Sunday , June 13, 2010
Heavy Rotation: Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Modern Folk Quartet, Q'65, Bridget St John
Sigue Sigue Sputnik, "Love Missile F1-11"
Sophomore year of college, my roommate and I had this problem where we never wanted to go to our Tuesday-Thursday morning Intro to Art History class. "How can we possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?" we'd ask when it was so blue-skied and sunny out. "How can we possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?" we'd ask when it was raining cats and dogs. "How can we possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?" we'd ask when it was lightly drizzling with intermittent sunshine. "How can we possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?" we'd ask when there was nothing remarkable about the weather whatsoever. Anyway, the reason I'm sharing this is "Love Missile F1-11" is the song playing in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when Ferris draws the curtains and asks the viewer "How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?" Remember that part? I forgot to include it in my "All-Time Top 5 Fave Songs Discovered Via John Hughes Movies" post, which was silly, since it's one of my fave movie-music moments evs. Sometimes I feel like I'd really McCartney the hell out of music supervision, but then I think about Ferris singing "Danke Schoen" in the shower as Sigue Sigue Sputnik blares in the background and realize I never would've thought of that. (Liz)
Modern Folk Quartet, "This Could Be the Night"
Basically posting this as a reminder that I need to spend more time eating Red Vines and drinking Diet Coke at midnight on Sundays while listening to "This Could Be the Night" at the start of Rodney on the Roq, as well as getting coffee and chocolate rugelach really late at Canter's while chickening out on saying hi to Rodney. Plus, it's one of the most beautiful songs in all of the world. (Liz)
Q'65, "I Was Young"
This song's vibe is unique unto itself. It is sultry and lazy, like swishing hips. I swish my hips to "I Was Young" daily, squinting through the sunshine, baby autumn breeze breezing, past the museum, on my way home. It's a downer, in a good way, like Quaaludes. I am young. (Laura Jane)
Bridget St John, "To B Without A Hitch"
I've been really jazzed on '60s girl folk this week, and nobody does it better than Bridget St John. Just ask the ghost of dead John Peel! Dandelion Records is my second-favourite record label, after Immediate Records. I wouldn't listen to this song while walking down the street; if I did, I'd fall asleep on my feet! I like to hear it very late, 2 AM- right before bedtime, like milk & cookies, curled up next to my record player, heavy-lidded on hardwood. Bridget St John sounds like Nico, only with a more positive attitude. She's "Nico But Nicer." If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be "a buttercup sandwich." (Laura Jane)
Tags: art history, Bridget St John, college, cutting class, Dandelion Records, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Immediate Records, John Hughes, John Peel, milk and cookies, Nico but Nicer, Q'65, red licorice, Rodney Bingenheimer, weather
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