Music Diary, Vol. -48
For the rationale behind this mad effort, explanations here . The full series of Music Diary posts are here . The full playlist is above, also here . Week of Feb. 6-12, 2023 LYRICS: Bleachers, "Stop Making This Hurt" SONG: Yes, this Tom Waits track is ostensibly about driving, but it’s also a bit about aging, right? He was 23 when he recorded this but already sounds old as the hills. As for me, I’m exactly the age the song names and I don’t not feel it. ALBUM: I think I would feel a deep, almost eerie affinity for this beautiful, bonkers Bobbie Gentry record even if it hadn’t come out on the actual day of my birth. It’s a Southern Gothic classic that hasn’t been equaled. LYRICS: Talking Heads, "Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place)" SONG: Was in the mood for some Patsy Cline yesterday and was grooving along contentedly to this swinging classic when I suddenly noticed the line “And a plane will bring me to you.” Goddammit. ALBUM: Despite A H...
