Old 97's

Ryan: "You Say You Don't Love Me"* - Buzzcocks

*probably not the sentiment you had in mind, but hey...

I probably go for oversincere over articulate - maybe that's why I don't much care for the Go-Betweens? Not that I'm doubting their sincerity, mind you.

 

Re: "Bon Bon Vie", I like the song so much that I'm willing to overlook its bad French.

Never fear, no matter, ain't no thang, gracias G. A passing situation.

A little too familiar. "Book of Love" is one of our songs.

Joey, while you're up, help me find a perfect love-song lyric about wanting to be with somebody for the rest of your life, one that's articulate but not oversincere.

 

EDIT: Please.

 

You'd think I'd find one on this thread but nothing has quite hit the spot yet. "Sassy Brat" has come the closest.

Thanks Bob for including my favorite lyric ever:

We were born and raised in New York City
Fell in love in Central Park
I really love New York City
Still number one in my heart

Gimme the bon
Gimme the bon, bon
Gimme the bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon vie
Gimme the good life (Give it to me)

Gimme the bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon vie
Oh, gimme the good life (Oho, baby)

Pretty damn cool list. Thanks, as always.

 

EDIT: I was hoping that would just appear as "****".

Reflexively doing the same later; your interpretation makes it sound like "A Quick One While He's Away" or something (which honestly wouldn't be awesome in anyone's hands except SY).

My v-day playlist by the way:

allo darlin' - kiss your lips
hayes carll - drunken poet's dream
old 97's - buick city complex
r.e.m. - electrolite
go-betweens - right here
liz phair - see the light (unreleased, possibly her most gorgeous)
sugar - your favorite thing
taylor swift - sparks fly
soulja boy - blowing me kisses (from his third, which i called an A-, curious what fans of the first two think)
the bird and the bee - kiss on my list
kanye west - hell of a life
robyn - indestructible (a late favorite)
the apples in stereo - sunndal song
jay-z - venus vs. mars
pony up! - shut up and kiss me
no doubt - underneath it all (softened on this one over time)
new york dolls - looking for a kiss
the xx - vcr
the long winters - pushover (from one of those rare wrongful duds, always assumed because of john roderick's frustrating/intrigui​ng time signatures)
tokyo police club - favourite color
the beach boys - i was made to love her
the blow - parentheses (unbelievably sweet song on an unremarkable album)
weezer - trainwrecks (ditto)
tv on the radio - lover's day
wilco - you and i
x - the world's a mess, it's in my kiss
yo la tengo - center of gravity
miley cyrus - 7 things (incredibly underrated on decade lists)
lucinda williams - i just wanted to see you so bad
raphael saadiq - let's take a walk (gotta have sex)

think that's all of em

Michael also-  Yup, I'm in NC now, but I grew up in AL. Mobile to be precise. (Wet Willie, Dr. Hook, Jimmy Buffett, Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige.)  I'm betting you are from Birmingham? Many famous Birmingham Tuckers. (I'm resisting a drive-by Tucker pun).

It is of course possible that I completely misinterpreted the lyric of "Female Machanic." With SY, however, that is more often the case than not. When I have the time I'm going to relisten from a male POV.