Friday Random Ten (Thursday Night Edition)
The Clash "1977" Clash on Broadway
Built to Spill "Big Dipper" There's Nothing Wrong with Love
They Might Be Giants "I Should Be Allowed to Think" Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
Moe Tucker "Poor Little Fool" Dogs Under Stress
Sex Pistols "Bodies" Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
Coolbone "The Saints" Big Ol' Box of New Orleans
Lionel Hampton "White Christmas" Jingle Bell Jazz
Archers of Loaf "Death in the Park" Vee Vee
Peter Case "Anything" Torn Again
bonus
Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band "Dixieland" The Mountain
A bit of the all-over. Built to Spill wins song of the litter. And I forgot to turn my Christmas music off. (Oh, I posted this early as I'm busy most of Friday morning.)
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"Bodies" is a favorite song of mine. Not so much based on my week spot for songs about abortion where the singer screams about "screaming, fuckin', bloody messes," but for it's relentless sonic assault.
Hard to think of a harder-rockin song.
week spot = weak spot.
Must proofread, must proofread, must proofread . . .
1. Unscathed – Jack Logan
2. Tame – Pixies
3. Highway Patrolman – Bruce Springsteen
4. In the Time it Takes – X
5. Christ for President – Billy Bragg and Wilco
6. Explain it to Me – Liz Phair
7. Passenger Pigeon – Handsome Family
8. Prime of Life – Neil Young
9. Conclusion of the Railroad Earth – Jack Kerouac
10. Where Have All the Flowers Gone – Peter Paul and Mary
Bonus: The View from the Afternoon - Arctic Monkeys
This list lulls you into a mellow vibe, then bam! Arctic Monkeys in the bonus.
Silver Jews, "The Wild Kindness" American Water
Kristin Hersh, [untitled; track 13] Sky Motel
Tom Waits, "Walking Spanish" Rain Dogs
Waco Brothers, "When I Get My Rewards" Electric Waco Chair
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, "Sheep" Ease Down the Road
Sparklehorse, "Ghost in the Sky" Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
Pavement, "Pueblo" Wowee Zowee
Jason Morphew, "Michael’s Theme Number Four" Sunday Afternoon
Bob Dylan, "Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight" Infidels
Modest Mouse, "Cowboy Dan" The Lonesome Crowded West
Bonus: Alison Krauss & Union Station, "Bright Sunny South" Further Beyond Nashville
Pretty good set again this week.
Neutral Milk Hotel, "Ghost," In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Thursday, "Asleep in the Chapel," War All the Time
Mercury Rev, "The Funny Bird," Deserter's Songs
Pavement, "Sue Me Jack," Slanted & Enchanted, L & R
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music, "Pyjamarama," Street Life--Greatest Hits
Sleater-Kinney, "Ballad of a Ladyman," All Hands on the Bad One
Joey Gilmore, "94 Smidget," Joey Gilmore
Okkervil River, "A Girl in Port," The Stage Names
Langhorne Slim, "Loretta Lee Jones," Loose 4: Start Your own Country
Guided by Voices, "Wings of Thorn," Universal Truths and Cycles
Bonus: The Delusions, "Slime," Keeping up Appearances
Hmmmmm. Itunes appears to be fucking with me over my earlier "slime" typo.
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