Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

This is a twist on the Letter Meme. Instead of coming up with ten items for a certain letter, you come up with five song titles for a certain letter and explain why you picked them. If interested then leave a comment. I'll give you a letter. You post this blurb in your journal along with your list.

The lovely annuala gave me an S (for sheep, as in meme sheep. Baaaaa :) )

1) "Superman" - Five for Fighting. lithium_doll will confirm that this is the song to play if you want me to get a song stuck in my head. I think I had this on repeat play for about a month at one point. I still love it though, just a perfect combination of lyrics and catchy melody.

2) "Streets of London" - George Hamilton IV. Yes, I know Ralph McTell made it famous but this is the version I grew up listening to, which I actually prefer. It's a smoother more heartfelt rendition. My Dad was a big lover of country music and I fell in love with one album by George, which was, I think, an album of cover versions. I used to fall asleep curled up by our old record player. Sweet :) I still have the original LP but no means to play it now, dammit. Seriously, if anyone ever sees a cassette or CD of "Country Music in my Soul" they should just buy it for me then and there, I'll reimburse them with much happy squeeing :)

3) "Shut Up and Kiss Me" - Mary Chapin Carpenter. My second favourite song off her "Stones in the Road" album and I only wish she wrote more songs like this but she seems to have gone back to mostly ballads now. This is a harder, rockier country sound and she totally kicks arse. Great lyrics too - "Didn't expect to have to rise above, My reputation for cynicism. Been a jaded lady when it comes to love."

4) "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks. This is the first song I can really remember singing along to, badly, obviously. It was years before I realised how sad a song it was. There was an old BBC TV show that asked directors to produce videos for songs that pre-dated the video era. This was one of the songs covered and I was in buckets of tears having watched it. So I don't listen to it with quite the same sing-a-long enthusiasm I once did but it's still a cool song. Plus Terry Jacks is/was a Canadian and as a Canadian suckered me into this meme, it's doubly fitting :)

5) "Sixteen Tons" - Tennessee Ernie Ford. Just a classic :) Even people who've never heard the song probably quote the lines "Another day over and I'm deeper in debt". It's become the anthem for those that work hard jobs for shitty pay and that's as relevant today as it was back when this was released. Go on, betcha all humming the chorus now, aren't you? Heh heh heh *wanders off whistling*