Music Memes

(Side note: I keep listening to Lucero's new album - Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers - and OMGWOAH with the Bruce influence. Also OMGWOAH with the love.)

I quote: This is a twist on the Letter Meme. Instead of coming up with ten items for a certain letter, you come up with five song titles for a certain letter and explain why you picked them. If interested then leave a comment. I'll give you a letter. You post this blurb in your journal along with your list.

aimeejmc gave me "F". I'm trying to pull entirely from my work iTunes, which is limited, but in the best of ways.


"Far Away Coast (Live)", Dropkick Murphys
a) punk. b) strong Irish influence. c) song from a soldier's perspective.
( Lyrics to Far Away Coast  )

"Feel Alright", Steve Earle
I love the outlaws. What can I say?

Now some of you would live through me
Lock me up and throw away the key
Or just find a place to hide away
Hope that I'll just go away

"Five Dollar Bill", Corb Lund Band
It's just a cute, bouncy, story-telling song about bootleggers and outlaws, set to a simple background.

"Folsom Prison Blues", Johnny Cash
You're seriously asking me why I put this on my list?

"Footprints On My Ceiling", Social Distortion
Mike Ness' voice is raw and filled with regret and wonderment at a relationship gone seriously wrong.
( Lyrics to Footprints On My Ceiling  )

Honorable mentions:
"Father Of Mine", Everclear
"Five Feet High And Rising", Johnny Cash
"Flesh & Blood", Johnny Cash

(Hmmm. Almost entirely punk & country. Sense a theme?)


Also-

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your livejournal along with your seven songs.

Dude. I can't do 7. I had a hard enough time getting it down to a CD-length mix, which is 16. So, here's my list of Songs What Juliana Really Likes Right Now. (Anybody want the mix, lemme know. It's not in the order posted, obviously.)

"Down to the River to Pray", Alison Krauss
"LA Song", Christian Kane
"Apocalyptic Modified Blues", Corb Lund Band
"Muhammad Ali", Cory Branan
"Willie, Waylon and Me", David Allan Coe
"Cadence To Arms (Live)", Dropkick Murphys
"(Ghost) Riders In The Sky", Johnny Cash
"Seven Days", Kane
"I Can Get Us Out Of Here Tonight", Lucero
"Looking At the World from the Bottom of a Well", Mike Doughty
"Take 'Em Away", The Old Crow Medicine Show
"Starry Eyed Surprise", Paul Oakenfold
"Hips Don't Lie / Bamboo (2006 FIFA World Cup Mix)", Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
"Footprints On My Ceiling", Social Distortion
"I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow", The Soggy Bottom Boys
"Hard Core Troubadour", Steve Earle

Aw, bless.

Nice little Johnny Cash shout-out in Lucero's "I Can Get Us Out Of Here Tonight". (Seriously, just go buy the album from their website. If you like roots rock at ALL, you'll like it. Promise.)

I love that kind of stuff, especially when I actually catch the reference.