I use this .sig file for all the music-related newsgroups I'm subscribed to, except alt.music.bootlegs.
People often email me asking which song the quote in my .sig comes from, so here's a page detailing the history of my signature and where all those damned quotes come from!
The first one
"Hey Eliza, now what do you want? I play piano and I sing like a hummingbird, And oh I forgot that... hummingbirds don't sing. It doesn't matter really... you know what I mean." -cc
This one was taken from the song Love and Addiction.
The next one
"Hey Eliza, now what do you want?
I play piano and I sing like a hummingbird,
And oh I forgot that... hummingbirds don't sing.
It doesn't matter really... you know what I mean." -cc
The third one
"If you see me coming home, turn me away, Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday." -cc
This one was taken from the song Barely Out Of Tuesday.
A welcome return
"Hey Eliza, now what do you want? I play piano and I sing like a hummingbird, And oh I forgot that... hummingbirds don't sing. It doesn't matter really... you know what I mean." -cc
Oooh... this one's a bit different
"All the while thinking this is the good luck It stays with her most of the time" -cc
This one was taken from the song Goodluck.
Another new one
"Sunday morning paper dated nineteen-ninety-two, There are cowboys in my kitchen, empty bottles on the roof" -cc
This one was taken from a very early version of the song Daylight Fading.
Changed it again
"She's only willing to kiss me and then lights me on fire, sprays me with water and then she lights me again." -cc
This one was taken from My Love, which was played on 31/5/00.
And again
"I know all the wrongs and rights And I just want a little light to fall on me." -cc
This one was taken from Monkey.
A non-CC one
"I've got a picture of the world - it's from Apollo XIII - it's in my wallet And I've got a book on a shelf, it's called 'The History of Man'. You know the satellite connections hook me up to Persia, You know they're showing me the colour of a baby's skin in Iran." -sordid humour
From the song Apollo XIII on the Tony Don't EP.
Another non-CC one
"I dream of them constantly, heading for paradise, or Basingstoke, or Reading" -robyn hitchcock
From I Often Dream Of Trains.
Yet Another non-CC one
"And so you wait, and lie awake, For a lonely miracle" -vertical horizon
The last bit of the chorus to Miracle on Everything You Want.
And this one's back again
"She's only willing to kiss me and then lights me on fire, sprays me with water and then she lights me again." -cc
One sig, Two quotes!
"All we know is that we don't know how it's gonna be" -oasis "I find myself at these crossroads, broken dreams, and I don't know what tomorrow might bring" -dexter freebish
Oasis' B-side Masterplan and Dexter Freebish's Tomorrow on their album A Life Of Saturdays.
Another One
"I wish I had a river so long. I could teach my feet to fly... I wish I had a river I could skate away on." -Joni Mitchell
From River on Blue.
Changed it Again
"If you want to find all the cops, they're hangin out in the doughnut shop. They sing and dance, spin the clubs, cruise down the block." -The Bangles
The Bangles' hit Walk Like An Egyptian from A Different Light.
And Again
"If you come up on Monday, then the world disappears. If you come up on Tuesday, then there's nobody here. If you come up on Wednesday, your friends are all gone. If you come up on Thursday, If you come up on Thursday, If you come up on Thursday, just don't come at all." -counting crows
Alternate lyrics to Anna Begins from some of the October 2000 shows.
Something New
"so dose me up, once is not enough, i can still see the ground.
and from this high-rise view looking down on you,
i'm not the one wasting my time." -tom mcrae
From The End Of The World News (Dose Me Up) on Tom's untitled album.
Something New by CC!
"if i could give all my love to you, i could justify myself but i'm just not coming through" -cc
From the new song Richard Manuel Is Dead.
Ed Harcourt kicks ass!
"i drink a lot of wine when i am alone
i lose my track of time, my ideas turn to stone
i pretend i'm sad that i'm still so small
but i'm not upset if i fall on my knees and beg like a dog"
-ed harcourt
From the song Apple Of My Eye on Here Be Monsters.