Day: July 9, 2010

Song of the day

So I was listening to Coverville this afternoon at work when a version of Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind” came on that I’d never heard before, even though I’ve long been a fan of the group that was covering it, the country music super-group the Highwaymen. It turns out, though, that I’m maybe not as familiar with the group as I thought — and in fact not at all familiar with them beyond the title (and first) track of their debut album. Which, as it happens, is the very same album the Seger cover comes from.

I didn’t even know that first track was a cover, too.

Still, I like the song. It’s hard not to like a group whose members are Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. The video below for “Highwayman” borders on the cheesy — mid-’80s country through and through — but I like the song.

Random 10 7-9

Last week. This week:

  1. “The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed” by Dar Williams
    Well sometimes, life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging
  2. “222” by Those Darlins
    And we didn’t know much about the city
  3. “Kirsty” by Maple Leaves
    Melodies like diamonds out of her mouth
  4. “I’m an Animal” by Neko Case
    And heaven will smell like the airport
  5. “Brothers in Arms” by Dire Straits, guessed by Betty
    Now the sun’s gone to hell
  6. “To the Bone” by the Kinks
    I took her back to my bachelor flat while the stereo played for two
  7. “Crosseyed and Painless” by Talking Heads
    Facts are never what they seem to be
  8. “To Ramona” by Bob Dylan
    Your cracked country lips, I still wish to kiss
  9. “All the Old Showstoppers” by the New Pornographers
    When Gabriel saw the numbers he fell
  10. “The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell” by David Bowie
    You’re still breathing but you just can’t tell

As always, good luck!