I have. Despite even Trent himself reversing how he felt about it (bad to good), I don't care for it.
Sadchild's top 333 fav songs of all ever
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I seem to have toggled both ways on it myself. Depends on the mood I am in. Same with the NIN version.
I own neither in my iTunes library because of that.
Perhaps my fav Cash song (if not fav then #2 or #3) is one I never hear about. "Delia's Gone"
I'd post the video here but...
I'd post the video here but...
Listening now. I may have it heard it before, not sure. The piano in the background doesn't work for me, makes it too dancy and bright. Feels like Ray Charles is playing "Mess Around" in the background. Guess I'm just not much of a Cash fan, if this one and "Hurt" don't do it for me.
#3 James Taylor "Fire And Rain"
A lot of people misinterpret this song as being written about a losing a friend in a plane crash. I did for years. And, as far as I'm concerned (since art interpretation is in the eye/ear of the beholder), I still tend to hear it that way. He actually wrote each verse about a different thing going on in his life (loss of a friend, his time in rehab, his recovery/loss of his band). But either way, I love its bittersweet dichotomy of soothing music and melancholy words.
Oddly, it was this scene from a 1988 River Phoenix movie that made the song click with me, made it special, instead of just being 'another nice song' on the radio. Watching a family who's constantly on the run find a moment of relief and happiness by dancing around in the kitchen to it struck a chord with me when I was teen. I saw how relating to another's struggles can be a good experience, even if the topic is depressing. Which might explain why Disintegration is my favorite album of all time.
A lot of people misinterpret this song as being written about a losing a friend in a plane crash. I did for years. And, as far as I'm concerned (since art interpretation is in the eye/ear of the beholder), I still tend to hear it that way. He actually wrote each verse about a different thing going on in his life (loss of a friend, his time in rehab, his recovery/loss of his band). But either way, I love its bittersweet dichotomy of soothing music and melancholy words.
Oddly, it was this scene from a 1988 River Phoenix movie that made the song click with me, made it special, instead of just being 'another nice song' on the radio. Watching a family who's constantly on the run find a moment of relief and happiness by dancing around in the kitchen to it struck a chord with me when I was teen. I saw how relating to another's struggles can be a good experience, even if the topic is depressing. Which might explain why Disintegration is my favorite album of all time.
- Correct artist & song: @scotchandcigar
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
The original versions?
But still battin' 1000 on your original ones!
Of the Cash covers, I like Hurt and Rusty Cage better than his cover of Personal Jesus.
I like all of the originals better than the covers.
#2 Fleetwood Mac "Landslide"
A little levity:
A song so good, Kathleen Madigan would go see Stevie perform it even if she were being accused of eating a baby.
Back to personal stuff:
My mother listened to Fleetwood Mac (self-titled and Rumours) when I was growing up. I assume that's how I got into them originally. They're both still two of my favorite albums of all ever (with Tango In The Night being another classic).
When I was young, my mother used to bring me downhill skiing all the time. I did it well, no poles, zooming down the mountain. She had a lot of fun, and pride, in our time together on the slopes. Then one day (like when I realized my father didn't really want to see me, so I told my mother to stop calling him) it hit me that I didn't actually enjoy skiing. I was always freezing. It was exhausting (I was a little weakling). I didn't particularly like doing it. So around age 11 or 12, I abruptly told my mother I don't want to ski anymore. It probably broke her heart (though that wasn't my intention). No more snow-covered hills together. So while this song isn't about skiing, or mothers, since my teens it reminds me of her.
I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
This is me telling her I didn't want to ski anymore. She saw us in the snow-covered hills, until the day I dropped the news.
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
This is all of the changes that happened in her (and our) life when I was a kid. Divorce, remarry, move, move again. Plus me going from child, to teen, to moving out.
I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder, even children get older
And I'm getting older too
At times, I was all she had. We both got older, and then I moved out.
If you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring you down
In my early 20s, she and my step-father moved to California (see "So Far Away" at #7). She was no longer just a quick drive away. Over the next eight years, we saw each other three times. And during that time, sometimes I'd see snow-covered hills here in NH and be reminded of her and how far away she was. And that would bring me down.
A little levity:
A song so good, Kathleen Madigan would go see Stevie perform it even if she were being accused of eating a baby.
Back to personal stuff:
My mother listened to Fleetwood Mac (self-titled and Rumours) when I was growing up. I assume that's how I got into them originally. They're both still two of my favorite albums of all ever (with Tango In The Night being another classic).
When I was young, my mother used to bring me downhill skiing all the time. I did it well, no poles, zooming down the mountain. She had a lot of fun, and pride, in our time together on the slopes. Then one day (like when I realized my father didn't really want to see me, so I told my mother to stop calling him) it hit me that I didn't actually enjoy skiing. I was always freezing. It was exhausting (I was a little weakling). I didn't particularly like doing it. So around age 11 or 12, I abruptly told my mother I don't want to ski anymore. It probably broke her heart (though that wasn't my intention). No more snow-covered hills together. So while this song isn't about skiing, or mothers, since my teens it reminds me of her.
I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
This is me telling her I didn't want to ski anymore. She saw us in the snow-covered hills, until the day I dropped the news.
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
This is all of the changes that happened in her (and our) life when I was a kid. Divorce, remarry, move, move again. Plus me going from child, to teen, to moving out.
I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder, even children get older
And I'm getting older too
At times, I was all she had. We both got older, and then I moved out.
If you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring you down
In my early 20s, she and my step-father moved to California (see "So Far Away" at #7). She was no longer just a quick drive away. Over the next eight years, we saw each other three times. And during that time, sometimes I'd see snow-covered hills here in NH and be reminded of her and how far away she was. And that would bring me down.
- Correct artist: @IdRatherBeSkiing @Aaron
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
#1 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta "Summer Nights"
Tell me more! Tell more more! Like, does he have a car?
She swam by me, she got a cramp. He ran by me, got my suit damp.
We stayed up 'till ten o'clock!
Pure poetry.
Tell me more! Tell more more! Like, does he have a car?
She swam by me, she got a cramp. He ran by me, got my suit damp.
We stayed up 'till ten o'clock!
Pure poetry.
I did not see this song coming. Nope.
It came outta nowhere....
I never noticed that line before.
It came outta nowhere....
Saucy!
I never noticed that line before.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Your the One That I Want is the better track from Grease. I can see why you would prefer that to Summer Nights.Just kidding!
Real #1 coming later today