Where would I be without Community Radio? Stuck in Salt Lake City with an incredibly narrow band of playlists. That's why I not only listen to KRCL but I spend a couple of days a week volunteering there as well.
Now, they don't repeat songs very much there, but my brain makes up for it. Here are a few things I on heavy rotation in my head these days.
Now here's a song KRCL got under my skin about three months ago and I haven't gone more than a few days since without listening to it. Much, much more frequently sans iPod.
Now this song is actually about a few things, especially about meeting this girl while being constantly on the road. But Los Angeles plays heavily upon both the girl and the guy's attraction to her in this song.
Time Spent In Los Angeles, Dawes
these days my friends don’t seem to know me
without my suitcase in my hand
where I am standing still
I seem to disappear
but maybe that's how I found you
maybe that's taugh me exactly what I want
maybe meeting you so far away from home
is what makes it all so clear
but you got that special kind of sadness
you got that tragic set of charms
that only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
when people ask me where I come from
to see what that says about man
I only end up giving bad directions
that never lead them there at all
it’s something written in the head lights
is something swimming in my drink
and if I were the moon
it would be exactly where I fall
cause you got that special kind of sadness
you got that tragic set of charms
that only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
I used to think someone would love me
for places I have been
and the dirt I have been gathering
deep beneath my nails
but now I know what I’ve been missing
and I’m going home to make it mine
and I'll be battening the hatches
and pulling in the sails.
but you got that special kind of sadness
you got that tragic set of charms
that only comes from time spent in Los Angeles
makes me wanna wrap you in my arms
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I've also become smitten with this Fruit Bats song. I'm a little disappointed with the video, because it doesn't really fit the hipster feel well, at least not to me.
You're Too Weird, Fruit Bats
Somebody needs to tell me what Im supposed to do
Say that Im not supposed to be in love with you
Say that you're too weird for me
And you'll leave eventually
And Im the only one who ever believed in you
Somebody tell me what i'm lookin to find
everyones sayin that i'm just a part of the fate
say you'd leave me if you could
as soon as the goins no good
and im the only one who ever believed in you
Somebody tell me what else I coulda had
I dont love much but I love you pretty bad
They say that you wont treat me right
That youre gonna up and bolt into the night
And Im the only one who ever believed in you
So I guess Ill ask you if I will
Are you gonna run for the hill
And Im the only one who ever believed in you
Im the only one who ever believed in you
And Im the only one who'll ever believe in you
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One more stuck in the loop, this Pepper Rabbit tune.
Rose Mary Stretch, Pepper Rabbit
Oh no the kitchen is closed
If I feel it coming round I'll see it go
Oh stop worrying about it
The mortgage is paid
Yeah the money's well spent
And I will watch you
Go down to the dark place of the party
And stop there watch out
For your face to perspire
Go on telling me
That I don't need a job
Or a college degree
Throw up your caps and your gowns
Your shit out of luck
Your never leaving this town
Hang on to your family tree
They've given you everything you'll ever need
Don't take care and don't even write
You'll never see my face again after tonight
And I will watch you
Go down to the dark place of the party
And stop there watch out
For your face to perspire
And take everything that
I ever lent to your closet
I burned all your hangings around
And threw out the locket
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What's Stuck In Your Head?