FROZEN FRIDAY RANDOM TEN

It’s Friday, and not just any Friday. It’s Frozen Friday!

Right now a goodly chunk of the nation is in the Deep Freeze, the chill fingers of which extend all the way into the Deep South. I know that when we Southerners gripe about the cold, Nawthen folk think to themselves, “Ahhh, what a bunch of wimps!” And they’d be right. But it’s not often that it gets cold enough here in Thin-Blood Country to stay at or below freezing during an entire day, so please indulge us.

While it may be cold outside, it’s plenty warm here indoors at Chez Elisson. A mug of hot cocoa and a few Choons, freshly belched outta the little white Choon-Box, and I’m set for the day. What’s playing today?

1. Hold On - Tom Waits
   
   When people ask you (as they will inevitably do), “Why the hell do people even like Tom Waits? I mean, what’s with the gravelly voice and all of his weird shit?” just play this song for ’em. As far as I’m concerned, this is his magnum opus - everything else he’s ever recorded is Bonus Material.
   
   They hung a sign up in our town
   If you live it up, you won’t live it down
   So she left Monte Rio, son
   Just like a bullet leaves a gun
   With her charcoal eyes and Monroe lips
   She went and took that California trip
   Well, the moon was gold, her hair like wind
   She said don’t look back, just come on, Jim
   
   [Chorus]
   Oh, you got to
   Hold on, hold on
   You got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right here
   You got to hold on
   
   Well, he gave her a dime-store watch
   And a ring made from a spoon
   Everyone is looking for someone to blame
   When you share my bed, you share my name
   Well, go ahead and call the cops
   You don’t meet nice girls in coffee shops
   She said, baby, I still love you
   Sometimes there’s nothin’ left to do
   
   Oh, but you got to
   Hold on, hold on
   Baby got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right here
   You got to hold on
   
   Well, God bless your crooked little heart
   St. Louis got the best of me
   I miss your broken-china voice
   How I wish you were still here with me
   Oh, you build it up, you wreck it down
   You burn your mansion to the ground
   When there’s nothing left to keep you here, when
   You’re falling behind in this
   Big blue world
   
   Oh, you go to
   Hold on, hold on
   Baby got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right here
   You got to hold on
   
   Down by the Riverside Motel,
   It’s 10 below and falling
   By a 99-cent store she closed her eyes
   And started swaying
   But it’s so hard to dance that way
   When it’s cold and there’s no music
   Well, your old hometown is so far away
   But inside your head there’s a record
   That’s playing, a song called
   
   Hold on, hold on
   Baby got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right there
   You got to hold on.
   
   You got to hold on, hold on
   Baby got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right there
   You got to hold on.
   
   You got to hold on, hold on
   Baby got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right here
   You got to hold on.
   
   You got to hold on, hold on
   Baby got to hold on
   Take my hand, I’m standing right here
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   You got to hold on.
   
   
2. Suzanne - Randy Newman
   
   
3. World In Changes - Dave Mason
   
   
4. The Snake And The Moon - Dead Can Dance
   
   
5. Great Expectations - Miles Davis
   
   
6. Talking Bout My Baby - Fatboy Slim
   
   
7. Make Peace - Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny
   
   
8. Baby, I Need Your Lovin’ - Four Tops
   
   
9. I Want Love - Elton John
   
   
10. Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
    
    

It’s Friday. What are you listening to?