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[weaktwos]

Last night, I consulted with the might iTunes Oracle and acquired a Dire Straits album entitled On Every Street. For some reason, I was reminded of the song "My Parties". I love the tune. I always loved the satire involved in Dire Straits' songs. This song has a comfy, relaxed feel. Knopfler's voice has that smarmy yet sexy tone. He makes the phrase, "the secret's in the cheese" sound sexy. ;-)

So here are the lyrics:



Dire Straits

well this is my back yard - my back gate
I hate to start my parties late
here's the party cart - ain't that great?
that ain't the best part baby - just wait
that a genuine weathervane - it moves with the breeze
portable hammok baby - who needs trees
it's casual entertaining - we aim to please
at my parties

check out the shingles - it's brand new
excuse me while I mingle - hi, how are you
hey everybody - let me give you a toast
this one's for me - the host with the most

it's getting a trifle colder - step inside my home
that's a brass toilet tissue holder with its own telephone
that's a musical doorbell - it don't ring, I ain't kiddin'
it plays america the beautiful and tie a yellow ribbon

boy, this punch is a trip - it's o.k. in my book
here, take a sip - maybe a little heavy on the fruit
ah, here comes the dip - you may kiss the cook
let me show you honey - it's easy - look
you take a fork and spike 'em - say, did you try these?
so glad you like 'em - the secret's in the cheese
it's casual entertaining - we aim to please
at my parties

now don't talk to me about the polar bear
don't talk to me about the ozone layer
ain't much of anything these days, even the air
they're running out of rhinos - what do I care?
let's hear it for the dolphin - let's hear it for the trees
ain't running out of nothing in my deep freeze
it's casual entertaining - we aim to please
at my parties

Comments

[misanthropist.livejournal.com]

I'm not a Dire Straits fan, but I like some of Knopfler's solo work. My favorite song of his has to be 'Done with Bonaparte.'

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've heard that one. My favorite is Romeo and Juliet. It breaks my heart every time.

[imlac.livejournal.com]

"Brothers in arms" was the first CD that I ever owned.

Oh, and I hope you don't buy music off of Itunes. It really screws the artists, like unbeliveably. Check it out here: http://www.downhillbattle.org/itunes/index.html

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

I cannot remember my first CD...but my first vinyl album was Men at Work's Men at Work. :-)

I do use iTunes to download music that I want in a hurry or am not sure I'm into, yet. Most of them are from major record labels anyway, and not Indy bands. My gripe with p2p file sharing was that I got a lot of poor quality files. Though it is lossy, it works fine for my needs.

Most of my collection is by virtue of buying CDs, though.

With regard to the article, I haven't read the whole thing yet, but they don't seem to mention specifically how much an artist gets per CD. It still seems like they might get ripped off by the record company with the same deal. The reason I love iTunes is that it allows me to pick and choose songs I wouldn't ordinarily buy the whole CD for. So, where as the artist might get no money from me because I wouldn't buy the whole CD, they get at least 11 cents per song from me.

I'll check out Weedshare, but so far, it looks like mostly indy stuff. Which I may get into to vary my tastes.