Monday, 17 December 2012

My Top Ten "She's Got..." Songs

Ten songs about things she's got. Not sure who she is, but she's obviously a damn fine (and extremely complex) woman if she's got all ten...

10. Gary Numan - She's Got Claws

This was released in 1981.

It could only have been released in 1981.

9. Fountains of Wayne - She's Got A Problem

Keep an eye on her, lads, in case she does summat dumb.

8. Little Richard - She's Got It

Because if Little Richard says she has, she must have.

7. Super Furry Animals - She's Got Spies

Not like the KGB, CIA or MI6 though. It's just a game they play.

She's Got Spies by Super Furry Animals on Grooveshark

6. Cosmo Jarvis - She's Got You (Wrapped Round Her Little Finger)

If I didn't like this song anyway (come on - it's Cosmo!), I'd be won over by the video which begins with a long debate between Cosmo and his mate about Star Wars, Star Trek and The Hulk.

5. The Offspring - She's Got Issues


Don't we all?

The video stars Zooey Deschanel in the (well-cast) title role... and Gary Busey as the lead singer of The Offspring. (I think.)

4. Billy Bragg - She's Got A New Spell

The video shows why Billy now holds a guitar at all times while on stage.

One minute she says
She's gone to get the cat in
The next thing I know
She's mumbling in Latin

3. ZZ Top - (She Got) Legs

And, apparently, she knows how to use them.

2. Dexys - She Got A Wiggle

No longer running at midnight, Kevin Rowland returned earlier this year with his long-awaited comeback album... only 27 years after the last one. And damn it if it wasn't a stone cold classic.

1. Billy Joel - She's Got A Way

Back in the early 70s, fame seemed a distant dream for the young, ex-boxer Billy Joel. When he finally managed to land a record deal, the producer mastered the recordings at the wrong speed. John Peel would have been proud. Years later, that ill-fated debut album, Cold Spring Harbour, was re-released at the correct speed... and revealed some truly gorgeous songs. This is one of the best.

As I've said before, and I'll say again: if you don't like Billy Joel... you don't like music.



They're all the thing's she got. But which one gets you going?

7 comments:

  1. No Half Man half Biscuit? She's Got Dickie Davies Eyes...

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    1. Good call. We've had a lot of HMHB round here lately, but that's a classic.

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  2. Perfect Skin. I'd have ZZ top at number 1 too. Love that. Great for singing in your head whist walking. Gives you a sexy strut!

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    1. Damn it! How did I forget Perfect Skin? THAT should have been Number One!

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  3. Can't think of any more. Been put off whilst following Kelloggs Ville to the shops.

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    1. Hopefully, she's got mace - and knows how to use it.

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