See yesterday's post for numbers 90 through 81.
80. "Human Touch" Bruce Springsteen
79. "For Halloween" AndrisMusic - Halloween playlist - Instrumental
78. "Typing" Nico Muhly - Instrumental track that emulates the sound of a typewriter, from the Kill Your Darlings soundtrack, on the Reading playlist. [And I still haven't seen Tulip Fever.]
77. "Falling In Love Again" Friedrich Hollaender, Marianne Faithfull - cover of the song made famous by Marlene Dietrich in her film The Blue Angel. One day last July I happened to hear the Diahann Carroll version of this song. Terrible. It sent me scrambling for Faithfull's very good cover.
76. "You Ruined Nirvana" McKenna Grace - Grace plays the granddaughter of a Ghostbuster in the last two movies in the franchise. Which is funny because the next song is...
75. "Good Girls (from the Ghostbusters Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [2016])" Elle King - that's the all-woman Ghostbusters reboot with the Chris Hemsworth scene that cracks me so consistently up. I laughed my ass off at that movie.
The lyrics are written from the POV of a naughty woman who may be some kind of minor demon or evil spirit. I had it on my Halloween soundtrack.
74. "I Like It Rough" Lady Gaga
73. "Algorhythm" Childish Gambino - samples "Hey Mr. DJ" by Zhane (1993)
72. "I'm In Love With a German Film Star" The Passions - Daniel Brühl playlist
71. "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" Moxy Früvous:
Dave: Well you should see my story reading baby, you should hear the things that she says
She says "Hon, drop dead, I'd rather go to bed with Gabriel Garcia Marquez."
Cuddle up with William S. Burroughs, leave on the light for bell hooks
I've been flirtin' with Pierre Burton 'cause he's so smart in his books
All: I like to go out dancing
My baby loves a bunch of authors
My heart's so broke and bleedin'
Dave: Baby's just sitting there
Murray: Doing some reading
Dave: So I started watching some tv, played my new cd player too
She said, "Turn it off or I'll call the cops and I'll throw the book at you."
All this arguing made me get dizzy, called my doctor to come have a look
I said, "Doctor hurry!" He said:
Murray: "Don't worry, I'll be over when I finish my book"
All: I like to go out dancing
My baby loves a bunch of authors
We've been livin' in hovels
Dave: Spendin' all our money on
Murray: Brand new novels
Dave: So I got myself on a streetcar and it drove right into someone
You know the driver said:
Jean (as bus driver): "I was lookin' straight ahead!"
Dave: But he was reading the Toronto Sun
Jean (as bus driver): "So?"
Dave: So my honey and me go to a counsellor to help figure out what we need
She said, "We'll get your love growing
Mike (in funny Dr. Ruth voice): But before we get going, here's some books I'd like you to read."
All: I like to go out dancing
My baby loves a bunch of authors
Lately we've had some friction
Dave: 'Cause my baby's hooked on
Murray: Short works of fiction
Dave: So we split and went to a party, some friends my girl said she knew
But what a sight 'cause it's authors night and the place looks like a who's who
Dave: Now I'm pounding the ouzo
rest: With Mario Puzo*
Dave: Who's a funny fella?
rest: W.P. Kinsella
Dave: Who brought the cat?
rest: Would Margaret Atwood?
Dave: Who needs a shave?
rest: He's Robertson Davies!
Dave: Ondaatje started a food fight, salmon mousse all over the scene
All: Spilled some dressing on Doris Lessing, these writer types are a scream!
I like to go out dancing
My baby loves a bunch of authors
We'll be together for ages
Dave: Eatin' and Sleepin' and
Jean (in bus driver voice): Eatin' and Sleepin' and
Mike (as Dr. Ruth): Eating und Sleeping und
Murray: Turnin' pages
All: Yeah!
From the Liner: Mike-vocals; Murray-vocals, bass, spring muffler; Jean-vocals, sheet metal, snare; Dave-lead vocal, guitar
You can tell this is a song from the ‘90s because it contains the words “new cd player.”
*You can still go to the Sidewalk Cafe in Venice Beach, California, but they don't have this awesome literary menu with a sandwich called the Mario Puzo anymore.
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