Ten songs at random from your iPod or other MP3 playing device. Leave yours in comments.
- “Peel Back The Moon, Beware”—Elf Power
- “You Don’t Smile Anymore”—Mr. Suitcase
- “Fire Sign”—The Gossip
- “Country Feedback”—REM
- “My Juvenile”—Bjork
- “Teri Sadi”—DJ Rekha
- “House of Cards”—Radiohead(this is who I was out of town to see last weekend
- “You’re The Kind of Girl”—Mixel Pixel
- “Girls On Film”—The Living End (Duran Duran cover)
- “Crimes and Nightcalls”—Femme
I always liked this REM song the most of all of theirs. Stipe gets his voice to break in that perfect country break form. He does that in a lot, but in this song, the weepy nature of the break is absolutely perfect. Hank Williams would be impressed.
I usually hate the cell phone camera videos of concerts, but this one of The Gossip doing “Fire Sign” really captures how great one of their shows is:
This made me freak out with joy:
I’ll never really understand the fuss over Amy Winehouse.
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“Girls on Film” is Duran Duran , not Depeche Mode. Please put a quarter in the Bad Music Snob box.
I hadn’t heard that version of “Country Feedback” — very nice!
1. “Haitian Fight Song” — Charles Mingus
2. “What’s Happening Brother” — Marvin Gaye
3. “Creation Dream” — Bruce Cockburn
4. “Well … All Right” — Buddy Holly
5. “Shore Leave” — Tom Waits
6. “A Shot in the Arm” — Wilco
7. “Red Clay” — Freddie Hubbard
8. “Hey, Mr. DJ” — They Might Be Giants
9. “Toledo” — Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
10. “I Dug Up a Diamond” — Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
Morning Mix:
Paint My Masterpiece -The Band
Remember When - The Black Keys
Jonathan Fisk - Spoon
Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie
Ghetto Defendant - The Clash
Lay Low - My Morning Jacket
Vanessa From Queens - Stephen Malkmus
Queens Will Play - Black Mountain
Witch Hunt - The Church
Jelly Belly - Medeski, Martin & Wood
It’s a 365 Days day today.
My Sugar Daddy - Sheena Scott
Clawing Your Eyes Out Down To Your Throat - Wobbly
Come On, Give Us A Go - The Western Suburbs Singers
Do-Bah-Humbug - Greg D’Amato & Bruce Haack
ROSSINI/LISZT: La Danza - Original Piano Quartet
Jocko Homo - Devo
Don’t Start Me Talkin’ [DK’s Rock Concert] - New York Dolls
Chapel of Love - Darlene Love
Asatoya Yunta - Haruomi Hosono
New Entries - Random House Dictionary
1. Daytona 500 by Ghastface Killah / 2. Contract by Gang of Four / 3. Summertime Boogie by Shonen Knife / 4. What Gives? by Radio Birdman / 5. Kepp Fallin’ by Hot Chip / 6. Jenny Ondioline [single version] by Stereolab / 7. Can You See Me Shining? by ShelleyDevoto / 8. Evangeline by The Band / 9. Stoneface by Veruca Salt / 10. 75 Bars (Black’s Reconstruction) by The Roots. Everybody get their new album!
Quick trivia question: is Shonen Knife the longest-running girl band of all time? 25 years since the release of their first independent LP.
Parentheses Edition
1) “Get Up (Sex Machine)” - James Brown
2) “Sloppy (Saw My Baby Gettin’)” - Devo
3) “Trailer Music” - Pizzicato Five
4) “Bop Gun (Endangered Species)” - Parliament
5) “Get Lucky” - Dragonette
6) “Take It Or Leave It” - Jet
7) “Afraid” - David Bowie
8) “The Boogie That Be” - Black Eyed Peas
9) “Bring The Noise” - Public Enemy
10) “Untieundone” - Creatures
Bonus:
“Entropy” - MC Hawking
1. Congratulations Smack and Katy - Reggi & the Full Effect
2. Riot Grrrl - Le Tigre
3. Next - Pacific Overtures (Steven Sondheim)
4. First of a Million Love Songs - The Pooh Sticks
5. I Know Him So Well - Chess (London Cast)
6. There! Right There! - Legally Blonde (The Musical)
7. Free Yourself - The Untouchables
8. Life is an Adventure - Violent Femmes
9. Grim Fandango Opening Title - Grim Fandango
10. Unprotected Sex with Multiple Partners - Against Me!
Q: Why did the Archaeopteryx catch the worm?
A: Because it was an early bird!
All 70’s Edition:
Rock & Roll - Led Zeppelin
Starship Trooper - Yes
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Ramblin’ Man - Allman Brothers
Brokedown Palace - Grateful dead
Time - Pink Floyd
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Willie Nelson
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Bruce Springsteen
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
1. Wot U On? — Dizzee Rascal
2. Counterrattack — Richard Gibbs (BSG Soundtrack)
3. Wake Up and Change! — Exit-13
4. The Great Horn — Doomsword
5. Machine Gun (3rd Take) — Peter Brotzmann Octet
6. The Velvet Room — Forgotten Woods
7. Erblicket die Töchter des Firmaments — Burzum
8. Brown Love — Bathtub Shitter
9. Younger Bums — Big Dipper
10. The Wizard — Black Sabbath
I’m not normally a fan of cell phone concert footage either, but since I’ve officially only appeared in ONE, I’m gonna go ahead and post this historic event. It was the last concert I went to, last October at the Black Cat in DC–Boris with Michio Kurihara. I’m there for a split second at the very end:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=boris+black+cat&hl=en&sitesearch=#
Country Feedback is one of my favorite REM songs. Good stuff.
Mermen - Ocean Beach
Nick Cave - Abbatoir Blues
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Korea
Johnny & the Hurricanes - Traffic Jam
Nortec Collective - Tengo La Voz
Wooden Shjips - Losin’ Time
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Stranglers - Grip ‘89 (Get a Grip on Yourself)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Case of the Missing Ladyfingers
Los Destellos - A Patricia
Meep! I has made mistake! Wrong Link. Here’s the right one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWAjhFwW8I&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=boris+black+cat&hl=en&sitesearch=
Did anyone here already cover this tazer story?
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Taser_0518.3dae5bb.html
1. Antony and the Johnsons - Candy Says
2. The Mekons - Memphis, Egypt
4. Of Montreal - Spoonful of Sugar
5. Secret Shine - What’s to Come
6. The Octopus Project - The Adjuster
7. Broadcast -Unchanging Window /Chord Simple
8. Pelican - Red Ran Amber
9. Pell Mell - New Saigon
10. The Church Grims - Seen It All
I’ll fix it, Mustella. But amusing mistake, I’d say. The two bands do blend together in my mind.
Say it! Say it! Edition.
1. “Honey, I’ve Found A Brand New Way” - Bad Livers
2. “Sweet Transvestite” - Tim Curry
3. “Can’t Hardly Wait” - The Replacements
4. “House Rent Boogie” - John Lee Hooker
5. “Evening On The Ground (Lilith’s Song)” - Iron & Wine
6. “Pecan Pie” - Golden Smog
7. “Lip Service” - Albert Collins
8. “Radar Love” - Golden Earring
9. “I Melt With You” - Good Riddance
10. “Pressure Drop” - Jimmy Cliff
Bonus: “Radar Gun” - The Bottle Rockets
You introduced me to The Gossip at SXSW 2006. Don’t know if I ever thanked you for that.
I always liked “Country Feedback”, but it really came to life when I saw them on the Monster tour. It was a great show overall, but something about that song really reached out and grabbed me.
1. Songs of Love - Ben Folds
2. Over My Head (Cable Car) - The Fray (shut up, it’s catchy)
3. The Captain - Guster
4. Lucinda - Tom Waits
5. Take It All Away - Cake
6. Tension - 10,000 Maniacs
7. Hard to Make a Stand - Sheryl Crow
8. Come In Closer - Blue October
9. Bron-Yr-Aur - Led Zeppelin
10. The Wrong Child - R.E.M. (also a fine Stipe vocal moment)
Bonus:
Magic Trick - M. Ward (my favaorite song under 2 minutes)
am still in love with Adam Franklin, and now Steve George, mix (Adam remembered me last night, and got me a red Swervedriver t-shirt, from the van!) SWERVEDRIVER FOREVER. Oh, god- he touched it! Never washing it! J/K, of course.
1. Fugazi- “Suggestion”
2. Foul Tip- “Concrete Skit”
3. Boys Life- “Tucked In”- old local goodness
4. Dismemberment Plan- “Automatic”
5. Minus Story- “Parachute”- local, again.
6. Battalion of Saints- “Nowhere Going Faster”
7. Mission of Burma- “This is Not a Photograph”
8. Neulander- “Flying”
9. Les Thugs- “Looking in Your Eyes”
10. Team Dresch- “Musical Fanzine”
Bonuses: Scout Niblett- “I Am” and The Lapse- “Basilico Basilica”
hopefully not double posting:
am still in love with Adam Franklin, and now Steve George, mix (Adam remembered me last night, and got me a red Swervedriver t-shirt, from the van!) SWERVEDRIVER FOREVER. Oh, god- he touched it! Never washing it! J/K, of course.
1. Fugazi- “Suggestion”
2. Foul Tip- “Concrete Skit”
3. Boys Life- “Tucked In”- old local goodness
4. Dismemberment Plan- “Automatic”
5. Minus Story- “Parachute”- local, again.
6. Battalion of Saints- “Nowhere Going Faster”
7. Mission of Burma- “This is Not a Photograph”
8. Neulander- “Flying”
9. Les Thugs- “Looking in Your Eyes”
10. Team Dresch- “Musical Fanzine”
Bonuses: Scout Niblett- “I Am” and The Lapse- “Basilico Basilica”
okay, guess Pandagon doesn’t like my new Mac (I do!), and I reposted. I hate that. I feel like a tool. Oh, but I never confuse my hot Brits!
Oh, my god: I have some Good Riddance, too, Sarcastro! I thought, following ‘99, that I was the only one who would ever have them on their Ipod.
Country Feedback has always been one of my favorites, too. I used it to stump my friend on a short-lived lyric trivia-away message mem back in 1999, when the internet was wild and untamed.
The music snobs I know dislike Duran Duran and like Depeche Mode (ok it’s true of me)–random (duo) 10:
Scattergun by The Ramones
Building A Mystery by Sarah McLachlan
Hangin’ On A Limb by Neil Young
Klockar Aleksanteri by Troka
Redemption Day by Sheryl Crow
Beautiful World by Devo
Whole Lot Better by The Mudhens
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) by The Beatles
Stoned by Dido
There’s Something On Your Mind by B.B. King/Etta James
I Don’t Want You by The Ramones
Suedehead by Morrissey
My Random Ten:
01. 10,000 Days [11:13] — Tool
02. Great Boleros of Fire/Bat Out of Hell [live] [14:26] — Meat Loaf
03. I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) [04:19] — Moody Blues
04. Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1 & 2 [09:00] — Pink Floyd
05. Order of the Universe [09:02] — Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
06. World Down Under [03:53] — Men at Work
07. Gator Country [06:18] — Molly Hatchet
08. 100,000 Years [live] [12:12] — Kiss
09. Please Don’t Judas Me [09:48] — Nazareth
10. Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid [06:53] — Led Zeppelin
Bonus:
11. Dixie Chicken [03:55] — Little Feat
12. Don’t Stand So Close to Me [04:00] — Police
13. The Main Monkey Business/The Way the Wind Blows [12:27] — Rush
14. Hollywood Nights [05:00] — Bob Seger
15. Pink Cadillac [03:37] — Bruce Springsteen
Amanda, did you know that REM is from Athens, Ga.; the home of the University of Georgia?
Never done this before, but then I always forget I even have an iPod
1. “Challengers” - The New Pornographers
2. “Discipline” - Sun Ra
3. “Girlfriend is Better” - Talking Heads
4. “King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” - The Band
5. “Aeroplane” - Björk
6. “Swinging at the Daisy Chain” - Count Basie
7. “Much” - Dinosaur Junior
8. “Pigs (Three Different Kinds)” - Pink Floyd
9. “Oodles of O’s” - De la Soul
10. “Speed Trials” - Elliot Smith
1. Closing Time (Leonard Cohen)
2. Back To The Rivers Of Belief (Enigma)
3. Why Do You Love Me (Garbage)
4. Baby Grand (Billy Joel and Ray Charles)
5. All You Need is Love (The Beatles)
6. Good Intentions (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
7. Fire (Michael Levine)
8. Me Around (Michael Penn)
9. Misunderstanding (Genesis)
10. Yes I Won’t (Scott Miller and the Commonwealth)
I too love REM’s “Country Feedback” (I was a bit of an REM freak during my misspent youth)… That song does such a good job of capturing the regret and bittersweet nostalgia you feel when remembering past relationships. I always imagine the singer sorting through souvenirs and mementos from past lovers (”crazy- all the lovers have been tagged”), alternately thinking that he still “needs this” and that it’s crazy what he could have had, but threw away.
Good, if somewhat maudlin, stuff.
Also, I think that’s the first time Amanda’s random 10 featured a song I knew by heart. Had to happen someday!
1. The Futureheads - Alms
2. Dirty Projectors - Lit from Below
3. Jason Collett - Roll On Oblivion
4. David Grubbs - A Cold Apple
5. Meg Baird - Dear Companion
6. The Fall - Taurig
7. Amy Milan - Headsfull
8. Re-up Gang - 20K Moneymaking Brothers on the Corner
9. Jens Lekman - Another Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill
10. The Notwist - Gloomy Planets
George Harrison - This Song
The Birthday Party - Catman
Butthole Surfers - Let’s Talk About Cars
Le Tigre - Seconds
James Brown - Get On The Good Foot
The Mekons - One Horse Town
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Hello Mabel
Zydeco Champs CD - Banana Man
Mazzy Star - She’s My Baby
Bob Marley & the Wailers - So Much Things To Say
Wow, 2 Mekons songs on one Friday. I don’t even know anybody else who’s ever heard of them.
Jake Squid, I have a Mekons song on mine about every other week on average. Great band, and little by little people have been discovering them.
holly. e. r. May 23, 2008 at 11:31 am
Dismemberment Plan- “Automatic”
Scout Niblett- “I Am” and The Lapse- “Basilico Basilica”
interesting combination, do you like blues and those new psych folks?
Tom Hilton,
Considering that they’ve been around for, what? 3 decades, I’m surprised that so few people have heard of them. I was fortunate enough to see them perform last winter.
Jake Squid: I just want to let you know that I used to be in love with The Mekons (or so I thought), became a college rock d.j.—->loathing them. maybe something about the program director liking them, and I considered him to be a wee bit pretentious (and all of the callers that requested them). and, no: I am not calling you pretentious.
just wondering if I should go back and give them another shot.
Squashed: I’m truly confused, sorry. I don’t get how these artists are linked to blues or psychedelic music. that’s because I will go to great lengths to avoid listening to blues and psychedelic music. maybe my shoegazer past counts somewhat for “psychedelic”. As close as I ever get to psychedelia, is MC5, and all of those beloved past shoegazer bands (and the reunited ones!).
Late Edition:
1. Pile of Gold - The Blow
2. Pyramid Song - Radiohead
3. Californie - Air
4. Look Me Over - M. Ward
5. Company Calls - Death Cab for Cutie
6. Jesse James - The Pogues
7. Don’t Fail Me Now - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
8. ‘Cello Song - Nick Drake
9. Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide - David Bowie
10. Corcovado - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
and the bonus: Gonna Have a Funky Good Time - James Brown
holly. e.r.,
Given that the Mekons have been putting out music for 30 some-odd years, yeah, I think they’re worth looking at. They have varied so much stylistically that I think you’ll probably find something you like. Or, you could just dislike their sound altogether.
I’m somewhat less pretentious than I used to be. It may not be less enough, though.
Wow, this thread is just a bonanza of Mekons.
Jake- I know their hx. I think I just got burned out on playing certain bands, by request.. See: Roxy Music. Maybe I’ll do something crazy: give them and Roxy a second chance, as my taste in music has changed somewhat, over the last 10-12 years, or so. I mean, when I was a freshman or sophomore in college, I was all about pop-punk, like Supernova. Now, not so much. I know what this is like for me: if someone were to say they hate The Silver Apples. I’d think they were all sorts of nuts. Which reminds me: I have record shopping to do (as always).
That moment in the video where “Country Feedback” becomes “Like a Rolling Stone” was nifty.
holly. e. r. May 23, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Squashed: I’m truly confused, sorry. I don’t get how these artists are linked to blues or psychedelic music. that’s because I will go to great lengths to avoid listening to blues and psychedelic music. maybe my shoegazer past counts somewhat for “psychedelic”. As close as I ever get to psychedelia, is MC5, and all of those beloved past shoegazer bands (and the reunited ones!).
It’s ying and yang thing.
post punk of course is related to punk, which then owes a great deal to blues. psych folks and folks are another side of early punk, in term of melodic root. Watching how the main line evolve sort of give interesting blend. (eg, chicago post-punk/post-rock/math rock vs. west coast power punk, vs chicago blues and adirondack nu-folk.)
von sudenfed, Boris, .. entire touch and go catalog are blend of various styles into hardcore. … (just rambling)
from quarter stick catalog: (the strange blend of hardcore)
Mekons - Dickie, Chalkie and Nobby (from ‘Natural’)
www.touchandgorecords.com/media/3816.mp3
Calexico - Cruel (from ‘Garden Ruin’)
http://www.touchandgorecords.com/media/3583.mp3
Uzeda - Steam, Rain & Other Stuff (from ‘Stella’)
http://www.touchandgorecords.com/media/3693.mp3
I love Uzeda, highly recommended if you like Chicago mathrock in tradition of Albini et. all.
Dear Squashed:
I really am well-versed in all of these bands. I also have been listening to “college rock” a.k.a. “indie rock” for over 16 years, now (was also a d.j. twice-over at one of the most well-respected universities for college rock). I’ve also been aware that while I’ve liked a few Calexico songs- for the most part- not a fan of Calexico, for the last 11-12 years. Big fan of Touch and Go records/ Quarterstick, though, in general.
So, speaking of Von Sudenfed: are you now going to school me on The Fall? Or, are we moving on to Merge, Rough Trade, or French Kiss Records?
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