Time to knock another installment off my 1000 minutes. If you're lost, start here.3. Portishead - Glory Box (5:06) [Time Remaining: 990.41]
It was difficult for me to resist tossing on Dummy in it's entirety. After all, it seems impossible for a girl to outgrow such heavy-hitters as "It Could Be Sweet," "Sour Times," and "It's a Fire." You see, Dummy effectively tamed my inner tomboy. In an age of grunge, flannel shirts, and all-around poor hygiene, Portishead brought the glory back to femininity. If I were brave enough to use the term "sexuality," this album made me own it. I treasure "Glory Box" because it's the ultimate female inner-monologue. We may be notorious for over thinking, but this track simplifies our most basic desires, and poetically. I'm so tired of playing / playing with this bow and arrow / I'm gonna give my heart away / leave it to the other girls to play / for I've been a temptress too long / give me a reason to love you / give me a reason to be a woman / i just wanna be a woman.
4. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (3:50) [Time Remaining: 986.91]
We all know The Clash is my favorite band of all time. I've driven that point into the ground. So I'll just tell you why this London Calling track gets me every time. It was love at first verse. I wasn't born so much as I fell out... "Lost in the Supermarket" may be another cautionary tale of crushing commercialism, but observations by a disenchanted narrator set it apart. Nay, above. We all strive to dig out our place in society. A desire to belong means we take instructions on our work, love, and consumption. Joe Strummer is so brilliant he can make me laugh at this very sad fact: Everything we do to belong has actually made us more lonely. I'm all lost in the supermarket / I can no longer shop happily / I came in for that special offer / A guaranteed personality.
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