The Blow: "Hey Boy"

Hey Boy
Why you didn't call me?
I waited for days
I can't believe you didn't call

Hey Boy
Why you didn't call me?
I waited for days
I can't believe you didn't call

A. You're gay
B. You've got a girlfriend
C. You kinda thought I came on too strong or
D. I just wasn't your thing
no ring

Hey Boy
Why you didn't call me?
I waited for days
I can't believe you didn't call

When we sat outside for an hour at the party and talked
I thought something good could be starting
It's not a lot that I want
just some talking
and really, you just injured my pride

Hey Boy
Why you didn't call me?
I waited for days
I can't believe you didn't call

Susan said that maybe you're scared
Shelly says there always is a reason
and Chris said you're probably surrounded by girls
and I'm just not one of them you're needing

...

so fucking true. i think
almost everyone can relate, even boys.
no, definitely boys.

i was driving in the car with one of my
very good boy friends and we were listening
to the original freelurving double disc mix
i gifted to him. this track was
on the "lurving (-)" disc.
for obvious reasons it didn't
make the "lurving (+)" one.
anyways, when this came on he looked over
and said to me, "that is so true!"
i also love that his name is one of the
ones used, check the lyrics.

it's apparently very easy for boys
to say all the right things...
and then totally ignore you.
i've definitely had it happen to me, and
seen it happen to more than one of my friends.

still catchy and smile provoking track though.

the blow's website
download hey boy

on repeat: "Men's Needs"

that is a really,
REALLY big knife...
caution boys!

original posting
(for lyrics and downloadS)

et toi?

what do you want to hear?

let me know and i'll put it up here...
any moment specific, love related,
maybe danceable, and definitely
repeatable tracks welcome!
would love to know your story as well,
but i'll settle for requests in any form

ESG: "You're No Good"

baby, you really need ya
baby, you really want ya
baby, you really love ya
and baby, you really hold ya

chorus:
but you're no good, (you're no good)
you're no good, (you're no good)
you are no good, (you're no good)
you're no good, (you're no good)
ooooo

i said baby, you better need ya
i said baby, you better want ya
you really love ya, love ya, love ya
you better baby

chorus

you better need ya, (yeah)
you better want ya, (yeah)
you better love you, (yeah)
you better want you, (yeah)
you better love you, love you, love you, love you,
love you, love you, love you

uhhh i said baby,
you better need ya
baby, you better want ya
you made me love you, love you, love you, love you
(you better baby)
chorus

...

a little juxtaposition here,
a break from the mushy songs...
for the ones you love to love
and that love to love themselves

you know those boys
(applies to girls too)
that so obviously love themselves?
whether it's a cover for other
insecurities or just a serious
ego maniacal thing, it doesn't leave
much room for them to love
anything else... especially not you.
well, they really are "no good"
so forget about it

(closest thing to) esg's website
download "you're no good" for frees

Simian Mobile Disco: "Cruel Intentions" (ft. Beth Ditto from Gossip)

Baby baby baby I don't want to
Ever give you the wrong idea
Call me up we'll hang out I'm down for whatever
Tell me am I making myself clear?
Love can be a meaningless emotion
Pretty words that we're obliged say
Rest assured I won't ask for your complete devotion
Let's not let our hearts get in the way

Whooaaaa finally, the weight is off our shoulders
Play for keeps until the night is over oooh

Now you know of my cruel intentions
I can play a hard game I'll admit
So it goes, we both know
You're worthy of my affection
You're not the one who I'll spend my life with

Call me up, we'll hang out
Call me up, we'll hang out
I'm down for whatever

Whooaaaa finally, the weight is off our shoulders
Play for keeps until the night is over oooh

Call me up, we'll hang out
Call me up, we'll hang out
Call me up, we'll hang out
I'm down for whatever

Call me up, we'll hang out
(finally)
Call me up, we'll hang out
Call me up, we'll hang out
(finally)
I'm down for whatever
Until the night is over

Call me up, we'll hang out
I'm down for whatever

...

perfect follow up to yesterday's
(not so yesterday anymore, apologies
for being a slacker lately) remix.

and, i know i have friends
who know exactly what this song is
all about... yes, you do
and that is more than fine
do what you gotta do

simian mobile disco's website
beth ditto and the gossip's website
download track

Noah and the Whale: "Love of an Orchestra (Nightwaves remix)"

FYI: Noah and the Whale video on top
Nightwaves pic on bottom

...

If you gotta run, run from hope

I know I'll never be lonely
I've got songs in my blood
I'm carrying all the love of an orchestra
gimme the love of an orchestra (x3)

So now in my deepest sorrow
there's no need for despair
I'm carrying all the love of an orchestra
gimme the love of an orchestra (x3)

(Choir)
If you gotta run, run from hope

...

reminds me of a crush i
mentioned earlier... while i'm not
sure he carries the love of an orchestra,
i do know he's not lonely when
he's got music and he told me
it was all he had time for. i tell my
friends not to expect to change anyone ever,
so i guess i should follow my own advice
and not chase boys who already told me
they aren't worth chasing.
couldn't help it though, i was/am smitten.

beyond personal rantings,
i am smitten with this song,
especially the video.
for the song writers and
music lovers, here's a love song
for you and for music.

(like the unplanned bettye lavette number in
"on free lurving...", shuffle decided it was
your song's turn to play over all 6,822 choices
in my library. and it sounds like a love song?)

nightwave's website
noah and the whale's website
download love of an orchestra remix

The Cribs: "Men's Needs (CSS remix)"

two in one special today!
the cribs original from their
"men's needs, women's needs, whatever" album
AND the CSS remix of this wonderful track,
for your listening, mix cd'ing, and dancing pleasure

...

have you noticed,
i've never been impressed by your friends
from new york and london?
i'll level accusations like the press
until you realize
that you've dressed yourself in tatters

because the man's needs, man's needs
are full of greed, full of greed
a man's needs, man's needs are lost on me

a man's needs, man's needs
are full of greed, full of greed
a man's needs

i'm not bothered
what you say or how you dress
i'm a mess, so you've always seemed inviting
but really
this all seems quite meaningless and i remember
that you never seem to see the fact that

man's needs, man's needs
are full of greed, full of greed
a man's needs, man's needs are lost on me

a girl's needs, girl's needs
just don't agree don't agree
with man's needs

have you noticed,
i've never been impressed by your friends
from new york and london?
but really
this all seems quite meaningless and i remember
that you never seem to see the excuse that

man's needs, man's needs
are full of greed, full of greed
a man's needs, man's needs are lost on me

you say your man's needs, man's needs
have lots on me
i don't agree
a man's needs
oh oh oh oh

...

girls are greedy too. not that any guy would
argue with this, but it's too often scripted in
relationships that the guy just wants to have
sex and the girl wants a relationship.
it doesn't always work this way.
the most true statment in this song, is right
in the middle, that girl's needs just don't
agree with man's needs (and vice versa).

girls, tell me if i am wrong. boys, take note.

the cribs' website
download men's needs CSS remix
download men's needs The Cribs original

on repeat: "Dreams"

on repeat... dreaming

original posting
(for lyrics and download)

Muscles: "Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon, and Lime"

I wish that I could keep you in my pocket,
So I could play with you all the time,
Wrap you up in a little blanket,
Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon and Lime!

Cause you're mine
you're mine

My dreams are tropical icy cold,
I'll shake you up from the top of the bottle,
Wake you up in the middle of the night,
Wrap my fingers around you from left to right,

Cause you're mine
you're mine

...

boys if you make a mix cd for a girl,
and you want her to be yours, put this on there.
it is just so fucking cute (sorry, but it is).

i think i was in memphis, maybe chatanooga,
on winter tour, when someone told me i was
so cute they wanted to put me
in their pocket. i relished that compliment,
especially because my friend and i were always
saying we wanted to be as cute as the girl
who said it. this song always reminds me
of that trip...

muscles's website

download chocolate, raspberry, lemon, and lime

on repeat: "Music is My Hot Hot Sex"

CSS performing "Music is My Hot Hot Sex"
live in Paris... they say replace "music" with "Paris"
but you can replace it with whatever
you're lurving this week.

original posting
(for lyrics and download)

Twig Palace: "TA-X2i"

i wouldn't call it love in a normal sense
but i chose this tie because it matched your eyes
and the other day would be a coincidence
but this time right and i met in line for good reason

i wouldn't call it love in a normal sense
but from the first clock you were out of sight
you filled my cup, you gave me the time
you knew what i wanted
you were there for me

i wouldn't call it love in a normal sense
but all the signs in life they all look so right
how i feel, i feel as dark as light
takin' my takin' my time (5x)

...

heard twig palace for the first time while
driving in the car with my brother in washington,
headed towards the beach. as i approached
the top of the dunes and felt the breeze on my legs,
exposed in my short cutoff jean shorts, i got
goosebumps. when i looked out over the water i cried.
it was my first time seeing the pacific ocean.
i was so happy.

p.s. this song is picture perfect.

twig palace's website
download ta-x2i

downloads...

a little gift from me to you:

download all freelurving tracks mentioned so far
then listen to them all, on repeat

xo.

City and Colour (Dallas Green): "The Girl"

I wish I could do better by you,
'cause that's what you deserve.
You sacrifice so much of your life,
in order for this to work.

While I'm off chasing my own dreams,
sailing around the world.
Please know that I'm yours to keep,
my beautiful girl.

When you cry a piece of my heart dies,
knowing that I may have been the cause.
If you were to leave,
fulfill someone else's dreams,
I think I might totally be lost.

You don't ask for no diamond rings,
no delicate string of pearls.
That's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.

Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh
Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh

One, two, one two three four
I wish I could do better by you,
'cause it's what you deserve.
You sacrifice so much of your life,
in order for this to work.

While I'm off chasing my own dreams (my own dreams),
sailing around the world (round the world).
Please know that I'm yours to keep, my beautiful girl.

And when you cry a piece of my heart dies,
knowing that I may have been the cause.
If you were to leave and fulfill someone else's dreams,
I think I might totally be lost.

But you don't ask for no diamond rings (Diamond rings),
No delicate string of pearls (String of pearls).
That's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.

Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh
Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
Ooooo ooo ohhh ohh

But you don't ask for no diamond rings (Diamond rings),
No delicate string of pearls (String of Pearls).
That's why I wrote this song to sing, my beautiful girl.

...

you fooled me for a second,
thinking you wrote this. at least i am aware
of how gullible i can be, and discovered
it was dallas green. nonetheless, my only
facebook message midnight serenade was pretty stellar.
i've watched it on repeat at least a few times. xo.

city and colour's website
download the girl

Passion Pit: "Smile Upon Me"

sorry for the passion pit overload this week,
but i felt this was more fitting today
than the other song i had initially chosen

...

Everything's always better
Whenever you're [underdressed]
And I wanted to tell you then
To try a bird's nest

And it's truth you know
Its always the issue
And when it starts getting blurry
Ones never better than two

There's a place in this world
Where people like me are found by people like you
So find a place as this forever divine

Oh yeah you're the best damn friend that I'll ever have
You'll always smile upon me when the seasons bad
You'll always make me feel best even when I'm blue
You'll always smile upon me and I'll smile upon you too

I don't know what are you now
Since everything has changed
If I did know one thing
Its me whose feeling strange

Yes everything is different
And I don't react well
The changes that come when
Your life's becoming hell

There's a place in this world
Where people like me are found by people like you
So find a place as this forever divine

Oh yeah you're the best damn friend that I'll ever have
You'll always smile upon me when the seasons bad
You'll always make me feel best even when I'm blue
You'll always smile upon me and I'll smile upon you too

...

this one is here for my very special someone
not a boy, imagine that, but one of my
real live best of the best friends.

because of a boy, i thought you were mad,
that you felt pushed aside, and i felt guilty,
and i decided to avoid it... until it built up
to an unbearable point (about 3 days?).
so, i made you a "let's get over this and be
best friends like always" cd. and this
was the only song on it.
i like to think we can both
remember how very special friends are
whenever we hear it, wherever
and whenever that may be.

passion pit's website
download track

Fleetwood Mac: "Dreams"

Now there you go again
You say you want your freedom
Who am I to keep you down...
It's only right that you should
Play it the way that you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering
What you had,
And what you lost
Ooooh, say what you had, you know what you lost

Chorus:
Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
They say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You will know

Here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep my visions to myself, yeah
It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams and
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Dreams of loneliness, like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering
What you had,
And what you lost
Oooh, says what you had, you know what you lost

Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
They say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know

Oh thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
They say, women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
You will know
Oh oh oh... you'll know

...

looking up at the stars, sharing my
blanket under the night's chill, the dj
played dreams that weekend... now,
whenever i hear it,
i can't help remembering.
i played it on the juke box
just to tell you, neverending boy.

fleetwood mac's website
free download of "dreams"

a note on NEVERENDING

from an email i wrote to a boy:

[[Never ending. Neverending?
Apparently, spell check says not one word,
but I think it looks good as one word.]]

his response was signed:

[[Neverending]]

the dictionary seems to think it should be "never-ending" if it must be one word. and, in my experience, "the never-ending search for hapiness" is the most commonly used phrase provided for never-ending in the dictionary. apparently that is the most common never-ending thing for the majority of our dictionary reading population.

the movie went with "neverending" and i plan to as well.

Passion Pit: "Live to Tell the Tale"

this is the room where we always dreamed
of grass and splendid evenings
emitting frequencies, lost between the
leaves and things
and i held on brightly, crushing quietly
feeling mountains rising out of
make-believe seas, creating typhoons
of feelings not easily made without need

god bless that smile on your face
god bless the seeds in the ground
god bless my family's keen gaze,
oh, i know
that whatever happens to you,
whatever happens to me,
i hope that i'll fall asleep
knowing that you'll always be
the story with no ending

the whole slew blossomed beautifully,
and i was beside myself
so i gave into your love
as you rapture asleep, upended
and this is like i have always dreamed:
cobblestone and dusty feet
that's the way it should always be
head over heels and deftly
wonderful and healthy

god bless that smile on your face
god bless the seeds in the ground
god bless my family's keen gaze, oh,
i know that whatever happens to you,
whatever happens to me,
i hope that i'll fall asleep
knowing that you'll always be
the story with no ending

i never thought you were here
you've never left me, have you?
you've never left me at all - not once, and i'm sorry i'm such a bore
i'm sorry i am so hard
i swear to god, i'll be good
from now on, and

god bless that smile on your face
god bless the seeds in the ground
god bless my family's keen gaze, oh,
i know that whatever happens to you,
whatever happens to me,
i hope that i'll fall asleep
knowing that you'll always be
the story with no ending

...

i really heard this song for the
first time in my car, like with most songs, and i thought
out loud that this was exactly what i was asking for
when i asked you not to do anything to mess up
my crush on you. not to be a debbie downer,
but it didn't work... it seems to be ending.

but, if you've
(the collective you of potential readers)
found your neverending story,
throw this one on the mix cd.

passion pit's website
download track

Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS): "Music is My Hot, Hot Sex"

From all the drugs the one I like more is music
From all the junks the one I need more is music
From all the boys the one I take home is music
From all the ladies, the one I kiss is music
Music is my boyfriend
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my dead end
Music's my imaginary friend
Music is my brother
Music is my great grand daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress
From all the shit the one I gotta buy is music
From all the jobs the one I choose is music
From all the drinks I get drunk of music
From all the bitches the one I wanna be is music
Music is my beach house
Music is my hometown
Music is my king size bed
Music's where I meet my friends
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is my backrub
My music is where I'd like you to touch

Claro que sim, fui escoteira mirim
direto da escola não não ia cheirar cola
nem basquete, pebolim
o que eu gosto não é de graça
o que eu faço não é faaarsaaa
tem guitarra, bateria, computador saindo som
alguns dizem que é mais alto que um furacão

Perto dele eu podia sentir
saía de seu olho e chegava em mim
sentada do seu lado eu queria encostar
faria o Tigela até o sol raiar
debaixo do lençol ele gemia em ré bemol
fiquei tensa, mas tava tudo bem
tudo bem
ele é fodão mas eu sei que eu sou também
ele é fodão mas eu sei que eu sou também
ele é fodão mas eu sei que eu sou também
ele é fodão mas eu sei que eu sou também
ele é fodão mas eu sei que eu sou também

...

music never sounded so dirty.
for anyone who really loves music,
this can be your love song to it.
wonderfully danceable as well.

CSS website
download track

Chromeo - "Tenderoni"

we are back a(gain)
so tell a (friend)
its chromee (its chromee)
its chromee (oOoOo)
until the (end)
until the (end)

you and i, baby we go side by side.
me and you, tell me what we're gonna do (2x)

no matter what i came here to do
no matter what you came here to say
we really ain't got nowhere to go
cuz your my tenderoni (2x)

you and i, baby we go side by side.
me and you, tell me what we're gonna do (2x)

fo sho if i tell you how to do my dance
baby, then maybe you'll let me get in those pants (2x)

cuz your my tenderoni (4x)

can't fight the feeling,
or get shut down,
she let me slide enough.

can't fight the feeling,
or get shut down,
she'll always be my...

t-t-tenderoni

no matter what i came here to do
no matter what you came here to say
we really ain't got nowhere to go
cuz your my tenderoni

you and i, baby we go side by side
me and you, tell me what we're gonna do

tenderoni

...

ask and you shall receive. since hearing
this song, and being totally in love with
the picture of him on the inside of the
album (over that now... but it was a phase),
i have said i want someone to call
me their tenderoni. well, i got it
and it didn't turn out so well. he did call
me tenderoni though, while sitting in the car,
of course. it made me giggle
and i told my friends.

chromeo's website
download track

JJ Cale: "Changes"

How can you put me through these changes
Why do you do me like you do
It ain't no way I love-a-dee love nobody but you
Let him go out and get with strangers
Don't you turn my love to hate
Ain't no man can love you like I can, and I do
How can you put me through these changes
Why do you do me like you do
It ain't no way I love-a-dee love nobody but you

...

never listened to this
record until recently.
it's been in my house for ages,
it was one of my dad's first apparently.
i like picturing the movie this would be in.
the leading lady would be wearing cowboy boots
and the man would be begging her to stay.

jj cale's website
free download of "changes"

State Radio: "Keepsake"

One gonna heal my body, another gonna heal my pain
One gonna settle me down, then bring me back up again
I’m gonna put my family back together again

One gonna hold my woman, another gonna hold my job
One gonna help me get up, another gonna help me stop
One gonna help me talk right, one gonna lay me down to sleep

(Humming)

One gonna hold my thoughts and another gonna hold my bones
One gonna keep me warm and another gonna keep me cold
One gonna bring religion, right from a Coleman stove

One gonna help me keep em’ another gonna help me tame
One gonna run me down (Hell a bullets in my way)
You’re gonna keep my soul it was yours to have long ago

(Humming)

I’m gonna buckle my belt around the ceiling pipe
I’m gonna buckle my knees and I’m gonna lock em’ up tight
I’m gonna hold a pen while you drag my arm across the page

One gonna hold my memories, another gonna close the door
One gonna leave me restless, another wanting more
You’re gonna keep my soul it was yours to have long ago

(Humming)

...

i wish i had a someone like this and that i
could sing like this with that someone.
beautiful in the same way that j.crew tries
to make their "boyfriend jeans" look
in their catalog.

state radio's website
download track

on free lurving...

i'm a big fan of repeat... i buy movies i've already seen, i eat the same thing for weeks and weeks, i replace kicked sneakers with the same exact make and model, and i love to play songs over and over again, especially in the car. so, almost nothing here will be new, not to me at least, but it will be lovable, for better or for worse.

maybe you'll find the next track for that mix cd you're making for your crush and maybe you'll find you're not the only one feeling the way you feel.

as i'm writing this, bettye levette's "we got to slip around" is playing, and she said exactly that, that you're not the only one to feel this way... while it's about cheating on your man/woman, still, it's the truth.

hopefully you'll find that here. to music.

...

the bettye lavette number was totally unplanned,
and i don't have a copy of it for you to download,
but here is a link for more on her
and to sample the song