last.fm

hey - i discovered a real cool website: last.fm
it's great for networking with other music loonies ... of course i immediately designed a profile, which u find here or at the top of my page ;) it's the nice green monster that also tells u my current favourite songs *g*
okay - now you can visit me if u want...

Lazylazylazy ...

I'm back in Brighton and am soooooo LAZY :) i love it! and i'm workin on a "Lazy Compilation" since ages. but i'm stuck... so who can help me please??? here is what i already have:

Nobody Likes Us (Electrocute)
'cause we're two lazy chicks... ;)

Life Of Leisure (Luscious Jackson)

hmm. not sure about this one. technically the lyrics are - believe it or not - against a life of leisure!
"why you wanna waste away? lover of the life of leisure, lover of the life of leisure...
i love to love you but i might leave you"
but the song is so beautiful and sounds sooo lazy... and whoever is listening to the lyrics: there's also this great line:
"i'm a lover of the life of leisure, if you don't like it you can leave it"
well... and i don't wanna discuss politics of gender at work here, no i don't! otherwise i might be tempted to listen more closely:
"tell me why a woman who loves a man who never gives her all he can,
he sleeps all day and scams all night thinkin his service makes it alright
ladies wanting the service, me always give them the service"
maybe grrls should just adopt this strategy... what brings us to the next song ;)

Lazy (Freezepop)

that's right... wonderful appropriation ;)
not a cover of the marilyn song below!

Lazy (Marilyn Monroe)
and another one :)

suppose that song gets right to the point of this compilation - nobody ever said, i mean: sang it better (or more sexy :)

Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal (BR5-49)
the song's not as fabulous as the title. it starts great:
"Well I met you in the middle of a bar room fight, In a cheap hotel on the Missouri side"
cool :) but then:
"I had you out in my car in the parking lot"
what the fuck?! did these guys ever hear of respect? i suppose she had him but he's not 'man enough' to admit it ;)
alltogether the song tells a similar story as the luscious jackson one but from the man's perspective. in my eyes it doesn't make him look much better ;) but there's another strinking difference: the chick's stone cool! first she tells him:
"There's only one thing you got wrong with you, It ain't the whole world looking at you
Why don't you find yourself a life that's real, Too lazy to work, too nervous to steal"
in the end she puts him in a bus out of the city to get rid of him *g*

Sunny Afternoon (The Kinks)

mmmmm :) puts me in a relaxed and happy mood everytime i listen *g* but then... did i ever really listen? more battles on the gender front ;)
"Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze. I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly, Live this life of luxury, Lazing on a sunny afternoon."
How does it come that i can't decide if i'm with or against him? well if it was a girl singing... could it be i hav negative prejudices against men?? me?! ;) okay, lets jump to the next strophe:
"My girlfriends run off with my car, And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty."
one's tempted to think: that bitch, that liar... but then:
"Now Im sitting here, Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon."
oh well...

All The Lazy Dykes (Morrissey)

not sure if the song is about lazyness at all, but the lyrics are sooo cute! :) and with this song i finally have a positive example for a male artist ;)
"All the lazy dykes, Cross armed at the palms, Then legs astride their bikes,
Indigo burns on their arms.
One sweet day, An emotional whirl, You will be good to yourself, And you'll come and join the girls
...
Free yourself, Be yourself, Come to the Palms and see yourself
And at last your life begins, At last your life begins"

Counting Flowers On The Wall (Statler Brothers)
as heard in pulp fiction, yes, a great song, even though i could do with another version (4 a change) ...any suggestions?

Lazy Sunday Afternoon (Small Faces)

well, not much to say... another classic, listened 2 a hundred times and i still love it ;) and this time it's not sexist in any way, not even covered as i think :) it's such a cute and innocent song!
"Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbors, But they make it very clear they've got no room for ravers
They stop me from groovin, they bang on me wall, They're doin me crust in it's no good at all,
Lazy sunday afternoon, I've got no mind to worry, close my eyes and Drift away"
and besides that: WHAT A SEXY ENGLISH ACCENT! MAKES ME WEAK IN THE KNEES - blur or suede couldn't do it better :)

Lazy (Suede)

talking 'bout suede... that song's very much what i was looking for! don't just sing about being lazy, that's something everybody can do in holidays ... but i want songs which express disdain 4 the system *g* 4 work itself :)
"Here they come gone 7am, getting satellite and Sky getting cable,
Bills and Bens and their mums and their friends, who just really, really want to be loved
...
But you and me, all we want to be is lazy, you and me, so lazy..."

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer (Nat King Cole)
actually, i'm not quite sure if i like the song or if it annoys me ;) but it goes so well with this mix!
but now that i started analysing sexism... (note to myself: neverever do it again! it spoils the fun and in the end the mix-cd is half empty! on the other hand: at least half of my songs survive this analysis - other people's mixes will prove to be shit from the start to the end, completely ;)
what should i think 'bout that line?
"And on the beach youll see the girls in their bikinis, As cute as ever but they never get em wet"
I decided to read it as nothing worse than an unimaginative male perspective which represents itself as universal...

Lazy Calm (Cocteau Twins)
this song's a bit odd in the list, but it's beautiful (as every single cocteau twins song) and the mood goes so well with lazy (summer) mood..

lazy dwarf on vacation ;)