SONGS ABOUT REJECTION

SONGS ABOUT REJECTION

 

The audiophiles made the following suggestions for songs on the broad theme of rejection:

 

1. Cde CALLAS: NEW ROMANTIC, Laura Marling

‘My mind has fucked me over/ More times than any man can ever know’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNxar07_9YA

 

2. Cde ATTWELL: UNFORGIVEN, Metallica

‘Never free, never me/ So I dub the unforgiven’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgrl9S6HtK8

 

3. Cde MASON: IT’S NOTHING TO ME, Sanford Clark

‘I’d rather have a hot seat in Sing Sing Prison/ Than sit by her on that stool…’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvb_lIh7rEc

(have had to post a Jim Reeves cover)

 

4. Cde HENOCQ: LITTLE BLACK SUBMARINES, The Black Keys

‘Oh, can it be/ The voices calling me/ They get lost and out of time
I should’ve seen it glow/ But everybody knows/ That a broken heart is blind’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F20zZKWeXyg

 

5. Cde CHERRY: THESE ANIMAL MENSWEAR, Art Brut

‘Last week, she attempted suicide sixteen times, apparently she nearly died.
On the phone her mother cried/ Eddie just, shrugged and sighed.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-JwUAG_Vao

 

6. Cde DELLER: GOOD LUCK, Basement Jaxx

‘But wake up baby/ You’re so totally deluded
You’ll end up old and lonely/ If you don’t get a bullet in your head’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO9I61gYlms

 

7. Cde WALSH: MUTINY, William Elliott Whitmore

‘Well it’s a goddamn shame what’s going down / How we got to this I do not know

There’s a sick, sick wind that is blowin’ ’round / And the captain’s got to go’

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9axGUdvV2c

 

8. Cde MCCULLOCH: GORDON IS AMORON, Jilted John

‘I was so upset that I cried, all the way to the chip shop

When I came out there was Gordon, standing at the bus stop’

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeSa3_FvJNs&feature=fvst

 

 

The vote for the best song about rejection proved to be a triumph for democracy over the vagaries of multiple electoral systems.

 

It was agreed to pursue a system by which more tyhan 50% of the electorate must choose.

 

On the first round William Elliott Whitmore, Art Brut, and Metallica gained 0 votes; Laura Marling and Sanford Clark gained 1. Jilted John, Basement Jaxx and Black Keys had two each.

 

When votes were transferred Jilted John was eliminated in the second round. His votes passed to Black Keys giving them a majority 5 votes.

 

It was thus ensured that every other artiste and selector had a taste of rejection.

 

Next meeting: ATTwell FAREwell (details to be released)

Subsequently: GUILTY PLEASURES (note spelling Cde Henocq)