Post #653: Echo & the Bunnymen - "Do It Clean" - Songs to Learn & Sing

Oh, my loves, if you were not at Echo & the Bunnymen last night, you soooooo missed out!!!  It was an amazing show!  I have been waiting for decades to see this band play live, and last night, it finally happened.  Ian McCulloch is such a bad arse, and his vocals sent chills down my spine at times.  Yes, I did shell out $180.00 for my ticket, but it was so worth it to not have a soul in front of me blocking my view, as well as the endless sea of cell phones that you will have to endure in the videos that I have selected for your viewing pleasure.  

I haven't yet posted about today's tune, which is the reason I chose it; however, I will add the live versions of some of the other tunes about which I have already posted especially the ones from Songs to Learn & Sing since it was the very first Echo & the Bunnymen album on which I ever laid my hot, little hands... And what the hell, I'll also throw in "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo" and "Lips Like Sugar" just so you can see exactly what you missed... Enjoy!

***I switched out the video for "The Killing Moon" from the one that I originally posted because it is more similar to the view that I had --- except, I was even closer and had no one walking in front of me --- EVER!!!***

Until next time...

XOXOXO

Anastasia

I've got a handful of this

What do I do with it?

I've got a barrel of this

What do I do with it?

I do it clean, I do it clean

Do it clean, do it clean

Know what I mean

Do it clean, do it clean

I know what I mean, I mean

Where am I going

Where have I been

Where are you going

Where have you been

I've been here, I've been there

I've been here, there, everywhere

Here there nowhere

Iszy bitzy witzy itzy everywhere

I've been here and I've been there

I'm clean

I had a handful of this

What did I do with it?

I had a barrel of this

What did I do with it?

I did it clean, I did it clean

Do it clean, do it clean

Know what I mean?

Do it clean, do it clean

I know what I mean

Post #652: Old 97's - "Question" - Satellite Rides

So my dearest Blogland readers, I have a question for you... Why is it that when the typical person inquires if you are a wee bit on the nerdy side and you respond something along the lines of "why, yes, as a matter of fact, I am", he or she then becomes incredibly disappointed when you don't pick up on his or her subsequent obscure Star Wars/Star Trek reference and immediately labels you as an impostor?  Ummmmm, hello, you Sci-Fi geek, there are such things as bookish, literary nerds, and that is the category into which I fall.  So, as far as I'm concerned, you can take your Han Solo/Captain Kirk-loving superior attitude and shove it up your lillywhite arse... that is all!!!

However, the Old 97's have a much, much sweeter question for you, and with that, I'll turn the spotlight over to them...

Until next time...

XOXOXO
Anastasia

She woke from a dream

Her head was on fire

Why was he so nervous?

He took her to the park

She crossed her arms 

And lowered her eyelids

Some day somebody's gonna ask you

A question that you should say yes to

Once in your life

Maybe tonight I've got a question for you

She'd had no idea

Started to cry

She said in a good way

He took her by the hand

Walked her back home

They took the long way

Some day somebody's gonna ask you

A question that you should say yes to

Once in your life

Maybe tonight I've got a question for you

I've got a question for you

Post #651: U2 - "Mysterious Ways" - Achtung Baby

Unlike the average person who views Spring as a time of renewal and rebirth, I see it as a time when hot, stifling Texas weather is right around the corner, and I can honestly say that I'm not at all a fan!  I dread summertime and use it as an opportunity to hibernate inside while running the AC at full blast!!!

But this time of year... this is the time when my spirit and soul awaken and when I feel so alive and so free!  It could be that it is my birth month.  Or it could be the crisp, cool weather that is making its way in this direction.  Who knows?  Who cares?  I just love the feeling that this time of year brings!!!

And don't even get me started on the loveliness of the pumpkin-flavored everything in which I get to indulge for the next few months... Have I mentioned my incredible addiction to pumpkin-banana smoothies?  If not, well then now you know...

So "Mysterious Ways" seems fitting for today's post.  Achtung Baby was such a phenomenal album.  My parents got it for me on cassette tape for Christmas of '91, and I listened to it over and over and over again.  I'll also include a live version of a lesser known favorite called "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)"...

Until next time...

XOXOXO
Anastasia

Johnny take a walk

With your sister the moon

Let her pale light in

To fill up your room

You've been living underground

Eating from a can

You've been running away

From what you don't understand

Love

She's slippy

You're sliding down

She'll be there

When you hit the ground

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

Johnny take a dive

With your sister in the rain

Let her talk about the things

You can't explain

To touch is to heal

To hurt is to steal

If you want to kiss the sky

Better learn how to kneel (on your knees boy!)

She's the wave

She turns the tide

She sees the man inside the child, yeah

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

Lift my days, light up my nights

One day you'll look back

And you'll see

Where you were held

How by this love

While you could stand there

You could move on this moment

Follow this feeling

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright

She moves in mysterious ways

Ah oh oh ah huh

Move, move, move, move

She moves with it

She moves me like

Lift my days and light up my nights

Love