Monday, July 28, 2008

A muxtape of a mental mashup

Instead of having one song stuck in my head at a time, I frequently find myself with a bunch of songs in my head simultaneously. Come on in, have a look at what I've got going on at the moment.

The "anchor song" seems to be Frankie's Gun" by the Felice Brothers.

Chunks of Nina Gordon's version of "Straight Out of Compton" pop in and out of the verse of "Frankie's Gun." Frequently alternating between verse lines. I wonder if this might be a thematic thing rather then a melody thing, although the hunks of melody do fit together. At least when it's confined to my head.

Popping in less frequently is chunks of Al Stewart's "Post World War Two Blues." Most often the line "Now Ramona's in Desolation Row." The song is an attempt to do a British "American Pie" and that line is purposely tweaked to sound "Dylany." This makes it a good counterpoint to a song by a band that seems to defy all attempts to not be compared to The Band.

Also kicking around in there is small bits of what I will have to call "A song by Game Theory" I sometimes have the idea of a song stuck in my head without having the actual song. This can be frustrating because any attempt to think of what it might be can cause the song that I'm not thinking of to change into the one that I think it might be, but isn't. Anyhow, there is an absence of a Game Theory song that fits in with these other quite nicely. I can't, however, link to that. So here is a positive value of Game Theory songs.

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