I too thought the Angel episode was lame, and also am looking forward to the hopefully Spike-y goodness of next week.

Ooh, I love story-songs! I have a favorite one that I've actually been singing all day today- "Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry. Then there's Jim Croce's stuff, which rocks. "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" is of course the classic out of that bunch. Oh, and Lynard Skynard, like "Ballad of Curtis Lowe" and "Gimme Three Steps"... I'll stop naming oldies now. :)