๐ŸŽต Monthly Song Challenge ๐ŸŽต

Day 12: A song that you discovered through this thread

I haven't posted much on this thread... But I am a creepy lurker sometimes - I know. It's so not surprising because I'm very shy. Anyway, I hadn't listened to The Smiths because I was barely born when a lot of their music came out and my family loved classical music and Broadway.
Long story not so short @__Nathan1968 posted a song that I liked so much I added it to my playlist.

The Smiths: Please please please let me get what I want

Great choice! I love this song so much ๐Ÿ’—
 
Day 12: A song that you discovered through this thread

I've been meaning to get into Ween since the late 90s, but I never seem to actually do it. They seem like they would be a perfect band for me to take one of my all-consuming deep dives into, where it's practically the only thing that I listen to for about a month, exploring every corner of their mythology and their world. I have had a few false starts down that path, where I've read interviews and researched the band... basically doing everything 'except' listening to the actual music. So I have felt like my lack of familiarity with Ween is a huge blind spot in my musical knowledge...
However, "through this thread" I have come to see that I may not even realize the totality of what I've been missing. I always assumed that Ween was quite Zappa-esque... maybe mixing in some Flaming Lips, a little Primus, hopefully a bit of my heroes in Devo... but basically all reveling in the "weird", for lack of a better term. And then, through this lovely thread, I heard an absolutely touching Ween song... which I was not expecting at all. So now I 'need' to explore the rest. This is so beautiful.

Edit: Whoops... I forgot to thank the person who introduced this song to us here.
I believe there was some joking about those of us who are "too old" to post properly. Guilty. Thank you @PassionatePanther! Your posts are as diverse, surprising and delightful as the band, and song, to which you turned me on! Life imitating art, perhaps. Truly wonderful posts, and song choices!
(Okay, that's too much ass-kissing, even for me. I'll show myself out.)

Ween - Stay Forever

 
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Day 13: A sexy song

Je Tโ€™aimeโ€ฆmoi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin


ETA the translated lyrics. Gainsbourg was cynical about love.
Her: I love you
Him: (no you donโ€™t, and) neither do I
So heโ€™s saying โ€˜love is delusionalโ€™ without interrupting the seduction of her.

I love you I love you
Oh yes, I love you

Me neither

Oh my love

like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I go
Between your loins
I go and I come
Between your loins
And I hold back

I love you I love you
Oh yes, I love you

Me neither

Oh my love
You are the wave, I am the bare island
You go, you go and you come
Between my kidneys
You come and you go
Between my kidneys

And I join you
I love you I love you
Oh yes, I love you

Me neither
Oh my love
like the undecided wave
I go, I go and I go
Between your loins
I go and I come
Between your loins
And I hold back

You go, you go and you come
Between my kidneys
You come and you go
Between my kidneys
And I join you
I love you I love you
Oh yes, I love you

Me neither
Oh my love
Physical love is hopeless
I go, I go and I go
Between your loins
I go and I come
I hold myself back

No now
Come
 
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