FRIDAY RANDOM TEN - TENNESSEE JED EDITION

The week has seemingly flown by, and once again, it is Friday.

The seemingly endless parade of Jewish holidays (some of them fairly obscure, even to Jews) is over, with a two-month Holiday Drought having begun. And that's OK, since, if we need any more excuses for face-stuffing, we can enjoy secular festivities like Thanksgiving in the meantime.

This weekend, we’ll be heading off to the great Volunteer State of Tennessee, in order to help celebrate the birthday of the one, the only Eric, AKA Tennessee Jed. Quite a few of the Blown-Eyed Blodgers will be there, as well as other fine Online Web-Journalists from around the country. Eric’s birthdays draw bloggers like shit draws flies ambulances draw lawyers bright lights draw moths, it seems.

But enough tongue-flapping (keyboard-smacking?) for now. What Miscellaneous Music is being coughed up by the Little White Choon Box today? Let’s find out:

1. I Was Made To Love Her - The Beach Boys
   
   A cover of the 1967 Little Stevie Wonder hit. For some strange reason, the background line (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her) sounds like “Hey, hey...you son of a bitch” unless you listen very closely. Strange...
   
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   I was born in Little Rock
   Had a childhood sweetheart
   We were always hand in ha-a-a-a-and
   
   I wore high-top shoes and shirt-tails
   Suzy was in pigtails
   I knew I loved her even then
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   You know my papa disapproved
   My mama hoo-hoo-hooed
   But I told them time and time again
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   Don’t you know I was made to love her
   Built my world all around her
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   She’s been my inspiration
   Showed appreciation
   For the love I gave her through the years
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   Like a sweet magnolia tree
   My love blossomed tenderly
   My life grows sweeter through the years
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   I know that my baby loves me
   My baby needs me
   That’s why we made it through the years
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   I was made to love her
   Worship and adore her
   Hey hey hey
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   My little baby loves me
   My baby needs me
   And I know I ain’t goin’ nowhere
   
   I was knee-high to a chicken
   When the love bug bit me
   And I’ve had the fever through the years
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   If the mountain tumbles
   If this whole world crumbles
   I know I’ll still be standing there
   (Hey, hey...yes, I was made to love her)
   
   ’Cause I was made to love her
   I was made to live for her
   Hey hey hey
   
   
2. Song Of The Nile - Dead Can Dance
   
   
3. Idioteque - Radiohead
   
   
4. Dam Mast Qalandar (Massive Attack Remix) - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
   
   
5. Convalescing In Spain - The Judybats
   
   
6. Angie - The Rolling Stones
   
   
7. More Than One Way Home - Keb’ Mo’
   
   
8. Bade Zile - Boukman Eksperyans
   
   
9. Two-Part Invention in F Major - Wendy Carlos
   
   
10. 3rd Planet - Modest Mouse
    
    

It’s Friday. What are you listening to?