I’ve been totally swamped working on my group’s machine learning project the last couple of weeks, so, today, I wanted to write about something completely different, relaxing, and fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will be no math or science involved, I assure you! Instead, I’ll just take a moment to climb out of the IDE swamp and list some of the lines of lyrics I really enjoy. Without further ado, here they are in what turns out is (mostly) alphabetical order since I sourced them trolling through some playlists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It Ruffled up my feathers and it barked right up my tree\nWhen suddenly it seemed all the fingers were pointing on up at me\nAnd the footsteps in the sand\nWere all getting washed up by the sea\nTo leave me in stitches, bursting at the seams\nBursting at the seams\n\nWhen the sun came out to greet me\n<\/strong>I only saw the wolves from my dreams<\/em><\/span>\nThis is my Berlin blues song\nSometimes life can get a little wrong\nBut it won't be long\nCuz it just makes me strong<\/pre>\n\n\n\nLovely. I’ve italicized my favorite line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nude as the News – Cat Power<\/h5>\n\n\n\nI still have a flame gun\nFor the cute ones\nTo burn out all your tricks\nAnd I saw your hand\nWith a loose grip\nOn a very tight ship<\/pre>\n\n\n\nI stiilll, have a flame gun! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avant Gardener – Courtney Barnett<\/h5>\n\n\n\nReminds me of the time\nWhen I was really sick and I\nHad too much Pseudoephedrine and I\nCouldn't sleep at night\n\nHalfway down high street, Andy looks ambivalent\nHe's probably wondering what I'm doing getting in an ambulance\n\nThe paramedic thinks I'm clever cuz I play guitar\nI think she's clever cuz she stops people dying\n\nAnaphylactic and super hypocondriactic\nShould've stayed in bed today\nI much prefer the mundane<\/pre>\n\n\n\nIt was very difficult to not just paste the whole song in there. Courtney Barnett has a lot of great songs, but the first I ever heard is still by far my favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dog Years – Daddy Issues<\/h5>\n\n\n\nIf you could be anything\nYou would be the worst thing\nA dry patch when you\u2019re sledding\nAnd waking up with my lip bleeding\nHere we are in the driveway\nDeciding I have more to lose\nBut you should go home to Chicago\nAnd take a long walk off the Navy Pier\n\nOh no, you scratched until I bled\nI hope you choke on your own spit in your own bed\n'Cause I know, I know where it ends\nWe\u2019re not gonna be friends\nIn dog years you\u2019re dead<\/pre>\n\n\n\nAnother great song, what more is there to say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lion’s Roar – First Aid Kit<\/h5>\n\n\n\nNow the pale morning sings of forgotten things\nShe plays a tune for those who wish to overlook\nThe fact that they've been blindly deceived\nBy those who preach and pray and teach\nBut she falls short and the night explodes in laughter<\/pre>\n\n\n\nI have slightly mixed feeling about this song. The first part is amazing, but the rest is just good, so it sadly falls short of being one of my all-time favorites. But damn if I don’t love that first verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No Duh – K Flay <\/h5>\n\n\n\nHear your shit, I treat it like my bitch, onto the next jam\nJust kidding, I treat my bitches with respect\nTalking politics to boys while they're kissing on my neck\n...\n...\nMore popular than gefilte fish at a seder\nMy calculators TI-89, you're stuck on 83\nWhile you all wait in line, I'm on that VIP\n...\n...\nThe dopest animal from here to Senegal\nFlow so menstrual I need a tampon on the track\nGot a couple bars to kill it and some monkeys on my back<\/pre>\n\n\n\nI had a pick a few top lines spread throughout this one, as the song is pretty much a relentless barrage of cutting and hilarious lines. I especially enjoy the cock-eyed wink towards the misogyny that features in far too many popular songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Angelene (Demo) – PJ Harvey<\/h5>\n\n\n\nMy first name Angelene\nPrettiest mess you've ever seen\n\nLove for money is my sin\nAny man calls, I'll let him in\n\nRose is my color, and white\nPretty mouth and green my eyes\nI see men come and go\n\nBut there'll be one who will collect my soul and come to me\nTwo-thousand miles away\nHe walks upon the coast\nTwo-thousand miles away<\/pre>\n\n\n\nThere’s so much in PJ Harvey’s performance here. The Demo version of the song is just incredible. It’s dark and gorgeously grungy. Talk about a rock and a hard place — I always imagine this lovely 2k-mile-away gent ominously emerging from the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Belispeak – Purity Ring<\/h5>\n\n\n\nGrandma, my hands have wandered\nAnd my legs, my little legs are getting weak\nBid lend me your wispy frame\nAnd guard my powers\nGuard my precious powers in its cage\n\nGrandma, I\u2019ve been unruly\nIn my dreams and with my speech\nDrill little holes into my eyelids\nThat I might see you\nThat I might see you when I...\nSleep<\/pre>\n\n\n\nWell, to be fair, having holes in your eyelids would make you an absolute boss at staring contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Children Were Wishes – Wye Oak <\/h5>\n\n\n\nIf children were wishes,\nMy mother spent hers on impossible things\nMy brother was money,\nMy sister was love, and I was world peace\n...\n...\n...\n...\nAnd so I suppose this is\nJust how it goes no matter how I try,\nI just have to watch you get\nWeaker and weaker till you finally die\n\nBut I have to remember\nThe wish of my mother and all that I'm worth,\nWhich will only come true\nWhen there are no more of us left on this earth<\/pre>\n\n\n\nI enjoy this song a lot. It’s also nice to have in my pocket in case I ever find myself in a ‘who can name the most depressing song ever’ contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tibetan Pop Stars – Hop Along <\/h5>\n\n\n\nHow content are the ones, with simple demands?\nThey meet their fianc\u00e9s, cherry picking out in Canada\nWhile cursing the river, a seven fingered man\nHis three sleepless wives, all equally sick of him<\/pre>\n\n\n\nJust a taste of this brilliant gem. Truly one of my favorite songs ever. It’s funny, insightful, different, and filled with powerful imagery all over the damn place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, that’s all I’ve got time for, so I guess that will have to do. Definitely not an exhaustive list of my favorites, but a very nice set of lyrics and\/or songs nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Songs of the week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Berlin Blues Song - Alice Phoebe Lou<\/a>\nNude as the News \u2013 Cat Power<\/a>\nAvant Gardener \u2013 Courtney Barnett<\/a>\nDog Years \u2013 Daddy Issues<\/a>\nThe Lion\u2019s Roar \u2013 First Aid Kit<\/a>\nNo Duh \u2013 K Flay<\/a>\nAngelene (Demo) \u2013 PJ Harvey<\/a>\nBelispeak \u2013 Purity Ring<\/a>\nIf Children Were Wishes \u2013 Wye Oak<\/a>\nTibetan Pop Stars \u2013 Hop Along<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’ve been totally swamped working on my group’s machine learning project the last couple of weeks, so, today, I wanted to write about something completely different, relaxing, and fun. There will be no math or science involved, I assure you! Instead, I’ll just take a moment to climb out of the IDE swamp and list … Continue reading “Top n lyrics, aka women who rock (and\/or roll)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/techgooder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}