57 thoughts on “Friday Music Day: Feb 22, 2013”

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    1. LCD Soundsystem - "Watch the Tapes" - Sound of Silver
    2. Wolf Parade - "This Heart's on Fire" - Apologies to the Queen Mary
    3. Common - "I Want You" - Finding Forever
    4. The Hold Steady - "Sketchy Metal" - Almost Killed Me
    5. Wilco - "Box Full of Letters" - A.M.
    6. Jeremy Messersmith - "Love You to Pieces" - The Silver City
    7. Gorillaz - "November Has Come" - Demon Dayz
    8. R.E.M. - "Texarkana" - Out of Time
    9. Fatboy Slim - "Gangsta Tripping" - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
    T. Dr. John - "Mama Roux" - Zu Zu Soiree
    B. Uncle Tupelo - "Moonshiner/The Walton's" - March 16-20, 1992

  3. 1. Closer -- Kings Of Leon
    2. Sunday Morning -- The Velvet Underground
    3. St. Jimmy -- Green Day
    4. The Things That Never Need -- Guided By Voices
    5. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City -- Bruce Springsteen
    6. Whatever's For Us, For Us -- Joan Armatrading
    7. Much Too Much -- Jules Shear
    8. Bizarre Love Triangle -- New Order
    9. The Windmills Of Your Mind -- Dusty Springfield
    10. Narcissism -- The 757s
    B1. Blackbird -- The Beatles

    1. I used to get "Dusty" and "Buffalo" mixed up. I would even hear Son of a Preacher Man and think, "Oh, man Janis was super talented." Kids...I tell you what.

      From the repository:

      In November during the Memphis sessions Springfield suggested to Wexler (one of the heads of Atlantic Records) that he should sign the newly-formed UK band, Led Zeppelin. She knew their bass guitarist, John Paul Jones, from his session work on her earlier albums...Wexler [then] signed Led Zeppelin to a $200,000 deal with Atlantic.

  4. 'Summersong' - The Decemberists The Crane Wife
    'Death Valley Queen' - Flogging Molly Drunken Lullabies
    'Flight of the Passing Fancy' - Squirrel Nut Zippers Hot
    'Lisztomania' - Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
    'Radio Nowhere' - Bruce Springsteen Magic

    'Bad Reputation' - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Greatest Hits
    'In the City' - The Jam The Very Best of The Jam
    'Tessie' - Dropkick Murphys Warrior's Code
    'Black Snake' - Black Joe Lewis Scandalous
    'Cut Me Some Slack' - Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear Cut Me Some Slack single

    well, that was a pretty rockin start to the morning.

    1. 'Flight of the Passing Fancy' - Squirrel Nut Zippers Hot

      I thank God every day that I was too old to get into the "3rd wave" of ska (or was it the 4th wave?).

      1. they got lumped in with the swing movement that was bubbling up, but they were more hot jazz than swing

        'Flight of the Passing Fancy' is an instrumental off Hot (their most popular album because of the song 'Hell')
        httpv://youtu.be/_M0_3Bvp0rI

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    * Motion Picture - Neil Young - On the Beach
    * Du Hast - Rammstein - Sehnsucht
    * Albuquerque - Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
    * Cantabile - Mitchell Maki - Live at Concordia**
    * Kicking Your Crosses Down - Circa Survive - On Letting Go
    * Done Livin' - Husky Burnette - Facedown in the Dirt
    * Colours Fade - Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like This
    * Infinite Love Without Fulfillment - Grimes - Visions
    * In a Jar - Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over me
    * No Pride - Green Day - Insomniac

    ** This obscure classical guitarist. You've probably never heard of him, he only released one or two super-rare CD-Rs.

    I got Grouper - The Man Who Died in His Boat after I heard "Vital" a couple of times and kept coming back to it. That song reminds me of Chelsea Wolfe a little bit. After taking in the whole album, if Wolfe is "doom-folk", I guess this is "drone-folk"? I like it, although it might be a little more subdued than my usual tastes. Of course now I see that Kranky is the label that put it out (The label of Stars of the Lid, Winged Victory for the Sullen, Tim Hecker, etc.) and that makes a lot of sense.

    I wonder what Maynard James Keenan has been up to? (video not obscene, but maybe not something to play at work)

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjCu0UwDMNM

    Well, there's that.

    1. Two thumbs up, one each for the rendition and video.

      **must be obscure, couldn't find his stuff anywhere.

  7. Well, nothing new...

    1. Linfinity “Angel”* New Songs for Christmas 2011 EP
    2. Soundgarden “Loud Love”* Louder than Love
    3. Sloan “The Good in Everyone” Select Singles 1992-2011
    4. The Trishas* “Clockwork” Daytrotter Session, 8/7/2012
    5. Eric Copeland “Fiesta Muerto” Limbo

    6. Gordon Lightfoot “Beautiful” Gord's Gold
    7. The Moody Blues “Voices in the Sky” The Best of the Moody Blues
    8. Elite Gymnastics “So Close to Paradise” Ruin 1
    9. The Fouronthefloor* “First on a List of Things I Don't Need” 4x4
    T. Bonnie “Prince” Billy “Pushkin” Sings Greatest Palace Music

    *Notes:
    1. Jimi Hendrix Experience cover.
    2. There's a markéd similarity between the intro of this song and Pearl Jam's "Better Man". I don't think that it can be coincidence.
    4. Sounds like a bluegrassy-acoustic country with multi-part harmonies. I should learn what their studio recordings sound like.
    5-8. Well that's a varied mix.
    9. Brian from Ha Ha Tonka recommended this local group, who had toured with them. Their lead vox alienate me, like Kings of Leon strained to sounding like Glenn Danzig (at least how I remember Danzig).

  8. 1. Michael Franti & Spearhead - "Keep Me Lifted" - Chocolate Supa Highway
    2. Better Than Ezra - "Beautiful Mistake" - How Does Your Garden Grow
    3. P.O.S. - "Little Kicks" - Ipecac Neat
    4. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "We Believe" - Stadium Arcadium: Mars
    5. Prof - "Karma" - King Gampo
    6. Will Smith - "Don't Say Nothin'" - Big Willie Style
    7. OK Go - "Muppet Show Theme Song" - Muppets: The Green Album
    8. Madonna - "Like A Prayer" - College Mix (from Like a Prayer)
    9. Fitz & The Tantrums - "Pickin' Up The Pieces" - Pickin' Up The Pieces
    10. Blueprint - "Welcome Home" - Adventures in Counter Culture

    1. I kinda wish Madonna had continued her Like a.... series. Only two songs? The possibilities were endless. At least she could have done Like an Actress.

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    1. “everything gonna be everything” – don covay – see-saw
    2. “jesus saves, i spend” – st. vincent – marry me
    3. “ode to divorce” – regina spektor – soviet kitsch
    4. “affection” – little steven and the lost boys – nobody loves and leaves alive
    5. “i don’t want to wake up alone” – lightspeed champion – life is sweet! nice to meet you!
    6. “goodnight irene” – mississippi john hurt – last sessions
    7. “rest” – michael kiwanuka – home again
    8. “that’s alright” – caitlin rose – own side now
    9. “only love can break your heart” – neil young – after the gold rush
    10. “papa won’t leave you, henry” – nick cave and the bad seeds – henry’s dream

    albums that i've been listening to that i'm so far disappointed in compared to the preceeding album:
    prophet by ramona falls
    the mountain by the heartless bastards
    metals by feist

  10. 1. "Los Angeles, I'm Yours" - The Decemberists - Her Majesty
    2. "Fade To Grey" - Jars Of Clay - Much Afraid
    3. "The Longest Time" - Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
    4. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" - Dean Martin
    5. "Sultans Of Swing" - Dire Straits - Dire Straits
    6. "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer - Sixpence None The Richer
    7. "Take Me Home" - Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth
    8. "Philadelphia" - Neil Young - Soundtrack
    9. "Robot Man" - The Aliens - Astronomy For Dogs
    10. "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks - Kinks
    B: "Closer To Free" - BoBeans - Go Slow Down

    1. 8. "Philadelphia" - Neil Young - Soundtrack

      This song should have won the Oscar for best song, instead of Streets of Philadelphia by The Boss. Just sayin.

  11. 01. Nevermore - "Dead Heart, In a Dead World", Dead Heart, In a Dead World
    02. Megadeth 0 "In My Darkest Hour", So Far, So Good... So What
    03. Iced Earth - "Stormrider", Night of the Stormrider
    04. Type O Negative - "These Three Things", Dead Again
    05. Bruce Dickinson - "Man of Sorrows", Accident of Birth
    06. Brainstorm - "Despair to Drown", Liquid Monster
    07. Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast", The Number of the Beast
    08. Black Sabbath - "Children of the Grave", Master of Reality
    09. Testament - "Shades of War", Low
    10. Guns N' Roses - "Mr. Brownstone", Appetite for Destruction

    2. I saw Megadeth in concert Spring of 1986 in Washington, D.C. It was a great show but unbeknownst to me a women I kinda worked with (and who I was starting to lay the groundwork in pursuing) also worked at the bar where Megadeth was playing. We bumped into each other at the show and she was very distraught with the audience she had to serve. Unfortunately, she associated me with all the longhairs and headbangers and I basically lost any opportunity to hook up.

        1. I know! Although in 1986 I had significantly more hair than I do now, it was by no way the definition of the word long.

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    1. Cool Gwen Stefani
    2. Sunday Morning No Doubt
    3. Early Autumn Billy Eckstine
    4. Trap Doors Broken Bells
    5. The Cave Mumford and Sons*

    6. Don’t Worry ‘bout Us Joe Williams
    7. Amie Pure Prairie League
    8. Misty Mountain Hop Led Zeppelin
    9. Headlights Look Like Diamonds Arcade Fire
    10. Blue Spotted Tail Fleet Foxes

    B. For What It’s Worth Buffalo Springfield
    B2. Werewolf Heart Dead Man’s Bones**

    *I won’t deny it - I still like this song.
    **I actually kind of enjoyed this one. Apparently Gosling sings and plays music too. I find myself generally dismissing those actors who also do music (Depp, Leto, Costner, Crowe, etc.) and vice versa (Jagger, White, Bowie, Common…list goes on). How about you guys? Do you give either group a chance in a new medium?

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

    1. I dunno. Bowie did a pretty good turn as The Man Who Fell To Earth.

      And Sting played a pretty good Sting in David Lynch's version of Dune.

      1. also, Frank is great in The Manchurian Candidate, Deano had a lot of entertaining roles (I love the Matt Helm movies; I liked him in Katie Elder and, of course, he had a long run with Jerry Lewis), etc., etc. Lots of singers with some acting successes.

        Going the other way, I think Travolta was better known as a pop star (albeit a one-hit wonder) than actor at the start of his career as Vinny Barbarino.

        1. My recollection is that Travolta was already known as Vinny Barbarino, and that's what led to his one hit, rather than the other way around. It was a long time ago, though, so I could be wrong.

          1. Is he an actor turned singer, or a singer turned actor? I can't decide. But as Our Greatest Living Thespian, he stands apart.

              1. some would say that his whole career has been an act.* Eh, Bootsy?

                *that said, he's a longtime favorite of mrsS, so I'm treading lightly. And I like a lot of his stuff.

        3. I guess I hadn't thought of the Rat Pack - good point there. Also, I guess it's pretty hard to ignore Streisand's success: 2 Oscars, 8 Grammys, 5 Emmys...

          1. yea, the first miniseries is really good, despite less-than-awesome sets and special effects. And, most importantly, none of those stupid weirding modules. Those things offended me in the film, beautiful as so much of it is.

    2. Will Oldham started out as an actor, and actually appears to approach his music as playing the character Bonnie "Prince" Billy. I've only caught him in his bit role as a freakish hobo guy in Wendy & Lisa.

  13. continuing the alt-j discussion from earlier, i'm still not sold on it, and i pinpointed one annoying aspect: the vocals. they mostly sounds like someone doing a bad adam sandler impression of adam sandler doing that one annoying, childish voice that he does.

    1. I came across an acoustic clip of some band from Iceland with both male and female singers. The clip I caught was with the female singer (who's definitely the under-bill). She had a real odd diction and I thought "what if alt-j was an accent?", then this band would be Mumford & Sons with a female singing with a heavy alt-j accent.

      I looked for better clips but it was mostly the dude singer (in which case they sound more just like M&S) and never got back to it.

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