By EnglishOutlaw
The Itch
It starts with a tingle. A gentle brush against the skin. Nothing to worry about. Surely. A caress of mild panic.
It creeps. Spreads. Marches down your arm. Just advancing, little by little. Harder to ignore now.
You look down. Nothing there. But there is. You feel it. It gnaws. Bites. But most of all... it itches.
Itch – Ani DiFranco (Maki)
Hell's Itch – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Nicko)
Itchy Itchy – James Domestic (Carpgate)
Itch – quinnie (Mussolini Headkick)
Seven Year Itch – Willie Nelson (severin)
The Scratch
You find the strength to raise your arm, strain to move the hand and meet the challenge.
Friction, rhythmic friction. Up and down, back and forth, digging into the skin. Deeper... faster... harder. The mild panic giving way to a welcome pain. The pain brings relief. So you don't notice that pain is worse.
It's not just in your skin now. Your nails are starting to snag and drag. Your flesh sore and puffy. A scarlet dew drop appears. And with the next stroke is smeared. The dampness startles you. And you stop.
Scratch Scratch – Harry Belafonte (Tarquin Spodd)
Scratch & Itch – T. Texas Tyler (Nicko)
Every Time I Itch I Wind Up Scratching You – Glen Campbell (Fred Erickson)
Scratch My Back (And Mumble In My Ear) – Clarence Carter (Nicko)
Don't Scratch Where It Don't Itch – 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) (Nicko)
The Scratchy
The aftermath isn't pretty. Welts and troughs carved into skin. The discomfort ebbs. Little by little, but not fast enough. The battlefield of keratin recovers slowly. It will bear its scars as evidence. The defeat of the itch a pyrrhic victory.
The raw flesh rubs against coarse fabric. The tightness of the clothes is unforgiving. You ignore it... initially. Damn. The itch is back.
Imaginary Places – Busdriver (Loud Atlas)
Old School Beats – Roxanne Shante (pejepeine)
Otomo – Tarwater (Uncleben)
The Slap Cellos of Douala – Gabriel Prokofiev and Peter Gregson (nosuchzone)
Bedded Deep In Long Term Memory – The Caretaker (DiscoMonster)
Itching To Hear Again? The Complete Itch ’n Scratch A-List Playlist:
Back Scratching B-List Playlist:
Kuntz – Butthole Surfers (Traktor Albatrost)
The Green Itch Got the Bear – Lucifer and the Peppermint (TarquinSpodd)
Poison Ivy – The Coasters (happyclapper)
S. I. B. (Swelling Itching Brain) – Devo (TarquinSpodd)
Skanky Panky – Kid Koala (Nilpferd)
Crabs – J. J. Burnel (Maki)
Blue Unction – The Crabs (TarquinSpodd)
Scratch My Back – Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Fred Erickson)
Scratch My Itch – The Soul Snatchers (Nicko)
The Kinetics – DJ Krush ft. Mista Sinista (Traktor Albatrost)
El Fantasma del Combo – Cachao (pejepeine)
Zubot – Darius Jones (ajostu)
Guru’s Wildcard Pick:
A week about scratching and almost no washboard?
Misanthropic Drunken Loner – Days N’ Daze
These playlists were inspired by readers' song nominations in response to last week's topic: Aye, there's the rub: itchy 'n' scratchy songs. The next topic will launch on Thursday after 1pm UK time.
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