ABC Music Meme

[trinityvixen]

I've gotten as far as D, and even though others doing this meme ( ::coughcoughdeepredbellecoughcough:: ) have already passed me, I'm fairly proud of that accomplishment. Especially with the scattered nature of my music collection right now.

D is for...

1. Darling Nikki - The Foo Fighters
(D is for "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, sweeeeeeet")
Originally covered by Prince, but made much hotter and sluttier by Dave Grohl and Company. The unapologetic sexuality of the titular heroine is so much fun, it surprises me that this ever made it on the air. Because most sexualized pop maivens succeed by selling themselves as the sexual object, not as the sexual person. Very refreshing.
"Thank you for a funky time...Call me up whenever you want to grind"

2. Drive - Melissa Ferrick
(D is for "doing it")
Add this to your list of songs to bump and grind to, folkses. Lovely story about making a man absolutely crazy with how fucking sensual his girl is. Melissa Ferrick wins at life for this song.
"And your head is bent back, your back is arched...My hand is under there, holding you up"

3. Drinking Song - The Kingsmen
(D is for "drinking"!)
It means more if you're a Columbia grad, but the sentiment is fairly priceless no matter what your alma mater. Sung by a fairly infamous a cappella group from that school, "Drinking Song" is a celebration of the joys of being young and irresponsible with your four, short years of college. What else is college for, really?
"Drink drink drink and then throw up, then get up and drink some more! And if I ever think that I've had too much to drink, well, then I'm probably passed out on the floor!"

4. Driving Lesson - Garbage
(D is for "driven" as in "being driven")
Probably my favorite Garbage B-side ever. Another fairly sexual one, seeing as it makes mostly the same metaphorical reference as the Melissa Ferrick song. But who doesn't get a sexual vibe from Shirley Manson? She totally makes love to everyone when she sings. Britney, take note: she sounds like what breathy singing ought to be, you know, with the actual singing involved. Yeah, I'd do her.
"I can make an honest man of you...I can make you clean if you want me to"

5. Dissolved Girl - Massive Attack
(D is for "downloaded")
Ah, takes me back to 1999. The world was still all a-feared of Y2K, I was still in high school, and The Matrix had not yet been sullied by the sequels. I listened to the soundtrack a hundred times over and scoured the internet to find out what the hell this song was. I knew it as the one "that made Keanu look even cuter while he was sleeping." You shall know it and love it if you do not already.
"Fade, made to fade...Passion's overrated anyway"


Thus ends this installment of the Alphabet Music Meme and its mostly raunchy selections. Feel free to break it up with craziness from Richard Cheese's cover of Down with the Sickness. I've linked to it a hundred times, but I'm just making sure no one goes without--last time I link it, promise. Or, if you're one of those "geeks," you might like a trancy cover by Orbital of the theme to Doctor Who. Either or both, just as you chose.

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Happy to be of service. Clearly, I love all this music, so I'm keen to share it and have everyone understand my music crazies.

Enjoy!

[happyelfling.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I can guarantee you that "Drive" is not actually about making a man crazy with how sensual his girl is. It is actually a song about hot girl on girl action. Melissa Ferrick is up there with the Indigo Girls and Ani DiFranco in the Triumvirate of Dykes with Guitars.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

No kidding? I guess my heteronormative side is showing. How embarrassing for me. Well, that will teach me not to speak where I don't know my stuff.

I also should learn to be less literal (the, uh, "holding up" part of the song). Alas, not an English major me.

[happyelfling.livejournal.com]

huh, I always did take that literally but just in a different way. : )

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

::laughs:: Yep, definitely says something about me and you both, I would venture. Just POV.

[viridian.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the song works equally well for both sexes, though I was aware that Melissa Ferrick was a lesbian.

It's not really all that specific, y'know? :P

[stars-fell.livejournal.com]

Oh, man. I love the Cheese "Down With The Sickness" liek whoa. There can never be enough pimpage of it. :)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I knew you would :)

No matter how many times I hear it, it remains hilarious, even without the association ^.~

[musetoself.livejournal.com]

Dude, why am I the first person to comment on "The Foot Fighters"? I am, like, the trinityvixen livejournal typo troll or something.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

You are! But I guess most people just read over the error. Good that you did not, and I will fix it now.

[musetoself.livejournal.com]

Aw, I kind of like Foot Fighters better. I bet they have an awesome stage show.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Lots of stomping, I'd wager.

[decidedly.livejournal.com]

Snagged the Garbage, as I don't think I've ever heard that track. And the Dr. Who theme because, though I am utterly indifferent to the show, I do like the music muchly. Thank you, ma'am!

And dude. I also post two letters at a time, without explanations for each song. Because I am supremely lazy.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

::giggles:: My music collection is crazy spread out, too. I have to go through a half-dozen folders to find all of it. Anywho, snag away and enjoy.