Friday, January 16, 2009

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?

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