Frick. My post was eaten. I swear to you, I have listened to "And So It Goes" three times already this morning. I was in a weird, slightly meloncholy Billy Joel mood when I woke up and I grabbed disc three of the next to last box set on my way out the door. I've been listening to it on repeat since I got to work. And here's my declaration of the day: while "sexy" and "Billy Joel" aren't often words that get put together without sarcastic finger quotes, there is little that I find hotter than the "please baby, please baby, please..." part of his cover of "Light as the Breeze".

But I might change it up and use the Nick Lowe song. That would be even better. Why not go whole hog and use "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass?" That should bode well for the union! ;-) ETA: Is there anything funnier than A Very Perry Christmas? Absolutely nothing. One of my faves!

Right. Well, "Born in the USA" wasn't exactly a patriotic jingle but it certainly never stopped entire governments from usurping the sentiment. Like people using "Fortunate Son" and a personal fave, Carnival Cruises using "Lust for Life"

Oy vey. You are correct-that is totally hot. Love that song. I'm pretty sure that version was on every mixtape or cd I made for several years. It probably didn't fit very well with the Pixies and Sonic Youth, but I don't care. There is something kinda hot about Billy Joel in general-that might just be me, tho. No, there are definitely moments where I'm with you on that. I was into him during that late eighties beard and plaid shirt/Storm Front phase. Nowadays I'm too distracted by the constant presence of his child bride to even consider how rough he's looking, much less any past sexiness he might have been working with. Research indicates the song isn't just about what my dirty little mind thought it was about. Turns out it's all deep and stuff. Isn't that a little disappointing? I like my version better, which is short on plot and heavy on the good stuff. Though I *suppose* the deeper analysis is acceptable to me, though I prefer my porn to be message free. {g}

Heh. I listened to a band called The Nields in college, and at one of their concerts, the singer talked about how a friend asked them to perform a song at their wedding reception. She was thrilled to do so, and asked what she wanted. The friend said, "Oh, how about that really pretty one? In the Hush Before the Heartbreak?" This, of course, is an exquisitely depressing ballad about an impending breakup. The singer said it seriously took her a while to talk her friend out of it.

A song that people used to slow dance to in the late 60s-early 70s that freaks me the f**k out is "Cherish" by The Association. Unbelievably creepy lyrics and the way the music keeps building ::shudder:: Another one that people think is romantic and is the furthest thing from it is "You're Gorgeous" by Baby Bird But perhaps my ultimate skeeve is John Mayer's 'Your Body is a Wonderland" The title is bad enough. The lyrics are worse. Have you ever read them? Some of the most icky lyrics, IMO I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase I don't even want to think about it. AND, FTW: I'll never let your head hit the bed Without my hand behind it Ew, just ew, just ew and ew again. Gee John, that's mighty gentlemanly of you to not bang her skull in to the headboard. Ugh. (Can you tell this song really bothers me?)

No romance in ya, Fid. That's all. Not an bit of romance left in ya. That jaded nature of yours really isn't an attractive quality. Why-I would weep-WEEP I tell you!-if a man stated that my body was a wonderland. And would that he compared my tongue to bubblegum, why 'twould be all the more heartbreakingly beautiful. The joy would be greater than any I had ever known. My heart would be forever his. :lol:

I'll never let your head hit the bed Without my hand behind it Seriously? Seriously? I've never even heard the song. The title is enough to scare me away. I've always loved Cherish though. Whenever I hear that song, I think of Annie Potts dancing to it in Pretty In Pink.

"Your Body is a Wonderland" is a total guilty pleasure of mine. The tongue part just kills me. I like to imagine, based on his pretty fucked up sense of humor, that he wrote that song as a joke and when the record company decided to release it he was all "STFU, really??". But, that's just my fantasy. I also have a fantasy that the Beckhams sit around on the weekends and spend a good hour or two making fun of Tom and Katie and laughing themselves sick.

So, for those who haven't heard it...Your Body is a Wonderland. Total guilty pleasure. Total. However, his My Stupid Mouth may in fact be the story of my life. Okay, here's a question...what about your musical past do you absolutely keep secret (until now)? To start us off, I must confess that I've been to two NSYNC concerts.