Last week (AKA: The Best Week Ever!), Kristin and I got ourselves a new little kitten, and per Logan’s suggestion, I’ve put together a short playlist to celebrate.
It’s made up of a songs about cats, some explicitly, and others not so much. Like the Mountain Goats song, for example, is pretty impressionistic in its suggestion of a feline, with lines like “in your arms, I am a wild creature” and “white carpet thick with pet hair”; while both The Weakerthans tracks actually follow the heartbreaking story of Virtute the cat, one of the single saddest tales ever told in song. Jason Collett’s “Little Tiger” is pretty specific for our little runt (see picture above), while Karen O’s song from Where the Wild Things Are is pretty universal in its evocation of kittens playing. And I couldn’t not include a Best Coast song (duh), much less the one with the infamous line, “I wish my cat could talk.” The other songs are just great and happen to have “cat” or “tiger” in the title. Enjoy!
mp3: The Head And The Heart – Cats and Dogs
mp3: The Weakerthans – Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
mp3: Jason Collett – Little Tiger
mp3: Rogue Wave – Catform
mp3: Karen O and the Kids – Rumpus
mp3: ARMS – Tiger Tamer
mp3: Best Coast – Goodbye
mp3: The Mountain Goats – Broom People
mp3: The Weakerthans – Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure
[BONUS] And since we’re about 99.99% sure we’re naming the little guy “Elliot”, here’s a bonus track of Elliott Smith covering a Cat Stevens song:
