I love my city. I really do.
One of the reasons I love Columbus is CD101, the local alternative/new/weirdshit radio station. And when I say 'alternative', I mean it. They play the strangest crap ever.
Okay, now an admission: I really know jack and shit about music. But when I hear a song that I like (for whatever reason) I'll go to the ends of the earth to track it down. So tonight, in the car on the way home from dinner, CD101 starts playing... this song. This... ironic progressive-pop song. This...
I nearly died laughing. By the end of the song I was completely and utterly in love. And then the DJ comes on and tells me that the song is by a local artist by the name of Scott (completely mangled phlegmy noise).
Local artist. Scott. Name of the song is pretty easy to guess from the lyrics.
I went out on the Web. In five minutes I had his full name, the name of the song, and... an mp3. God, I love the Web.
Anyway. The song is called 'Popular', the artist's name is Scott Gorsuch, and if you'd like to hear the mp3, go here. (You can also get his song 'Tangerine', which is also nifty. And then you are honorbound to order his CD 'Purple' here. Like I'm going to do.)
I've made an effort to transcribe the lyrics to 'Popular', although I probably got a few words wrong; I hereby cut the journal entry to spare the uninterested. Click on the comments link below to view them --
'Popular'
by Scott Gorsuch
Number A Records
I heard you were at the party
you were the hit I guess
a thousand eyes upon you
in your see-through dress
and all the guys around you
wanted to take you home
which one doesn't matter
as long as you're not alone
attention - yeah
affection - no
She said I am not
I am not a slut
I am not a slut, I'm just popular
Popular
Now several champagnes later
finds you in some strange flat
It's so hard to take focus
when you're on your back
and now you're feeling dirty
as your cheeks flush red
a thousand baths can't clean
the demons inside your head
attention - yeah
affection - no
She said I am not
I am not a slut
I am not a slut, I'm just popular
Popular
What would you do
if they broke your heart in two
would you say
whoa no and run away
run
ooh, run
attention - yeah
affection - no
attention - yeah
affection - no
She said I am not
I am not a slut
I am not a slut, I'm just popular
Popular
Hey, popular
Popular (whoooo)
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I think all DJs are trained to do that in DJ school - when they play an obscure song you might actually like, chances are they'll instantly leap into the next song which inevitably turns out to be pop trash.
And if you actually get lucky, they mention the title of the song, but it always ends up as "blah blah by *mumble mumble*". Which is annoying because they can pronounce "Britney Spears" and "Christina Aguilera" perfectly, but they can't pronounce "Suzanne Vega".
But in his defence, I must say that "Gorsuch" isn't exactly to pronounce properly in a job where hesitation is verboten.
Posted by dar @ 03/13/2002 08:27 AM EST
Hmmm....is "Tangerine" that song that used to be on the radio a lot in the early '90's (can't remember any specific year...) and they made a video about it? Nah, prolly not, but that just sounded familiar....
Posted by Wolf @ 03/13/2002 11:03 AM EST
Heh, yeah, I've done a brief stint as a deejay myself, and man, I've fallen flat on my ass on pronunciation a couple of times. Ouchie. But hey, I found the song, so all is well.
Wolf, I think you're thinking of 'Glycerine'. 'Tangerine' is a funky Pink-Floydish pastichey thing.
Posted by Mooncalf @ 03/14/2002 09:39 PM EST
