Sad Stories & Sadder Songs http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories Just another blogs.citylightsguide.com weblog Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 en 12 - Ben Folds Five - Lullabye http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/09/18/12-ben-folds-five-lullabye/ http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/09/18/12-ben-folds-five-lullabye/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:55:45 +0000 CityLightsGuide.com http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/09/18/12-ben-folds-five-lullabye/ This is me playing ‘Lullabye’ from Ben Folds Five. If you just wanna hear the song, go to 2:57. Hope you enjoy!

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]]> http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/09/05/11-carla-brunis-le-plus-beau-du-quartier/feed/ 10 - Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/08/28/10-paul-simons-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover/ http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/08/28/10-paul-simons-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:20:21 +0000 CityLightsGuide.com http://blogs.citylightsguide.com/sadstories/2007/08/28/10-paul-simons-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover/ This is me covering Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” using a keyboard, loop pedal, and melodica. I do some beat boxing, which I apologize for. If you just want the song, go to 4:30 in the video. Enjoy!  (Leave a comment after the jump…)

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This is my best LA story thus far, bar none. Ken is a freak, isn’t he? The telling of this story is a bit…shall we say, disjointed? But you can get the idea. I try to hit on a girl in a bar. Turns out she’s with friends. One of them is named Ken. The girl likes Ken. Ken doesn’t like the girl. I flirt with girl. I fail miserably. Ken and I talk. Three minutes go by. I leave the bar. Three days later, I receive this song. Crazy. Full lyrics after the jump:

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Regan, I am not crazy. I’m totally normal. And I don’t feel any mind-numbing, heart-breaking love for you. Really. None at all.

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