Theme Song Meme

Apparently I've been tagged by two different people on a meme to give theme songs to blogs so here goes:

http://www.sk8-rn.blogspot.com
The Skating Nurse's Blog: Pandora's Box

I chose two songs, both by Book of Love, for Sk8's blog. Let's just hope she doesn't HATE the band Book of Love. The first is a song about masturbation, and I chose it because of Sk8's penchant towards the erotic, particularly her exploration of sexuality.

I Touch Roses by Book of Love

"If you think I'm magical
cause roses bloom with my touch
thats mathematical
I think you think too much
I touch roses
If you try to talk with me
if you try to copy my
pocket full of poses
you still can't touch my roses
I touch rosesI touch roses
I touch rosesI touch roses
If you think I'm magical
cause roses bloom with my touch
but magics just not practical
I think you think too much
I touch roses"

The second song, Boy, is a song I listened to over and over as a teenager as it exemplified my feeling of not fitting into the mold with my own sense of gender/sexual identity. Sk8 writes great posts about going dancing and how she has intrigueing encounters with men. I also think that her skateboarding is subversive, reminding me of the delightful line in the song: I want to be where the boys are.

Boy by Book of Love

"I want to be where the boys are
but I'm not allowed
I wait outside of the boy's bar
I wait for them to all come out

I'm not a
boy

It's not my fault
that I'm not a boy
it's not my fault
I don't have those toys

I'm not a
boy

And now it's alright
without those boys
I stay at home at night
and I play with my toys

I'm not a
boy"

http://biologicaldiversity.blogspot.com
Debra's Endangered Blog

I chose "Being Green" as Debra's theme song because she works in biology. She's smart and unusual, as is her blog. She is having a tough summer being green but all of us are routing for her!

Bein Green by Sesame Street/Kermit the Frog

"It's not that easy bein' green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold
Or something much more colorful like that

It's not easy bein' green
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
Or stars in the sky

But green's the color of Spring
And green can be cool and friendly-like
And green can be big like an ocean
Or important like a mountain
Or tall like a tree

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why
But why wonder, why wonder?
I am green and it'll do fine
It's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be"

http://www.nowtellmeagainwhatamidoinghere.blogspot.com
P.F. Flyer's Blog (one of two)

I chose this song for P.F. on impulse or instinct or both. Her blog has an air of melancholy, wit, humor, and otherworldliness. Also it is beautiful, just like this song. Also, P-f misses her son, but that is a personal issue.

Cats in the Cradle by Harry Chapin

"My child arrived just the other day
He came to the world in the usual way
But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
He learned to walk while I was away
And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it, and as he grew
He'd say "I'm gonna be like you dad
You know I'm gonna be like you'

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man on the moon
When you comin' home dad?
I don't know when, but we'll get together then son
You know we'll have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said, "Thanks for the ball, Dad, come on let's play
Can you teach me to throw', I said 'Not today
I got a lot to do", he said, 'That's ok'
And he walked away but his smile never dimmed
And said, 'I'm gonna be like him, yeah
You know I'm gonna be like him' "