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lyric of the day 5/9/08

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:14:30 -0400

Yeah. I'm smitten. And I really don't care who knows. There's a reason there's no lyric for yesterday, but I'm not sharing ;). (And I wrote these out the way Prince did; the way he always does in his liner notes. Except I added punctuation.)

From the first moment I saw u
Ooh, I knew u were the 1.
That night I had 2 call u -
I was rappin till the sun came up.
Tellin u just how fine u look.
In a word, u were sex.
All of my cool attitude u took -
My body was next.

U made love 2 me
Like u where afraid
Was u afraid of me?
Was I the first?
Was I your every fantasy?
- Prince, "Adore"

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Music QotW: Rainy Day Music

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:42:29 -0400

What's your ultimate rainy day song?
Submitted by J-Len.

Depends on the type of day. These are the ones that come to mind right now and can always change. Because there is no "ultimate" song.
Answer - Sarah McLachlan
Strong Persuader - Robert Cray
A Go Go - John Scofield
Box of Rain - Grateful Dead
Royal Station 4/16 - Melissa Etheridge
Wind Beneath My Wings - Sheena Easton
Darling Nikki - Prince

I'm sure there's more. And I'm sure that I'm forgetting an obvious one or six. But those are the ones that come to mind.

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lyric of the day 3/24/08

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:55:15 -0400

It's kinda been in my head all day. I have no idea why. But I do enjoy it so...

Ure so good
Baby there ain't nobody better
Aint nobody better.
So u should -
Never,
Ever go by the letter.
Never ever
Ure so cool
Cool
Everything u do is success.
Make the rules
Rules
Then break them all
Cuz u are the best

Yes u are

Cream
Get on top
Cream
U will cop
Cream
Don't u stop
- Prince, "Cream"

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lyric of the day 11/26

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:15:23 -0500

I make no apologies for my love of Sheena Easton.

Where I come from there's a place
Called heaven.
It's the place where all the good children go.
The houses are of silver,
the streets are gold.
But there's more where you come from
My sugar walls.

Blood races to your private spots
Lets me know there's a fire
You can't fight passion
When passion is hot
Temperatures rise inside my sugar walls

Lemme take you somewhere
You've never been.
I could show you things you've never seen.
I could make you never want to fall in love again.
Come spend the night inside my sugar walls.
- Sheena Easton (written by Prince), "Sugar Walls"

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lyric of the day

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:35:48 -0400

She took me to her castle
And I just couldn't believe my eyes.
She had so many devices,
Everything that money could buy.
She said "Sign your name on the dotted line."
The lights went out
And Nikki started to grind.

The castle started spinning or maybe it was my brain.
I can't tell you what she did to me
But my body will never be the same..
- Prince, "Darling Nikki"

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QotD: Musical Horoscope

nobody@vox.com(uncagedbird) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:46:39 -0500

What's your musical horoscope? (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)
Inspired by Stephanie.

You know, this is more a musical tarot than a horoscope. But kinda fun nonetheless.

Little computer:
Signal to Noise - Peter Gabriel
Attack - 30 Seconds to Mars
Dirt & Dead Ends - Indigo Girls
It's All Over But the Crying - Garbage (Somehow, this one always comes up.)
Hideaway - The Coors
Fairytale in the Supermarket - The Raincoats
Mr. Farmer - The Seeds
Original Fire - Audioslave
Taper Jean Girl - Kings of Leon
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) - Garbage

Big computer:
Blood Sings - Suzanne Vega
The Loving - XTC
Store Bought Bones - The Raconteurs
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - Led Zeppelin
Like a Stone - Audioslave (Interesting they come up on both computers...I don't really like them and had just burned a copy for a friend)
Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading
Still Got the Blues - Gary Moore (the only Gary Moore song I really like)
Right the Wrong - Prince
Fire - Daniel Lanois
Kick the Stones - Chris Whitley

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