A couple of weeks back, the ennui set in with my Top Ten Boring Songs. As if that wasn't enough to bore you to death, here come another ten...
10. Chris Difford - On My Own I'm Never Bored
Chris Difford is a man after my own heart. The only time I ever get bored is at work... so I guess that won't be a problem in a couple of weeks...!
From 'The Last Temptation Of Chris'.
9. Paul Armfield - Why Should It Be That A Man Gets Bored
I don't know much about singer-songwriter Paul Armfield, but I find it hard to believe any man could get bored listening to this beautiful track.
8. Edwyn Collins - Bored
Edwyn Collins gives new meaning to the words "rock 'n' roll survivor".
From his amazing, Lazarus-like comeback album, 'Losing Sleep'.
7. Manic Street Preachers - Bored Out Of My Mind
I'm bored out of my mind and I'm too stoned lazy to see...
From 'Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)'.
6. The Adverts - Bored Teenagers
Some punky racket by a load of snotty-nosed upstarts from the 70s. In case you like that sort of thing.
From 'Anthology'.
5. Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored
OK, strictly speaking this isn't the name of a song, it's the name of an album... but considering it neatly sums up Evan Dando's entire career - the consummate "can't be arsed" slacker king - I couldn't leave it out.
Like the Dude himself, it's good to know Evan Dando is out there, taking it easy for all the rest of us sinners.
'Baby I'm Bored'.
4. The Clash - I'm So Bored With The USA
Yankee detectives
Are always on the TV
'Cos killers in America
Work seven days a week
In the UK, of course, killers always take Thursday afternoons off. They're not all "work, work, work".
From 'The Clash (UK Version)'.
3. Grandaddy - Kim, You Bore Me To Death
Ah, Grandaddy. They sure knew how to write a song title.
We met at a party
I was drunk and smoking cloves
I really just needed a ride back to town
No, I don't smoke cloves anymore
Amusingly, whoever uploaded this to youtube decided the song must have been written about Kim Jong Il. Man, that must have been some party - who invited both Jason Lytle and Kim Jong Il? (At least Kim wouldn't have been so very rone-ry that night.)
From 'The Broken Down Comforter Collection'.
2. Morrissey - The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
In which Morrissey bemoans a world of "policewomen, policemen, silly women taxmen, uniformed whores" and "lockjawed pop stars, thicker than pig shit" with "nothing to convey"... before concluding, with typical self-deprecation...
And I must be one, 'cos no one ever turns to me to say
Take me in your arms, Take me in your arms
And love me, And love me
From 'You Are The Quarry'.
1. Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
Iggy Pop isn't just bored - he's the Chairman of the Bored. I suppose that might explain why he ended up doing those car insurance ads.
From 'Best Of Iggy Pop'.
For my next top ten, I promise you something far more... exciting...
