to my knowledge) with the Time Traveller box set. As I said, first favorite band, no way to describe how much I love this music. Uplifting song, sad song, intense song, song about sex, whatever, I always feel better after I listen to anything they sing.

Breathe - Melissa Etheridge

Home is a feeling I buried in you--
I'm alright, I'm alright,
It only hurts when I breathe.

Not the first woman I ever had a crush on, but probably the one with the voice I loved the most. I've never seen her live, but I've always wanted to, between the power and intensity she exhibits on an album, I can only imagine what she's like on stage. Such raw emotions.

Sweet Southern Comfort - Buddy Jewell

From Carolina down to Georgia,
Smell the jasmine and magnolia,
Sleepy sweet home Alabama,
Roll tide roll.

What can I say, this one reminds me of home. It's funny, that I consider both North Carolina and Utah to be my home--even though I only ever spent seven years in the south and only ever went back in the summer to visit, even though I don't feel any particular attachment to my family there now that my grandparents are gone...something about it still speaks to me of home, which the post I made a few days ago should probably indicate.

To the Moon and Back - Savage Garden

And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him,
I will fly you to the moon and back
if you'll be
if you'll be my baby.

I can't explain it, but I have MUSH characters that this song really reminds me very strongly of, one current, one former. This was one of the two songs that I really liked from this album, and haven't really paid much attention to them so much since. I feel sort of bad about that, for some reason. But yeah...makes me think about characters, and about their lives, and...makes me more contemplative than I should be, almost.

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B Hawkins

Damn, I wish I was your lover,
I'd rock you til the daylight comes
Make sure you are smiling and warm.

I saw this one on my library list, and just couldn't *not* play it. It's no secret that Indigo Girls and Clannad make me think of my best friend Matt, but this song does it, too. The ultimate wistful/teasing/just let me dream of it just this once song.

Here With Me - Dido

Oh I am what I am
I'll do what I want
But I can't hide
And I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me.

The theme song to Roswell, which I got interested in quite a bit after the fact. My interest waned, though--I've seen all of the first season and part of the second, but I've read the scripts for all three seasons, so it's not an urgent need to finish the series. The song, though...another one that reminds me of MUSH characters, especially recently, no matter how much it makes me shake my head or make faces. Alas.

Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon

I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you that you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why.

I was hooked on this song after hearing it once, and as cliched as it sounds, it was really important to me in my life around then. The lyrics really meant something to me then.

Song and Emotion - Tesla

Broken, humbled by the cold reality
Life at the top ain't always what it seems
Oh, better run for cover
Cause it looks like rain again
You'd best be careful.

Tesla wrote this song about Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark, after his death, and from all I know about him, it fits so well. Watching old interviews, looking at old pictures, there's always so much pain there, sometimes hidden by a smile, sometimes not. And, being the soppy person that I am, I cried when I heard about his death. I only hope he's happier wherever he ended up. Human beings were not meant to hold so much hurt.

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Sting & The Police

Everytime that I come near her
I just lose my nerve as I've done from the start.

Everyone who's seen Moonie's solo, non-Faire show that uses this song is now shaking their head and smiling, seeing the routine in their heads, I'm sure. If you haven't seen it, there's just no way I can describe it, even if I wish I could.

All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You - Heart

We made magic that night
Oh he did everything right.

"That means he gave her lots of orgasms." I don't remember who said that to me, probably my friend Alie, who was also visiting her mom the summer I spent in Seattle. A couple of sixteen year olds singing about orgasms and making love all night, isn't life great? This one always reminds me of that summer, though--of my first kiss...and trouble I almost got into and *did* get into. The first of my two wild summers in a row, even though my 'wild' phase only lasted for a couple of weeks each time.

---

And this concludes my playlist for the evening. No, like I said, not really sure why I felt compelled to share, but...enjoy? :)

Posted by Liz at March 7, 2005 09:58 PM