If someone wants to curate a WGOM Summer Mix this year, please do. I don't think I'd be into it.
Last year's rules were:
Nominate 3 songs by whatever rule you want. Your #1 goes on the mix, even if it's an awful song about winter. Curator picks and chooses from the other nominees for whatever reason he or she wants, and can maybe add a few (like if a WGOM-faved album comes out after most noms are in). Put your three nominations in a spoiler so others can make their nominations free of bias.
Those were my rules. If a curator steps forward, s/he should decide this year's rules at that time. Don't nominate songs until a curator steps forward.
1. Amy Winehouse - "Rehab" - Back to Black
2. Matt The Hoople - "All The Young Dudes" - Juno Soundtrack
3. Courtney Barnett - "Elevator Operator" - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
4. Best Coast - "How They Want Me To Be" - The Only Place
5. A Fine Frenzy - "Beacon" - Bomb In A Birdcage
6. Temple of the Dog - "Wooden Jesus" - Temple of the Dog
7. Yo La Tengo - "Tighten Up" - Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics
8. Arcade Fire - "Wasted Hours" - The Suburbs
9. Lana Del Rey - "American" - Paradise
10. Old 97's - "The Magician" - The Grand Theater Volume 1
Another Ian Hunter sighting at the WGOM, in the same week!!
1. Amon Tobin “Golfer Vrs Boxer” Supermodified
2. Eric Copeland “Bobby Strong (Anthony Naples Remix)” Eric Copeland/Larry Gus Split 12"
3. Sylvan Esso “Uncatena” Sylvan Esso
4. Hello Saferide “Overall”* More Modern Short Stories from Hello Saferide
a. Warbling Viero (Eastern) “Song and 2 Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
5. Plastikman “Gak Remix” Recycled Plastik
6. A Guy Called Gerald “Voodoo Ray (Voodoo Raydio Mix)” Voodoo Ray
b. Eastern Kingbird “Calls” (Cornell Master Set)
c. Grasshopper Sparrow “Calls” (Cornell Essential Set)
7. Autechre “Second Scout” Tri Repetae++
8. Ha Ha Tonka “Synthetic Hearts” Lessons
9. Kelis “Rumble (Breach Extended Dub)” Food Remixes
T. Merle Haggard & the Strangers “I Could Have Gone Right” Mama Tried
B. Phillip Glass feat. David Bowie “Heroes (Aphex Twin Remix)”* 26 Mixes for Cash*
*Notes:
4. A Duet with ???
Them: "It couldn’t be our fault we never said anything political"
Her: "Sure you worked late some nights"
Him: "I always thought you could have breast-fed him longer than you did"
Them: "But we let him in"
Her: "Not enough but I let him in"
Them: "Overall, I think we did a good job"
B. This is my primary reference to this song, not the original or Jakob Dylan cover. So when it was quoted in "Moulan Rouge", I laughed. Because it sounds like they'll never be heroes in this version, not even for one day.
B. He should have remixed Johnny Cash at least once for this compilation.
I enjoyed that Aphex Twin "Heroes" remix. How is the rest of that compilation?
It's uh, "Aphexy." I knew most of the remixes from before, when I downloaded mp3s from direct-link pirate URLs and copied them to cassette tapes.
There's a few weird remixes like the Glass remix, but they don't start from a memorable place like "Heroes" (unless you were so into Japanese Trip-hop that "Nobukazu Takemura" means something to you - it did to me but that's because I followed backwards from this remix).
There's also the non-remix of NIN that sounds has computer farts as a rhythmic element. The other non-remix is probably a highlight.
He turned a hip-pop song by Fanta 4 into something dark like Einst¨rzende Neubauten as played by Mike Paradinas.
He turned Saint Etienne into a long pulsing thing that's almost like Seefeel, grabbing just enough of Sarah Cracknell to make you think it could be her.
Seefeel is just more angular, less shoegaze.
Much of the other, earlier stuff sounds a lot like the era and scene it came from. If you liked the Warp Artificial Intelligence compilations, you'll find lots to love, but if not, it's got the "dated" vibe that the first Autechre album has, too.
Don't take my word for it, you can do some needle-drops...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHYhCZ-VqFs
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ooGnZfswrU
1. Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox -- Guided By Voices -- Propeller
2. What A Little Moonlight Can Do -- Billie Holiday -- The Billie Holiday Songbook
3. Rend It -- Fugazi -- In On The Kill Taker
4. Left A Slide -- Son Volt -- Straightaways
5. La La Love You -- Pixies -- Doolittle
6. One Track Mind -- The Knickerbockers -- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
7. Delta 88 (demo) -- X -- Los Angeles
8. Moanin' The Blues -- Hank Williams -- 40 Greatest Hits
9. Trying Your Luck -- The Strokes -- Is This It?
10. Love Machine -- The Wedding Present -- Mini Plus
B1. Tractor Rape Chain -- Guided By Voices -- Human Amusements At Hourly Rates
B2. Waiting In Vain -- Bob Marley & The Wailers -- Legend
Two high pantheon GBV songs, can't argue with that.
I have always adored that Marley tune.
01. “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis” – Neko Case – Female Tribute To Tom Waits
02. “Ghostwriter” – RJD2 – Dead Ringer
03. “Fences” – Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
04. “Hysterical Strength” – St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
05. “Outlaw Blues” – Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
06. “Forget It” – Blood Oranges – Coastal Grooves
07. “Jade Visions (Take 2) – Bill Evans Trio – Sunday At The Village Vanguard
08. “Arise, Therefore” – Palace Music – Arise, Therefore
09. “Green River” – Real Estate – Real Estate
10. “Lucky You” – The National – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
Also, I'll curate. Same rules as AMR.
Thanks!
This list is so good, I had to look into the two I hadn't heard: "Green River" & "Arise, Therefore."
That Real Estate song is good. That
song was also a pleasant surprise, as in, I liked the tune and was pleasantly surprised to learn who wrote/performed it.
Re, Spoiler: Recorded in MN!
1. "Napoleon" Ani Difranco Dilate
2. "The Saddest Lullaby" I'm from Barcelona Let Me Introduce My Friends*
3. "You're Damaged" Waxahatchee Cerulean Salt
4. "Luminary Blake" Waxahatchee American Weekend
5. "High and Wild" Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness
6. "David" Courtney Barnett The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
7. "Devil's Haircut" Beck Odelay
8. "Pedestrian at Best" Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
9. "Swan Dive" Waxahatchee Cerulean Salt**
T. "A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)" Patsy Cline The Ultimate Collection
B. "The Promise" Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds in Country Music***
*There's more music after the end of this song? How many times have I listed to it without noticing that? It's cool, too.
**My music player seems to be reminding me to check out that new Waxahatchee album. Also, I listened to "Swan Dive" a ton while writing this, and now I can't hear it without being thrown back into that time and place.
***In honor of last summer's mix, obviously.
1. Still Take You Home – Arctic Monkeys
2. Ariels – System of a Down
3. Medium – Incubus
4. Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight – James Taylor
5. Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
6. Country Road – James Taylor
7. Let’s Get This Party Started – KoЯn
8. Love In War – OutKast
9. Down By the Seaside – Led Zeppelin
10. Country Mike’s Theme – Beastie Boys
B. Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm – Crash Test Dummies*
*Just under two years since their last appearance on a FMD list.
Two high pantheon Zeppelin songs, can't argue with that.
Two high pantheon James Taylor songs, can't argue with that.
I think you are trolling me by using the words high pantheon and James Taylor in the same sentence. I will write an angry 500-word counter argument and then quietly delete it from my screen.
Only slightly trolling (I've always enjoyed JT). I know he's not your favorite but would be happy to read a 500-word counter argument ... would be happier to read another one of these on an artist of your choosing (I miss those things).
I thought I was the only Taylor-made hater here.
I have very strong feelings of dislike for James Taylor as well. We're a club, not a gang.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo0vBdlWQs0
Nice use of the Ya in "KoYap"
h/t to ... well, you actually ... I wouldn't bother except I know you have fun with it.
* Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
* Vital Lately - Indian Jewelry - Peel It
* Son of a Gun - Nirvana - Incesticide
* The Seer Returns - Swans - The Seer
* Honest Men - The Giraffes - Prime Motivator
* Monad - Emptyset - Demiurge
* I'm Amazed - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
* Source Tags & Codes - ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
* Hatch the Plan - Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
* Make it Wit Chu - Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Love this record.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeyI-S3RKk0
If I was making a Summer Mix
Summer mix stuff
I'll have to think of my others.
Paul Westerberg Says The Replacements Just Played Their Final Show
The shirts hit the fans.
I Have Always Loved You
Now I Must Whore My Past
It's not over til the roadies sing.
OK, since
My nominations are
first off,
second,
I also like that National song, but it's not really "Summer Mix" material.
This is when I realize how little new music I listen to.
A few days late, but here's what this year's summer mix ended up as:
1. “Calamity Song” – The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
2. “Hippopotamus Rock” – Rosenshontz
3. “Let The Good Times Roll” – JD McPherson - Let The Good Times Roll
4. “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Lieth
5. “I Lived” – OneRepublic - Native
6. “Suds In The Bucket” – Sara Evans - Restless
7. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” – The Ramones - Rocket To Russia
8. “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” – The Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
9. “How Do You Like Me Now?!” – Toby Keith - How Do You Like Me Now?!
10. “You’re So True” – Joseph Arthur - Shrek Soundtrack
11. “I’m Waiting For The Day” – The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
12. “It’s A Beautiful Day” – Michael Bublé - To Be Loved
13. “When I Write The Book” – Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
14. “Staying In Love” – Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
15. “The Old Apartment” – Barenaked Ladies - Born On A Pirate Ship
16. “Fortunate Son” – Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys
17. “Dancing With Myself” – Billy Idol - Kiss Me Deadly
18. “Sedona” – Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight
19. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
20. “Three More Days” – Ray LaMontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black
21. “(Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame – Elvis Presley
22. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
23. “Sh-Boom” – The Chords
Wait, what year is it?
I've never made my summer mix about new music.
As for this year's nominations, let's go:
I decided to keep the last rule unwritten, but I guess it needs to be said:
No songs that last year's curator rejected out of hand. (Can re-use ones that were some of the last ones cut.)