Whats on your music agenda this weekend?
Im going to blast through some Elvis Costello and Metallica albums
Drop a list below or a video you've been playing on repeat
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FMD — The Current’s Essential 893
As part of their Spring Member Drive The Current did a list! The 893 most essential songs. Apparently they got in over 4,000 entries with nearly 12,000 different songs. No surprises at the top as Purple Rain takes honors, Bohemian Rhapsody 2nd, and Heroes third. I had 2 songs place in the 893 (Bastards of Young, Into the Mystic). Of course I have quibbles all over the place but was surprised that 20th Century Boy by T Rex didn't make the list at all. That is practically the definition of an essential rock song. Also I would've thought that I Am a Scientist and Motor Away from Guided By Voices would have been in the 500s or 600s. But that's just me.
Here's the entire 893
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18x40ssTjXIC5kF24qQMkob9IjQGoljvoitdbjtYuZ5g/edit#gid=0
Comments? Drop your list (it doesn't have to be 893 songs long, but I'm not stopping you).
FMD: 4/7/17 – The 50 State Project
First off, let me wish my lovely wife a happy birthday: Happy Birthday Philosofette.
Great, now that that's out of the way, let's do something fun.
Last week I had the privilege of driving across half of the country. We passed through a decent number of states, and as we did so I often found myself thinking, "I wonder what song would be a good song for [the state we are driving through right now]?" I know this type of thing has been done other places, but I thought it might be fun to put together a WGOM 50 State Song List (plus DC).
So nominate your, uh, nominations. Use whatever criteria you see fit. Name dropping (for example: "I'm from New Jersey," for New Jersey), artist home (for example, Springsteen, for New Jersey), or anything else that fits the state (for example, a song by Garbage, for New Jersey). Then, chime in on others nominations. If it seems like there's a consensus forming, I might add it to the list. If the consensus changes, I'll change the list. You know. Whatever. It's informal. Also, I'm a big fan of not necessarily going with the obvious (though sometimes I suppose you have to).
I've gotten us started with two nominations.