Årets låtar

Man ska väl skriva för sin egen skull tror jag. Precis som med musik. Jag är nog rätt enkelspårig. Jag kan lyssna på samma låtar om och om igen, om de får mig att må bättre. Stackars de som jag bor med, de blir nog trötta. Om de märker nåt. I år har jag lyssnat ganska mycket på några låtar.

Under våren åkte jag en del med en viss buss, som jag inte kommer åka med på länge nu tror jag. Då brukade jag lyssna på The Knife. Precis som när jag skulle gå ut - mycket bra förfestmusik. Fast jag kan ha lyssnat sönder skivan lite nu.

The Knife - Pass this on

I'm in love with your brother
what's his name
I thought I'd come by to see him again
and when you two danced
oh what a dance
and when you two laughed
oh what a laugh

Has he mentioned my age, love
or is he more into young girls with dyed black hair
I'm in love with your brother
I thought I'd come by

I'm in love with your brother
yes I am, but maybe I
shouldn't ask for his name
and when you two danced
oh what a dance
and when you two laughed
oh what a laugh

Does he know what I do
you pass this on, won't you
if I asked him once what would he say
is he willing, can he play

I wasn't really looking for some more than
some company on the dance floor
does he know what I do
you pass this on, won't you

The Knife - You make me like charity

You try to feel it but you can't wake up
You try to touch it but you can't wake up
You're holding ice and you don't wake up
increase the size and you don't wake up
I do it backwards but I don't wake up
try to reverse but I don't wake up
I sit astride but I still don't wake up
more than a second
when reading the newspaper
I felt the war
I felt her exposed position
I saw myself in the picture
and I
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
You make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes

Sedan blev det sommar och jag köpte en ny superbra skiva med Alice in Videoland. Hög volym och dansa dansa dansa. Eller bara lyssna.

Alice in videoland - Videogirl

her hair, it shines
it's reaching to her waist
she's fair, divine
I swear, you'll be amazed

if you'd stand beside her
you wouldn't show
but you can't deny her
she won't let you go

She's a videogirl
She's a videogirl
She's a videogirl
In his head you see
I wouldn't wanna be her
(Instead of me)

in your imagination
made up to fit your taste
a brief infatuation
another pretty face

She's a videogirl
She's fiction
A videogirl in his head
She's a videogirl
An addiction
You wouldn't wanna be her
(Instead)

Och sedan blev det lite mer sorgligt, och jag kunde inte låta bli att lyssna på den här låten hela tiden.

Alice in videoland - Panic

I was head over feet
for a fact commited
you said I would cheat
and I cracked and I did

I didn't look
so I mistook
the fact, your acts
were goodhearted

Is this feeling
An obsession of an evilness
It's revealing
It's sweating through
My evening dress

I'm in a moonlight of madness
Wrapped up in sadness
I don't understand myself
God, I wish I was somebody else
I can't deny

I lost the game that I started
I'm to blame that we parted
can no longer deny
I leave love to die

you had me fooled
though I set the rules
I thought you wanted me
to raise my hands

I thought that we were through
now I understand

Och så lyssnade jag rätt mycket på "Diamond" av Klint, från Snatch soundtrack. Fast den är instrumental. Tyvärr gjorde den sig inte så bra i den kassa ljudanläggningen i min Citröen från -88, där jag måste använda konverteringsband för att lyssna på cd-skivor i min cd-spelare.

Och så blev det höst och den var ganska trevlig, men blev så småningom alltmer jobbig. Det var lättare när man var liten. Jag var tvungen att lyssna jättemycket på den här låten. Mycket trevlig.

Julie Ruin - Stay Monkey

Yr love you know it tastes as sweet as
Cold coconut ice cream
Not knowing makes me happy
I just wanna wait and see
Everyday is inhibition
The television is calling you name
Don't do it
I don't want you to
Come on lets not go away
I want I want I want
You to stay monkey with me
Stay monkey with me
Its the movie that never gets filmed
Its the story we won't tell
Its the dolphins speaking our language
Come on baby come one baby don't say why
I want I want I want
You to stay monkey with me
Stay monkey with me

Afraid is much better than a false forever

Och så finns det en som håller vår, sommar, höst och vinter. Inför tentor och när jag är skitledsen och när jag bara vill ha lite mer energi och bli glad och så vidare.

Le tigre - Keep on livin'

You hide inside, so not okay (keep on, keep on livin')
What if you remember more today (keep on, keep on livin')
The phone rings but there's too much to say (keep on, keep on livin')
You tell them to go when you wish they would stay (keep on, keep on livin')
You gotta keep on (keep on livin!) ......

Disproportionate reactions just won't fade (keep on, keep on livin')
Every dude you see puts you in a rage (keep on, keep on livin')
Or stupid shit keeps making you cry (keep on, keep on livin')
Your friends are worried you won't tell them why (keep on, keep on livin')
You gotta keep on (keep on livin!) ......

Look up to the sky sky sky. Take back your own tonight. You'll find more than you see. It's time now now get ready. So you can taste that sweet sweet cake and feel the warm water in a lake (y'know). What about that nice cool breeze? And hear the buzzing of the bumble bees. Just live beyond those neighborhood lives and go past that yard outside andpush through their greatest fears and live past your memories tears cuz you don't need to scratch inside. Just please hold onto your pride and... so don't let them bring you down and don't let them fuck you around cuz those are your arms, that is your heart and no no they can't tear you apart. They can't take it away, no! This is your time this is your life and.... (keep on livin!)