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Tracy Chapman -- Crossroads

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In the order iTunes sorted them:
( Ani DiFranco, Broken Social Scene, Dixie Chicks, Mountain Goats )

I was standing in a beautiful kitchen in Adelaide this morning, listening to Triple J, and on comes Placebo's new song Battle for the sun. Cue much joy, for so many reasons -- it's a dark, sexy song, and then there are the lyrics:

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Heard on 6EBA's late night cycle of songs:
a man's deep voice, with a slow guitar (finger picking?)

Lyrics (paraphrased somewhat):
"There's a madman out on the highway, going on a killing spree...
God bless the rain, and god bless the train. God bless the warm sunshine, and god bless the pain"

I've tried Googling with no luck.
Any ideas, anyone?

Ha! There's a page out there somewhere (possibly on TVtropes?) that lists all the 'um, you didn't actually listen to that song before you decided to use it in your ad, did you?' moments.

Just heard on the radio, my contender: an ad for a bed company, set to the gentle piano of Gary Jules' cover of Mad World. Whups.

mr_booboo, black_samvara and I went down to Freo.

( Mama Kin, Ani DiFranco; The Waifs )

I heard Saltwater Band on RTR FM at least a month ago now. I looked them up, found that 78 Records had one of their albums for sale online and impulse ordered it. It didn't arrive until last week, and then there was the tangle of getting the package to a convenient post office so I could go sign for it, then being busy/distracted until I could even ( Read more... )