quidditchgrrl

Saw this on

snoopypez's journal, and it looked like fun. Too bad it's limited to seven - typically I'm obsessed with/into about 652172348 songs at any given time. Just check my last.fm profile...

List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to.

1. Dakota - Stereophonics

Thinking back, thinking of you
Summertime think it was June
Yeah think it was June
Laying back, head on the grass
Chewing gum having some laughs
Yeah having some laughs

This song has a great rhythm, and it's a great get-up-and-go song for me.

2. Daily Nightly - The Monkees

Darkened rolling figures move thru' prisms of no color.
Hand in hand, they walk the night,
But never know each other.
Passioned pastel neon lights light up the jeweled trav'ler
Who, lost in scenes of smoke filled dreams,
Find questions, but no answers.

The Monkees freaking rock, especially their later, more psychadelic stuff. I still love them, and listen to at least one Monkees song a day. Peter is my favorite; I never cared much for Davy, the supposed "cute one".

3. Coma Girl - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros

I was crawling through a festival way out west
I was thinking about love and the acid test
But first I got real dizzy with a real rocking gang
Then I saw the Coma Girl and the excitement gang

Another pick-me-up song. Just straight-out folksy rock and roll. Rest in peace, Joe.

4. Forget Her - Jeff Buckley

Well my tears fall down as I try to forget,
Her love was a joke from the day that we met.
All of the words, all of her men,
all of my pain when I think back to when.

This song is so sad...I have this thing with one of our local morning DJs where he insists on playing songs that make me cry. So I email him about it, he mocks me, then moves on to yet another song that makes it impossible to put on eyeliner...thanks Brian! This song was originally intended to be released on the Grace album, but Jeff refused, saying it was "too personal". It wasn't released until after Jeff's death in 1998, IIRC.

5. Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis

Sunny days
Where have you gone?
I get the strangest feeling you belong
Why does it always rain on me?
Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?

Very melodic, certainly melancholy, but not over the top. Chris Martin, you copycat!

6. Alternative to Love - Brendan Benson

Maybe I'm just damaged goods
And, baby, you're a babe in the woods
And me, I'm just a little lost lamb
But you love me wherever I am
And maybe I've been caught red handed
Making off like a lucky bandit
And this wasn't how I planned it

I only have this song attached to

thejiglett's awesome Jon/Stephen fanvid. *nudgenudge to anyone who might have it as an mp3* I must be getting into another funk, since I'm listening to more peppy stuff. This song does fit a lot of life-experience situations, so it's an all-purpose pick me up song, and hearing it attached to this particular fanvid causes me to smile every time. ;)

7. Hard Luck Woman - KISS

If never I met you
I'd never have seen you cry
If not for our first "Hello"
We'd never have to say goodbye
If never I held you
My feelin's would never show
It's time I start walkin'
But there's so much you'll never know
I keep telling you hard luck woman
You ain't a hard luck woman

I won't tag any of you, since this meme takes for freaking ever with all the uploading, linking and such. But if you want, do it and choose a genre (all-time favorites, saddest songs, songs you like to listen to when you're angry, happy, etc.), or stick to the spirit of the meme. It's great to hear what everyone likes to listen to, and what sticks with you for the long-term.