Thursday 8 March 2012

Happy Days



There it is.

This morning I had a few deliveries to make, and my weapon of choice for the task was my trusty Volvo. Yes, I know it's horrifically uncool to like Volvos, but I am unconcerned by such things. I care not one jot. My barney is not bothered*. I give not a fig. You can barely move for the amount of fucks I do not give. It's an ace car and I will brook no argument on the matter.

One of the many many wonderful things about it is tucked away in the little cubby hole/armrest between the front seats, which was probably designed to accomodate a fondue set, a member of ABBA or some other essential Swedish accoutrement.

A USB port.

This means that I can connect my iphone to the car's sound system and have my crap choice in music rattling the windows. It's quite a good sound system and on full volume it has the ability to frighten small dogs and pensioners at 50 paces.

So this morning's playlist was as per the photo at top. I put it together yesterday and it contains nothing but tracks I can sing** along to in a wildly overenthusiastic manner. Some tracks even get full-on mimes of the singer responsible (Mick Jagger, I'm looking at you) and "chicca wah" style guitar breaks by yours truly at 70mph.

Anyway, if you're interested, here's my soundtrack for the morning. I was quite surprised at just how many of the words I remembered. By the time I was back in the office I was as happy as a dog with two....um, well.....tails. Yes, a dog with two tails.

Shake Me Down - Cage The Elephant
Jump Into The Fog - The Wombats
Beautiful Day - U2
Nem Vem Que Nao Tem - Wilson Simonal
Underdog - Turin Brakes
Pass Out - Tinie Tempah
Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
Rewired - Kasabian
Gold On The Ceiling - The Black Keys
Italian Leather Sofa - Cake
Burn Baby Burn - Ash
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
Kate - Ben Folds Five
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant
Ooh La - The Kooks

Sadly missing is Voodoo Child by Hendrix. I have several versions of it, most of which he's playing whilst ripped to the tits on various recreational pharmaceuticals and I couldn't find the (slight return) version before I left the office. It will be fixed.

Today is a good day.

NDC

* - This is one of the FMA's colloquialisms from north of the border. I hope I said it right...
** - Shout.

5 comments:

  1. Once upon a time when I was an account director at a fancy PR agency and everyone else was getting a Golf GTi, I got a Volvo. I did it because it amused me, but I then grew to love it. Good happy track list...especially Turin Brakes and The Black Keys

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  2. "a fondue set, a member of Abba ..." oh -- you're GOOD!

    Kate is a fantastic shout your guts out song. That whole album is, really.

    I think I better grab it for the trip to school and back!

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  3. Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, and the Black Keys?

    Well done, sir. Well done.

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  4. Oh for the love of God, don't encourage him, it's me that'll have to listen to it. That's just a relatively benign version, you should hear what we usually have on... big boi anyone?

    FMA

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  5. Love the black keys......and volvos..........

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