Hey again everybody. Hope everyone is having a good day. If you haven't noticed before from my "ipawd" playlist, I'm pretty much a MUSIC HOUND. Mommie and I LOVE listening to music and we have it on ALL the time. So we thought it would be cool to have a little column where I could talk about music we like or don't like, and the people that make it, and stuff like that. I really hope YOU like it...but either way, I find it fun!
First of all, have you ever thought about how some of those bands come up with their names? Like...DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE...what were they thinking?! Maybe one of the members had a bad night with his girlfriend, so he says to her..."Honey, let me call you a cab." And then he mumbles to himself "yeah, DEATH CAB". Pretty cruel on his part I might add. But then she gets downstairs and...ooh, ooh, what if they are in New York, and she gets downstairs and she see's the cab he called, and on the other side of the street is CASH CAB! So Cutie, wanting to be fair to the cabdrivers, gets in the DEATH CAB, not knowing that it is the death cab. I think you will agree with me when I say..."CUTIE was havin' a BAD DAY!" So then the boyfriend, trying to sound cool to his friend says "yeah, I called DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!" Then the friend, who is having a "shallow" moment and not realizing the impact of a cab called DEATH CAB...says "hey, that would be a great name for our band...DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!" I know, probably not...I'm just sayin'.
The name DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE actually came from a song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall. It was performed by their band, BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND in the 1967 BEATLES film MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR...according to Wikepedia. Who knows what was going on in their heads!
And what about the band WEEZER?! Can you say ASTHMA?! Nah, I don't have a clue how they came up with that one.
Now on to a song I'm liking pretty much...that I didn't want to like. It's "ALL SUMMER LONG" by KID ROCK. Okay, the reason I didn't want to like it is because when it starts you are hearing "SWEET HOME ALABAMA" and you are thinking, "oh, c'mon Kid, don't tell me you are doing a cover of LYNARD SKYNARD's song." Even though it has been done before, I still consider that "sacred ground". THEN, I'm hearing what sounds like WARREN ZEVON's "WEREWOLVES OF LONDON", and I thought "you are REALLY treading on FORBIDDEN TERRITORY now Kid!" BUT...you keep listening to it and you realize it's not a cover song, it's more of a song ABOUT those songs...and the good times he had while listening to those songs. And if you have seen the video...Kid had a PRETTY GOOD TIME! So....you did good KID...ROCK on!
Well, kick back, enjoy some tunes, dance to your own drummer...and just have a "chillin' good day"! Love, your "music guru" Freddie Girl!
THREE SONGS TODAY!
"FOR WHAT REASON" by Death Cab for Cutie
"PORK AND BEANS" By Weezer
"ALL SUMMER LONG" by Kid Rock
Oh, what the heck....here's TWO MORE!
"SWEET HOME ALABAMA" by Lynard Skynard
"WEREWOLVES OF LONDON" by Warren Zevon
I loved your comments about Death Cab For Cutie! RIGHT ON!
Posted by: Karin Lyle | October 09, 2008 at 13:56