{"id":1875,"date":"2006-03-12T11:18:39","date_gmt":"2006-03-12T11:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/mt-entry-1875.html"},"modified":"2007-01-19T00:33:47","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T00:33:47","slug":"happy-stalking-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2006\/03\/12\/happy-stalking-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy stalking! (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Imogen<\/a>While I’m on the subject of stalking<\/a>, I wanted to mention a couple of beautiful songs. When it comes to music, I’m not actually much of a lyrics person. I’ll often listen to a song for weeks, sub-vocally singing along with the chorus, without having a clue what the song is actually saying. So it sometimes comes as a surprise to me when I discover that a light and happy, positively bouncy<\/em> pop song turns out to be…potentially darker. Take, for example, Imogen Heap’s song Goodnight and Go<\/i>, from her album Speak For Yourself<\/i><\/a> (soon to be a new single):<\/p>\n

Follow you home
\nYou’ve got your headphones on
\nAnd your dancing
\nGot lucky, beautiful shot
\nYou’re taking everything off<\/p>\n

Watch the curtains, wide open
\nAnd you fall in the same routine
\nFlicking through the TV
\nRelaxed and reclining
\nAnd you think you’re alone…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a wonderful, catchy song, but definitely treading the fine line between sexy and psycho.<\/p>\n

\"Bleu<\/a>Another hauntingly sweet and beautiful stalker song comes from the album Redhead<\/i><\/a> by Bleu<\/a>, one of my favourite CDs from 2003. (Apparently he has another album in the works–I’m looking forward to that very much.) From Watching You Sleep<\/i>:<\/p>\n

I confess I looked up your work address
\nIt wasn’t fate that bumped into you that day
\nBut it’s still me who holds your hand when your asleep
\nCause you don’t know what to do about your life<\/p>\n

So I’m watching you sleep – right outside your window
\nInches away from sleeping with you
\nYou don’t even know it
\nWatching you sleep all night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mmmm. Warm and fuzzy and slightly crazy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I’m on the subject of stalking, I wanted to mention a couple of beautiful songs. When it comes to music, I’m not actually much of a lyrics person. I’ll often listen to a song for weeks, sub-vocally singing along with the chorus, without having a clue what the song is actually saying. So it … <\/p>\n

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