So, yeah, that took a bit longer than I you would have liked. Sorry, you guys. Anyway, here we go: your 2015 WGOM Summer1 Mix:*
| 1. | Gosh | Jamie xx |
| 2. | Townie | Mitski |
| 3. | Pedestrian At Best | Courtney Barnett |
| 4. | Shut Up And Dance | WALK THE MOON |
| 5. | Turbo Killer | Carpenter Brut |
| 6. | Harlem Roses | Vinny Chase ft. Kid Art |
| 7. | Hey Darling | Sleater-Kinney |
| 8. | Jackrabbit | San Fermin |
| 9. | Nothing To Say | Black Diet |
| 10. | Valerie | Mark Ronson Ft. Amy Winehouse |
| 11. | Tongues | Joywave Tongues Ft. KOPPS |
| 12. | King Kunta | Kendrick Lamar |
| 13. | Ain't Gonna Drown | Elle King |
| 14. | Let The Good Times roll | JD McPherson |
| 15. | I Miss Your Bones | Hospitality |
| 16. | Pink Slime | La Luz |
| 17. | I Wanna Get Better | Bleachers |
| 18. | Dream Lover | Destroyer |
| 19. | Blood Hands | Royal Blood |
| 20. | Like No Other | EULA |
| 21. | Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins) | Father John Misty |
| 22. | Living The Dream | Sturgill Simpson |
| 23. | Hold Back The River | James Bay |
| 24. | When I'm Blind | Built To Spill |
*The methodology was pretty simple: The first pick on everyone's list got in, and after that, all other submissions went into a general pool. The selection process ended up being fairly impartial as by the time I finally got to listening to the songs, I had no idea who had submitted what3. Anyway, I went through the general pool a few times and rated4 each song5. All songs submitted totaled a bit over 2 hours; I figured an hour and a half was plenty. The lowest rated supplemental songs based on the flawed perceptions of the curator were redacted until the 90 minute threshold had been reached. From that point, songs were organized in a hopefully aesthetically pleasing sonic arrangement6.
1 AMR claimed summer was already over. The (un)official end to summer is Labor Day weekend. Duh2.
2 Actually, is that a foregone thing? I don't remember school starting before then, but spooks' kids are already going back? Is that crazy?
3 The list I gathered at the time of submission didn't note submitters, only which songs were automatically included. In addition, I pretty much listen to zero commercial radio, nor do I come across "contemporary" music in daily life, so if any of these songs are actually popular, I have no idea.
4 I guess I'd describe that my ratings process, as it applies to the theme of "Summer Mix", had a critical standard on par with the definitions of such intangibles as "MVP" or "pornography".
5 Ratings were tweaked as further listens warranted.
6 I'd like to think the flow is halfway decent.
Oh yeah, post yer 10s below.
Also, if anyone knows how to create this list in a disseminable form (Spotiwhozitz? Pandorawhatevs? Megauplowhoaweshouldntusethatoneright?), I'd greatly appreciate it.
Working on it. More soon . . .
The playlist is here.
Notes:
-I couldn't find "Harlem Roses."
-I'm not 100% sure that's the right version of "Valerie," so let me know, Person Who Nominated It.
-Thank you, hj!
For some reason it keeps kicking me to "browse" instead of letting me play it.
Can't get it working.
Starting at about :50 in, this is the one it's supposed to be.
httpv://youtu.be/4HLY1NTe04M
Yup, that's the one she has - nice pick bud!
Thanks Pepper ... and hj!
This is a
rad listfantastische mischung.I have to say, there are a more than a few songs I haven't heard before that absolutely blow me away, especially that Built To Spill track - well done free!
Think, The Lamb, and Freak Scene?
Dang that's suppose to down below Pepper.
You got one out of three right! 😉
Glad to see When I'm Blind make the cut. That list needed to end on a solid guitar jam.
It's so good.
1. End Of The Day -- Beck -- Sea Change
2. Think -- Aretha Franklin -- The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
3. Liar, Liar -- The Castaways -- Big Hits Of Mid-America - The Soma Records Story
4. Holocaust -- Big Star -- Third/Sister Lovers
5. Electricity (Drugs) -- Talking Heads -- The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
6. Torn Curtain -- Television -- Marquee Moon
7. Godspeed -- Jenny Lewis -- Acid Tongue
8. Spangle -- The Wedding Present -- Watusi
9. Theatre Is The Life Of You -- Minutemen -- Double Nickels On The Dime
10. The Lamb --Dessa -- Parts of Speech
B1. Oh Comely -- Neutral Milk Hotel -- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
B2. Freak Scene -- Dinosaur Jr -- Bug
I have three of those. That's the most for any list posted so far.
01. “Tears O Plenty” – Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold
02. “What Jail Is Like” – The Afghan Wings – Gentlemen
03. “After I Made Love To You” – Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Ease Down The Road
04. “Prologue” – The Antlers – Hospice
05. “Snakeface” – Throwing Muses – University
06. “Temecula Sunrise” – Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
07. “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” – Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind
08. “State Trooper” – Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
09. “Baby, We’ll Be Fine” – The National – The Alligator
10. “Heart Of Chambers” – Beach House – Devotion
Yup.
The late, great Don Covay. Best known for his songwriting, he was covered by the likes of Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, Little Richard, and somebody named the Rolling Stones. He had a great voice and always worked with terrific musicians. Have a listen.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tEQBBoedwA
Ms. Marling suffered the fate of becoming a little too "certain time, certain place" for me to continue listening to her much. ISBIC is my favorite of hers though, and that's probably my favorite song from it.
* Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
* meanwhile: I. Procession - Eighth Blackbird - meanwhile (S. Hartke)
* Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber) - The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
* Written in Reverse - Spoon - Transference
* D.O.A. - Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
* Honking Antelope - Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead
* Requiem For the Static King Part 2 - A Winged Victory for the Sullen - (self-titled)
* CMND / CTRL - Deftones - Diamond Eyes
* About a Girl - Nirvana - Live at Reading
* Keep the Streets Empty For Me - Fever Ray - (self-titled)
This here is a bunch of songs that I would say "sure, those are OK songs" about.
Yeah, even the songs by artists I really like in that list top out at "yeah, I guess I wouldn't skip that song if it came on"
01. Skyclad - "Little Miss Take", Vintage Whine
02. Armored Saint - "Underdogs", Raising Fear
03. King Diamond - "The 7th Day of July 1777", Abigail
04. Doomsword - "Resound the Horn: Odin's Hail", Resound the Horn
05. Black Sabbath - "Voodoo", The Mob Rules
06. Absu - "Feis Mor Tir Na N'og (Across the North Sea to Visnech", The Sun of Tiphareth
07. Ensiferum - "Dragonheads", Dragonheads (EP)
08. Dark Tranquillity - "Cathode Ray Sunshine", Damage Done
09. Korpiklaani - "Veriset Aparat", Tervaskanto
10. Amon Amarth - "The Last with Pagan Blood", The Avenger
01. New Kid in Town – The Eagles
02. Gold for Bread – Blitzen Trapper*
03. Netty’s Girl – Beastie Boys
04. Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis
05. Rosalinda’s Eyes – Billy Joel
06. Don’t Haunt This Place – The Rural Alberta Advantage
07. Back on the Road Again – REO Speedwagon
08. Morning Train (Nine to Five) – Sheena Easton**
09. Borrowed Time – John Lennon
10. Rising Down – The Roots
_B. Shambala – Beastie Boys
*Show at First Ave, October 4 @ 8:00 PM - $20. I've got mine.
** or "9 to 5 (Morning Train)," depending on the source.
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WhadIdo?
The first pick on everyone's list got in
Not mine! I see how it is.
Aww, crap. I see that I missed Algonad's choice too.
DK and I hit up TV on the Radio at First Avenue last night. Great, great show, and the whole night was a blast. We've got to do that again sometime soon.