I’m in Boulder, CO for a meeting with the great folks of RH Reality Check, so not much in the way of time to pull out my iPod and generate 10 songs at random for your reading/bragging rights pleasure. But feel free to do the Friday Random Ten in comments, of course!
But I won’t leave you hanging in terms of celebrating Friday with a bit of tuneage. Any time is a good time to celebrate 80s post-punk with clips from “Urgh! A Music War“.
For Lauren, some Pere Ubu:
Because explicitly feminist punk rock predates the Pacific Northwest music explosion, the Au Pairs:
Wall of Voodoo:
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10. Tangerine–Mary Louise Knutson
9. Let’s Get It Started (Spike Mix)–Black Eyed Peas
8. The Part You Throw Away–Ute Lemper
7. No Fool No More–En Vogue
6. Jam–Toad the Wet Sprocket
5. Saviour Eternal–Gregorian Singers
4. Messetschinko Lio Greilivko–The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir
3. Guitar Flute and String–Moby
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water–Johnny Cash
1. The Lion Sleeps Tonight–Ladysmith Black Mambazo with The Mint Juleps
I think that’s the first time no classical pieces have shown up in mine. So, to make up for it, Mahler’s first symphony.
1. Black Country Woman - Led Zeppelin
2. Born for This - Paramore
3. Kathy’s Song - Simon & Garfunkel
4. Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon & Garfunkel (what are the odds?)
5. My Immortal - Evanescence (why yes, I do enjoy teeny chick rock)
6. Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin
7. Breakfast In America - Supertramp
8. Breathe (2 AM) - Anna Nalick (and teeny chick ballads)
9. When the War Came - The Decemberists
10. All You Wanted - Michelle Branch (as I said…)
Bonus:
Just About To Die - Doug Kwartler (ah yes, check this man out, he’s been unfairly obscure for years: http://www.dougmusic.com/ )
excellent choice of bands for vids, Amanda!
1. Sleater-Kinney “Words and Guitar”
2. Sean Paul- “We Be Burnin’ (Legalize it Mix)” Damn straight- one o’my cheesy party/dance songs!
3. Lowercase- “On a Bender” yes, normally into “downer”songs.
4. Stanford Prison Experiment- “But of Course”- cock rock! kinda…
5. Camera Obscura (From San Diego, natch)- “Trigger System”
6. Smart Went Crazy- “Gentleman Caller”- lyrics so on.
7. Ladytron- “Playgirl”- “Sleep your way out of your hometown…” Dance!
8. Drive Like Jehu- “Turn it On”
9. Aqueduct- “Growing Up With GNR”
10. Team Dresch- “My Dirty Hands Are Mined”
Bonus: Clearlake- “We All Die Alone”- Cheery Brits! Mmm…
A double double Random Ten:
1. Hard Times In New York Town - Bob Dylan
2. Friend - Roger McGuinn
3. Walkin’ & Talkin’ - The Marshall Tucker Band
4. Bombay Calling - It’s A Beautiful Day
5. Can’t You See - The Marshall Tucker Band
6. Straight From The Heart - Chris Hillman & Jennifer Warnes
7. Every Day (Parts 1 & 2) - Count Basie & His Orchestra with Joe Williams
8. Bulgaria - It’s A Beautiful Day
9. Livin’ In The USA - The Steve Miller Band
10. Driftin’ - Eric Clapton
Bonus: Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) - Tom Waits
1. The Irrtum Boys — The Young Gods
2. Space Moth — Stereolab
3. Ensemblaje — Nettle
4. Grave Signal — Wreck of the Hesperus
5. Rio Tonto — Tarkus
6. Ladders to Sumeria — Melechesh
7. 500 (Shake Baby Shake) — Lush
8. Five Months — Rogers Sisters
9. Health and Efficiency — This Heat
10. Pussy Head Man from Outer Space — Acid Mothers Temple
Sorry about that last title . . . great band, though!
My Random:
01. Fly Like an Eagle [05:56] — Steve Miller Band
02. Out in the Cold [03:41] — Tom Petty
03. I Know I’m Losing You [11:00] — Rare Earth
04. Dirty Mind [03:49] — Prince
05. Thunderstruck [04:52] — AC/DC
06. Disappear [04:07] — INXS
07. Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Basically/N.I.B. [09:44] — Black Sabbath
08. April [12:12] — Deep Purple
09. Glad/Freedom Rider [12:22] — Traffic
10. Another Brick in the Wall [14:04] — Pink Floyd
Bonus:
11. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man [02:24] — Bob Seger
12. Invisible Touch [03:26] — Genesis
13. Birthday [02:42] — The Beatles
14. Black Friday [03:33] — Steely Dan
15. In the Evening [06:50] — Led Zeppelin
16. You Really Got Me [02:38] — Van Halen
17. Blue Collar Man [04:08] — Styx
First time ever that Steve Miller has appeared in my Random Ten.
I don’t care - The Boys
Pistol Poem - Brion Gysin
Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky - The Monkees
Don’t Be Greedy - Cristina
Jólakötturinn - Björk
Beware of Darkness - George Harrison
The Wedge - If-Then-Else
The Tubeless Tire Swing, side 2 - Service Station Sal
Something’s Gone Wrong Again - Buzzcocks
Screaming - The Go-Go’s
1. Prince “Darling Nikki”
2. Tori Amos “Icicle”
3. Monkees “Take a Giant Step”
4. Bats for Lashes “What’s a Girl to Do?”
5. Buzzcocks “Harmony in My Head”
6. Stray Cats “Rock This Town”
7. Blondie “One Way or Another”
8. Pixies “Debaser”
9. Wilco “I’m the Man Who Loves You”
10. Patrick Wolf “The Magic Position”
1. Butthole Surfers - USSA
2. David Bowie - The Jean Genie
3. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Chinese Witch Guy With an Ax
4. Pink Floyd - When You’re In
5. The Flaming Lips - The Abandoned Hospital Ship
6. Radial Spangle - Dream Problem
7. Poi Dog Pondering - Be the One
8. Mr. Airplane Man - Travelin’
9. Yo La Tengo - The Lie and how We Told It
10. The Cure - This Twilight Garden
Bonus pre-grunge female punkers:
11. LiLiPUT/Kleenex - Beri-Beri
Oh, all right, all right.
1. Le Tigre - Keep On Livin’
2. Mirah - Nobody Has To Stay
3. The Cure - Killing An Arab
4. Iron and Wine - Faded From Winter
5. Dolly Parton - False Eyelashes
6. Bob Dylan - North Country Blues
7. Magnetic Fields - The Book Of Love
8. Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today
9. Shankar Jakishan - Theme From Bombay Talkie
10. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Woo Hoo! Go Boulder!
I feel a little left out I am not supposed to wear earphones as a result I have avoided the Ipod.
I can however share a glimpse of my New Year’s Eve celebration. The song the Dresden Dolls did to mark the turn of the year:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DvVJcMAwhkQ
Patience will be rewarded…
I got… gee-rafs edition.
1. “Where Eagles Dare” - Iron Maiden
2. “Fuck The Shit Out Of You” - David Allen Coe
3. “Susie Q” - Creedence Clearwater Revival
4. “Grab Yo Stuff” - Niggaz With Hats
5. “You Said” - The Primitives
6. “Yakuza” - The Pilfers
7. “Still The Same” - TSOL
8. “Little Johnny Jewel” - Television
9. “Someday / Noday” - The John Doe Thing
10. “Honor Your Mother And Father” - Desmond Decker
Bonus: “Rock Island Line” - The Knitters
1. City of New Orleans — Arlo Guthrie
2. Rocks and Water — Deb Talan
3. Goin’ Down — Beliss
4. Election Day — Heikki
5. Origami — Ani DiFranco
6. The River (live) — The Waifs
7. Love Will Come to You — Indigo Girls
8. Omie Wise — Pentangle
9. One True — Uncle Earl
10. John Wesley harding — Bob Dylan
1. You Go to My Head - Billie Holiday
2. Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
3. Come Together - The Beatles
4. Pussyfootin’ - Brainiac
5. The Windmills of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield
6. Cissy Strut - The Meters
7. This Charming Man - The Smiths
8. Cymbal Rush - Thom Yorke
9. Social Disease - Elton John
10. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
and the bonus: Nobody’s Fault But My Own - Beck
Pretend that we’re dead - L7
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
52 girls - B-52’s
The other side - Aerosmith
Adios - Rammstein
O Fortuna - Carl Orff
Tanz mit Laibach - Laibach
At the graves - King Diamond
Basket case - Green Day
In death’s cold embrace - Tony Naima and the Bitters
Bonus: Santa doesn’t cop out on dope - Martin Mull
1. Ol’ Black Magic - Louis Prima and Keely Smith
2. Six Pack - Black Flag
3. What’s My Name - the Clash
4. Incomplete - Bad Religion
5. The Getaway - Ten Foot Pole
6. Star - David Bowie
7. The Kids are Alright - the Who
8. Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope - Husker Du
9. The Auld Triangle - Dropkick Murphys
10. It’s a Shame About Ray - the Lemonheads
1. “Bewitched” - Beat Happening
2. “Family Happiness” - The Mountain Goats
3. “The Bronze Beached Boys (Come On Let’s Go)” - Pas/Cal
4. “Cretin Hop” - The Ramones
5. “A Zillion Years” (Live) - The Mr. T Experience
6. “Watching the Detectives” (Live) - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
7. “Walkin’ In and Out of Your Arms” - K.D. Lang
8. “Shed No Tears” - Flipper
9. “Disco: The Secretaries Blues” - Beulah
10. “Connection” - Elastica
Bonus: “Let’s Be Natural” - When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
1. The Water - Feist
2. MId-Air- Roseanne Cash
3. Who Divided - Joan Osborne
4. Right of Way - The Von Bondies
5. 80/90 - The Ellen James Society
6. Yes, Anastasia - Tori Amos
7. I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good - Nina Simone
8. Measuring Cups - Andrew Bird
9. Right in Time - Lucinda Williams
10. The More Things Change - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Thanks for the Urgh.
The Smiths: “Stretch Out and Wait”
T. Quasthoff feat. C. Spencer: F. Schubert, Winterreise (D911), “Der greise Kopf”
Fat Les: “Vindaloo”
D’Oyly Carte Opera Company: WS Gilbert & A. Sullivan, H.M.S. Pinafore, “Now give three cheers”
Dave Edmunds: “The Wanderer”
Stereolab: “Anamorphose”
Bonde do Rolê: “Solta o Frango”
Gillian Welch: “One More Dollar”
The Microphones: “Kanterns”
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: “Unomathemba”
Bonus 11th:
Bow Wow Wow: “Prince of Darkness”
1 Stand Together - Beastie Boys
2 Invisible Man - Queen
3 Out of Exile - Audioslave
4 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran It’s been covered by The Who, Joan Jett, Van Halen, and I don’t know how many others, so I figured the original was worth a listen.
5 Shut ‘Em Down - Public Enemy I had the album this was on, didn’t appreciate it at the time since the only song on it I really liked was the collaboration with Anthrax doing “Bring The Noise”, so I sold it to a friend for five bucks. Now I wish I had it back and I might buy another copy one of these days.
6 Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Most songs I’m eventually gonna get tired of and will have to go a while without hearing before I can enjoy them again. This one’s an exception. (And I WANT to come back as a rabbit!)
7 I Wonder - Kanye West Good enough to be a single.
8 Dead Disco - Metric
9 El Phantasmo and the Chicken Run Blast-O-Rama - White Zombie
10 Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles Classic. ‘Nuff said.