Back when I was about 12, Van Halen came out with their debut album. This was a 12 year old's dream. I wasn't listening to music with my sister any more, I was hanging out with other 12 year olds and their older brothers. Van Halen was all the rage. And Running with the Devil was the opening track. Back then, the Catholic priest in town was a kindly old man and he was a Monsignor. Someone decided that the lyrics of that song needed a change. So, to us, it was always "Running with Monsignor". The Chuckster was not involved in such things, as he was still pooping his pants back then. (I think he was six. I kid, Chuck! I kid!)
Hee hee!
Drop your lists.
1. "Seven Swans" Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans
2. "Strictly Confidential" Roxy Music For Your Pleasure
3. "Good Time Boy" Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Again
4. "Cast Off Crown" Deerhoof Friend Opportunity
5. "What Is The Light?" The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin
6. "The Red Telephone" Love Forever Changes
7. "Decay" Ride Nowhere
8. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
9. "Day And Night" The Jim Carroll Band Catholic Boy
10. "Hail Mary" Shearwater Palo Santo
bonus: "I Was a Stranger" Smog Red Apple Falls
That's a fine list. I will admit that I spent a pretty long time having dismissed The Beach Boys as That Band That Sings About Surfing.
Likewise. With age comes wisdom.
Wait, what? The Beach Boys sing about other things that surfing??!!!!1!!!111!one!
Yeah, cars. :P
Also, Girls who like surfers with cars.
And horrible boat trips.
1. Holly Holy--Neil Diamond
2. I Can't Be Satisfied--Paul Rodgers
3. Little John Henry--Hylo Brown
4. Something--The Beatles
5. SuperStar--The Carpenters
6. Learning To Fly--Pink Floyd
7. Lonesome Banjo Man--Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
8. Ain't No Mountain High Enough--Tammi Terrell
9. Ain't That A Shame--Fats Domino
10. You Said--Darlene Zschech
Pink Floyd and Darlene Zschech in the same ten...interesting.
I like a random Random Ten.
* Over It – Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
* Flood – Tool – Undertow
* Make Your Own Bones – Nothingface – Violence
* If You Could Only See – Tonic – Lemon Parade
* Just – Radiohead – The Best Of
* Give Your Heart Away – Black Keys - Magic Potion
* Idiot Wind – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
* Sway – Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
* Sugar – System of a Down – (self-titled)
* Graveyard – Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
Man, do I ever love me some Fats Domino. Not nearly enough like that around my parts these days.
Got myself a new, bigger iPod this week. Went from 4 Gig to 16 Gig. Now I can have more than just what I absolutely need on it. It's been fun, as stuff I haven't listened to in more than a year comes up again.
1. The Field "Annie"*
2. The Beach Boys "Little Deuce Coupe" Endless Summer
3. Low "In Silence" Drums and Guns
4. Burial "Shutta" Ghost Hardware 12"
5. Low "Just Stand Back" The Great Destroyer
6. Current 93 "The Dissolution of the Boat (Millions of Years)" Black Ships Ate the Sky
7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "Pushkin (Live)" Summer in the Southeast
8. Bobby Bare, Jr. "I Need You" American Bread*
9. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "May It Always Be (Live f/ Pink Nasty)" Summer in the Southeast
T. Ha Ha Tonka "Falling In" Buckle in the Bible Belt
E. Black Dice "Endless Happiness" Beaches & Canyons
Notes:
1. Remix of Annie's "Heartbeats"
8. An EP of covers of America and Bread
The Field remix of Annie's 'Heartbeat' intrigues me. What do they keep/throw from the original?
A lot actually.
If you've heard "From Here We Go Sublime," and see what he's done to the Flamingo's "I Only Have Eyes for You," Imagine that applied to "Heartbeats." It's very easy to hear the original in it, as well as that it's done by the Field. It's got snippets of verse vocals, and several takes of the chorus rush over each other at the same time. Definitely the poppiest thing Axel Wilner's ever done, which is a very good thing.
I think this was the first thing he did as "The Field," and he gave out the single at some club in Norway. Obviously, I found the file on the internet.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - 'Cold Shot'
Creed Bratton - 'Spinning and Reeling'
The Rolling Stones - 'Miss Amanda Jones'
Talking Heads - 'Road to Nowhere'
The Kinks - 'This Time Tomorrow'
John Mellencamp - 'Dance Naked'
Camera Obscura - 'James'
CCR - 'Down on the Corner'
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
The Clash - 'The Wrong 'Em Boyo'
Rancid - 'Ruby Soho'
Listening to mix tapes, wattsy? Is that space indicating Side One, Side Two?
:lol:
I find its a bit easier for me to read a list if its broken up a bit
Is there a song there for Stevie Ray Vaughn or is it just a shout out?
:lol:
gawd Im having issues this morning :lol
that was 'The Sky is Crying'
so, you're saying you're having double trouble?
+6 strings
The Black Keys "Strange Times" Attack and Release
Fats Domino "I Want To Walk You Home" Best of R&B and Soul
The Band "We Can Talk" Music From Big Pink
Bright Eyes "Make A Plan To Love Me" Cassadaga
The Shins "Your Algebra" Oh, Inverted World
Langhorne Slim "Hanshaw Shuffle (Drunken Horse)" When The Sun's Gone Down
The Felice Brothers "Ruby Mae" The Felice Brothers
Blitzen Trapper "James and Larry Earley (1982)" Field Rexx
The Beta Band "House Song" Beta Band Live
The Rentals "Must Be Wrong" Seven More Minutes
3 of these songs are instrumental transition songs clocking in around 1 minute--odd.
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 - War
2. Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
3. Portland - The Replacements - Nothing for All
4. Treefingers - Radiohead - Kid A
5. Broken Face - The Pixies - Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim
6. Mysteries - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
7. Pennyroyal Tea - Nirvana - In Utero
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob - Bringing It All Back Home
9. Watch the Sunrise - Big Star - No1 Record - Radio City
10. I-76 - G. Love & Special Sauce - Yeah, It's That Easy
U2, Jimi, Replacements, Radiohead, Pixies, YYY, Nirvana, Bob, Big Star, and G. Love?
O.k. now that's just showing off.
Where do I exchange my hipster points? I've been on a big Pixies kick lately, so that was a pleasant surprise.
meat better bring his A-game today. ;)
I like to keep my iPod lean and mean.
I-76 - G. Love & Special Sauce - Yeah, It's That Easy
a classic from one of his more underrated albums, and one of my favorite.
Check Please--Paul Jefferson
This Is My Heart Talking Now--Wade Hayes
Tempted By The Fruit Of Another--Rockapella
Jesus Of Suburbia--Green Day
The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys--Traffic
You Can Feel Bad--Patty Loveless
Creedence Song--John Fogerty
Does He Love You--Reba McEntire & Linda Davis
Wolves--Garth Brooks
It's Gonna Take A Miracle--Wade Hayes
Paul Jefferson is so obscure that when I bought his album, he sent me the album personally with a bill. Then I wrote him a check and sent it to his house. Despite this, he had a video on CMT.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozVObD
what did I do wrong with the embedding?
Maybe you need to mail the guy another check. :)
I took out the v and plugged it into the browser and you tube told me this:
So, my answer is that you didn't get the whole URL. Or you need to send the guy another check.
“Photos of Ghosts” – Premiata Forneria Marconi, Photos of Ghosts
“Back in N.Y.C” – Genesis, Archive 1967-1975
“Used to Bad News” – Boston, Don’t Look Back
“Hard on Me” – Asia, Asia: Gold
“My Only Swerving” – El Ten Eleven, El Ten Eleven
“Closer to Heaven” – Alan Parsons Project, Gaudy
“Kyrania” – Bjorn Lynne, Wolves of the Gods
“Birthright” – a-ha, Analogue
“Love Strikes” – Escobar, A Thousand Last Chances
“Jungle Love” – Steve Miller Band, Greatest Hits 1974-78
"Reality TV" - Brian Desveaux, Alive Today
"Fall: Overture" - The Kronos Quartet, Requiem for a Dream OST*
"Nara" - ES Posthumus, Unearthed
"Rockin' the Suburbs" - Ben Folds, Rockin' the Suburbs
"Dope Nose" - Weezer, Maladroit
"Hello There" - Basshunter, LOL < (^^,) >**
"Scum of the Earth" - Rob Zombie, Mission Impossible 2 OST
"Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" - Smash Mouth, Astro Lounge
"Flames" - VAST, Visual Audio Sensory Theater
"Chemical Party" - Gavin DeGraw, Chariot
*I don't think I'm going out on a limb to say that Requiem for a Dream is the movie that the most people bought because it was a good movie, yet could never bring themselves to watch again. So. Depressing.
**Yes, that is the actual title of the album. Apparently, Swedish electronica artists believe in making emoticons right side up.
soundtracks!
"Rockin' the Suburbs" -- you forgot (featuring William Shatner) ;)
I sort of despise soundtracks that are just collections of popular songs that someone thought were tangentially related to a movie. So you can guess which one was a gift on this list! ;)
I know what you mean. Closely followed by Music Inspired by the Movie... "soundtracks".
01. Pat DiNizio - Words of Love [Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly]
02. Beastie Boys - Sabotage [Ill Communication]
03. The Distillers - Drain the Blood [Coral Fang]
04. Natural Bridge Bunch - Pig Snoots, Pt. 1 [What It Is!]
05. Audioslave - Yesterday to Tomorrow [Out of Exlie]
06. System of a Down - Revenga [Mezmerize]
07. Smoking Popes - Don't Be Afraid [At Metro]
08. Skip Spence - You Know [Oar]
09. The Distillers - Sick of It All [Sing Sing Death House]
10. William Shatner - What Have You Done [Has Been]
Ah, the mad genius of Alexander Spence. Now there was character. Oar is an amazing record, BTW.
Partial namesake of an important place in Twin Cities music history, too.
Indeed. Oarfolkjokeopus. And I believe Folkjokeopus was an old Roy Harper LP.
Right you are.
I visited the store just once, shortly after moving to Minnesota. Seemed like a decent, albeit small, store, but I was really an Electric Fetus devotee. Still, I can appreciate the importance of a shop where Mpls bands wanted to hang out and also was a rare place where a kid could get the latest punk records way back when.
Shat Attack!!!!
I knew there were devotees out there in the Nation ;-)
Be sure to look at my Facebook page today, bS.
"LM...AO!"
going back to Van Halen, I've been kind of liking their songs again. I have this love/hate thing with VH. But a couple month ago I heard the song 'Unchained' on the radio and was grooving to it and now I find myself once again air guitaring and lip synching along to VH songs (except for 'Dancing in the Street' man alive I have a severe dislike for this song no matter which of the 1,583 versions I hear. they are all terrible in my book).
"Dancing in the Street" officially jumped the shark when it was done as a sing-along for elementary school-age kids. Seriously, I grew up with that VHS.
The Chuckster should have gotten together with the Monsignor to start a band...Chuck Klosterman and the Cloisterman.
1. Dead Kennedys - "Government Flu" from Plastic Surgery Disasters
2. Pimp C ft. Smoke D & Vicious - "I Don't F*** Wit U" from Pimpalation
3. Stupid Babies Go Mad - "Violent Hitman" from Speed, Thrill, Stupid
4. The Rosebuds - "Wishes for Kisses" from The Rosebuds Make Out
5. Cannibal Ox - "Iron Galaxy" from The Cold Vein
6. British Sea Power - "Blackout" from The Decline of British Sea Power
7. UGK - "Protect & Serve" from Super Tight
8. Angels of Light - "Joseph's Song" from We Are Him
9. Pissed Jeans - "I've Still Got You (Ice Cream)" from Hope For Men
10. The Magnetic Fields - "California Girls" from Distortion
yeah, i hate california girls too.
just jealous.
You just want to drink their Miller Lite.
I would do anything for love (but I won't do that).
My wife's cousin is the textbook example of a California girl. I can't help but imagine her every time I hear that song.
1. Pale Blue Eyes -- R.E.M.
2. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs -- Minutemen
3. Troublemaker -- Weezer
4. Mesmerizing -- Liz Phair
5. I'm Sorry For You My Friend -- Hank Willams
6. One - Aimee Mann
7. Bad Luck -- Social Distortion
8. Kid About It -- Elvis Costello
9. Joke About Jamaica -- The Hold Steady
10. What Led Me to This Town -- The Jayhawks
Bonus: Alone + Easy Target -- Foo Fighters
Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs -- Minutemen
I'm off to YouTube this one...
Ah, 1:35 of hell yes.
“the modern leper” – frightened rabbit – the midnight organ fight
“overs” – simon & garfunkel – bookends
“everything worthwhile” – walt mink – el producto
“down by the seaside” – led zeppelin – physical graffiti
“brown eyed blues” – ben harper and the innocent criminals – diamonds on the inside
“i’m the man who loves you” – wilco – yankee hotel foxtrot studio demos/outtakes
“barcelona loves you” – i’m from barcelona – let me introduce my friends
“here is no why” – the smashing pumpkins – mellon collie and the infinite sadness
“farther along” – mississippi john hurt – deadwood OST
“life on mars?” – david bowie – hunky dory
bonus: “wake up” – dr. dog – easy beat
apparently, i'm the man that loves you, and barcelona is the city that loves you. also, thanks to FTLT's musical choices getting lodged in my head (see last week), i went out and grabbed easy beat. it's pretty sweet, methinks...
1. Land of Confusion - Disturbed **
2. Got the Life - Korn ***
3. You Think You Know Her - Cause & Effect ***
4. Vitamin R - Chevelle **
5. Let's Get It Started - Black Eyed Peas **
6. Careless Whisper - Seether ***
7. Starseed - Our Lady Peace **
8. Knekker Deg Til Sist - Kaizer's Orchestra ***
9. Uprising - Muse ****
10. Love Changes (Everything) - Climie Fisher *
I can't end on that.
Bonus: Rag Doll - Aerosmith **
Better
Extra Bonus: Sound of Madness - Shinedown - throwing this in here because I heard this song the day before my actuarial exam and it got me totally pumped up. Can't get enough of it now.
Shinedown is one of my favorite bands. They are one of the best live shows I've ever seen. Blew Saliva (their opener) and Three Days Grace (the closer) out of the water.
Is that Disturbed song a Genesis cover?
It is. And it's pretty good actually.
1. "Fawn," Tom Waits, Alice
2. "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II
3. "Famous Blue Raincoat," Leonard Cohen, The Essential Leonard Cohen
4. "I Ain't Superstitious (Alternate Mix)," Howlin' Wolf, The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition)
5. "Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad (Live)," The Grateful Dead, Hundred Year Hall (Live)
6. "She Belongs to Me," Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II
7. "Truckin' (Live)," Phil Lesh, Phil Lesh at the PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ 7/01/06
8. "Babylon System," Bob Marley, Survival
9. "Spoken Softly (Live)," Jessica Williams, "Live at Yoshi's, Vol. II
10. "Love Thy Neighbor," John Coltrane, The Prestige Recordings
Such a strong finish, I don't need a bonus song.
I'm embarrassed to admit (ok, not that much) that I always thought the Marley song was
"Babylon Sisters".
[EDIT: OMG, brainfart. I mixed Marley and Steely Dan. RE-SET!!!111ONE111!!!]
RikkiMarley Don't Lose That NumberIt's a hit!
Brad Paisley – Mud on the Tires: “Whiskey Lullaby”
Alan Jackson – Greatest Hits: “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
Bowling for Soup – Drunk Enough to Dance: “Cold Shower Tuesdays”
Hoobastank – The Reason: “Out of Control”
The Hold Steady – Almost Killed Me: “Positive Jam”
Dave Matthews – Live at Radio City: “The Maker”
Modest Mouse – Lonesome Crowded West: “Trailer Trash”
Muse – The Resistance: “Unnatural Selection”
The All-American Rejects – The All-American Rejects: “One More Sad Song”
The Vines – Highly Evolved: “1969”
Wide range this week.
agreed.
Modest Mouse – Lonesome Crowded West: “Trailer Trash”
not sure why, but that's one of my favorite songs by MM.
I love that song too. And that album.
Mom loves Brad Paisley, so I've heard a lot of him during car rides. As far as country goes, he's pretty good. I'm more of a Cash/Nelson type myself, but I like a bit of Paisley now and then.
hey Yick, your blog hit "Disk Full" error or something? gone offseason?
huh? You got an error page?
If by error page you mean an old October post with nothing lately, then yes!
Ah. I'll have to work on that . . .
Feist – “So Sorry” The Reminder
The Baseball Project – “Jackie’s Lament” Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Johnny Cash – “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” American Recordings
Willie Nelson – “Funny How Time Slips Away” Songs
Dick Prall – “Long Play” Weightless
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Storm In A Teacup” Stadium Arcadium
Eric Clapton – “Layla (Acoustic)” Clapton Chronicles
Old 97s – “Nineteen” Fight Songs
Kanye West – “Last Call” College Dropout
Staind – “So Far Away” 14 Shades of GreyThe Who – “Behind Blue Eyes” Who’s Next
And George is spinning again this week.
We could probably set up some sort of turbine and solve the world's energy crisis.
Lil Wayne - Dr. Carter - Tha Carter III
Mike Mictlan - Young Hunger - Hand Over Fist
Flogging Molly - The Kilburn High Road - Drunken Lullabies
Blueprint - Starch - Chamber Music
Ugly Casanova - Ice On The Sheets - Sharpen Your Teeth
Big Quarters - Lou Diamond - Meat Tape
Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers - Ballad Of A Thin Man - I'm Not There Soundtrack
The Bellrays - Some Confusion City - The Red White & Black
Micranots - So Deep Remix - Return Of The Travellahs
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Twilight - Hot
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Twilight - Hot
I adore that album, and the band. They just put out a new record last week (first album since something like 1999-2000) that I need to get.
Tomorrow Is Forever - Solomon Burke - Nashville
I'm Leavin Now - John Cash - American III
Grindstone - Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20 1992
I Don't Believe You - Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series 4
Dig For Fire - Pixies - Bossanova
Ruination Day Pt.2 - Gillian Welch - Time (the Revelator)
Coffee Mug - Descendents - Everything Sucks
I Don't Wanna Grow Up - Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Flesh and Blood - John Cash & Willie Nelson - VH1 Storytellers
Black Rose - Billy Joe Shaver - Restless Wind
11 is better than 10
Man Out Of Time - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Best of
A very Nashville kind of list.
Isn't that "John Cash and Will Nelson"??
actually, i believe it's one mr. m. haggard and john cash.
1. Animal Collective - My Girls - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2. Kota Suzuki - Unidentified Threat - Resident Evil 5 Soundtrack
3. The XX - Intro - XX
4. Girl Talk - Once Again - Night Ripper
5. Switchfoot - New Way to Be Human - New Way to Be Human
6. Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
7. mewithoutYou - Silencer - [A-->B] Life
8. KSXi - Volcanic - Volcanic
9. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - How Near, How Far - Source Tags and Codes
10. Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat - Heart in Motion
Umm.....
11. Matt & Kim - Daylight - Grand
#1 is a kids' favorite in our house, although I've soured on it a bit. Too perky maybe?
#10: Wow.
Yeah, I don't have a lot of excuses for #10. The less said about my listening habits from 10 years ago, the better.
'My Girls' isn't actually even my favorite of the CD (that would be 'Summertime Clothes' or 'Bluish' depending on the day), but it's still a really fun song. Even the wife likes it, and that is certainly saying something.
Hey now! Nothing wrong with a little Amy Grant. (i.e. I have that album, too)
i still don't know what an american aquarium drinker is.
I always took to mean he (the narrator/Tweedy) drinks like a fish. If you listen to it backwards, that is reverse chronologically, not in a "Paul is dead" kinda way, It makes more sense. He starts as a "dixie cup drinker" then ends as an "aquarium drinker", he's drinking more and more as he sabotages his relationship. Lyrics, from the wonderful Sea Black with Ink.
wow. i'd never put that much thought into it. nice dissection. i will quickly say that, for some reason, i've always really liked the phrase "bible-black predawn".
That is a fantastic line. It really has the right phonetics to sound really good. And it definitely evokes a strong mental image.
exactly right.
"Taboo" - Dizzy Gillespie
"Jimmy the Exploder" - The White Stripes (Glastonbury 2002)
"Sing a Simple Song" - The Noble Knights
"Hate" - Cat Power
"Try It Again" - Bobby Byrd
"Stranger in the House" - Elvis Costello
"Morning is the Long Way Home" - Leo Kottke
"Road" - Nick Drake
"Autumn Leaves" - Miles Davis (Portland State 1966)
"Red Clay Halo" - Gillian Welch
01. Ten Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
02. Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss
03. Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
04. Make it Mine - Jason Mraz
05. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
06. Old and Wise - The Alan Parsons Project
07. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
08. Everything You're Breathing For - The Parlor Mob
09. Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings - ZZ Top
10. Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Bonus Track - The Avengers Theme
Diana Rigg and The Avengers theme wins the blue ribbon from me.
Touch Me - The Doors - Greatest Hits
Long Time Comin' - London Quireboys - Little Bit of What You Fancy
You're Crazy - GNR - Appetite for Destruction
You Think You Know Somebody - Todd Snider - Live at Maxwells
Everything is Broken - Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Trouble Is
When You Come Back to Me - World Party - Reality Bites Soundtrack
Barefoot - k.d. lang - Unplugged Collection
Rebels - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents
My Generation, Pt. 2 - Todd Snider - Songs From The Daily Planet
Hotel Arizona - Wilco - Being There
in honor of their 40th anniversary, here's a great live performance from sesame street:
(i'm sure there a lot of good ones, actually).