Friday, June 19, 2009

Friday Random Ten

Laurie Anderson "Washington Street" Life on a String
Fenton Robinson "You Don't Know What Love Is" The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Collection
Mikel Rouse "Candy Cane" Music for Minorities
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong "They All Laughed" Our Love Is Here to Stay: Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin
Portastatic "The Soft Rewind" Bright Ideas
Shawn Colvin "You and the Mona Lisa" A Few Small Repairs
PJ Harvey "Beautiful Feeling" Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Fountains of Wayne "Barbara H." Fountains of Wayne
Old 97's "Old Familiar Steam" Wreck Your Life
Son Volt "Creosote" Straightaways

bonus
Los Super Seven "Talk to Me" Heard It on the X

Back to that old standby, lesser tracks by greater artists.

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Freealonzo said...

1. Good Morning, Good Morning -- The Beatles
2. C'mon Everybody -- Eddie Cochran
3. The Wild Wagoneer -- Jilson Setters
4. Love and Happiness -- Al Green
5. Shirley MacLaine -- The 757s
6. Ain't that Enough -- Teenage Fanclub
7. Tommy's Holiday Camp -- The Who
8. Soma -- The Strokes
9. Oh Very Young -- Cat Stevens
10. About You -- Teenage Fanclub

Bonus: Mod Lang -- Big Star

Not my greatest list ever, but it will do.

7:30 AM  
Blogger E-6 said...

1. "Looking For Astronauts" The National / Alligator
2. "Swingers" The Wedding Present / El Rey
3. "Just The Same But Brand New" St. Vincent / Actor
4. "Dancing Days" Led Zeppelin / Houses of the Holy
5. "Major Label Debut" Broken Social Scene / Broken Social Scene
6. "No Victims" Kirsty MacColl / Kite
7. "Astronaut" Luna Rendezvous
8. "Death Don't Have No Mercy" The Reverend Gary Davis / Harlem Street Singer
9. "Let's Kill Ourselves" The Ponys / Laced with Romance
10. "Rebel Rebel" David Bowie / Diamond Dogs
bonus: "Superfly" Curtis Mayfield / The Very Best Of

Hmm. "Mr. Spaceman" or "Space Oddity" would've fit nicely on this list. Spaceman 3 and Moon Martin, too.

8:16 AM  
Blogger Generik said...

1. Ben Sidran – “Look Here” — Tell Me Something
2. Willie Nelson – “Shotgun Willie” — The Essential Willie Nelson
3. John Mayall – “I’m Gonna Fight For You” — The Turning Point
4. Buffalo Springfield – “Mr. Soul” — Retrospective
5. Elvis Costello – “Our Little Angel” — King Of America
6. Big Joe Turner – “Shake, Rattle And Roll”– Sounding Out The Blues
7. The Jam – “Beat Surrender” — Compact Snap
8. Paul Simon – “Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes” — Graceland
9. The Ramones – “We’re A Happy Family” — Mania
10. The Blasters – “21 Days In Jail” — American Music

**Bonus** The White Stripes – “Conquest” — Icky Thump

8:53 AM  
Blogger Marty said...

Band of Horses, "No One's Gonna Love You Now," Cease to Begin
Billy Bragg, "Honey I'm a Big Boy Now," Talking Poetry with the Taxman
Guided by Voices, "I am a Scientist," Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
Red Red Meat, "Moon Calf Tripe," Jimmywine Majestic
Guided by Voices, "Dirty Water," Earthquake Glue
The Beatles, "The Glass Onion," The White Album
Okkervil River, "The Okkervil River Song," Don't Fall in Love with Everyone You See
Roxy Music, "Love is the Drug," Street Life
Guided by Voices, "Hardcore UFOs," Live
The Velvet Underground, "The Black Angel's Death Song," The Velvet Underground & Nico

Bonus: John Lennon, "Power to the People," The John Lennon Collection

Hippies vs. GBV undercurrent to this list. Itunes didn't let any of the girls play today. Tsk. Tsk.

1:32 PM  

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