Bawk, Bawk Bawk Bawk, Bawk
My choice was pretty easy, partly because of a dearth of chicken and other bird-related songs in my music library, but also because it gave me the opportunity to highlight one of my favorite singers, the one-and-only k.d. lang. I love her voice. I wish I could sing like her. Listen to her incomparable version of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on a Wire" and tell me you don't agree. That's right, I dare you to tell me she doesn't have a voice like a mocha latte, rich and creamy and full of texture and expression. Mmmm, I think I might have to go get me one of those and sit right down and listen to the entire album. And sing along, of course!
k.d. lang--"Bird on a Wire" mp3 off Hymns of the 49th Parallel (buy)
Next week's theme is "Money, Money, Money."
You want to hear something kind of ooky? Where I live there are tons of turkey vultures. They're always visible in the sky, circling around, looking for whatever roadkill they can scrounge up. Well, sometimes they perch on the rooftops, up to six or seven of them at a time. They are huge--and hugely ugly--and it's downright ooky to see them sitting all in a row, just waiting for the next dead thing . . .
Thought you should know, Rachel over at untitled has up an excellent post called, appropriately, "An Ode to Beck." Go check it out, and just for good measure, here's one of my all-time favorite Beck tunes:
Beck--"Nobody's Fault But My Own" mp3 off Mutations (buy) Truer words were never spoken, written, sung. (I think this link wasn't working before. Should be fixed now.)
"Ooky" - I've never heard that used outside the context of the Addams
Family themesong!! We have turkey vultures out here as well, and they do
emanate the heebie-jeebies, don't they??
FiL, I am in awe! You are the only person (though I'm sure Thom Campbell
probably knows too) I've ever heard who knew what the K.D. stood for.
i totally stole ooky from the addams family song. i like to think of it as
a combination of icky and spooky. funny how spousal musical tastes can
differ. my husband is quite the classic rock fan, although i can tempt him
sometimes with certain more rock 'n' roll indie-type stuff.
i knew it was kathryn, but wasn't aware of the dawn. score one for fil!
Erm, not sure how I picked up what the KD stood for. But then again I
often find my mental filter full of odd & mostly useless facts...
k.d. lang has one of those voices that is so impossible to imagine. It's
sultry and smooth in a way that I just can't fathom. Your Smoke Screen off
of Drag has long been one of my favorites, despite the banjo - that should
give everyone an idea of how delicious her voice is!
i don't have drag, although i think my father-in-law does. i'll have to
give it a listen.
Ohhh my I need to use Techronati more often when work has me spinning and I
can't seem to catch up with all the news, music and posts going around.
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