1. Norah Jones "Don't Know Why"
2. The Stooges "My Idea of Fun"
3. The Total Foxes "This Town is a Retirement Community"
4. Coldplay "The Scientist"
5. AC/DC "Back in Black"
The order of the songs is more telling of me than the song selections.
1. Start off with something familiar and not challenging. Warm up. But it's kind of annoying enough to get your attention. I also set my alarm to static.
2. Jump right into it and overexert myself early on. It's time to focus attention on someone else at the party.
3. As we settle in, it's good to hear some funny and talent from a friend.
4. If I haven't done anything embarrassing yet, I set off some awkward glances by putting on Coldplay. Those who enjoy them are nervous to show it. Those who genuinely don't enjoy them are questioning why I'm there at all.
5. AC/DC is always a great idea. Party: saved.
Shuffle for me
Everything else, basically.
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Junk [take] - The Beatles
Arbeit Macht Frei - The Libertines
Simply, Just an Object - Christa Pfangen
Almost Crimes [Radio Kills Remix] - Broken Social Scene
My Way Home (Feat. Common) - Kanye West
I give that about a 5 or 6 I suppose. The Beatles and The Libertines are two of my favorite artists and I have as much of their material and bootlegs as I can find. Kanye West I don't really listen to. BSS I don't listen to that much. Christa Pfangen was recommended to me and I've listened to it a few times.
Arbeit Macht Frei - The Libertines
Simply, Just an Object - Christa Pfangen
Almost Crimes [Radio Kills Remix] - Broken Social Scene
My Way Home (Feat. Common) - Kanye West
I give that about a 5 or 6 I suppose. The Beatles and The Libertines are two of my favorite artists and I have as much of their material and bootlegs as I can find. Kanye West I don't really listen to. BSS I don't listen to that much. Christa Pfangen was recommended to me and I've listened to it a few times.
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Shuggie Otis :: "Happy House"
Kool Blues :: "Can We Try Love Again?"
Johnny Cash :: "The Beast in Me"
Tomahawk :: "Rotgut"
Alice Coltrane :: "Spiritual Eternal"
Victory. I've listened to Shuggie's Inspiration Information album every two days for three years straight. The Kool Blues tune comes from the Eccentric Soul series from The Capsoul Label which bursts with the random 60's r&b/soul tracks Bob's talking about. Awesome. Tomahawk' s Mike Patton is the beast inside Johnny Cash :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsXRiV6yo4 :: and Alice Coltrane ... anyday, anywhere.
Five more and I'm done with this game. I hate it.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan :: "Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar"
Colossal Yes :: "O'Crocus Shall Be Raised"
AC/DC :: "Rocker"
Bjork :: "Aeroplane"
Townes Van Zandt :: "Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls"
Kool Blues :: "Can We Try Love Again?"
Johnny Cash :: "The Beast in Me"
Tomahawk :: "Rotgut"
Alice Coltrane :: "Spiritual Eternal"
Victory. I've listened to Shuggie's Inspiration Information album every two days for three years straight. The Kool Blues tune comes from the Eccentric Soul series from The Capsoul Label which bursts with the random 60's r&b/soul tracks Bob's talking about. Awesome. Tomahawk' s Mike Patton is the beast inside Johnny Cash :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsXRiV6yo4 :: and Alice Coltrane ... anyday, anywhere.
Five more and I'm done with this game. I hate it.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan :: "Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar"
Colossal Yes :: "O'Crocus Shall Be Raised"
AC/DC :: "Rocker"
Bjork :: "Aeroplane"
Townes Van Zandt :: "Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls"
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"Nothing Sacred"--Thursday's Cause
(Thursday's Cause was my high school friend Gabriel's band. I found the old cassette he gave me back in '94 and had it transferred to CD and then added it to my iTunes.)
"Ghost"--Neutral Milk Hotel
(Who here can't listen to just one song on In The Aeroplane Over the Sea? It has to be listened to in its entirety.)
"Taxman"--The Beatles
(Eh.)
"Thirteen"--Elliott Smith
(I love you, Elliott! From the tall loopy girl in the back of the crowd c. 1996)
"Challengers"--The New Pornographers
(That pretty Neko Case sure sings pretty and her friend A.C. is pretty bad-ass with those hooks.)
I'll give it an 7 on the represent scale. I was hoping Elliott would pop up and he did.
Bonus shuffle: Rollercoaster Ride, Belle and Sebastian.
(Thursday's Cause was my high school friend Gabriel's band. I found the old cassette he gave me back in '94 and had it transferred to CD and then added it to my iTunes.)
"Ghost"--Neutral Milk Hotel
(Who here can't listen to just one song on In The Aeroplane Over the Sea? It has to be listened to in its entirety.)
"Taxman"--The Beatles
(Eh.)
"Thirteen"--Elliott Smith
(I love you, Elliott! From the tall loopy girl in the back of the crowd c. 1996)
"Challengers"--The New Pornographers
(That pretty Neko Case sure sings pretty and her friend A.C. is pretty bad-ass with those hooks.)
I'll give it an 7 on the represent scale. I was hoping Elliott would pop up and he did.
Bonus shuffle: Rollercoaster Ride, Belle and Sebastian.
f it, i'm doing another one.
1- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "My Name Is The Sea"
2- Prince Far I "Skank"
3- Os Rebeldes "Murder By Contact"
4- The Birthday Party "Jennifer's Veil" (live 5/5/83)
5- Andy Williams "House of Bamboo"
I guess I'd give it a 5 or so. Although it does represent stuff I listen to on occasion, it's not a snapshot what I listen to most often or in recent weeks (which would be Oh Sees, Strange Boys, Sic Alps, Mayyors, Fresh & Onlys, Woods, Bitters, Bill Callahan, etc.). And I don't really listen to reggae much at all -- I think I'd gotten that from someone at a hard drive swap as more wanting to try stuff out I don't know much about. Bonnie Prince Billy is definitely someone I listen to a bit, and I was listening to a bit of Birthday Party/Nick Cave earlier this spring. The Os Rebeldes is from a compilation of african garage rock; unfortunately, not as consistently exciting as the album title would imply. The Andy Williams tune is an absolute favorite tho, I'm glad that came up.
1- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "My Name Is The Sea"
2- Prince Far I "Skank"
3- Os Rebeldes "Murder By Contact"
4- The Birthday Party "Jennifer's Veil" (live 5/5/83)
5- Andy Williams "House of Bamboo"
I guess I'd give it a 5 or so. Although it does represent stuff I listen to on occasion, it's not a snapshot what I listen to most often or in recent weeks (which would be Oh Sees, Strange Boys, Sic Alps, Mayyors, Fresh & Onlys, Woods, Bitters, Bill Callahan, etc.). And I don't really listen to reggae much at all -- I think I'd gotten that from someone at a hard drive swap as more wanting to try stuff out I don't know much about. Bonnie Prince Billy is definitely someone I listen to a bit, and I was listening to a bit of Birthday Party/Nick Cave earlier this spring. The Os Rebeldes is from a compilation of african garage rock; unfortunately, not as consistently exciting as the album title would imply. The Andy Williams tune is an absolute favorite tho, I'm glad that came up.
I haven't loaded my entire collection onto my new iPod, so this I'll say the best I'll get here is a seven.
Sparks, "Strange Animal"
Phenomenal Handclap Band, "I Been Born Again"
Elvis Costello, "Secondary Modern"
Au Revoir Simone, "We Are Here"
Rilo Kiley, "The Absence Of God"
Yeah, that's a three. The Rilo song boosts it from a two (would've been a four if it was a "Jenny Lewis speaks very directly about love and/or growing up" and not "Jenny Lewis challenges faith," though that is my second-favorite Rilo Kiley song subject); the cut from Costello's "I'm sorry I yelled racial slurs about Ray Charles in a Holiday Inn bar" record, Get Happy!, gives the score a similar boost, though "New Amsterdam," "High Fidelity," and his cover of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" (one of my favorite three-song runs on any record) would have guaranteed a five.
I've never listened to the other three songs. And the absence of a Motown single is dispiriting.
Sparks, "Strange Animal"
Phenomenal Handclap Band, "I Been Born Again"
Elvis Costello, "Secondary Modern"
Au Revoir Simone, "We Are Here"
Rilo Kiley, "The Absence Of God"
Yeah, that's a three. The Rilo song boosts it from a two (would've been a four if it was a "Jenny Lewis speaks very directly about love and/or growing up" and not "Jenny Lewis challenges faith," though that is my second-favorite Rilo Kiley song subject); the cut from Costello's "I'm sorry I yelled racial slurs about Ray Charles in a Holiday Inn bar" record, Get Happy!, gives the score a similar boost, though "New Amsterdam," "High Fidelity," and his cover of "I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" (one of my favorite three-song runs on any record) would have guaranteed a five.
I've never listened to the other three songs. And the absence of a Motown single is dispiriting.
Round two:
"Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Global Mix)," The Fugees
"A Century Of Elvis," Belle & Sebastian
"Silver Street (Live)," Ben Folds
"Bring It On Home To Me," Sam Cooke
"Oliver's Army," Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Yeah, that's much better. That's a six, representing high school (the live, Ben Folds solo take on a Ben Folds Five rarity), the saddest summer of my life (a spoken word B&S track the band's Push Barman To Open Old Wounds compilation, in which I lost myself during the months of June 2005-August 2005), the few weeks last year where I was convinced Armed Forces was the single greatest statement in pop history (it's actually just a great record, but also a number-one contender in the "Most bitter, acidic album inspired by ABBA" category), and my love of all things soulful (Sam Cooke, with Lou Rawls on backing vocals). The Fugees track represents all the music I ignored during my sports-obsessed youth, as well as my continued education in hip-hop.
"Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Global Mix)," The Fugees
"A Century Of Elvis," Belle & Sebastian
"Silver Street (Live)," Ben Folds
"Bring It On Home To Me," Sam Cooke
"Oliver's Army," Elvis Costello And The Attractions
Yeah, that's much better. That's a six, representing high school (the live, Ben Folds solo take on a Ben Folds Five rarity), the saddest summer of my life (a spoken word B&S track the band's Push Barman To Open Old Wounds compilation, in which I lost myself during the months of June 2005-August 2005), the few weeks last year where I was convinced Armed Forces was the single greatest statement in pop history (it's actually just a great record, but also a number-one contender in the "Most bitter, acidic album inspired by ABBA" category), and my love of all things soulful (Sam Cooke, with Lou Rawls on backing vocals). The Fugees track represents all the music I ignored during my sports-obsessed youth, as well as my continued education in hip-hop.
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"Code Monkey" Jonathan Coulton
"World Destruction" John Lydon and Afrika Bambataa
"Forever Young" Alphaville
"Alison" Elvis Costello & The Attractions
"Playground Love" Air
This is definitely a huge step up from the last one, probably a 6.5 or so. I am really glad that Code Monkey is on there. I know Jonathan through friends in NYC and he has always been a really amiable guy. The Alphaville I first heard during one of the summers that I visited Israel. I used to go there every summer and the European acts always hit there before they hit here. Alphaville was huge. And of course, I am really glad that Elvis is on there, my single favorite artist of all time. And of course, whenever I meet someone named Alison, it always gets me singing this song. And they always sing along, because, hey, who could not love that song.
Sometimes, I wish that I could
STOP
you from talking....
"World Destruction" John Lydon and Afrika Bambataa
"Forever Young" Alphaville
"Alison" Elvis Costello & The Attractions
"Playground Love" Air
This is definitely a huge step up from the last one, probably a 6.5 or so. I am really glad that Code Monkey is on there. I know Jonathan through friends in NYC and he has always been a really amiable guy. The Alphaville I first heard during one of the summers that I visited Israel. I used to go there every summer and the European acts always hit there before they hit here. Alphaville was huge. And of course, I am really glad that Elvis is on there, my single favorite artist of all time. And of course, whenever I meet someone named Alison, it always gets me singing this song. And they always sing along, because, hey, who could not love that song.
Sometimes, I wish that I could
STOP
you from talking....
I love me some Elvis Costello. "I Write the Book" was one of my first all out favorite songs. (I didn't listen to anything but classical music and show tunes until I was 12.) I remember my friend playing it on the radio waves every time she got to deejay at the local station when I was in jr. high. Seeing him while smashed into the front of the stage at SXSW in 2005 was amazing.
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Okay, ima play.
Steady - Seth Walker
Cool! Seth Walker's a local artist, a favorite of the swing-dance scene who's just now starting to break big. Imagine standard Gap-commercial swing (neoswing -- *shudder*) slowed down to about 1/3-speed and made 30% bluesier.
Why Bother - Weezer
Oh. hell. yes. Pinkerton made the list. I understand why Rolling Stone called it the worst album of the year. I understand why Mr. Cuomo hates it. But everyone else loves it, and that's as it should be. (Note: this will be the only track that provides me any music cred.)
Darling - Wondermints
Ooh, glad Wondermints is on here. This is a 60s/early-70s retro-fetish pop band, perhaps best known for serving as the core of Brian Wilson's touring band and helping push Smile to completion. This is off a covers album that a Japanese label made them record. (No sign of this cover on youtube, so I'll just link to "Tracy Hide".)
The One I Love - R.E.M.
Bluh. One of those omnipresent R.E.M. singles. Shuffle is making me look bland. (Correction: more bland.) Still, given how many times I listened to Murmur in high school, I suppose R.E.M. needs to be on here in some form.
I'll Get Them In - The Trashcan Sinatras
Ah, Scottish pop music -- shuffle did right by me here. The Trashcans got a little stateside play for their first album, then pretty much disappeared back to Scotland. They keep putting out albums full of lengthy melodies and chimey orchestration, and I spent my college years listening to 'em. (Can't find youtube for this, so here's a live mp3 of "Twisted and Bent".)
How representative is this one?
Eh, maybe a five or so? For better or worse, it's a damn good representation of my taste in pop music. Yes, it it really is that relentlessly innocuous. Yes, it hit the old-fart wall around '97.
But this is off my phone, which has hardly any jazz, blues, soul, or classical. Not that I'm a knowledgeable aficionado of any of those, but I do listen to (not to mention dance to) them, y'know?
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The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
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Steady - Seth Walker
Cool! Seth Walker's a local artist, a favorite of the swing-dance scene who's just now starting to break big. Imagine standard Gap-commercial swing (neoswing -- *shudder*) slowed down to about 1/3-speed and made 30% bluesier.
Why Bother - Weezer
Oh. hell. yes. Pinkerton made the list. I understand why Rolling Stone called it the worst album of the year. I understand why Mr. Cuomo hates it. But everyone else loves it, and that's as it should be. (Note: this will be the only track that provides me any music cred.)
Darling - Wondermints
Ooh, glad Wondermints is on here. This is a 60s/early-70s retro-fetish pop band, perhaps best known for serving as the core of Brian Wilson's touring band and helping push Smile to completion. This is off a covers album that a Japanese label made them record. (No sign of this cover on youtube, so I'll just link to "Tracy Hide".)
The One I Love - R.E.M.
Bluh. One of those omnipresent R.E.M. singles. Shuffle is making me look bland. (Correction: more bland.) Still, given how many times I listened to Murmur in high school, I suppose R.E.M. needs to be on here in some form.
I'll Get Them In - The Trashcan Sinatras
Ah, Scottish pop music -- shuffle did right by me here. The Trashcans got a little stateside play for their first album, then pretty much disappeared back to Scotland. They keep putting out albums full of lengthy melodies and chimey orchestration, and I spent my college years listening to 'em. (Can't find youtube for this, so here's a live mp3 of "Twisted and Bent".)
How representative is this one?
Eh, maybe a five or so? For better or worse, it's a damn good representation of my taste in pop music. Yes, it it really is that relentlessly innocuous. Yes, it hit the old-fart wall around '97.
But this is off my phone, which has hardly any jazz, blues, soul, or classical. Not that I'm a knowledgeable aficionado of any of those, but I do listen to (not to mention dance to) them, y'know?
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peter rogers @ work | http://hujhax.livejournal.com
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
-- Oscar Wilde