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Post by chrisfan on May 25, 2004 8:37:14 GMT -5
Whew, I came up with 10 before I got into the ones that would have caused me major spelling problems!
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Post by riley on May 25, 2004 8:42:19 GMT -5
10 favorite songs so far in 2004
10. "Lily-A-Passion" - Grant Lee Phillips
9. "C'Mon, C'Mon" - The Von Bondies
8. "Almost" - Sarah Harmer
7. "Ch-Check It Out" - Beastie Boys
6. "Changes Are No Good" - The Stills
5. "Hysteria" - Muse
4. "Combat Baby" - Metric
3. "Poppy" - Tv On The Radio
2. "Float On" - Modest Mouse
1. "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
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Post by riley on May 25, 2004 8:43:07 GMT -5
I don't know what Snapdragons look like CHrisfan, but they definitely have the coolest name.  |
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Post by chrisfan on May 25, 2004 9:12:52 GMT -5
They're cool. You sqeeze them in the middle and their "mouths" pop open. My grandmother taught me that years ago. So, I have them planted around a hydrangea (my other grandmohter's favorite flower) to make my "grandmother's garden". It's right by the garden with all the hostas planted for various members of my family.
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Post by phil on May 25, 2004 10:36:05 GMT -5
Snapdragon ...  |
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Post by riley on May 25, 2004 10:57:44 GMT -5
Nice. I always feel a little smarter after Phil's stopped by  |
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Post by samplestiltskin on May 25, 2004 11:03:33 GMT -5
Phil le Encylopaedia  |
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Post by Mary on May 25, 2004 13:06:49 GMT -5
I am completely incapable of contributing anything to a thread about flowers. Sometimes I wonder if I'd be able to distinguish a weed from a bouquet of roses. You're all putting me to shame once again. I can, however, contribute this.... 10 Flower-Related Songs, Albums, Album Covers, Artists, or Lyrics1) Sally Go Round the Roses - a song by the Jaynettes 2) Flowers of Romance - pre-pistols band featuring Sid Vicious, Siouxsie Sioux, and others... also the name of a PiL album 3) "The geraniums on your window sill/The carnations, dear, and the daffodil/Well, they're ordinary flowers/But they long for the light of your touch" - lyrics from Bring it on by Nick Cave 4) Bed of Roses - a song by Bon Jovi (sorry Rileydog!!! but this is hard, I'll take whatever I can think of!) 5) The Day of Wine and Roses - an album and a song by The Dream Syndicate 6) Garden of my Mind - a song by the Mickey Finn 7) Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones - an album by the Swingin' Utters 8) The Tiger Lilies - the name of a band 9) Where the Wild Roses Grow - a song by Nick Cave (due with Kylie Minogue) 10) The cover of Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde:  Cheers, M |
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Post by Kensterberg on May 25, 2004 13:17:51 GMT -5
I'm totally clueless when it comes to botanicals ... but here are
Ten More Flower Related Songs, Albums, Artists, etc.
1. Guns and Roses, once upon a time these guys were a rock and roll band.
2. Mighty Like a Rose, Elvis Costello album.
3. The Rose of England, song by Nick Lowe.
4. English Rose, song by the Jam.
5. Flowers in the Dirt, Paul McCartney album.
6. Pink Carnation, another song by the Jam.
7. Nothing But Flowers, beautiful, hilarious song by Talking Heads.
8. The Yellow Rose of Texas, official song of my adopted state, I believe.
9. Axle Rose, lead singer for aforementioned former rock and roll band.
10. Lima Beans, really bad (but somewhat funny) B-52's song.
And that was really, really hard!
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Post by Thorngrub on May 25, 2004 13:28:41 GMT -5
Nice Flower-related music lists there, Mary & Ken
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Post by samplestiltskin on May 25, 2004 13:30:20 GMT -5
small black flowers that grow in the sky, by everybody's favourite welsh band..  |
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Post by RocDoc on May 25, 2004 13:30:43 GMT -5
The band Mountain had a GREAT live disc called 'Flowers Of Evil'....FWIW. That IS a literary allusion innit? Burroughs perhaps?
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I have not knowingly heard even ONE of those 10 songs Riley cited as 'Faves Of 2004'....tho the bands' names were all familiar from here.
There's one with-it Haligonian banker!
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Only a Frenchie/Francophile/Quebecois would even KNOW that there are at least 10 types of Sunflowers.
Saulegrazos(Lith), fields of them are definitely quite cool, in a Mesozoic gigantism sort of way...
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Glad if I could be of just a little bit of help, lumen...
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Post by Mary on May 25, 2004 14:00:08 GMT -5
ooooh I gotta beat Phil to this one...
"Flowers of Evil" is a reference to Baudelaire, of course. Les Fleurs du Mal ....
Cheers,
M
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Post by phil on May 25, 2004 14:01:51 GMT -5
- The Rose ~ Bette Midler
- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme ~ Simon and Garfunkel
- The Stone Roses ~ Stone Roses
- Joshua Tree ~ U2
- Rasberry Beret - Hindu Love Gods ~ Warren Zevon
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Post by Mary on May 25, 2004 14:11:24 GMT -5
Which give me another list idea....
10 Highly Literary or Philosophical Band/Album/Artist Names/Lyrics
1) Baudelaire - a song by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
2) "From Descartes to Hegel, belief is never sure" - Lou Reed lyric from Dime Store Mystery
3) "Frederico Lorca is dead and gone" - The Clash lyric from Spanish Bombs
4) Y Kant Tori Read - Tori Amos album
5) "Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud" - Bob Dylan lyric from You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
6) St. Augustine in Hell - a song by Sting
7) Killing an Arab - the song by the Cure which is based on The Stranger by Camus
8) Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) - a song by the Birthday Party, based on Willie Shakespeare of course!
9) "Marx was skint, but he had sense, Engels lent him he necessary pence" - The Clash lyric from The Magnificent Seven
10) Who By Fire - Leonard Cohen song based on the Day of Atonement prayer
Cheers,
M
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