Friday Music Day

FMD: Deer Opener (11-4-11)

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I've been pretty absent here the past few weeks, I've been very busy at work. My absence will continue over the weekend: I'm driving up to Swanville, MN to hunt deer. At my great-uncle-in-law's. Both my father and father-in-law are in the hunting party. Which I quite enjoy.
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As I mentioned earlier, my week's soundtrack has been pretty much 70% Beyoncé (with 20% Merle, and 10% Random). When I put together my end-of-the-year lists, her new album 4 is going to be hard to file: an 8-song album might challenge* Colin Stetson, but those other five or so songs are still there on the album, and she might not get listed at all. At the same time, there's too many good songs for me to pick just one for my singles list (which is where I put songs not on listed albums: otherwise both lists would pretty much be copies of each other.

*Or maybe it's just a brief infatuation with the record and I'll be sick of it by December 1.

I like Kanye West's work, but I hope he never again shows up on a Beyoncé album. Three seconds into "Party", and three seconds of his voice, and I'm hitting the "next track" button.

So anyways, share your list.

32 thoughts on “FMD: Deer Opener (11-4-11)”

  1. Thank God It’s Funky

    1. “Lucky 7” – Greg Howe, Victor Wooton, Dennis Chambers, Extraction
    2. “Sushi Pimp” – Gnappy, Unloaded
    3. “Tell Me Something Good” – Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
    4. “Swing Funk” – Jeff Lorber Fusion, Lift Off
    5. “Shining Star” – Earth, Wind, and Fire, Greatest Hits
    6. “It’s Not the Same for Us” – Level 42, World Machine
    7. “Scratch & Sniff” – Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Outbound
    8. “Sofistifunk” – Return to Forever, No Mystery
    9. “Hot Fun” – Stanley Clarke, School Days
    10. “Chameleon” – Herbie Hancock, Headhunters

    Two appearances by Vic Wooten -- can't have good funk without a good bass line
    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhK5tokuy6k

  2. '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' - Paul Simon The Paul Simon Collection
    'Good Feeling' - Violent Femmes Violent Femmes*
    'Jody Girl' - Bob Seger Beautiful Loser
    'Title Music' from Merchant-Ivory's film Bombay Talkie - Shankar Jaikishan culled from The Darjeeling Limited soundtrack**
    'Heard It On the X' - ZZ Top Fandango!

    'Human Touch' - Bruce Springsteen The Essential Bruce Springsteen
    'Crazy' - Aerosmith Big Ones
    'Supply and Demand' - The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious
    'Reptilla' - The Strokes Room on Fire
    'Novocaine For the Soul' - The Eels

    *I was recently was watching an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" (because it seems like its on every channel these days) and Lily wanted this song played at her wedding. Marshall went out to find a good band and found The 88 was playing at a local prom and decided to check them out and hilarity ensues.
    Well anywho, turns out The 88 is a real band and they do the theme song to my favorite show "Community" and are the backing band for Ray Davies as he tours around America. crazy

    ** I think I would enjoy some more 60's Bollywood music in my collection. There is a Heinekin beer commercial that uses some Bollywood music and I really enjoy that. Kinda makes me want to dance

  3. .

    * Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow - Aphex Twin - Drukqs
    * Zero - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
    * Shoreline (Adrift, Dreaming) - Field Rotation - And Tomorrow I Will Sleep
    * Adult Cheetah Resting by Beobab Tree - Chris Watson - Outside the Circle of Fire
    * Six Shooter - Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
    * Over Now - Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged
    * Broken Home, Broken Heart - Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
    * Pseudo-Bread - Boris - Pink
    * A Murder of One - Counting Crows - August and Everything After
    * Razkaz - Marcel Fengler - Enigma

    Spent most of the week listening to Zack's rec from last week (Larsen - Cool Cruel Mouth). Puscifer's new album was disappointing on the first listen, but I'll probably give it another shot. I also picked up Husky Burnette - Facedown in the Dirt which is pretty good modern blues rock stuff (although the voice takes a little getting used to).

  4. I've joined the Spotify addicts around here. But hey, here are some songs I own.

    Toto--Africa
    The Gone Jackals--Legacy
    Roger Miller--Heartaches by the Number
    Kingston Trio--Tom Dooley
    Tracy Byrd--The First Step
    Toby Keith-- Upstairs Downtown
    Sammy Kershaw--National Working Woman's Holiday
    Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs--Wooly Bully
    George Strait--Heartland
    Sawyer Brown--Looking for Love

  5. .
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    01. Song from the End of the World - Waterboys - Room to Roam
    02. Greensleeves - John Coltrane - The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions
    03. My Generation - Who - The Who Sings My Generation
    04. Goody Goody - Ella Fitzgerald - At the Opera House
    05. New Pony - Bob Dylan - Street Legal
    06. Teacher Teacher - Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
    07. You Really Got Me - the Kinks - Kinks
    08. Cortez the Killer - Neil Young - Zuma
    09. Due Simpatici Zozzoni - Ennio Morricone - A Fist Goes West
    10. Bones - Male Bonding - Sub Pop Amazon Sampler

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    1. “the rabbit, the bat, and the reindeer” – dr. dog – fate
    2. “i am a lightning rod” – margot & the nuclear so and so’s – animal!
    3. “dogs got a bone” – the beta band – the three EPs
    4. “to be alone with you” – sufjan stevens – seven swans
    5. “i came as a rat” – modest mouse – the moon and antarctica
    6. “love in the dakota” – walt mink – el producto
    7. “i found a reason” – the velvet underground – loaded
    8. “love’s in need of love today” – stevie wonder – songs in the key of life
    9. “sister cry” – the jayhawks – hollywood town hall
    10. “flood” – throwing muses – university

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    The Pogues - "Rain Street" The Very Best of The Pogues
    The Ramones - "Indian Giver" Ramones Mania
    The National - "Green Gloves" Boxer
    The Hold Steady - "The Smidge" Heaven Is Whenever
    Wilco - "Sunken Treasure" Being There

    The White Stripes - "Catch Hell Blues" Icky Thump
    The Black Keys - "Black Mud" Brothers
    RATM - "Fistful of Steel" RATM
    Tom Waits - "Red Shoes By The Drugstore" Blue Valentine
    BRMC - "Done All Wrong" Twilight soundtrack

    That's 4 "The ____" bands to start things off, and 6/10 total.

  8. 1. Baby Mammoth* “Divine Milk Shower” Another Day at the Orifice
    2. Albert Collins “Cold Cuts” Deluxe Edition
    3. The Field “Over the Ice (Live at Cargo)” Yesterday and Today (Bonus Track)
    4. The Field “Frantic Flow (Thomas Fehlmann RMX)” The More That I Do
    5. Björk “Mutual Core” Biophilia*
    6. Stars of the Lid “Even if You're Never Alone (Deuxíeme)” Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline

    7. Merle Haggard and the Strangers “Worried, Unhappy, Lonesome and Sorry (Bonus)” Someday We'll Look Back
    8. Plastikman “Plasticity (Dubfire Remix)” Arkives 1993-2010: Replikants 2 (Disc 14)
    9. The Animals “Roberta” The Best of the Animals
    T. Whitney Houston “My Love Is Your Love (Thunderpuss 2000 Club Mix)” My Love Is Your Love
    E. Nearly God “Make a Change (vocals by Alison Moyet)” Nearly God
    0. Linfinity “Road to Nowhere”* Road to Nowhere

    Now back to Beyoncé...

    Notes:
    1. Baby Mammoth was one of the three primary acts on the Hull-based Pork Recordings label, along with Fila Brazillia and Bullitnuts. All were instrumental trip-hop in the Cup of Tea/Ninja Tune vein. (Not in the Bristolean Portishead/Massive Attack vein.) Pork was my favorite label in the late 90's, and I have almost all of their albums numbered below 60 (not 60 CDs though, most of their releases were 12" singles -- of which I have about a dozen). I think I'm just missing Solid Doctor's Beats Means Highs. I think this is Baby Mammoth's best album, although Swimming helped me through a very tough finals.

    5. This is probably the last Björk album I buy off her reputation. The best song off this album might be no better than the fifth-best on her previous album, Volta, which was her low point until now.

    0. Talking Heads cover, free online single, but I don't have time to see if it's still available.

        2. I don't get the ire, either, really. They're a bit strange, but it works so well with all the strange compositions the 'Hoof use.

      2. I just listened to that, and I'm with bS on this one.

        (not that my musical opinion carries any weight 'round these parts.)

  10. .

    01. Mercyful Fate - "At the Sound of the Demon Bell", Melissa
    02. Meshuggah - "Vanished", Destroy. Erase. Improve>
    03. Deep Purple - "Perfect Strangers (live)", Nobody's Perfect
    04. King Diamond - "The 7th Day of July 1777", Abigail
    05. Entombed - "Severe Burns", Clandestine
    06. Running Wild - "Under Jolly Roger", Under Jolly Roger
    07. Queen - "Under Pressure", Classic Queen
    08. Dio - "Rainbow in the Dark (live 1983)", Dio at Donnington UK: Live 1993 & 1997
    09. Children of Bodom - "We're Not Gonna Fall", Are You Dead Yet?
    10. Alestorm* - "Captain Morgan's Revenge", Captain Morgan's Revenge

    *This might be my new favorite band. A bunch of Scottish guys singing about pirates is always fun.

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhVGIecbK8

    (There's a leetle bit of swearing)

  11. Ronnie Milsap--I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World
    George Strait--Check Yes Or No
    Kansas--Dust In The Wind
    Gary Allan--Songs About Rain
    The Contours--Do You Love Me
    Buddy Knox--Party Doll
    The Spaniels--Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
    Fleetwood Mac--Rhiannon
    Sara Bareilles--King Of Anything
    MercyMe--I Can Only Imagine

  12. Steve Taylor -- Lifeboat
    Audio Adrenaline -- Lift
    Petra -- Lift Him Up
    Tenth Avenue North -- Lift Us Up to Fall
    Audio Adrenaline -- Lighthouse
    DC Talk -- Like it, Love it, Need it
    Stellar Kart -- Like the Sun
    Rick Cua -- Line of Fire
    Relient K -- Lion Wilson
    The Beach Boys -- Little Deuce Coupe

  13. 1. Of Angels & Angles -- The Decemberists
    2. Accidents Will Happen -- Elvis Costello
    3. Stupids Bells -- The Handsome Family
    4. All My Loving -- The Beatles
    5. Box of Rain -- Grateful Dead
    6. Beautiful Boy -- John Lennon
    7. Harborcoat -- R.E.M.
    8. Twilight Campfighter -- Guided By Voices
    9. Either Way -- Wilco
    10. I Against I -- Bad Brains

    Bonus: Village Blues -- John Coltrane

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