Here’s my list. What’s your Friday Random Ten?
1. M83, “In the Cold I’m Standing,” Before the Dawn Heals Us
2. The Gladiators, “The Warriors,” Back to Roots
3. Interpol, “Public Pervert,” Antics
4. New Order, “Procession,” Substance
5. Dilated Peoples, “Self Defense,” Expansion Team
6. Morrissey, “Back to Camden,” You Are the Quarry
7. A Tribe Called Quest, “The Infamous Date Rape,” The Low End Theory
8. Bob Dylan, “From a Buick 6,” Highway 61 Revisited
9. The Bravery, “Fearless,” No Brakes
10. The Arcade Fire, “Haiti,” Funeral
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[…] h, 2005 12:26 pm by Dave My first attempt at a Friday Random 10 (by way of The Tattered Coat) playlist produced strange results: 1. De […]
Mikhail:
1. War In A Babylon — Max Romeo — Arkology - Reel 1
2. A Get Together To Tear It Apart — The Hives — Veni Vidi Vicious
3. Proof — Paul Simon — The Rhythm Of The Saints
4. Walking On The Moon — The Police — Every Breath You Take: The Singles
5. I Walk The Line — Johnny Cash — The Man In Black His Greatest Hits
6. Fortunately Gone — The Breeders — Pod
7. Older Gods — Wu-Tang Clan — Wu-Tang Forever (Disc 1)
8. Let Me Down Gently — Spacemen 3 — Playing With Fire
9. Why Don’t You Love Me — Hank Williams — 40 Greatest Hits
10. Close Edge — Mos Def — The New Danger
Martin:
The Alps, “Wake Up Call”
Sensitive New Age Cowpersons, “Dancing Queen”
Ten in the Swear Jar, “Famine (1949 version)”
In-Flight Movie, “Joseph Cotten”
Pony Express, “Queens of Beirut”
Pixies, “Debaser”
Black Lipstick, “White Jazz”
Mission of Burma, “Dead Pool”
FM Knives, “Just Like William Tell”
Tussle, “Night Food”
Matt:
Well, Martin, I’ve heard of the Pixies, at least ;)
I have to love a band that writes a song about Joseph Cotten (who starred in the greatest movie ever made, “The Third Man”). I’ll have to check them out.
I’m still struggling with this Random Ten thing. I think it’s cool to get a random ten, but I’m wondering whether we should make it an annotated random ten. Because part of the beauty of the random ten is hearing about new music you might not have already heard. It would be interesting to hear what people think of songs on their lists.
Of course, a full annotation would be too much of a pain in the arse. Maybe everyone could add two notes to their lists:
* Favorite Song of the Ten
* Most Embarrassing Song of the Ten
Anyone have other/better questions?
Martin:
Hell, I hadn’t heard… maybe four of those songs myself. I download a ton of stuff, and it takes me forever to sift through it. Those songs were good, overall — surprisingly so.
Here are some comments:
The second one is a twangy bluegrass cover version of the ABBA song — and it’s pretty much awesome — that’s one of the ones I hadn’t heard.
Ten in the Swear Jar became Xiu Xiu later on, kind of druggy indie rock.
FM Knives is peppy punkish rock out of Sacramento, kind of Buzzcocks-y. Good stuff.
The Black Lipstick is very good, sort of VU-ish, I like them a lot but — avoid the new album. The first EP and full-length are where it’s at.
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