Posted by Amanda Marcotte December 7, 2007 in Illicit Sex, Friday Random Ten and a Cat Pic
Ten songs at random from your MP3s. Leave ‘em in comments. Here’s mine. Click the links to hear the songs.
- “Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth”—The Minutemen
- “Where Did My Baby Go”—Howard Tate
- “Smiley Faces”—Gnarls Barkley
- “4 little joeys”—Kiiiiiiii
- “Wonderlust King”—Gogol Bordello
- “Put The Funk Back Into Funk”—The Higsons
- “Wanderlust”—Bjork
- “Whenever There Is You”—Koop
- “Big Rocket Of Love”—The Reverend Horton Heat
- “White Wedding/Rebel Yell”—cover by The New Morty Show
Gnarls Barkley:
The Reverend Horton Heat:
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*Matthew Good Band - “Hello Time Bomb”
*Black Eyed Pea - “My Hu–” No no no, not really. “Hands Up” is the BEP song that goes here instead.
*Warrant - “Suffragette City” (Yes, really. I likes me the hair metal. What the hell; I’ve embarassed myself worse…)
*CCR - “Hey Tonight”
*Gorillaz - “Kids With Guns”
*Soul Coughing - “The Idiot Kings”
*Journey - “Party’s Over (Hopelessly In Love)”
*Bjork - “Who Is It”
*Boston - “I Think I Like It”
*Concrete Blone - “God Is A Bullet”
10. “Carmen! Sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous!” (Carmen–Bizet)–Troyanos, Solti
9. Go West–Pet Shop Boys
8. I Should Know–Dirty Vegas
7. Baby Got Back–Sir Mix-A-Lot
6. Sex Drive–Dead or Alive
5. “Credo in un Dio Crudel” (Otello, Verdi)–Domingo, Scotto, Milnes, Levine
4. Komm, süßer Tod, (Bach, BWV 478)–Peter Schreier
3. Lovers Rock–Sade
2. Is Anybody Out There–Pink Floyd
1. Sagt Ihm, Daß Er Zu Mir Komme (Wolf, Spanisches Liederbuch)–Schwarzkopf, Moore
and Harriet
1. Torture Ballad — Pig Destroyer
2. Rock n’ Roll Child — Quartz
3. The Eagle has Landed — Nebula
4. These Days — Joy Division
5. Heavy Metal to the World — Manilla Road
6. My Machine — Boris
7. Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go — The Pogues
8. Main Title — Akira Ikufube (King Kong vs. Godzilla Soundtrack)
9.Test Card I — This Heat
10. Love Will Tear Us Apart — Yat-Kha
1. Questions 67 And 68 - Chicago
2. Doin’ The New Low Down - Cab Calloway
3. Fire On The Bayou - The Neville Brothers
4. Stay All Night - Asleep At The Wheel
5. Catfish Blues - Jimi Hendrix
6. How’d You Get This Number? - Guy Clark
7. Oh Atlanta - Little Feat
8. Groovin’ High - Charlie Parker
9. Migration - Jimmy Buffett
10. Hide Nor Hair - Ray Charles
Bonus: King Of The Hill - Roger McGuinn
He’ll tell you what it is! Hard to believe it’s been 15 years since I first saw those weirdos.
1. I Got You by Split Enz
2. Cry To Me by The Pretty Things
3. Biscuits for Smut by Helmet
4. I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You by The Alan Parsons Project
5. If the Sea Was Whiskey by Willie Dixon
6. What a Fool Believes by Public Enemy (not a cover, I swear)
7. Arthur by The Kinks
8. Cold Bologna by The Isley Brothers
9. Joey’s on the Street by Sham 69
10. Handel’s Water Music (Allegro Deciso) by Wendy Carlos
“Word On A Wing” - David Bowie
“Neroli” - Brian Eno
“Driving Song” - Eleventh Dream Day
“Vou Com Ela” - Viega & Salazar
“Strange Love Addiction” - Supreme Beings Of Leisure
“Speaking In Tongues” - Sheila Chandra
“Njaalkeme” - Garmarna
“Lavender” - 50 foot Wave
“The Okarina & The Tattoo” - Open House
“Smiling Karen” - Tito & Tarantula
“Handwriting On The Wall” - Eric Gales
It’s like arithmetic the way I make it stick edition.
1. “I’m Amazed” - Pixies
2. “Hijack” - mc chris
3. “Touch Me I’m Sick” - Mudhoney
4. “The Ganja Man” - Sly & Robbie
5. “Graveyard Blues” - John Lee Hooker
6. “Birthday Cake” - Cibo Matto
7. “Murmaider” - Dethklok
8. “Silent White” - Move
9. “The Stakes Are High” - Yeska
10. “Ali-Baba” - Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & King Tubby
Bounus: “Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head” - Gorillaz
Here is my Random Ten “Inside the Last Four Weeks of 2007″ edition:
01. Another Brick in the Wall [14:03] — Pink Floyd
02. Dixie Chicken/Tripe Face Boogie [live][16:10] — Little Feat
03. Automatic [09:28] — Prince & the Revolution
04. You Better Run [03:06] — Pat Benatar
05. Fading Lights [10:15] — Genesis
06. Time Has Come Today [11:05] — Chambers Brothers
07. T For Texas [live][08:43] — Lynyrd Skynyrd
08. April [12:12] — Deep Purple
09. Eastern Numbers [12:17] — Yes
10. I Heard It Through the Grapevine [11:05] — Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bonus:
11. Kashmir [08:32] — Led Zeppelin
12. Hells Bells [05:10] — AC/DC
13. The Bitch is Back [03:43] — Elton John
14. Instant Karma! [03:20] — John Lennon
15. Black Friday [03:33] — Steely Dan
16. I Can’t Tell You Why [04:55] — Eagles
17. Too Much Ain’t Enough [02:56] — Tom Petty
It’s the Friday Random Ten, and it’s too busy playing in the snow to care.
Hit the Party Shuffle in iTunes and what do I get?
No Doubt - It’s My Life
The Birthday Massacre - Nighttime
Modest Mouse - The View
The Eagles - Hotel California
Motoi Sakuraba - Lakitu Valley
Eminem - Say What You Say
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Hirofumi Sasaki - The Least 100 Seconds
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Nana Kitade - Kibou no Kakera
Ma! Ma! Where’s My Pa? - Cincinnati University Singers
HAYDN: Sonata in G, H40: i, Allegretto innocente - Alfred Brendel
Sloop For No One - Go Home Productions
Can U Dig It? [Justin Strauss 12′’ Vocal Mix] - Pop Will Eat Itself
Wa Da Da (Everybody’s Doin’ It Now) - Bix Biederbecke
I Wanna Dance With Numbers - Girls On Top
Oh Baby Baby - The Homosexuals
The Winner - Dev2.0
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - The Beach Boys
He Gives Speeches [ascrodin fake stereo remix] - The Beach Boys
Bonus:
Oil of Hate - Eugene Chadbourne
I was going to give that first tune the boot until I heard how seamlessly it led to the next track (at 5 sec crossfade).
1. Paper - Talking Heads
2. Dead To The World - Jon Brion
3. You Know The Rest - Steve Earle
4. New Star In The Sky (Chanson Pour Solal) - Air
5. I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times - Beach Boys
6. Tezeta Slow - Getatchew Kassa
7. Embodiment of Evil - Meat Puppets
8. Dominos - Carl Craig
9. Rock N’ Roll Suicide - David Bowie
10. Smarter Hearts - Superchunk
And the bonus: The King of Carrot Flowers, pts 2 and 3 - Neutral Milk Hotel
yea! the semester (not the practicum, though) is over, spin!
1. Architecture in Helsinki- “Frenchy I’m Faking” (DAT Politics remix)
2. Patsy- “Bossa Nova”
3. Minor Threat- “Look Back and Laugh”
4. Afghan Whigs- “Debonair”
5. John Vanderslice- “You Were My Fuji”
6. The Meices- “All Time High”
7. The Lucksmiths- “What You’ll Miss”
8. Lightning Bolt- “Mistake”
9. Fireside- “Drown”
10. Les Savy Fav- “Yawn Yawn Yawn”
random bonus: No Use for A Name- “Always Carrie”
For opera fans, if any, I posted a live 1973 recording of Beverly Sills performing the finale from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at my place last night. Tonight it’s going to be Alice Coltrane….
For opera fans, if any, I posted a live 1973 recording of Beverly Sills performing the finale from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at my place last night. Tonight it’s going to be Alice Coltrane….
sorry about double post–not quite sure.
“I Don’t Have That Much Kate Bush in my Collection, Why Do You Ask?” Edition
1: “Crap Hands” - Beck
2: “Fugue #8 in D# Minor” - Bach (played by Glenn Gould)
3: “Loom of the Land” - Nick Cave
4: “Waking the Witch” - Kate Bush
5: “Wicky Pocky” - A Hawk and a Hacksaw
6: “Breathing” - Kate Bush
7: “Loverman” - Nick Cave
8: “I Say No” - Anna Ternheim
9: “Under Ice” - Kate Bush
10: “Snake” - PJ Harvey
1.”Kimberly”- Patti Smith
2. “Lost My Breath”- My Bloody Valentine
3. “But I’m Different Now”-The Jam
4. “Good Advices”- R.E.M.
5. “I Smell Winter”- The Housemartins
6. “Saviour Machine”- David Bowie
7. “Man on the Moon”- Sugar
8. “Maximum Acceleration”- Ultravox! (the brilliant John Foxx version of the band)
9. “I Can’t Sleep”-The Las
10. “Could You Would You”-Them
1) “Choose Again” - Bishop Allen
2) “Motherless Child” - Josh White
3) “Politicar” - Tom Zé
4) “Feeling So Strange Again” - The Wolfhounds
5) “Prophecy Written” - Barbara Manning
6) “The Ballad of Cable Hogue” (Live) - John Cale
7) “Godchild” - Miles Davis
8) “My Assassin” - Cub
9) “Banquet” - Bloc Party
10) “Sweet Sunlight” - Shelagh McDonald
Bonus Cut: “Oregon Girl” - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Yay, i get to do this this week…
Artist — “Song”
Yo La Tengo — “Season of the Shark”
The Roots — “The Lesson Pt. 1″
Matisyahu — “Shalom/Saalam”
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra — “Busted”
Franz Ferdinand — “Michael”
Kanye West — “Two Words”
Johnny Cash — “Hey Porter”
Evanescence — “My Immortal”
Morrissey — “How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel”
White Zombie — “Creature of the Wheel”
1. Judy - Lionel Hampton
2. No Fun - The Stooges
3. I Never Thought I’d Find Someone Who Could Be So Kind - The Manikins
4. Ode To Von - Andrew Hill
5. The Mooche - Duke Ellington
6. Fresh - Kool & The Gang
7. Train - Metal Urbain
8. Cucarachas Enajadas (Angry Cockroaches) - Tito and the Tarantualas
9. Every Tub - Count Basie
10. Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations