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zotzI've mentioned before that every Friday there's a column where people write in their favourite songs on a nominated theme. This week it's Fire, and so the resulting lists obviously starts with The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. It then continues with Baby's On Fire, Great Balls of Fire, Firestarter, Babylon's Burning, Burn Hollywood Burn (the Public Enemy song, before anyone thinks it's a misnaming), Kerosene, Burning Down The House and then a couple at the end that I'm less keen on.
Recorded as riots swept Britain in 1979, the Ruts' unbearably tense Babylon's Burning gleefully anticipates the fiery demise of western civilisation. It's the best song the Clash never recorded. A decade later, Public Enemy delivered an incendiary rant against Hollywood for its portrayal of black people: "butlers and maids, slaves and hos". Steve Albini's Big Black, meanwhile, recommended torching smalltown America simply to alleviate the boredom of living there. Kerosene's metallic groove rumbles and clanks for three minutes before erupting into a pyromaniac's glorious manifesto.
Lyskey continues elsewhere :
Thanks to the people who introduced me to Sonny's Burning by the Birthday Party, a song which I have been playing all week even though I couldn't squeeze it onto the list.
As Sara pointed out earlier, next week's question is an interesting one: Advice songs. Singers are always sharing their alleged wisdom: don't give up, fight for your rights, etc. Any musical advice welcome, from the sensible to the deeply unwise. Think of it as Chicken Soup for the iPod.
I can't help thinking "Set me on fire!" and "There is nothing better in life than writing on the sole of your slipper with a biro on a Saturday night instead of going to the pub."
Any more ideas?
{Later - "Touch me, I'm sick" (Mudhoney), "Next time we have sex just pretend that I'm Ed Meese" and "It's OK to run out of butter in Zambia - just smear squashed caterpillars on your toast" (Lard)]
Recorded as riots swept Britain in 1979, the Ruts' unbearably tense Babylon's Burning gleefully anticipates the fiery demise of western civilisation. It's the best song the Clash never recorded. A decade later, Public Enemy delivered an incendiary rant against Hollywood for its portrayal of black people: "butlers and maids, slaves and hos". Steve Albini's Big Black, meanwhile, recommended torching smalltown America simply to alleviate the boredom of living there. Kerosene's metallic groove rumbles and clanks for three minutes before erupting into a pyromaniac's glorious manifesto.
Lyskey continues elsewhere :
Thanks to the people who introduced me to Sonny's Burning by the Birthday Party, a song which I have been playing all week even though I couldn't squeeze it onto the list.
As Sara pointed out earlier, next week's question is an interesting one: Advice songs. Singers are always sharing their alleged wisdom: don't give up, fight for your rights, etc. Any musical advice welcome, from the sensible to the deeply unwise. Think of it as Chicken Soup for the iPod.
I can't help thinking "Set me on fire!" and "There is nothing better in life than writing on the sole of your slipper with a biro on a Saturday night instead of going to the pub."
Any more ideas?
{Later - "Touch me, I'm sick" (Mudhoney), "Next time we have sex just pretend that I'm Ed Meese" and "It's OK to run out of butter in Zambia - just smear squashed caterpillars on your toast" (Lard)]
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:55 pm (UTC)(though that bit's not really sung)
Also Pulp: "Help the aged, coz one day you'll be older too"
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Date: 2006-02-17 06:41 pm (UTC)Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Burn Up"
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Date: 2006-02-17 05:09 pm (UTC)Also Build a Fire by the KLF if you want something gentler (which I'm sure you don't)
And Morphine's Rope on Fire which is my favorite song ever ever, although that may be stretching a point.
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Date: 2006-02-17 05:15 pm (UTC)"you're breaking my heart
You've Torn it apart
So fuck you..."
*If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with"? I always thought that was curious..
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Date: 2006-02-17 05:30 pm (UTC)Any song that rhymes it with "desire" and "higher". Bonus points for "pyre".
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Date: 2006-02-17 06:48 pm (UTC)nomeansno and lard are filled with advice.
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Date: 2006-02-20 11:46 am (UTC)Words I intend to say to Daniel in a few years.
Advice (and Fire)
Date: 2006-02-25 12:32 am (UTC)"Kill your Television"
"Don't cry for me Argentina"
"Take the skinheads bowling"
"Trouble in River City"
"You can leave your hat on"
"sever flesh and bone" (NIN)
"Take a chance on me"
There was a David Bowie song on the Cat People soundtrack about putting out fires with gasoline.
Re: Advice (and Fire)
Date: 2006-02-25 01:55 am (UTC)Sadly, I think they didn't end up going with any of my advice. Ungrateful bastards.