Blobby‘s month to select the music. And he chose songs with an article of clothing in the title. Doesn’t sound too difficult. I think. I assume he was either getting dressed, or un, or maybe doing laundry when he thought it up.

For some reason, this song came to my mind first. Maybe the somberness of it reflects in some way how I’ve been feeling since 45 took office. I’m not sure. But it fits my mood. And it does reference an article of clothing in the title.

I give you R.E.M.’s 1988 “Hairshirt”:

I picked the theme for this month: 80’s songs that make you cringe. And Blobby‘s correct: I did select the theme and emailed it to him while inebriated gambrinous on the streets of New Orleans. It’s what popped into my head first, so I ran with it. Unlike other things I’d like to have been popping in my head while in NOLA.

And Blobby seems to be picking songs I like. Hmm…

I don’t know what it is exactly about this song that makes me cringe, but it does. Maybe it’s the synth. There’s a lot of songs with synth that don’t bother me through. Maybe it’s the weird echo singing. There’s a lot of songs with that too that don’t bother me. Maybe it’s just me, judging by the comments on my last few of these…

I give you Animotion’s 1985 song “Obsession”:

And did everyone in the 80s dance like that?

I picked the theme for this month: 80’s songs that make you cringe. And Blobby‘s correct: I did select the theme and emailed it to him while inebriated gambrinous on the streets of New Orleans. It’s what popped into my head first, so I ran with it. Unlike other things I’d like to have been popping in my head while in NOLA.

I was just going to list this person’s discography, but I guess I just need to post one song. Her voice = nails on a chalkboard. Actually, I’d rather listen to Yoko Ono on a drunk bender attempting to cover Beatles songs than listen to Kate Bush sing anything. And then this one song, which SiriusXM’s 1st Wave likes to play just makes me cringe. Her voice, and those horns.

I give you Kate Bush’s 1985 “Running Up That Hill”. *shudder*

I picked the theme for this month: 80’s songs that make you cringe. And Blobby is correct: I did select the theme and emailed it to him while inebriated gambrinous on the streets of New Orleans. It’s what popped into my head first, so I ran with it. Unlike other things I’d like to have been popping in my head while in NOLA.

I LOATHE this song. This will be on repeat in my own personal Hell. And it’s the synth-horns section that kills it for me. It could have been a good song, perhaps. But that one bit of the song over and over is worse than nails on a chalkboard for me. Something about it is just out of sync with the rest of the song to my ear. I PHYSICALLY cringe any time it comes on SiriusXM’s 1st Wave, especially if I can’t change the channel. Like when I’m at the studio mid-tattoo.

I give you Human League’s “(Keep Feeling) Fascination”… *shudder*