46 posts tagged “music”

For your listening enjoyment I present the Saturday Sex Burn playlist:

Jimi Hendrix- Fire
Doctor & The Medics- Burning Love
LCD Soundsystem- Jump Into The Fire
Erma Franklin- Light My Fire
Kings Of Leon- Sex On Fire
Social Distortion- Ring Of Fire
The Pointer Sisters- Fire
Nick Cave- Fire Down Below
Black Rebel Motorcycle- Love Burns
Ohio Players- Fire
Rick James- Fire And Desire
Rolling Stones- Play With Fire
Cut Copy- Hearts on Fire

"Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast." ~Woody Allen

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If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.  

~Mary Pickford

NO.  It's not that kind of quick one.  It's not a Sexy Saturday at all.  It's a get-busy-doing-some-stuff-around-the-house day.  So in the great tradition of mon French bro Niggytardust:

My Saturday Musical Experience:  Stay Positive!  Get Busy!

I've been out walking
I don't do too much talking
These days, these days.
These days I seem to think a lot
About the things that I forgot to do
And all the times I had the chance to.

I've stopped my rambling,
I don't do too much gambling
These days, these days.
These days I seem to think about
How all the changes came about my ways
And I wonder if I'll see another highway.

I had a lover,
I don't think I'll risk another
These days, these days.
And if I seem to be afraid
To live the life that I have made in song
It's just that I've been losing so long.
La la la la la, la la.

I've stopped my dreaming,
I won't do too much scheming
These days, these days.
These days I sit on corner stones
And count the time in quarter tones to ten.
Please don't confront me with my failures,
I had not forgotten them.
(Jackson Browne)

Sorry about the wrong cover art, but this one is just so much cooler. =]

I came to read Let The Right One In at the recommendation of a friend whose opinion I hold in high regard.  I am going to admit right here that in high school the two of us read vampire books.  Then we quit reading vampire books around the same time for about the same reasons.  But that is perhaps another post. 

Let The Right One In is set in the Stockholm suburbs in 1981. I kept thinking, "This seems anachronistic," and then immediately thereafter thinking, "Oh, yeah.  It's 1981!"  Every time they talked about the new Kiss album, or described the apartments.   I finally got temporally oriented, but I never got a real sense of Sweden.  I'm comparing this to the sense of Iceland that I got very strongly from Last Rituals, which actually suffered from a flatter plot.  Maybe the point is that Sweden is does not leave an impression on you.  The characters, however, were more textural and detailed.

Anyway... it's the coming of age story of a likable-enough adolescent boy-doofus complete with bullies and elaborate revenge fantasies. There is a manhunt for a mysterious serial killer, a smattering of dead-end kids, and a cadre of hapless neighborhood alcoholics.  It sounds like the feel good hit of the season, doesn't it?  But for once the vampire isn't some sensitive guy with dreamy eyes!  In all, John Ajvide Lindqvist does a good job of maintaining my interest for the long haul and I was rewarded with, if not a twist, then a flourish at the end.

So, it wasn't the greatest piece of literature in the world, but it was meaty, creepy, supernatural mystery, and-- best of all-- it was different.

So now let's all listen to Morrissey.

Yes, I am. 

A fan of Dr. Who, that is.

I'm not one for resolutions but this song is so very strong I couldn't resist.  Otis Redding and Carla Thomas perform a soulful duet on "New Year's Resolution:"

Otis:
I hope it's not too late
Just to say that I'm sorry, honey.
All I want to do
Is just finish what we started, baby.

Otis & Carla:
Let's turn over a new leaf.
And baby let's make promises
That we can keep.
And call it a new year's resolution, hmmm.

Carla:
Oh, I'm a woman
And woman makes mistakes, too.
But will you, will you forget the changes
That I put you through?

Otis & Carla:
Oh, let's try it again
Just you and me.
And, baby, let's see how happy honey, yeah,
That we can be.
And call it a new year's resolution, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Otis:
Many times we had our ups and downs.

Carla:
And times you needed me I couldn't be found.

Otis:
I'm sorry.

Carla:
And I'm sorry too.

Otis:
I'll never, never do it again, no, no, no.
So baby before we fall out
Let's fall on in, yeah, yeah.

Carla:
Oh, and we're gonna try harder
Not to hurt each other again, oh.

Otis & Carla:
Love me baby, huh,
Week after week.
And baby let's make promises
That we can keep.
And call it a new year's resolution, yeah, oh.

Otis:
I know we can do it, Carla.

Carla:
I'm gonna keep my promises.

Otis:
I'm gonna hold on that we can do it, baby.

Carla:
Oh, it's not too late.

Otis :
You're gonna love me
Nobody else.

Carla:
Oh, Otis, let's finish what we started...

 

Sorry to be so late in checking in with you this Saturday. I had some serious sleeping in to take care of and then an artery-hardening late breakfast with the husband.  Plus a shower and some lounging around.  THEN it was time to gather up some material for the post:

Sexy Saturday Salutes Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You."

Here at Sexy Saturday Headquarters we just love this song.  Willie Dixon wrote this classic in 1954 and Muddy Waters recorded it.  Immediately afterwards, everybody else recorded it.  I have no real explanation why I have no version by Willie himself, but I hope to in part redeem myself with this selection of covers.

 

I don't want you to:

1. cook my bread,
2. make my bed,
3. be no slave,
4. work all day,
5. be sad and blue,
6. wash my clothes,
7. keep a home,
8. be true,
9. etc.

(I don't want your money too.)

I just wanna make love to you.

However, when I listen to this song I am reminded just how sexy a little housework can be on a man.

No.  Not Christmas.  It's Oxford American Southern Music Issue (10th Anniversary Edition) time.  Let me share my bounty of musical goodness with you!