Pick Your Music-Brain

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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?

Comments

[attackfish]

"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

[stultiloquentia]

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*

[kyriacarlisle]

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.)

[dreamwaffles.livejournal.com]

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

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

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

Papa Was a Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields

Lyrics here