Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Tuesday Tuneage
Husker Du - "New Day Rising"
1985

In which Saint Paul's own Huskers play fast fast fast and Bob Mould repeats three words over and over:

New day rising
New day rising
New day rising

It's the most audacious album opener since Mott the Hoople's debut, when they started off with a cover of "You Really Got Me" (done as an instrumental.)

"New Day Rising" is a fun one to make up your own words to. For instance, I generally have every other Friday off, so on the Thursday night I find myself singing:

Three-day weekend
Three-day weekend

There's all kinds of variatons of four or five syllable phrases that you can use:

Taco Tuesday
Surly Bender
Heggies Pizza
TV Girlfriend
Obama Mandate
Golden Chokers
Summit Saga
Scotch And Soda
Grain Belt Premium
Huskers Vinyl

Just remember: You're not insanely talking to yourself if you are instead singing!