Ten songs about librarians. Shh!
(The Tori Amos "Greatest Hits" collection pictured above doesn't contain any librarian songs, but did order the songs using the Dewey Decimal System.)
10. The Research - Librarian Girl
Wakefield indie band from the early noughties. No relation to the Michael Jackson song (sic).
We're all looking for a meaning in a meaningless world.
9. Jimmy Buffett - Love In The Library
And I thought Jimmy spent all his time messing about on boats. Turns out he also hangs around in libraries, looking for love...
She gathered her books, walked while she read
Words never spoken but so much was said
You can read all you want into this rendezvous
But it's safer than most things that lovers can do
Words never spoken but so much was said
You can read all you want into this rendezvous
But it's safer than most things that lovers can do
8. Hefner - The Librarian
He started to woo her in the most peculiar way
The librarian's dress was a fawner shade of grey
The books he was to borrow he would surely never read
They had an intellectual calibre he hoped that she would see
The librarian's dress was a fawner shade of grey
The books he was to borrow he would surely never read
They had an intellectual calibre he hoped that she would see
Been there. Didn't get me anywhere.
7. Eels - Baby Loves Me
Record company hates me
The doctor says I'm sick
The bad girls think I'm just too nice
And the nice girls call me "dick"
The doctor says I'm sick
The bad girls think I'm just too nice
And the nice girls call me "dick"
But baby loves me!
(And the librarian shushes him too. Poor E.)
6. My Morning Jacket - The Librarian
Simple little bookworm, buried underneath
Is the sexiest librarian,
Is the sexiest librarian,
Take off those glasses and let down your hair for me
Steady on, fellas...
I like this song because it mentions both "the interweb" and "Karen of the Carpenters".
5. Haunted Love - The Librarian
I want to check out your books...
Innuendo never sounded so buttoned-up and proper!
4. The Divine Comedy - My Imaginary Friend
Remember the mobile library? Neil does...
Daddy drives the mobile library.
He works peripatetically.
He doesn't get much time to play with us
So we just read and make up stuff.
And it drives him round the bend,
Me and my imaginary friend.
He works peripatetically.
He doesn't get much time to play with us
So we just read and make up stuff.
And it drives him round the bend,
Me and my imaginary friend.
You can search the whole library for another song that features the word "peripatetically"... good luck in finding one.
More early Go-Betweens - from their first ever single, the b-side to Lee Remick.
I know this girl
This very special girl
And she works in a library, yeah
Standing there behind the counter
Willing to help
With all the problems that I encounter
Helps me find Hemingway
Helps me find Genet
Helps me find Brecht
Helps me find Chandler
Helps me find James Joyce
She always makes the right choice
2. INXS - Heaven Sent
Tuesday she works in the library uptown
Some useful knowledge can always be found
Don't burn the library till you've read all the books
Sometimes in life you get a second look
Some useful knowledge can always be found
Don't burn the library till you've read all the books
Sometimes in life you get a second look
Not a band that were known for their great literary offerings, but they sure could bang out a tune.
1. Nick Cave - There She Goes, My Beautiful World
Name-dropping the most famous librarian ever and notorious parent-abuser...
While Philip Larkin, he stuck it out
In a library in Hull
Any librarians filed in your stacks? Dewey decimal placings will be required.
