Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra, "The Raiders March" from Raiders of the Lost Ark: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (T.L.A.M.)

Dienstag, 6 April
Denis Leary, "Asshole" from No Cure for Cancer (T.L.A.M.)

Montag, 5 April
She & Him, "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" from Volume Two (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Magical.

Sonntag, 4 April
Fountains of Wayne, "Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim" from Traffic and Weather (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"Michael says, 'Heather, have you had enough?'
Heather says, 'Michael, you know that it's you I love.'"


Samstag, 3 April
Commentary: The selection of last Saturday's R.B.D.S.O.T.D. is pending due to difficulty remembering what song we were singing on the march towards the Ethiopian restaurant at which we had such a lovely dinner. All I can offer in my defense are the words of the inimitable Dr. Johnson, "There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not recollect where he laid his hat, it is nothing; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say, 'His memory is going.'"

Freitag, 2 April
They Might Be Giants, "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)" from Apollo 18 (T.L.A.M.)

Donnerstag, 1 April
"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Another One Rides the Bus" from "Weird Al" Yankovic (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Was the bus ride from the District of Columbia to Old New Amsterdam naught more than an overly involved April Fools' Day prank?

Mittwoch, 31 März
Katiä, "The Minstrel Boy" from Can't Stop the Love Sled (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "The Minstrel Boy" is a weird song to sing softly to a little baby, but it was the first song that came to mind when I was holding The Squeak. Do I love "The Minstrel Boy" on its own merits, or is my affection for the ballad a mere extension of my deep & profound love for a good man, Miles Edward O'Brien? Thank you, Chief.

Dienstag, 30 März
The Pogues, "A Rainy Night in Soho" from The Best of The Pogues (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: 'Twas a rainy night in the Lower East Side, not a rainy night in Soho (that was Monday), but close enough for our purposes. In any event, The Pogues are almost certainly referring to the real Soho in London, not the faux Soho on Manhattan.

Montag, 29 März
The Puppini Sisters, "Soho Nights" from The Rise and Fall of Ruby Woo (T.L.A.M.)

Sonntag, 28 März
Nicholas Ginbey, "Amanda Song" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: A future chapter of Project PANDORA.

Samstag, 27 März
They Might Be Giants, "New York City" from Factory Showroom (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Dedicated with love & thanks to Mrs. & Mr. Skeeter, Esqs. "'Cause everyone's your friend in New York City."

2 comments:

skeeter! said...

Was it either "Tiptoe through the Tulips" or "Danny's Song"? Either way, super embarrassing!

Mike Wilson said...

Eureka! "Danny's Song"! Thank you, Mrs. Skeeter, Esq. "Super embarrassing"? You've met my father, you know how well insulated I am against that brand of embarrassment fostered by singing badly in public.