Week One Hundred and Twenty-Five: Lisa Loeb - "I Do" - Firecracker

It's almost impossible to mention the Reality Bites soundtrack (like I did last week) without also tying in a mention to Dallas native, Lisa Loeb. Her hit, "Stay", the video of which was directed by none other than Ethan Hawke, became a #1 chart-topper for Ms. Loeb.

However, the song, "Stay", was so overplayed that I quickly became increasingly tired of it. A lesser known tune of hers called "I Do" is actually my favorite. When the album, Firecracker, on which this song appeared, was released, I was employed at the coffee shop inside the Virgin Records Megastore at Grapevine Mills Mall. They created a huge window display for the release of this album, and I have to admit that, although it was all pink and chiffon-y and girly, it was probably one of the better displays that they ever had at the store.

Back in 2006, Lisa Loeb appeared on a reality TV series on E! called #1 Single, where cameras followed her around while she went on dates and tried to find love. It was downright awful, but it made me laugh, which was enough to keep me hooked. I'm fairly certain she is married now, but the poor thing truly deserved it after all the male nuttiness she endured on that show!!! 

In addition to "I Do", I'll include "Stay" and a clip where Tyra Banks has Lisa Loeb as a guest in order to promote #1 Single.

When I'm done with thinking

Then I'm done with you

And when I'm done with crying

And then I'm done with you

When I feel so tired

And then I'm done with you

You know everybody feels this way sometimes

Everybody feels this way

And I do

You can't hear it, but I do

You can't hear it, but I do

You're trying to convince me

That what I've done's not right

And I get so frustrated

I stay up every night

You ask me for an answer

And I'm so tired that I'm up in the air, I'm up in the air

You know everybody feels this way sometimes

Everybody feels this way

And I do

You can't hear it, but I do

You can't hear it, but I'm feeling this way

Just because you say

I will be ignored and I will be denied

And I could be erased, I could be brushed aside

And I will get scared and I will get shoved down

But I feel like I do because you push me around

I'm starting to ignore you

I've doubted you so long

I'm tired of over thinking

I know you don't belong

Now I'm asking questions

No one pushes me around

You know everybody feels this way sometimes

Everybody feels this way

And I do

You can't hear it, but I do

You don't seem angry, but I do

I do, I do, I do

You don't seem angry, but I do

You can't hear it, but I do

I, I do, I, I do, I, I do

Week One-Hundred and Twenty-Four: U2 - "All I Want Is You" - Rattle and Hum

I cannot believe that I am 2.5 years into this blog, and I'm only now covering U2... better late than never, I suppose...

So I was at the coffee shop at Half Price Books yesterday, reading up on how to create Pet Trusts, when a young fella started hovering around my table. He finally got up the courage to ask what I was reading. My response is as follows: "I am attempting to determine the proper language to add to some clients' Wills in order to cut out their children as beneficiaries and leave their assets and property to their cats..."

He looked at me in a dumbfounded manner before responding as follows: "Yeah, that's cool... Well, I'm on my way home to smoke a doobie, but I just wanted to let you know that I really like the band you're repping on the back of your jacket..." (no joke, he really used the terms 'doobie' and 'repping')

The band to which he was referring was none other than U2, and I'll include a pic of my back patch below:

So then, out of all of the songs by U2, why did I select this one? Well, first of all, it is my favorite, and secondly, I saw Richard Linklater's most recent masterpiece called Boyhood, which includes Ethan Hawke. On my drive home, I started thinking about all of the amazing movies in which Ethan Hawke has been involved, and I recalled the pivotal scene from Reality Bites where this song is playing.

Any fan of U2 knows that I could load this particular post down with hit after hit, but I am going to refrain from doing that. I am simply going to include my second favorite U2 tune called "So Cruel", and then I'll let you find their other treasures on your own...

***Oh, and don't forget that you can download U2's latest album for free from iTunes until mid-October***

You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold

You say you want your story to remain untold.

But all the promises we make

From the cradle to the grave

When all I want is you.

You say you'll give me a highway with no-one on it

Treasure, just to look upon it

All the riches in the night.

You say you'll give me eyes in the moon of blindness

A river in a time of dryness

A harbour in the tempest.

But all the promises we make 

From the cradle to the grave

When all I want is you.

You say you want your love to work out right

To last with me through the night.

You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold

Your story to remain untold

Your love not to grow cold.

All the promises we break 

From the cradle to the grave

When all I want is you.

Week One Hundred and Twenty-Three: Information Society - "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" - Information Society

I'm not sure when Albertsons decided that they were going to start playing super-cool music (it's been happening for awhile now), but I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for making my weekly Sunday grocery shopping experience a pleasant one! 

In fact, I find myself going to Albertsons more these days than Natural Grocers and Whole Foods. I do miss seeing all the cute hipster boys at those locations though. Speaking of hipster, I have a pair of hipster glasses now. It's a long story involving corneal irritation as a result of staring at a computer screen in contacts all day, but I've updated my profile pic in case you are curious.

However, while making my purchases today, I was near giddy as I got to hear selections by Crowded House, The Cure, and Information Society - more specifically, "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)". So, I am going to cover some Information Society for you this week. 

Information Society has always been a band that I have held close to my heart because of my complete adoration of synthpop music. They were also a huge influence on the band that I played in back in the early 2000s around the time that synthpop made a huge resurgence in the DFW metroplex.

I never had the opportunity to see Information Society in concert, but I heard many a tale about Kurt speeding around the stage on rollerblades. Oh, and kudos to you, Kurt, for trying to hold on to that early 80s hairstyle at the height of your success, in the late 80s and early 90s, when everyone else was starting to step into what, I'm only assuming, they thought were more sophisticated looks. (**I should add that I was actually at Six Flags on one of the evenings that Information Society played at the Music Mill Amphitheater, so I heard them play live; however, I did not have tickets to the actual show and therefore did not get to see them play live.**)

I'll also include "Think", "Walking Away" and two of my absolute favorites called "Running" and "How Long"...

(spoken by Bones: "It's worked so far,

But we're not out yet")

I want to know

What you're thinking.

There are some things you can't hide.

I want to know

What you're feeling.

Tell me what's on your mind.

(spoken by Spock: "Pure Energy")

Here I am in silence,

Looking round without a clue.

I find myself along again

All alone with you.

I can see behind your eyes

The things that I don't know.

If you hide away from me,

How can our love grow?

I want to know

What you're thinking.

There are some things you can't hide.

I want to know

What you're feeling.

Tell me what's on your mind.

I know I could break you down,

But what good would it do?

I could surely never know

That what you say is true.

Here I am in silence;

It's a game I have to play.

You and I in silence.

With nothing else to say.

I want to know

What you're thinking.

There are some things you can't hide.

I want to know

What you're feeling.

Tell me what's on your mind.

(Spock: "Pure Energy")

I want to know

What you're thinking.

There are some things you can't hide.

I want to know

What you're feeling.

Tell me what's on your mind.

I want to know

What you're thinking.

There are some things you can't hide.

I want to know

What you're feeling.

Tell me what's on your mind.