tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post918415973550691000..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Eat Your Heart Out Audio/Video Edition)NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-68613306171569416962010-06-20T03:31:49.874-04:002010-06-20T03:31:49.874-04:00Dominic, thanks, excellent, should-have-been-nomin...Dominic, thanks, excellent, should-have-been-nominated-earlier choices -<br />Superman & I Can See for Miles...John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29065448529042078012010-06-20T02:35:22.859-04:002010-06-20T02:35:22.859-04:00I can only aspire to get a registered trademark an...I can only aspire to get a registered trademark and registration pending status simultaneously like Trademark Dave! But I did nominate Lou Christie. Christie's songs are full of paranoia in the most endearing teenage way. "If Only My Car Could Talk" might be his most demented (and what a complex and bizarre melodic structure, too), but it started early, with another song with almost as great a title, "The Gypsy Cried": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLoXd1Cg78<br /><br />"Lightnin' Strikes," his biggest hit, has an unusual and sick theme: "Stick with me baby, there are wedding bells and bluebirds in our future. But pardon me while I cheat on you because I can't help myself." Mix it together with "Rhapsody in the Rain," where the protagonist portrays himself as a stalker, and you get "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" with a falsetto.<br /><br />Lou Christie is ubercool (what a great version of "Beyond the Blue Horizon" he did -- pardon cheesy video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSrYIfMMoRw)Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56992828463532817832010-06-19T18:46:51.529-04:002010-06-19T18:46:51.529-04:00Spot on, Dominic, with the Joe Jackson. Running th...Spot on, Dominic, with the Joe Jackson. Running through the comments, I was shocked it hadn't come up sooner.<br /><br />And, if I'm thinking Lennon and jealousy, I think "Run For Your Life." <br /><br />Also, it's almost redundant to say "Lou Christie" and "deeply disturbed."LP Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-4849250353363989982010-06-19T16:25:40.697-04:002010-06-19T16:25:40.697-04:00Here are mine:
Is She Really Going Out With Him b...Here are mine:<br /><br />Is She Really Going Out With Him by Joe Jackson<br />Superman by R.E.M.<br />Jilted John by Jilted John<br />Eye in the Sky by Alan Parsons Project<br />The Kind of Fella I Am by John Cougar Mellancamp<br />You Take It On The Run by REO Speedwagon<br />I Can See For Miles by The WhoDominic Cordiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02560252053605070694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50128720234438763632010-06-19T14:10:46.266-04:002010-06-19T14:10:46.266-04:00Why are you apologizing for liking that Gin Blosso...Why are you apologizing for liking that Gin Blossoms song? I think it falls into the category of songs annoying but not embarassing (like most of the Gin Blossoms catalog).<br /><br />Most of mine have already been mentioned, but how about the Pretenders' Jealous Dogs? I'm listening to it and it's not as good a song as I remember, though.befugglednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-31596718722452831192010-06-19T02:30:02.808-04:002010-06-19T02:30:02.808-04:00Actually, other Dave nominated Lou Christie - thou...Actually, other Dave nominated Lou Christie - though I've been having a long-running dialogue with one of the Atriots about the spectacular psychological car wreck that is Christie's "Lightning Strikes", a number that would certainly fit in here...dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-54772563222248115072010-06-18T17:39:09.170-04:002010-06-18T17:39:09.170-04:00"David Watts" - The Kinks ... has to be ..."David Watts" - The Kinks ... has to be right up at the top....<br />"A Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Pts. 17-24)": Momus<br />"Why Can't I Be You"--The CureDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378528518778247285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43477063668567410882010-06-18T16:58:54.490-04:002010-06-18T16:58:54.490-04:00and i still can't believe jennifer dumped me f...<i>and i still can't believe jennifer dumped me for that limey bastard.</i><br /><br />Was he a long haired guy from England? <br /><br /><i>There's this girl at my record company<br />I dig her but she doesn't like me<br />I met her boyfriend the other night<br />He had a pony tail and he didn't talk right<br /><br />He was a long haired guy from England<br />Long haired guy from United Kingdom<br />Long haired guy from England<br />Long haired guy from United Kingdom</i>Mike Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349105021858057261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-87770530103406766302010-06-18T15:22:37.283-04:002010-06-18T15:22:37.283-04:00I was always kind of creeped out by "Have I t...I was always kind of creeped out by "Have I the Right," by The Honeycombs, although the lyrics, which I just looked up, aren't quite as creepy as I remembered. Always sounded like a stalker song to me.<br /><br />I heard that Taylor Swift song today. I was at the dentist.J. Loslonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55087654797542525422010-06-18T14:56:48.441-04:002010-06-18T14:56:48.441-04:00elvis costello does a killer version of the old co...elvis costello does a killer version of the old country weeper "sleepless nights" on the gram parsons tribute record. lotta sexual jealousy in ol' gram's oeuvre. such as "hot burrito #5"<br /><br />steely dan's "everything you did" is a rather too-vivid account of the things that go through a jealous guy's head.<br /><br />and i still can't believe jennifer dumped me for that limey bastard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17016453753054434002010-06-18T12:25:40.896-04:002010-06-18T12:25:40.896-04:00This Lou Christie song trademark dave nominated is...This Lou Christie song trademark dave nominated is deeply disturbed.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLoXd1Cg78<br /><br />Wow.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-69006388199104016482010-06-18T11:59:52.053-04:002010-06-18T11:59:52.053-04:00Down By The River?
TreyDown By The River?<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-68068655645517866562010-06-18T10:02:01.797-04:002010-06-18T10:02:01.797-04:00"Hey Joe" - Hendrix et al
Proving, once..."Hey Joe" - Hendrix et al<br /><br />Proving, once again, that a Smith & Wesson beats four aces, no matter which side of the border you're on.Tierra Madre Horse Sanctuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020917864270864953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-90855490720138520742010-06-18T09:54:47.575-04:002010-06-18T09:54:47.575-04:00Don't kill me for bringing this up but I hear ...Don't kill me for bringing this up but I hear it in the car all the time and for a change it's from this century. That Taylor Swift song. Something like You Belong With Me. <br /><br />...she's a cheerleader, I'm in the bleachers... <br /><br />There's also some countryish song they played a lot around here but I don't think I ever knew who did it. Something about this woman who keys her boyfriend's car and smashes out the headlights and slashes the seats because he's cheating on her. <br /><br />Can't quite remember it, but there some lyric about drinking a frou frou drink cause she can't shoot whiskey.Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-68395414080555157632010-06-18T09:45:28.233-04:002010-06-18T09:45:28.233-04:00Oh wait. Do I dare bring up , You Belong to Me or ...Oh wait. Do I dare bring up , You Belong to Me or is that too obvious. Did Carly Simon do that one?Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56082043124157650292010-06-18T09:43:33.669-04:002010-06-18T09:43:33.669-04:00All I can think of off the top of my head is The J...All I can think of off the top of my head is The Jealous Kind. Joe Cocker did a version. Think it's been covered by a few others.Libby Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915834698802726985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-25524365124609495392010-06-18T08:22:23.832-04:002010-06-18T08:22:23.832-04:00The Killers ... yeeesh. I liked them for about fiv...The Killers ... yeeesh. I liked them for about five minutes. Is that Eric Roberts in the video?<br /><br />And as for jealousy, how can you forget <a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/yououghtaknow.html" rel="nofollow">You Oughta Know</a> by Atlantis Raisinette? :-)<br /><br /><i>I want you to know, that I'm happy for you<br />I wish nothing but the best for you both<br />An older version of me<br />Is she perverted like me<br />Would she go down on you in a theatre<br />Does she speak eloquently<br />And would she have your baby<br />I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother</i>Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282613112168154071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-67999733117501595842010-06-18T07:21:09.693-04:002010-06-18T07:21:09.693-04:00"Did you call his name out as he held you dow..."Did you call his name out as he held you down? I WANT YOU! Oh no my darling, not with that clown. I WANT YOU!"<br /><br />Costello--I Want You.<br /><br />It came out in 1986. I played it incessantly until 1992.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76733320329104846892010-06-18T06:42:51.331-04:002010-06-18T06:42:51.331-04:00"I'd rather see you dead little girl, tha..."I'd rather see you dead little girl, than to see you with another man."<br />Elvis, John Lennon (being depressingly literal).Fazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43389241147923932202010-06-18T06:41:03.212-04:002010-06-18T06:41:03.212-04:00I can't believe that I left off Nils Lofgrens ...I can't believe that I left off Nils Lofgrens "I Don't Want to Know."<br /><br />The greatest song ever written about jealousy from the perspective of a high school kid, and I just realized the guy was only 24 when he recorded it. He really was the last innocent in rock, as somebody said at the time.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38595671304670650942010-06-18T02:23:31.535-04:002010-06-18T02:23:31.535-04:00oww, Mike J just beat me to Liz Phair's "...oww, Mike J just beat me to Liz Phair's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmjIHqr1SR0" rel="nofollow">"Jealousy"</a>, off of <i>Whip-Smart</i>. why wasn't this a hit?<br /> 'I can't believe you had a life before me<br /> I can't believe they let you run around free<br /> Just putting your body wherever it seemed like a good idea...'<br /><br />and, I think you can add Robert Cray's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2EvSNHqh0" rel="nofollow">"Right Next Door (Because of Me)"</a> from <i>Strong Persuader</i>. Jealousy from the other guy's perspective...John Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640694304430187948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3345226221519811582010-06-18T02:10:11.108-04:002010-06-18T02:10:11.108-04:00Insanely Jealous by the Soft Boys
Jealous Again Bl...Insanely Jealous by the Soft Boys<br />Jealous Again Black Crowes<br />Jealous Again Black Flag<br />Jealousy by Liz Phair<br /><br />are among those that pop up in itunes when I filter with jealo.<br /><br />But without the word Jealous in the title, I just happened to be listening to the new album by The Like today. The lead off track is Wishing He was Dead. A fun little tune that certainly fits the topic, but not an all time great.<br /><br />Big Star's Don't Lie to Me is pretty rockin. "I know where you been and I know what you been doin'."<br /><br />When You Find Out by the Nerves is an excellent pop tune.Mike Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349105021858057261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72800657322716668072010-06-18T01:42:21.990-04:002010-06-18T01:42:21.990-04:00Another contender: "Let Him Run Wild" by...Another contender: "Let Him Run Wild" by Brian Wilson and the Wrecking Crew (aka the Beach Boys)...dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89273628155133123982010-06-18T01:42:20.891-04:002010-06-18T01:42:20.891-04:00"Jessie's Girl" would deserve to be ..."Jessie's Girl" would deserve to be in the lyrics Hall of Fame for its stellar use of "moot." But there's so much more -- including the brilliant use of the "I just know it" in each verse. And then that wonderful couplet about jealousy: <br /><br />"And I'm lookin' in the mirror all the time,<br />Wondering what she don't see in me"<br /><br />I believe Rick Springfield was the sole writer of "Jessie's Girl." Did he ever write anything remotely this good?<br /><br /><br />My other pick is a paranoid masterpiece by a master paranoid: Lou Christie, and the immortal "If Only My Car Could Talk': "A flash of suspicion, you learned a new way of kissin'."<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xLoXd1Cg78<br /><br /><br />Honorable mention to Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-30416762863884408532010-06-18T01:39:50.218-04:002010-06-18T01:39:50.218-04:00And hey! Since it was just his birthday, let's...And hey! Since it was just his birthday, let's not forget Barry Manilow's magnum opus of overwrought jealousy on the dance floor, "Copacabana"! "There was blood and a single gunshot / But just who shot who???"dave™©https://www.blogger.com/profile/15303249276504183167noreply@blogger.com