iTunes Shuffle 8/2/13

1. Nat King Cole - "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael cover)
2. Tori Amos - "Another Girl's Paradise"
3. Gang Gang Dance - "Sacer"
4. Daddy Mack Blues Band with special guest Billy Gibson - "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" (Paul Revere & The Raiders cover)
5. James Vincent McMorrow - "From The Woods!!"
6. Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict A Riot"
7. Delicate Steve - "Afria Talks To You"
8. Paul McCartney & Wings - "Silly Love Songs"
9. Larkin Grimm - "Ride That Cyclone"
10. Nicki Minaj - "Roman In Moscow"

Fun mix. The first two songs work together beautifully. Other highlights are the enchanting music of Gang Gang Dance, the exquisitely beautiful James Vincent McMorrow, the haunting Larkin Grimm and, of course, the best Kaiser Chiefs song ever.

We'll start with one of the most beautiful songs of all time:

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by.

Sometimes I wonder how I spend
The lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody
Haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song...

"you have come to discover
what you want"
what I want is not to
want what isn't mine
"But I am Desire"

when it all is said
said and done
who can Love you and
still be standing
there's Mary calling
up a storm
can I take from you
and not keep taking
naked as day
Gemma follows him
Does it all come down to
the thing one girl fears
in the night
is another
girl's
paradise

Couldn't you have stayed just a little longer
Each night I pray, please ignite me stronger...

I'm not your stepping stone...

From the woods, from the woods
They are coming from the woods
Riding horses cloaked in gray
Make their way to my door
Lay their boots upon my floor
Wash their hands and start to pray
But I am gone, I am not there
I have followed mountain bears
To a cave of deepest tome
There I wait, by the mouth
As the smoke it flushes out
Then I'll slowly drag one home

All these things are ever lost
Stillness has brought my love to cost

I predict a riot.

A fun instrumental from Delicate Steve.

Pure cheese from Paul McCartney and Wings.

Ride that cyclone on and on
Ride it while I break your bones...

Ride that cyclone through the crack
Ride it while I ride your back...

This song is just Nicki Minaj yelling and cursing, but it has its charm.