5 on Friday - Set 20

For this week's set, I'm presenting six hipstresses (one of the five are actually a sister duo.)

For more marvellous music, visit Travis at Trav's Thoughts.

1 - Secret - The Pierces

Got a secret
Can you keep it
Swear this one you'll save
Better lock it
In your pocket
Taking this one to the grave

If I show you
Then I know you
Won't tell what I said
Cause two
Can keep a secret
If one of them is dead

- Allison and Catherine Pierce



2 - I Wanna Be Your Dog - Emilie Simon

Now we're gonna be face to face
And I'll lay right down
In my favorite place

Now I'm ready to close my eyes
And now I'm ready
To close my mind

Now I'm ready
To feel your hand
And lose my heart
On the burning sand

- Dave Alexander / Ron and Scott Asheton / Iggy Pop



3 - Chick Habit - April March

Hang up the chick habit
Hang it up, Daddy
Or you'll be alone in a quick

Hang up the chick habit
Hang it up, Daddy
Or you'll never get another fix

I'm telling you it's not a trick
Pay attention, don't be thick
Or you're likely to get licked

- Gainsbourg / March



4 - Cascade - Deluka

I want your temper when it's burning hot
Cause it hurts me like a thousand watts
You spit fire and it makes me run away
It cuts deep like a switchblade

Fade in, fade out
And don't make me shout
When words hit walls
The lights go out
Nights crash, eyes flash
You don't know
You don't even know me

- Brasco / Innocenti / Kovacs / Palmer



5 - Watching the Clothes - The Pretenders

There go the whites
Gettin whiter
There go the colors
Getting brighter
There go the delicates
Into the final rinse

There goes my Saturday night
I go without a fight

- Chrissie Hynde



Jamie says Every time I hear Deluka it surprises me how much I like her. May have to get an album at some point.

Linda says All new songs and singers for me this week with the exception of The Pretenders. THIS is why I love this meme of Travis', it gives us the chance to expand our musical horizons a bit!

Minnesota Mamaleh says What a fun, creative compilation! All new to me!

Poetry Train Monday - 106 - I'm Ready

Last Thursday I posted thirteen songs that I picked from my various YouTube playlists. For today's found poetry, I've taken several lines from each song that I posted and have reworked those lines into a poem.

Ride the Poetry Train!


I'm Ready


The line I shoot will never miss
Now I'm ready to close my eyes
I'm telling you it's not a trick
And I feel awkward, as I should

And now I'm ready to feel your hand
Strike me down
Give me everything you've got
You should see my scars

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
Sometimes I scare myself - I just can't let it go
Erase and rewind
You're on your own now

And when do you think it will all become clear?
Sometimes, the first thing you want never comes
Change your heart
It will astound you

I'll be everything I'm not
You're liable to get licked
I'm still caged inside
Do I really want this?

I can't escape this hell
I said it's fine before
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
Your rescue squad is too exhausted

It’s been shitty
And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me
Everybody's gotta learn sometime

Pieces are falling I can't seem to make them stay
Help me believe it's not the real me
Lose my heart on the burning sands
The way I make love to 'em

Pay attention, don't be thick
They can't resist
C'mon baby can you bleed like me
This club has got to be the most pretentious thing

Sometimes, the last thing you want comes in first
I'm tearing away
Yes, I said it's fine before
'Cuz I'm being taken over by the Fear

Sometimes...
I know, the waiting is all you can do
And now I'm ready to close my mind
Strike me down

Change your heart
I've changed my mind
Just try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
We won't save you

Everything happens for reasons I just don't know
Can you believe it?
But I don't think so no more
I take it back

Look around you
So many
Times
I've tried


















Original text by:

Lily Allen / Bjork / Bo Diddley / Drowning Pool / Finger Eleven / Serge Gainsbourg / Garbage / Adam Gontier / Matthew Hales / The Korgis / April March / Nina Persson / Sneaker Pimps / Barry Stock / The Stooges / Peter Svensson

Richard Wells says This is an interesting experiment. One of the founders of Dada was almost lynched for composing a poem out of random words from a newspaper. Those were the days when people cared...

Gautami Tripathy says I liked how it flowed. I know it isn't easy but you do it seamlessly.

Fledgling Poet says This all came together so seamlessly... Loved it!

Thursday Thirteen - 111 - 13 Videos From My YouTube Playlists

I've had a crazy busy week at work, so I felt like chillin'. Let's dig some tunes off my various YouTube playlists.

1 - Emilie Simon



2 - Black Strobe



3 - April March

This is a Death Proof compilation video.



4 - Finger Eleven



5 - Bjork



6 - Sneaker Pimps - Lightening Field

This is a BBC Robin Hood Season 3 compilation video. Don't watch if you don't like spoilers.



7 - Garbage



8 - Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime

This is an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind compilation video.



9 - Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful

This is a Twilight compilation video.



10 - Lily Allen



11 - The Cardigans



12 - Drowning Pool

This is a Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor) compilation video. It's a Russian urban paranormal film. This video contains a few graphic images of violence.



13 - Three Days Grace - Animal I Have Become

This is a BBC Robin Hood Season 1 & 2 compilation video. Don't watch if you don't like spoilers.