09.30.06

Friday Random Ten: Saturday Edition

Doesn’t it go against the spirit of randomness for the Random Ten to appear on the same day every week?

To play, put your digital music player on shuffle, click play, and list the first ten songs that show up. Leave your list in comments or trackbacks. If you click past the bad or embarrassing songs, you just might have the moral fiber necessary to be a U.S. Senator.

1. “Viet Name,” Minutemen (Double Nickels on the Dime)
2. “I Will (No Man’s Land), Radiohead (Hail To The Thief)
3. “I’m in Great Shape - I Wanna Be Around,” Brian Wilson (SMiLE)
4. “Daffy Duck,” Animal Collective (Feels)
5. “10 Lately,” British Sea Power (The Decline of British Sea Power)
6. “Paper,” Talking Heads (Fear of Music)
7. “Happy Day,” Talking Heads (Talking Heads: 77)
8. “Jóga,” Ben Gibbard (live Bjork cover)
9. “See You Around,” Vic Chesnutt (About to Choke)
10. “Fodder on Her Wings,” Nina Simone (Nina: The Essential Nina Simone)

Special bonus Eleventh Random Track: “Country Farm Blues,” Son House (Delta Blues)

Favorite Song: “I Will (No Man’s Land)
Least Favorite Song: “Fodder on Her Wings”
Favorite Album: Fear of Music

What’s on your list?

2 Comments on "Friday Random Ten: Saturday Edition"


OutOfContext:

“Dorian Benediction”–The Free Design–(Redesigned Originals)
“The Good and the Bad”–Sonic Youth-(Sonic Youth EP)
“Presidential”–Youngbloodz–(Ev’rybody Know Me)
“Into the Great Wide Open”–Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-(Greatest Hits)
“Cactus”–The Pixies–(Surfer Rosa)
“Gia Telefteia Fora”–Anna Vissi–(Nylon)
“Til The Morning Comes”–The Grateful Dead–(American Beauty)
“Sacrilige, Ex. Rikki Lake, Boneless Chicken, Viagra”–Nicholas Smith–(American Propaghandi)
“Love Comes to Everyone”–George Harrison–(Best of Dark Horse 1976-1989)
“Man-Size Sextet–P J Harvey–(Rid Of Me)

Favorite Song–”Cactus”
Least Favorite Song–”Dorian Benediction”
Favorite Album–Sonic Youth EP

Bonus #11–”Heart Is Saved”–Iggy Pop–(Naughty Little Doggie)


Helmut:

1. Mamadou Diabate - Djirbah
2. Ramona Cordova - Giver’s Reply
3. The Awkward Stage - The Morons Are Winning
4. Bishop Allen - Little Black Ache
5. Destroyer - Watercolours Into the Ocean
6. Women and Children - Oranges
7. Maria Rita Mariano - Dos Gardenias
8. Nick Drake - Which Will
9. Keren Ann - L’Onde Amere
10. Agustin Lara - Solamente una Vez

Favorite Song: Very tough. “Djirbah,” “Solamente una vez,” and “Dos Gardenias” are lovely.

Least Favorite Song: Also tough. Probably “The Morons Are Winning,” though it receives the best song title award.


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