Friday Music Day

FMD: Jan 25, 2013

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Let's discuss music. Start with 10 songs randomly produced by your iTunes/iPod/other media player/music service/etc., and let's see what topics arise! Or just start with some other musical topic, Other citizens are bound to have thier own opinions!
/Jon Bois'd

64 thoughts on “FMD: Jan 25, 2013”

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    1. U2 - "Angel of Harlem" - Rattle and Hum
    2. Arcade Fire - "Half Light II (No Celebration)" - The Suburbs
    3. Wilco - "Misunderstood" - Being There
    4. Mayer Hawthorne - "You're Not Ready" - How Do You Do
    5. Natalie Merchant - "Jealousy" - Tigerlily
    6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Green River" - Chronicle
    7. Atmosphere - "Reflections" - Seven's Travels
    8. The New Pornographers - "Failsafe" - Challengers
    9. Common - "The People" - Finding Forever
    T. U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - The Joshua Tree
    B. Nirvana - "Pennyroyal Tea" - In Utero

    2. This list looks a lot like something I'd pull. A. Lot.

      Also, "Angel of Harlem" would have been my 13th song if I did a triple bonus.

  2. Monday, Monday--The Mamas and the Papas
    Baby Will Roam--Rusted Root
    Boy or Girl--Bow Wow
    No One Knows--Green Day
    Name--Goo Goo Dolls
    Cecilia--Simon and Garfunkel
    Henry--Grateful Dead
    All That Matters--Ke$ha
    Be Healthy--Dead Prez
    Baby Mine--Bette Midler

    1. Nothing like a good ol' Dead-DPs-Midler streak (in any order).
      Too bad Ke$ha (which I pronounce "Keh-dollar-hah") broke it up.
      (I listened to like two or three of her early singles and thought they were really bad, has she improved or can I keep dismissing her on the basis of those?)

  3. 1. Double Shot of My Baby's Love -- the Swinging Medallions
    2. Artists Only -- Talking Heads
    3. Jesus Christ -- Woody Guthrie
    4. Graves Are Fun To Dig -- Jack Logan
    5. Really Mystified -- Elvis Costello
    6. Sugarcane -- Fred Eaglesmith
    7. Weather Sky -- Yo La Tengo
    8. Mind the Gap -- The Soundtrack of our Lives
    9. Land of Danger -- Guided By Voices
    10. Sit Down By the Fire -- The Pogues

    B1. God Only Knows -- The Beach Boys

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    01. Type O Negative - "Some Stupid Tomorrow", Dead Again
    02. Meshuggah - "Internal Evidence", Contradictions Collapse
    03. Jag Panzer - "Frozen in Fear", Mechanized Wardare
    04. Annihilator - "Nothing Left", Criteria for a Black Widow
    05. Blind Guardian - "The Last Candle", Tales from the Twilight World
    06. Metallica - "One", ...And Justice for All
    07. Dream Evil - "In Flames You Burn", Dragonslayer
    08. King Diamond - "Room 17", The Spider's Lullabye
    09. Dream Theater - "Caught in a Web", Awake
    10. Black Label Society - "Stoned and Drunk", The Blessed Hellride

      1. Someone put up a link to the REM one the other day, and I listened to it but didn't get it since I have no real familiarity with the song. I'll check this one out, since I'll actually be able to tell a difference.

        1. If on fb, that was me. I didn't want to over-do it, so I only chose REM. I probably listened to both songs equally.

            2. I had seen a link to that from somewhere and got curious after I walked away, and now I have no idea where I saw it. Wasn't Facebook, wasn't here, and I think if it was on Twitter, I might have clicked through or saved the link or something.

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    1. Circle Sky - Monkees - Head
    2. Another Day - Paul McCartney - Ram
    3. Lately I've Let Things Slide - Nick Lowe - The Convincer
    4. Think It Over - Lou Reed - Between Thought and Expression
    5. Say When - Lene Lovich - The Big Stiff Box Set
    6. Burned - Neil Young - Decade
    7. The Lady Is a Tramp - Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Collection
    8. Good Hearted Woman - Willie Nelson - The Complete Atlantic Sessions
    9. Smile - Ky-Mani Marley - Tuff Gong Sampler
    10. The Look That's in Your Eyes Tonight - Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender to the Rhythm

    B. Tears of Rage - The Band - Greatest Hits

  6. 1. Michael Franti & Spearhead - "The Future" - All Rebel Rockers
    2. Blackalicious - "Back to the Essence" - A2G [EP]
    3. Guster - "I Spy" - Lost and Gone Forever
    4. Weezer - "Rainbow Connection" - Muppets: The Green Album
    5. Sugarland - "Love" - Love on the Inside
    6. Atmosphere - "My Notes" - The Family Sign
    7. Blueprint - "Senseless" - Deleted Scenes
    8. Blueprint - "Inner-City-Native-Son" - 1988
    9. Louis Armstrong - "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" - Laughin' Louie
    10. Eminem - "My Fault" - Slim Shady LP

      2. A few of the songs are meh, but most of it is pretty good. Some of the covers barely change the original which strikes me as not really being the point of a cover.

  7. 'Holiday' - Green Day American Idiot
    'Sex on Fire' - Kings of Leon Only by the Night
    'Soul to Squeeze' - Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits *
    'Supersonic Rocket Ship' - The Kinks Everybody's in Show-Biz
    'Here Comes the Rain Again' - The Eurhytmics

    'Everybody's Everything' - Santana Santana III
    'Solid Rock' - Dire Straits Making Movies
    'One Mint Julep' - Ray Charles Ultimate Hits
    'Gold on the Ceiling' - The Black Keys El Camino **
    'Im Waiting for the Man' - David Bowie Almost Famous OST ***

    * probably my favorite RHCP song. I dont really like their albums, but it seems like every single they put out I end up liking.
    ** I've heard this song used in promos and such, so I listened to El Camino the other day, and that album still rocks.
    *** While I like the Velvet Underground version, I love this live cover (wiki says its from a bootleg that because the album Live Santa Monica '72)

    1. *** While I like the Velvet Underground version, I love this live cover (wiki says its from a bootleg that because the album Live Santa Monica '72)

      huh. i might have to go in search of that.

  8. 1. Meat Puppets “Amazing” Lollipop
    2. Meat Puppets “Love Our Children Forever” Mirage
    3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “You Got Me Floatin'” Axis: Bold as Love
    4. Kanye West “All of the Lights” My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    5. Mike Doughty “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Daytrotter Session, 8-23-2012

    6. Bob Marley & the Wailers “Satisfy My Soul” Kaya
    7. The Spring Standards “Frozen” Would Things Be Different
    8. Shannon Stephens “I'll Be Glad” 10-22-2012
    9. Tranquility Bass “Monkey Forest Medley: Mya Yadano” Transmitting From Heaven: Exist Dance Classic Collection Vol.1
    T. Slick Rick “Children's Story”* The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

    *Notes:
    T. This is one of the hip-hop classics I know by heart. The one time I recorded myself singing/rapping, this was the song. (Heavily affected.) I should really find that tape. It was my own beat: based on a massacred "Funky Drummer" sample and a snippet of Xenakis.

      2. Well, I think I have a piece of that on CD, which would definitely be easier to rip. I'll scrounge my boxes of CDs in the basement and see what I find. Maybe I'll feature it next week.

  9. 1. "This Too Shall Pass" - OK Go - Of The Blue Color Of They Sky
    2. "Mack The Knife" - Bobby Darin
    3. "Mushaboom" - Feist - Let It Die
    4. "Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe - Labour Of Lust
    5. "Drunk By Noon" - The Handsome Family - Milk And Scissors
    6. "Hindi Sad Diamonds" - Moulin Rouge Soundtrack
    7. "Purple Rain" - Prince - Purple Rain
    8. "Traffic And Weather" - Fountains Of Wayne - Traffic And Weather
    9. "The Opposite Of Hallelujah" - Jens Lenkman
    10. "Violet Hill" - Coldplay - Viva La Vida
    Bonus: "Walkin' On The Sun" - Smashmouth - Fush Yu Mang
    Double Bonus: "To Love Somebody" - The BeeGees - Bee Gees' 1st

    2. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, if not my favorite. Top 5 for sure.
    3. This song was instrumental in my developing a love for independent music.
    6. Insane. I way overplayed the music from Moulin Rouge when I was in college, but I hadn't listened to this song for probably 5 years. It was pretty awesome actually.
    10. My appreciation for Coldplay has been receding again lately.
    B: Ouch.
    DB: Usually I'd say ouch at the BeeGees too, but this song is really good.

    1. I would have never guessed in a 100 years that Philo had Handsome Family's Milk and Scissors on his i-pod.

      In fact I would have thought that O.K. Go and The Handsome Family on the same i-pod would have caused some sort of matter/anti-matter flux situation, leading to a constant burning out of the i-pod battery.

      1. I'm not particularly discriminating. If it's a good song, I'll add it. That's the only O.K. Go song I have. That's one of only 2 or 3 Handsome Family songs I have. Treating artists as absolutes bothers me.

        1. OK Go has some goodish stuff. 'White Knuckles' is pretty good, the one you posted is good, 'Here It Goes Again', beyond the great video is pretty solid, 'Invincible' is fun.

          They'll always be known for their videos. That's fair, but their music (while on the generic side) doesn't usually suck.

    2. 3. "Mushaboom" - Feist - Let It Die

      i have the reminder, and i just picked up metals and started listening to it last night. i've decided that feist reminds me of sarah johnson. it's interesting, well-constructed, sometimes quirky, sometimes dark, but you can always tell it's her, and there's a current of sameness in each song. they even kind of look alike.

            1. I do think it's worth remembering that of the three writing games she's played, the one that I judged is the one she didn't win!

    3. #6: I wished there would have been more of the movie performance in the soundtrack version. Satine's actual vocals don't make the CD IIRC.

      1. Yeah, if I recall correctly, the two were very different things. I was ok with that, I think.

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    1. “oh, marie” – louie prima – italian love songs
    2. “soldier girl” – the polyphonic spree – the beginning stages of…
    3. “young adult fiction” – the pains of being pure at heart – the pains of being pure at heart
    4. “jesus saves, i spend” – st. vincent – marry me
    5. “only skin” – joanna newsom – ys
    6. “the will” – southside desire – songs to love and die to
    7. “fingerhold” – ramona falls – prophet
    8. “a secret” – basia bulat – oh, my darling
    9. “holland” – sufjan stevens – michigan
    10. “violent furs” – the whigs – give `em all a big fat lip

    1. 3. “young adult fiction” – the pains of being pure at heart – the pains of being pure at heart

      This song is so, so good.

        1. I mean, they're not nearly as good as the bands they are (very, very clearly) inspired by, but they're still good. That particular song, though, is wonderful.

          I'd much rather listen to The Field Mice if I'm in the mood for that sort of stuff. And now I am, with no Field Mice records here. A true tragedy. Apparently there's some on Spotify. Not the really wonderful reissues, but it'll do in this pinch.

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    * Size Queen - Kyuss - And the Circus Leaves Town
    * Broken Boy Soldier - The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
    * Shoots and Ladders - KoRn - (self-titled)
    * The Heretics - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack
    * Reserva - Elektro Guzzi - Parquet
    * Smash - The Offspring - Smash
    * Fall Children - A.F.I. - All Hallows EP
    * Silex - Marcel Dettmann - Dettmann
    * 12 Eyes - Larsen - Cool Cruel Mouth
    * Rothko Chapel 1 - Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel

    Just got the new Joy Formidable album, I haven't even listened all the way through yet, but I'm excited.

    1. Just got the new Joy Formidable album, I haven't even listened all the way through yet, but I'm excited.

      I meant to thank you for the heads up on the Amazon deal last night. I spotify'd it, then bought it. Amazon Prime rules.

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    1. Ellipse Imogen Heap
    2. He Won’t Go Adele
    3. 1979 Smashing Pumpkins
    4. If You Could See Me Now Bill Evans
    5. New Soul Yael Naim

    6. The Heart of Life John Mayer
    7. 5/4 Gorillaz
    8. The Washington Twist Bill Evans
    9. Red and Purple The Dodos*
    10. No Association Silverchair

    B. Imagination Billy Eckstine

    *nods to brianS in the Cuppa Joe.

    1. Red and Purple The Dodos

      Great, great song. I usually play 'Walking' and 'Red and Purple' back-to-back, even on shuffle because of the seamless way they tie into each other. Both great songs, but they're the only two that really caught my ear from Dodos.

      1. Played back-to-back...hmm, I could see that. As for the rest of their stuff, mostly just fine by me. Haven't listened to No Color yet, but Neko Case providing some vocals is a good thing in my book.

    1. Shoot couldn't find it. I think I had that single. Must have lost it. I posted photos of other old school 45s I did find on Facebook.

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