Long ago, there was a song I enjoyed (and yes, this story would be greatly improved if I could remember the identity of the song) where I heard the lyrics to one key segment in a very specific way. M
later, I heard a live version of the song, where the singer enunciated the lyrics much more clearly, and I could hear what he was actually singing. Whereas the lyrics that I THOUGHT he'd been singing had been clever, the actual ones were juvenile and dull. It ruined the song for me completely.
So, tell me about instances where your head Canon outshines the real thing.
Or just drop your 10. It's still a thing!
I learned that the guy from The Haxan Cloak did the soundtrack for Midsommar. So that's disturbing.
Yes, it is
the Boy and his gf also report that Midsommar itself is disturbing. Which means he liked it.
I am constantly irked by Rick Springfield's clever and correct usage of "moot" in "Jessie's Girl" lyrics being incorrectly identified as "mute".
that's debatable.
less so than "mute"
1. It's Raining Again--Supertramp
2. Laughter in the Rain--Neil Sadaka
3. Alone Again, Naturally--Gilbert O' Sullivan
4. Never My Love--The Association
5. Song For You Far Away--James Taylor
6. The Long and Winding Road--The Beatles
7. Right Down the Line--Gerry Rafferty
8. The Hard Way Every Time--Jim Croce
9. Tiny Dancer--Elton John
10. Honey Honey--ABBA
01. "Good Heels (feat. Jazmine Sullivan)" – Anderson .Paak – Ventura
02. "wastes of time" – elvis depressedly – new alhambra
03. "For You" – Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon
04. "Lookout Joe" – Neil Young – Tonight's The Night
05. "Fort Nightly" – White Rabbits – Fort Nightly
06. "The Morning Stars" – Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam – I Had A Dream That You Were Mine
07. "Riding Dirty" – Obnox – Louder Space
08. "Jade Visions (Take 2)" – Bill Evans Trio – Sunday At The Village Vanguard
09. "Dead" – They Might Be Giants – Flood
10. "Spark Plug" – Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Like you, I remember there were a few particular examples, but can't remember what they are at the moment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'll see if I can come up with any as I work through my day.
I seem to remember one on Prince's Purple Rain.
P.S. I replied to your email.
Saw that. Thanks.
On that subject, there's one more email (on a different subject) from about a week or so before that one if you didn't see it...
I've forwarded that to my work e-mail... so I can give you a thoughtful response.
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1. Kelis “Song for the Baby” Flesh Tone
2. Dan Deacon “Snake Mistakes”* Spiderman of the Rings
3. Low “Monkey (Album Version)” Tonight the Monkeys Die: Low Remixed
4. Beastie Boys “Fight For Your Right”* Solid Gold Hits (Clean)
5. Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders* “Something About John Coltrane” Journey in Satchidananda
6. Lykke Li “Sadness Is a Blessing” Wounded Rhymes
7. Tracey Thorn “Night Time”* Night Time EP
8. Björk “Triumph of a Heart” Medúlla
9. Massive Attack* “Splitting the Atom” Heligoland
T. Sylvan Esso “PARAD(w/m)E” PARAD(w/m)E
*Notes:
2. One of two Dan Deacon tracks I've kept on my iPod. I just love this one:
"Why won't these bees leave me alone? / I hate them bees." and
"My dad is so cool he is the coolest dad in dad school he does not break any dad rules he will pick you up if I ask him to."
4. I don't believe this song had any edits to it. "Porno mag" is still there.
5. Full-album feature credit for Sanders, one of two with Ms. Coltrane. The other being the previous year's Ptah, the El Daoud, which also features Joe Henderson.
Just realized Sanders is still alive and touring at age 78. There's someone I should try to see if he even plays as near as Kansas City, Chicago, or St. Louis. Only playing 4 dates in Europe this summer and one in North Carolina; all festivals
7. The xx cover. With her husband and EBTG bandmate Ben Watt on guitar for their first recording together this century (but not their only... nope, he played on most tracks on her Christmas album Tinsel And Lights).
9. With Horace Andy on vocals.
My ‘head canon’ became an actual release.
* The Priest They Called Him - William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain - The Priest They Called Him
* Blossom (Wasting All My Time) - Soccer Mommy - Clean
* Zzyzx - METZ - II
* Velvet - Ashley Bathgate - Kate Moore: Stories for Ocean Shells
* Jungle Telegraph - Eels - Souljacker
* North American Ballads: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues - Frederic Rzewski - Rzewski plays Rzewski: Piano Works 1975-1999
* Crow's Nest - Screaming Females - Ugly
* Going Out - Hospitality - Trouble
* Low Down Rolling Stone - Gary Clark Jr. - This Land
* Little Blimp - The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law