Porch Swing
Some days you can't beat a bit of Elton + Bernie. This is Porch Swing in Tupelo, one of my favourites from his 2004 Peachtree Road album:
As ever, Bernie Taupin's lyrics are worth reading over. I'm continually impressed by his ability to cram such atmosphere into so few words. He's a proper songwriting poet.
You like monkeys, you like ponies
Escape Pod last week played a song that I highly recommend you check out (and the story's pretty good too). It's Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton, and is available for free under a Creative Commons license. It's probably not the kind of song you're expecting from the title 
The lyrics are just great. It's also on iTunes.
In a similar vein, a while back Adam Curry played a song called 'Super Powers' by Mark Says Hi, which I liked so much I wanted to buy (for no more than 79p, obviously ), but found that there's currently no way to do so online. So disappointing!
I'm off to London for the weekend. Should be back Sunday.
No No No – Try Harder
"You're Beautiful" by James Blunt is getting a fair bit of airplay on Radio 2 at the moment. It seemed like a pleasant enough song to me, until Dad pointed something out. Now I can't hear it without getting irritated. Here's the first verse:
My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel,
of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man,
But I won't lose no sleep on that.
'Cause I've got a plan.
Sounds ok so far, right? Here's the chorus:
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You won't? I thought you had a plan? Maybe it comes later in the song...Nope, nothing. Wait, you didn't say that just for the rhyme, did you? I think you did. That's so very annoying, you know.
Me? Picky? Don't know what you mean.
Hello!
Hey, thanks for coming! I'm Andrew, and this is where my headthinks come to breed. They often meander around humanism and photography, but they're flighty and you can't trust them, so anything is possible.
Do feel free to email me - I get lonely:
Your hair looks swish, by the way - have you done something new?
Recent Comments
- vicky: going up this weekend having done all the welsh peaks except 4 snowdon, cant wait
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: what, how can u live in the 21 c and say that, probably a sexist thing
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: da iawn laura, cant believe what im hearing, all this fuss, anyway love the site, and i agree, normal people who swear and curse clomb mountains cos we live in the...
on Climbing Snowdon. - Andrew: Did a few quick test shots to check the light levels, then balanced the camera on the arm of a bench, set it for a 20s exposure and hoped for the best
on ISS. - lynsey: Wow, how did you take that photograph?
on ISS.
