Match Maker

I decided that in the spirit of Valentine's Day, I'd play match maker with some familiar names.

First, let's see if we can find a new love for dear Mr. Tracy Jacks.

Tracy Jacks, works in civil service
Tracy Jacks, it's steady employment
Tracy Jacks, it's a golfing fanatic
Tracy Jacks, but his put is erratic
Tracy Jacks, saw a harley street doctor
Tracy Jacks, who prescribed healthy living
Tracy Jacks, but he's getting past forty
Tracy Jacks, and all the seams are splitting

It sounds like he could do with some excitement in his life. Someone vibrant and full of life. Let's set him up with Chelsea Dagger. She's always the life of the party!

Chelsea, Chelsea I believe that when your dancing
Slowly sucking your sleeve
That all boys get lonely after you leave
And it's one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe

Well... I hope that match up doesn't blow up in my face.

Blur - Tracy Jacks (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)
the Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)

Moving on. Everyone, say hello to Mohammed.

Again and again I get up and say
I only want to get it right
I only want to do the right thing,
but are these demons, I ask myself
I wonder today, I'm alone, but then
No one can make their own life
No one can say that they're an island
When all this freedom that you get is a lie

Dude needs someone to lighten him up. He said it himself, no one can make their life their own, no one can say that they're an island (hey, didn't someone else say that before? ;D). Mohammed, meet Missy.

Missy got off the bus one day
In a crowd of people, downtown LA
She looked around as if to say, 'I'm home'
I'm home
I'll find someone to love
And some place to drink
And some time when I can just sit and think
And I don't mind if I catch the stink of these drones
Just as long as I'm never alone

the Dandy Warhols - Mohammed (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)
the Airborne Toxic Event - Missy (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)
(mp3 removed upon request)


Next, we have Jeb Rand.

Jeb Rand
Running from bullets of his past
Jumping from rock to rock just out of grasp
Orphaned boy coming from ships across the sea
Memory is what you know not what you see
so please understand
Jeb Rand you're a wanted man
Shot down by your brother's hand
Jeb Rand run out of this land
They won't stop til you can understand

Poor Jeb Rand is in need of some serious understanding. I think Madeline will understand.

Madeline, hair in your eyes
With the voice as soft as satin
Madeline, you'll surely find
Smiles from inside a worried glance
You always kept me waiting
Somehow I never seem to mind
When the wind has caught your sail,
Come back and see me, Madeline

Bedouin Soundclash - Jeb Rand (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)
Yo La Tengo - Madeline (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)

Last on today's match making special, we have Michael.

Michael you're the boy with the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
only one I'd ever want
only one I'd ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
Nothing matters now

Oh damn, that Michael sounds like quite the character. One sexy character alright. Michael, Dr. Drako might just be the one for you.

You are everywhere,
everywhere you shouldn't be
Dr. Drako, oh Dr. Drako
Every night when I'm feeling kinda lucky man
Dr. Drako's there to slurp up all the honey yeah

Oh yeah. Michael and Dr. Drako are gonna have one sexy night.

Franz Ferdinand - Michael (mp3) (Amazon) (iTunes)
Office - Dr. Drako (mp3) ----------------------------------
(No buy link because Office are offering their entire new album, Mecca, FREE. Visit Office's MySpace to get it!)

Well folks, That's that. I did my job setting up some couples on Valentine's Day. Did I do a good job, you think?

Valentine's 2009

It's Valentine's tomorrow. And of course, its a day that's greeted with mixed emotion. Either you love it (because someone's going to bring you flowers) or you hate it (cause no one's going to bring you flowers). So this post is about love, objectively.

F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. by Pulp is the most accurate love song I've ever heard. Check out the lyrics:

What is this feeling called love?
Why me, why you, why here, why now?
It doesn't make no sense no.
It's not convenient no.
It doesn't fit my plans no.
It's something I don't understand oh.
F.E.E.L.I.N.G. C.A. double L.E.D. L.O.V.E.

Pulp - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. (mp3) (buy)

So true.

It's also about who you know, its a little bit of a cliche and you do get crazy in love (enough for fall out of a window sill):

Smashing Pumpkins - Love (mp3) (buy)

Karelia - Love is a Cliche (mp3) (no buy link found)

Jarvis Cocker - Tonite (mp3) (buy)

By the way, I heart Jarvis Cocker! Please be my Valentine. I choo-choo-choose you!

Valentine's 2008

Happy Valentine's 2008. It's a holiday both loved and hated. No matter what your opinion on February the 14th, there's always a song to encapsulate the way you feel. Of course, some are more cliche than most, and other songs can get pretty specific. I'm sure you'll find something interesting whether you're pro or anti Valentine's.

The song for new and naive stages of romance:
Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman - Elephant Love Medley (MP3)

Ewan:We could be lovers!
Nicole: We can't do that.
Ewan: We should be lovers!
And that's a fact!
Oh man, I loved that movie. Go watch Moulin Rouge if you haven't already. I think this medley is the epitome of Valentine tunes. So many great songs all wrapped into a neat, adorable package. Enough said.

The song for the cynical relationship:
Marcy's Playground - Sex and Candy (MP3)

When I first heard this song, I was but a child. I didn't know what it meant. A meaning dawned on me when I listened to it again only recently. And isn't sex and candy what Valentine's is on about anyway?
I smell sex and candy here.
Who's that lounging in my chair?
Who's that casting devious stares in my direction?

The song for a sense of an impending breakup:
White Town - Your Woman (MP3)

I like how this one begins with the makings of a death march.
Well I guess what you say is true.
I could never be the right kind of girl for you.
I could never be your woman.

The teenage desperation song:
Mika - Grace Kelly (MP3)

Maybe these lines are taken a tiny bit out of context, but don't they capture everything about teenage lust?
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you walk through the door?

The bittersweet acceptance of being alone song:
Earlimart - Happy Alone (MP3)

Don't give me any crap about eating comfort food, watching chick flicks and crying under your blankets. The 14th is just another day on the calendar.
I'm my home, I've always known
I've gotta be happy alone.
So burn the mail, destroy the phone.
I've gotta be happy alone.

The screw-romance-let's-just-get-drunk-and-party song:
Ok Go - Crash the Party (MP3)

Of all the songs listed here today, I have to say this one has my favourite lyrics. A celebration of bachelor life and an answer to Happy Alone.
You're not the prettiest girl in town.
I'm not the only boy with sullied clothes and a sullen frown,
So to hell with Valentine's, to hell with perfume,
to hell with chocolates and picnics and Sinatra tunes.


Now don't get me wrong, of course these aren't the only ways you're allowed to feel on Valentine's Day, nor are the songs the only ones that correspond to those feelings.


Whatever the case, have a happy Valentine's.