Tailies (song meme season 2)

[enemy anemone]

here are a few to start with. more later.

1. come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones and be my ever lovin' baby

2. to cross this sea of lonliness, part this red river of pain

3. and I couldn't love you any more than I do ("Rhapsodie", Over the Rhine, danny)

4. that old copper kettle was the death of me

5. and it's because I just don't feel it anymore ("The Lines of My Earth", Sixpence None the Richer, murlough)

6. [title] (oooh oooh) [title] [title] yeah tonight oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah   <--hilarious. I'm curious if it's easy or hard to guess this one. ("Do You Love Me?", The Violet Burning, murlough)

[murlough23]

3. and i couldn't love you any more than i do

"Even in Death", Evanescence

This one drove me nuts for a few minutes because I could totally hear the words and the melody in my head, and I knew it was a female singer, but I couldn't place it at first.

5. and it's because I just don't feel it anymore

"The Lines of My Earth", Sixpence None the Richer

I was just listening to that song yesterday.

[enemy anemone]

you're right on #5. #3 may be the correct lyrics to the Evanescence song but it's not the one I was listening to, which also has a female singer.
I know you know #6.

hope these don't drive you too nuts.

I'll be adding to the list shortly.

[murlough23]

you're right on #5. #3 may be the correct lyrics to the Evanescence song but it's not the one I was listening to, which also has a female singer.

Yeah, I just realized the Evanescence song says can't instead of couldn't. Oh well.

I know you know #6.

I wanna say "Tonight" by Sixpence None the Richer, but I don't recall that song having so much superfluous "oh yeah"-ing in it.

NP: "Falling Through", Justis Kao

[enemy anemone]

#6 may be easier to figure out if I type it out this way:
[title] (oooh oooh)
[title]
[title]...YEAH!...tonight!
oh YEAH!
oh YEAH!
oh YEAH!



here are some more. for added amusement, for the ones with [title], feel free to substitute alternate titles (must be actual songs) that you think are either fitting or incongruous.

7. and I wished for a calm as I lay there [title] ("Nervous in the Light of Dawn", Leigh Nash, murlough)

8. come on let's ride the [title] ("Circle Slide", The Choir, danny)

9. although I know that I'm not alone it feels like home

10. I'll take a [partial title] robe with [partial title] wings and a [title] for my head

11. if the ladies were squirrels with them high bushy tails, I'd fill up my shotgun with [title]

12. dreadful sorry [title] ("Clementine", [artist], murlough)

13. whatcha doin' with a [title] ("Suitcase", Over the Rhine, murlough)

14. ain't it grand when you're livin' in a [title] ("La La Land", All Star United, murlough)

15. and they all led me straight back home to you

16. it don't matter where I lay [title] ("All My Tears (Be Washed Away)", Emmylou Harris, murlough)

17. yeah we're all gonna be just [title]

18. that's Oklahoma, not Arizona, what does it matter

19. to be stuck inside Mobile with the [title] again

20. do it for you, honey, baby, can't you tell

21. the danger and the power, the friend and the foe ("The Tower", Vienna Teng, murlough)

22. and I really may just grow up and be like you someday

23. a time for peace I swear it's not too late

24. give my blankets to my buddies, give the fleas to [title]

25. all the love in my lips ("Truth #2", Patty Griffin, murlough)

bonus: cor contritum quasi cinis: gere curam mei finis

[murlough23]

#6 may be easier to figure out if I type it out this way:
[title] (oooh oooh)
[title]
[title]...YEAH!...tonight!
oh YEAH!
oh YEAH!
oh YEAH!

Sheesh. "Do You Love Me?", The Violet Burning. How dumb am I?

7. and I wished for a calm as I lay there [title]

"Nrevous in the Light of Dawn", Leigh Nash (just finished reviewing the album!)

9. although I know that I'm not alone it feels like home

"Under the Weather", KT Tunstall

12. dreadful sorry [title]

"Clementine"? Ha ha, I have no clue.

13. whatcha doin' with a [title]

"Suitcase", Over the Rhine

14. ain't it grand when you're livin' in a [title]

"La La Land", All Star United

16. it don't matter where I lay [title]

"All My Tears", Jars of Clay (or Emmylou Harris or Julie Miller... but shouldn't it say "be washed away" at the end, or do I have the wrong song again?)

21. the danger and the power, the friend and the foe

"The Tower", Vienna Teng

23. a time for peace I swear it's not too late

I know this one but I'm blanking.

25. all the love in my lips

"Truth No. 2", Dixie Chicks

bonus: cor contritum quasi cinis: gere curam mei finis

Ha ha. Yeah, right.

[danny316]

#3 was Rhapsodie by Over the Rhine. I have little Patience for Over the Rhine fans who can't place their songs...

8. come on let's ride the [title]

...circle slide. The Choir.

I know #15 but I cannot recall it now in my old age. My memory, it faaails me now...

[murlough23]

#3 was Rhapsodie by Over the Rhine. I have little Patience for Over the Rhine fans who can't place their songs...

I've never heard anything of theirs from before Good Dog Bad Dog.

[Silent Wonder]

I've never heard anything of theirs from before Good Dog Bad Dog.

Or of anything before it, it seems.    Hopefully, some Changes will Come soon.   

[murlough23]

Or of anything before it, it seems.    Hopefully, some Changes will Come soon.   

Let's see you try to keep up with all of the current stuff that I'm trying to listen to. I'd love to dig into the back catalogue of every artist I've discovered, but current stuff takes priority.

NP: "Comatose", Skillet

[enemy anemone]

OtR puns! I love it.

"All My Tears", Jars of Clay (or Emmylou Harris or Julie Miller... but shouldn't it say "be washed away" at the end, or do I have the wrong song again?)

this one was weird. first Julie's version that was on the Songcatcher soundtrack came up but I couldn't understand the last line (something like "when death comes to call on you, who will he know [or "who will heed no"?] your name too", but the grammar makes no sense), so I skipped it. then Emmylou's came up but she adds a bunch of "it don't matter" background vocals to the end, so I just excluded those. my tags show that her recording is titled "All My Tears (Be Washed Away)", so that's what I went with.   
not that I expect you to know, but I don't listen to Jars.

"Truth No. 2", Dixie Chicks

correct song, but I don't listen to the Dixie Chicks. it's Patty Griffin.

some of the other songs are covers, but if you can get the original artists I'll still count it.

the Latin one is actually not as obscure as it may seem. it's taken from a larger work that is pretty ubiquitous--I first heard of the text from the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, then found it with the ancient tune in an old English hymnal. then I heard various portions of it on the Amadeus soundtrack and again on the X2 soundtrack, and the melody for the ancient tune was on the Sleeping with the Enemy soundtrack...so if you're the sort of music geek I am (haha) it would almost be easy. XD

[murlough23]

this one was weird. first Julie's version that was on the Songcatcher soundtrack came up but I couldn't understand the last line (something like "when death comes to call on you, who will he know [or "who will heed no"?] your name too", but the grammar makes no sense), so I skipped it. then Emmylou's came up but she adds a bunch of "it don't matter" background vocals to the end, so I just excluded those. my tags show that her recording is titled "All My Tears (Be Washed Away)", so that's what I went with.

I've heard all of those versions and remembered the ending being different in each one. I just never realized the title had "Be Washed Away" in parenthesis on Emmylou's version.

not that I expect you to know, but I don't listen to Jars.

I hope you've at least heard their version of this song; it's my favorite on their new album, and that's a big compliment in Julie's direction seeing as it's the only song on the album that they didn't write (and many of the other songs are excellent as well).

correct song, but I don't listen to the Dixie Chicks. it's Patty Griffin.

Whatever. 1/4 of that Dixie Chicks album was Patty Griffin covers anyway. I'm not a wholesale Dixie Chicks fan (lots of their other stuff kind of pisses me off), but that one album is awesome.

[enemy anemone]

I downloaded the Jars version awhile ago but nothing really stood out about it. I like Julie's versions, both the stark Songcatcher one and the one with Buddy. I love their harmonies on the chorus. Emmylou's version is okay if I'm in the mood for something more electronic sounding and long. that weird bubbly bass annoys me sometimes.

I guess it's nice for Patty that the Chicks cover her songs, but eh, I can't stand their versions. apparently Jessica Simpson has covered a Patty song too and the idea of it just makes me shudder.

oh yeah, I was going to mention that you were right about the dreadful sorry Clementine song. artist?

and Rhapsodie is available as a free download from OtR's site, if you're interested.

[murlough23]

oh yeah, I was going to mention that you were right about the dreadful sorry Clementine song. artist?

It's a traditional song. I didn't think I was even right, but you gave credit for identifying either the original artist or the cover artist, so if the song is so old that we don't know who originally performed it, does it matter?

[enemy anemone]

oh, you know what, I didn't even make the connection to the traditional song. it's not the same but it quotes it and has the same title.

[murlough23]

oh, you know what, I didn't even make the connection to the traditional song. it's not the same but it quotes it and has the same title.

Oh! Well, in that case, I STILL DON'T KNOW.

[enemy anemone]

dreadful sorry. maybe if they renamed Clem "Maritime" it would be easier to guess. 

[murlough23]

dreadful sorry. maybe if they renamed Clem "Maritime" it would be easier to guess. 

I still have no clue, but I'll think about it and get back to you in, oh I don't know, December.

[danny316]

OtR puns! I love it.

My pun skills leave my quite Happy With Myself. Not that I'm Lookin' Forward to this becoming a pun-off, but if I were in one, I'd be Happy To Be So.

...and if there were one, I'd hope that there was Nobody (as) Number One.

[murlough23]

My pun skills leave my quite Happy With Myself. Not that I'm Lookin' Forward to this becoming a pun-off, but if I were in one, I'd be Happy To Be So.

...and if there were one, I'd hope that there was Nobody (as) Number One.

Hush Now.

[danny316]

Hush Now.

That won't work. See, the people here are NOT shy...

[Silent Wonder]

That won't work. See, the people here are NOT shy...

Too many puns!  I feel as If I'm Drowning.  I think I'll pack my Suitcase and camp out by the Little Blue River until this is over.  Anything At All would be better than this.  Seriously, How Long Have You Been Stoned?

[murlough23]

Seriously, How Long Have You Been Stoned?

Ever since I was Born.

[Brenden]

Tuning this thread out like a radio station, seriously, all these puns are murder.

[enemy anemone]

Little Did I Know that such Changes (would) Come to this thread. I Radio Heaven because Only God Can Save Us Now.

[murlough23]

Alright, stop Fooling around.

NP: "Stilled", Future of Forestry

[enemy anemone]

okay. I Don't Wanna Waste Your Time with posts full of puns and nonsense, Etc. Whatever. Besides, I have to leave for work soon. Who Will Guard the Door so you guys won't make Trouble When I Go?

[murlough23]

Whatever You Say... 

[enemy anemone]

answers, or All You Need Is Everything:

1. come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones and be my ever lovin' baby ("Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby", Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss)
2. to cross this sea of lonliness, part this red river of pain ("Moses", Patty Griffin)
3. and I couldn't love you any more than I do ("Rhapsodie", Over the Rhine, danny)
4. that old copper kettle was the death of me ("Tear My Stillhouse Down", Gillian Welch)
5. and it's because I just don't feel it anymore ("The Lines of My Earth", Sixpence None the Richer, murlough)
6. [title] (oooh oooh) [title] [title] yeah tonight oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah  ("Do You Love Me?", The Violet Burning, murlough)
7. and I wished for a calm as I lay there [title] ("Nervous in the Light of Dawn", Leigh Nash, murlough)
8. come on let's ride the [title] ("Circle Slide", The Choir, danny)
9. although I know that I'm not alone it feels like home ("Under the Weather", KT Tunstall)
10. I'll take a [partial title] robe with [partial title] wings and a [title] for my head ("Red Clay Halo", Gillian Welch)
11. if the ladies were squirrels with them high bushy tails, I'd fill up my shotgun with [title] ("Rock Salt and Nails", Buddy and Julie Miller; cover song)
12. dreadful sorry [title] ("Clementine", The Decemberists, murlough)
13. whatcha doin' with a [title] ("Suitcase", Over the Rhine, murlough)
14. ain't it grand when you're livin' in a [title] ("La La Land", All Star United, murlough)
15. and they all led me straight back home to you ("Return of the Grievous Angel", Gillian Welch with Ryan Adams; Gram Parsons cover)
16. it don't matter where I lay [title] ("All My Tears (Be Washed Away)", Emmylou Harris, murlough)
17. yeah we're all gonna be just [title] ("Dirt In the Ground", Tom Waits)
18. that's Oklahoma, not Arizona, what does it matter ("Never Been to Spain", Patty Griffin; cover)
19. to be stuck inside Mobile with the [title] again ("Memphis Blues", Grateful Dead. also I guess this is a Dylan cover and the original title is "Stuck Inside Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" )
20. do it for you, honey, baby, can't you tell ("Buckets of Rain", Neko Case; Dylan cover)
21. the danger and the power, the friend and the foe ("The Tower", Vienna Teng, murlough)
22. and I really may just grow up and be like you someday ("Boy Like Me, Man Like You", Rich Mullins)
23. a time for peace I swear it's not too late ("Turn Turn Turn", Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue; cover)
24. give my blankets to my buddies, give the fleas to [title] ("Diamond Joe", David Rawlings; cover)
25. all the love in my lips ("Truth #2", Patty Griffin, murlough)

bonus: cor contritum quasi cinis: gere curam mei finis (Confutatis portion of the Dies Irae, Mozart's Requiem version)