Friday Music Day

Friday Music Day: Jan 31, 2014

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It's been so cold this week, I can't listen to my iPod while walking to the bus or waiting for it: the wires to my headphones become so stiff it's like they're on sticks and pluck themselves right out of my ears.

37 thoughts on “Friday Music Day: Jan 31, 2014”

  1. 1. Rock Star -- Hole -- Live Through This
    2. On the Roof -- The Feelies -- Good Earth
    3. Don't Look Back (Live) -- Elvis Costello -- Get Happy!!
    4. Captain's Dead -- Guided By Voices -- Human Amusements At Hourly Rates
    5. The Windmills Of Your Mind -- Dusty Springfield -- Dusty In Memphis
    6. Star Of Bethlehem -- Neil Young -- Decade
    7. None Of The Regular Rules Were True... -- Trip Shakespeare -- Lulu
    8. The Trouble with Men -- The Wedding Present -- El Rey
    9. Wendell Gee -- R.E.M. -- Fables Of The Reconstruction
    10. Where Could I Go But To the Lord -- Elvis Presley -- Ultimate Gospel

    B1. Time Trap -- Built To Spill -- Keep It Like A Secret
    B2. Cold Gin -- Kiss -- Alive!

  2. * Clawless - Gowns - Red State
    * Coming Clean - Green Day - Dookie
    * Used to Love Him - Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine**
    * All My Friends - Counting Crows - This Desert Life
    * Blood Red - Joan Jeanrenaud - Metamorphosis
    * The Loner - Neil Young - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury 1968
    * Something in the Way - Nirvana - Nevermind
    * Mosquito Song - Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
    * Windowpane - The Goslings - Grandeur of Hair
    * Crazy/Forever - Japandroids - Post-Nothing

    ** The unreleased Jon Brion-produced version of the album.

  3. 1. "Here Comes Your Man" - The Pixies - Doolittle
    2. "Enjoy Yourself" - The Specials - More Specials
    3. "Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It
    4. "Loaded" - Idle Hands - Loaded EP
    5. "Stubborn Love" - The Lumineers - The Lumineers
    6. "Groovy Kind Of Love" - The Mindbenders - The Mindbenders
    7. "Pale Blue Eyes" - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
    8. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkle - Bridge Over Troubled Water
    9. "Mr. Tough" - Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
    10. "Baba O'Riley" - The Who - Who's Next
    B: "Foundations" - Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks

    1. 3. "Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It

      As a point of random discussion, I completely missed the whole ska train (and the swing train for that matter). Just never did anything for me.

      1. That 3rd Wave ska stuff (Like Mighty Mighty Bosstones) was pretty sucky. Second wave (Specials, The Selector, English Beat...) was pretty good.

        1. I briefly liked Less Than Jake in high school, but I dunno where they fit in the larger picture.

          1. I had no idea of 2nd wave either. My education on that has been entirely through The Current, and near as I can tell, it has highlights too, but I don't know that it was generally better than 3rd wave.

            1. Well the 2nd wave was really the source of the 3rd. Third wavers weren't sounding like Jamaican ska, they sounded like British ska (which had a punk or post-punk flavor).

              1. I knew Bootsy would come through on the 1st wave. He's old enough to have listened to them bands on his old 78 player . :o)

        3. Mmmm. The Specials. Terry Hall.
          I've got a dupe cassette of some of their stuff and his stuff dating from college. I remember "Message to Rudy" and "Ghost Town".

          Fishbone got into both the second and third waves. Kindof. Maybe.

          No Doubt had some great stuff in the 3rd wave.

          The thing with both the Ska and Swing revivals is that a lot of the bands had been doing that stuff for ages and then all a sudden they were nationally popular and on MTV heavy rotation.
          I knew swing dancing from before it crossed over and then it was cool when the music was everywhere and I could dance without attracting huge attention. EAR and I still dance from time to time, usually just in our house or at weddings though.

      2. I don't know that I was ever "in" to ska, but I listened to enough, and certainly got into swing for a while in high school. I'd agree with Free that most of it was crap in the 3rd wave, except for a few highlight singles here and there ("Impression That I Get", for example). I actually think the best 3rd wave ska band was a Christian group called the OC Supertones. Swing is it's own thing, in my opinion, and has a perfectly acceptable place for occasional listening, such as when dancing at a wedding or cooking a fancy meal.

          1. I enjoyed swing music a lot when I was in college, just because it's so fun. Plus it was a reason to put on a cute dress and find a good dance partner.

      3. I was really into ska-punk for a hot minute in high school. It's one of the most embarrassing facts about me.

  4. 1. Tricky vs. the Gravediggaz “Tonite Is a Special Night (Chaos Mass Confusion Mix)” The Hell E.P.
    2. Pan Sonic “Loutain” Kulma
    3. C. Spencer Yeh “... Et Bonne Nuit” 1975
    4. Shabazz Palaces “Blastit...” Daytrotter Session, Big Orange Studios, 7/13/2011
    5. Grouper “Dragging the Streets” A I A: Dream Loss

    6. Bad Bad Hats “Learning to Sleep” Grow Up E.P.
    7. Bonnie “Prince” Billy “The Spotted Pig” Bonnie “Prince” Billy
    8. Emot “Chambers” Make You Electric
    9. Vainio / Väisänen / Vega “Red Lights Down” Endless*
    T. The Bottle Rockets “Hey Moon” Bottle Rockets
    E. The Holocene* “Glacial: Kalaallit Nunaat” eis

    *Notes:
    9. I hate this. Some great mid-90s Pan_Sonic beats, on par with the Osasto EP, but with the guy from Suicide barking all over it. Every song excites me at the start and disappoints me within the next 30 seconds. I need to get it off my iPod. I wonder if the instrumentals were ever released.
    E. Based on DG's constant reccs and the fact that his music is almost all free on his bandcamp, I've gotten into the Holocene a bit. He's not far from Aaron Dilloway in sound, but with a highbrow headiness nearing someone like Ryoji Ikeda.

  5. From pandora.com:

    1. "Good Ol' Boys"--Waylon Jennings--Live From Austin TX
    2. "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"--The Four Lads--Moments to Remember: The Very Best of the Four Lads
    3. "Poison & Wine"--The Civil Wars--Burton Hollow
    4. "All Right Now"--Free--Fire and Water
    5. "Wagon Wheel"--Old Crow Medicine Show--O. C. M. S.
    6. "Runaround Sue"--Dion & The Belmonts--The Best of Dion & The Belmonts
    7. "Have You Ever"--Brandi Carlile--The Story
    8. "I Do It For You"--Bryan Adams--So Far So Good
    9. "Right Here Waiting"--Richard Marx--Repeat Offender
    10. "In My Arms"--Plumb--Blink

    1. I saw Waylon Jennings in concert in 1996. Lollapalooza, IA state fairgrounds.
      He did not play the "Dukes of Hazzard Theme".

  6. 'Little Mascera' - The Replacements Tim
    'Im Gonna Be (500 Miles)' - The Proclaimers Sunshine on Leith
    'Pardon Me' - Incubus Make Yourself
    'New Years Day' - U2 War
    'Cryin' - Roy Orbison

    'Ramble On' - Led Zeppelin II
    'Driven to Tears' - The Police Zenyatta Mondatta
    'Tightrope' - Stevie Ray Vaughan The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan
    'Fell In Love With A Girl' - White Stripes White Blood Cells
    'Somebody To Shove' - Soul Asylum Grave Dancers Union

  7. 1. "Waikiki Beach Walk" - Kamanawa-Kalei Kahalewai & Blaine Kia
    2. "Waikiki" - Natalie A'i Kaimau'u
    3. "Henehene Kou 'Aka" - Herb Ohta Jr.
    4. "Shells" - Mark Yamanaka
    5. "Honolulu I'm Coming Back Again" - Ernie Cruz Jr.
    6. "White Sandy Beach" - Kapena-Kelly Boy Delima & 'Ohana
    7. "Waikiki Beach Walk" - Kamanawa-Kalei Kahalewai & Blaine Kia

    The hotel left a CD on our bed yesterday for posting a link to them on Facebook...very nice

    1. Would have been cooler if they'd left a Dambuilders CD. (Used)
      Excellent 90's alt-rockers From Honolulu. The violinist Joan Wasser would later go on to record under the moniker Joan as Policewoman. She's also a Johnson in Antony's band.
      httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1gzruGfx4

      1. I saw The Dambuilders with a comp at First Ave long ago. I don't remember if they were headlining or not. I do remember being very interested in the violinist.

        1. I was probably at that show, too. (Saw them twice.) And I definitely shared your interest in Joan.

          She's got a new record coming out this Spring, and the advance single sounds pretty interesting (a total doo-wop vibe.)
          httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfXqJth6Eo4

        1. Sorry, I think I may have misread what it is at first.
          That's not "Hawaiian Classics", it's "Here's some Hawaiian Music that wasn't too expensive for us to license and which plays in nicely to how we want you to experience your vacation. Come Again."


  8. The lush chamber pop of this Aussie is well worth seeking out, even if it is hard to find.
    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4GfTG9fduA

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