Starry Eyes

I don't want to argue. I ain't gonna budge.
Won't you take this number down before you call up the judge?
I don't want to argue. There's nothing to say.
Get me out of your starry eyes and be on your way!

Friday random musical spew, we're starting late, so off we go:

1. Flying Saucer from the album "Polkas For A Gloomy World" by Brave Combo

I don't want to read your book.
(read your book)
I don't want to hear your tale.
(hear your tale)
I don't want to see any photos you took
Or get UFO news in the mail
(U-F-O)
I want to see something not from Earth,
Something new to understand,
Something way beyond sex, death, or birth,
Or playing music in this band.

2. Tubby Brothers from the album "Nashville Radio Companion Earwig" by Jon Langford ....aaaaaaaannnnnnndd THERE'S the weekly Mekons connection, 2nd out of the gate!
3. Deathwish from the album "Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (Disc 1)" by The Police
4. A Most Successful Formula from the album "Dispepsi" by Negativland One of the most hilarious anti-commercial publications of last century. was hard to find for a while because of legal challenges from - you guessed it - Pepsi-Co. "A Most Successful Formula."
5. Magnum Opus from the album "Kansas [Boxed Set Disc Two]" by Kansas Ouch; that'll take a point or ten off of the IMS rating.
6. Wayside from the album "D.I.Y.: Come Out And Play" by Artful Dodger
7. Boops (Here To Go) from the album "The Island Story: 1962-1987 - 25th Anniversary [Disc 1]" by Sly & Robbie
8. Jane Austen's Door from the album "Darktown" by Steve Hackett
9. I Shall Not Be Moved from the album "Unearthed IV: My Mother's Hymn Book" by Johnny Cash
10. Basketball Jones from the album "Butterface" by Ghettobillies


Bonus, oh, I don't know, 4.6:

11. Boilin' Blazes from the album "The Secondman's Middle Stand" by Mike Watt Watt! The Mighty Boomstick!
12. Christmas Is Quiet from the album "Just Say Noël" by The Wild Colonials
13. Aries from the album "Indelibly Stamped" by Supertramp Some IMS may tag me on this one too, but this is from some really obscure early stuff, and is more jazz-inflected, more Steely Dan-ish than you would think.
14. Is It Luck? from the album "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese" by Primus Oooh, that's an aggressive end note. Here's the point six:
14.6 Dragon Lady from the album "Lost Somewhere Between The Earth and My Home" by The Geraldine Fibbers Excellent song to end this on

I can be quiet or I can be loud
Anything to make my daddy proud
We'll take hostages make demands
Set fire to all our best laid plans
We'll assemble volatile explosive devices
Sell them for exorbitant prices
Purchase an aircraft learn to fly
Run outta gas while we're in the sky
Automatic pilot and x-ray spex
We were kissing in the cockpit when the airplane wrecked

Everything I say is a stupid lie.
I won't tell the truth even when I die.
I'll pick myself to pieces 'til the end of time,
then I'll glue'em back together in a stupid rhyme, yeah yeah.