lettered | Pick Your Music-Brain

I'm a big music moocher. That means I ask other people what they like, and then listen to their stuff to see if I like it. I mooch off of

my_daroga all the time. In the past I have mooched off of

a2zmom,

imnotacommitee, and

stoney321, and got

crazydiamondsue to send me Buffy soundtracks. I also mooched off of both my brothers, my parents, an ex, my first internet friend. Most recently I poached a song from

stultiloquentia. Today I spent all day organizing my music because a friend gave me a big honkin' mix of almost entirely new-to-me artists, based on what she knew of my tastes.

So! I'd like to mooch off some of my flist. But I want to do it experimental style. You may or may not remember a post I did about wanting to make a Spock soundtrack. Forget about it! You don't have to know or care about Spock. What I want to do is ask for musical recommendations based on theme. Sound wacky? Sure, it's an experiment. See if you can do it.

Here's this week's challenge: give me songs about two different worlds. It can be about being from two worlds, or torn between two worlds, or just the difference between two worlds. It can be about star crossed lovers, like Romeo and Juliet. It can be about your momma being a beauty queen and your daddy being a cowboy. It can be about being half-robot. It can be about a fish being in love with a whale, or about East and West Berlin, or about wanting to be a Jamaican bobsledder.

Feel free to link to a clip of a song, if you're recommending it, but if you don't have one or don't have time, I'll try to look 'em up on my own. So, songs about two worlds. Have at it! Please?

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"Everything that Glitters" Dan Seals which talks about the two worlds of family and fame, and appearance and substance, as well as the bright shiny side of the rodeo circuit and the bleaker side. Warning, tear jerker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU9qWR6Bosw

Thanks so much! I think it's interesting what different things people think of in response to the same prompt. And you're right, it's sad. :o(

What kind of music do you like? Who are some favourite artists? I am having fun writing a looong response to your comments elsewhere. I'll probably dump it in a blog post. Whee!

On topic:
Sheila Chandra - Dhyana & Donalogue
Bisso Na Bisso - L'Union

And, of course, there's Foux du fa fa.

*runs*

I don't know what kind of music I like. There's not really a category. The only thing I ever categorically say I don't like is pop, but people define pop differently. An example: I don't like any country I've ever heard on the radio. But I love the sort of bluegrass you find in, say, the O Brother WHere Art Thou soundtrack. To continue in the country theme, I like folk and Johnny Cash, and a lotta twangy country people who say they like country don't even like. But I don't like, like, pop country.

The same can be said with basically all the genres: hip-hop, classical, metal, whatever--I like certain select things. I just don't like most of it. I like some select things that stand out to me, and the rest all sounds the same. This is less often the case with rock/alternative, which I guess I like more of.

Anyway. My favorite artists are Kate Bush, Tom Waits, and Neil Young. Joanna Newsom, Richard Thompson, and Philip Glass are also up there.

Haha. Flight of the Conchords. I love that Dhyana & Donalogue piece. Thanks!

Very late response, but I'm rather fond of "Entre moi," by Josée Vachon - it's about dual identiy, and it's got really fun nationalistic musical quotations. Sample here; Lyrics and translation (PDF) here.

(And hello, again! I didn't figure out the name change until

stultiloquentia happened to mention it.)

Well, my immediate thought is Strangers Like Me from Tarzan. You can find it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc3MnoSS5Hw Then of course there's the song Two Worlds from the same movie, which is here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sZ8xZ_dWY

Then, to change the genre completely, there's Don't Stop Believing by Journey. This is the Glee version, with an excellent Star Trek vid to go along with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_rWd8jzC14 And here's the original version of the song, sadly with no pretty Star Trek footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUYuIVbFg0

There's We'll Meet Along the Way by Hem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEs1DYAf6E8 From the same fanmix there's also Galileo, which is by the Indigo Girls, here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1keSSwdcI (I have no idea what that video's about). I have a really cool a cappella version that I can't find on youtube.

Technically You're the Top by Cole Porter fits, and this prompt is also a nice excuse for me to plug it because I love that song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7UwoPT_Xd4

Why Should I Cry For You by Sting is excellent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHhZKSoePio King of Pain and Desert Rose, also by Sting, are also really cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLvkH4RQeI&feature=fvw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3lWwBslWqg respectively.

Posting this now so I don't go over the limit. :P

To continue! Cowboy Take Me Away is a pop-country song that I am very fond of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hntXAO_Rq7c

There's also Earth Angel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGuUM6LMadw

I have more, but I also have a doctor's appointment that I just realized I need to get to, so I shall pick this up later. :)

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I love the variety in your suggestions! This was what I was hoping to get out of multiple people, but it's all in you ;o)

ALSO. Journey. HAHAHAHAHA. I can't say anything more about that, other than you're right, it fits perfectly! On a similar note, Disney is also a little . . . Disney for my taste, though I do love some of the films.

I love that Hem song; thank you for introducing me! I'll put it on my list of songs to buy. I also will look for the a cappella Galileo--I love those lyrics, but am not big on the music itself.

The COle Porter is awesome ;o) As is the Earth Angel--I never would have thought of that!

Sting is hit and miss with me. Like many people I have a serious weakness for Fields of Gold. But I do also have a weakness for Desert Rose. Can't see how it's about two worlds, though . . . but it's interesting.

Thanks so much for playing! I think this is fun, but I didn't know whether other people would. I just get so stumped.

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I have more, no energy right now but I'll go back to it later. I'm weirdly dedicated now. :P

The a cappella version I have of Galileo is by the Hullabahoos. I have the file and I could email it to you if you wanted; I got it off a fanmix and I have no idea where they got it.

Sting is also a bit hit or miss with me; I tend to like his earlier stuff a lot more. But I'm glad you agree with Fields of Gold.

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands:

Papa Was a Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields

Lyrics here

This is awesome! This is exactly what I meant. And I was hoping you would play ;o)

I owe you an e-mail reply! Which you will get! But not today since I am a-bed. Or, more accurately, about to in-bed.

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