I'm a music obsessive. When I like a song, I really like a song. Everything else on my playlist goes out the window in favor of my newest craze, whatever it might be. And while I don't think I'll ever reach the obsessive heights of one of my former roommates--who, in a now-legendary feat, listened to "Octopus's Garden" for two straight hours--I've got no qualms about listening to one song over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And...OK, enough of that.
For the curious (and as you're reading this, I'll have to put you in that category), here are the ten songs I'm totally crushing on right now.
1. "Little Willy," Sweet--One of the Top 10 songs ever written about penises, right up there with "Yesterday"
2. "Waterloo," ABBA--I have no excuse for this one.
3. "Pictures of Matchstick Men," The Status Quo--Psychedelica at its most psychedelicious
4. "Faron Young," Prefab Sprout--Good song makes up for the fact that "Prefab Sprout" may be the world's dumbest band name
5. "Holy Water," The Triffids--A deeply moving song about religion. Just kidding! It's about sex.
6. "She Says Good Morning," The Pretty Things--It's part of a rock opera. It's good! I swear!
7. "Guiding Star," Teenage Fanclub--A deeply moving song about astronomy. Just kidding! It's about sex.
8. "Love for Sale," Talking Heads--David Byrne has never sounded more like a castrati then he does in this song
9. "Paranoid Android," Radiohead--Esteemed music critic Dr. David Thorpe accurately described this song as "Bohemian Rhapsody weirded up 80%"
10. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter," Warren Zevon--A deeply...sex.
I hope you enjoyed that. I'm not sure if I did.
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The best thing that the Teenage Fanclub did or will ever do is "The Concept." Which, bonus points for you, namechecks the Status Quo.
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