play for today
Friday, 6 April 2007 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
freckles_and_doubtBleah. Have had headache for two days. I thought my wretched bod had stopped doing that to me, but no, it has to feature in flashing lights on the marquee of my skull the RETURN OF THE MINI-GREMLIN! with the DRILL! returning for ONE LAST PERFORMANCE! to his abode behind my right eyebrow. Little sod. On the upside, the painkillers gave me extra-trippy dreams last night, variously featuring a long motorcycle road-trip with my mother (at night, in black leather, through weird cityscapes), and a slighly lecherous Terry Pratchett.
The pounding head is causing me to play the Cure, who are depressive and curiously soothing, with the possible exception of "Lovecats", which is one of my Top Five Happy-Making Songs Ever. You know the effect? a sort of happy inevitable resonance with a particular song which means it infallibly makes you (a) feel better about life regardless of the circumstances, and (b) jiggle around rhythmically, regardless of what you're doing (which in my case is probably a bit disconcerting to the beholder if I happen to be giving curriculum advice at the time).
To celebrate Easter and distract me from the headache, herewith my Top 5 Happy Songs, in no particular order:
Belle and Sebastian, "Another Sunny Day."
The Cure, "Lovecats."
Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
The Manic Street Preachers cover of "Out of Time." (A toss-up with "You Stole the Song from my Heart", actually, but I think "Out of Time" has it, marginally).
Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere."
I have a sneaking suspicion Crowded House should be in there somewhere, but I can't decide which one. Possibly "Italian Plastic." Or "There Goes God."
One can never have too many happy songs. What are yours?
The pounding head is causing me to play the Cure, who are depressive and curiously soothing, with the possible exception of "Lovecats", which is one of my Top Five Happy-Making Songs Ever. You know the effect? a sort of happy inevitable resonance with a particular song which means it infallibly makes you (a) feel better about life regardless of the circumstances, and (b) jiggle around rhythmically, regardless of what you're doing (which in my case is probably a bit disconcerting to the beholder if I happen to be giving curriculum advice at the time).
To celebrate Easter and distract me from the headache, herewith my Top 5 Happy Songs, in no particular order:
Belle and Sebastian, "Another Sunny Day."
The Cure, "Lovecats."
Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You."
The Manic Street Preachers cover of "Out of Time." (A toss-up with "You Stole the Song from my Heart", actually, but I think "Out of Time" has it, marginally).
Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere."
I have a sneaking suspicion Crowded House should be in there somewhere, but I can't decide which one. Possibly "Italian Plastic." Or "There Goes God."
One can never have too many happy songs. What are yours?
 | Bunny Threat Level: rising slowly and painfully, since Disney criticism is not helping the headache. |
