Comments on: Friday Random Ten – The Jock Rock Edition

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 03:21:34 +0000

1. When You’re Right You’re Right (Darth Vader Bringing In His Washing Mix) – Snow Patrol
2. No’s Not A Word – Richard Thompson
3. Once – Mecca Normal
4. What A Waster – The Libertines
5. It Wasn’t Me - Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
6. If You Want – Tom Vek
7. Goodnight New York – Snow & Voices
8. Army Of Me – Björk
9. The MP – The Album Leaf
10. Catch Me – Chimera

By: Sophist

Sophist — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:04:09 +0000

“Now George was a good straight boy to begin with, but there was bad blood in him some way and he got into the magic bullets that lead straight to the Devil’s work, just like marijuana leads to heroin…”

01. M.I.A. – Galang Featuring Lil Vicious
02. The Decemberists – Odalisque
03. Tom Waits – Crossroads
04. Burning Spear – Red, Gold And Green
05. The Hold Steady – Multitude of Casualties
06. Masada – Nefesh
07. bonnie ‘prince’ billy – Pushkin (live)
08. Auteurs – New Brat in Town
09. Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
10. Okkervil River – Lady Liberty

By: karpad

karpad — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:01:01 +0000

Anderson Cooper wouldn’t dance like that

he’d dance the Carleton Twist

onto the list: “Too many concept albums, not enough Eurofag edition” (songs from concept albums denoted with *)

1 Slowdive – Some Velvet Morning
2 Guys and Dolls – Sue Me* (all musicals are concept albums, by definition)
3 The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
4 Manic Street Preachers – Empty Souls
5 Blue Oyster Cult – Magna of Illusions*
6 Dragonforce – Fury of the Storm*
7 Ray Charles – Shake your Tail Feather* (Blues Brothers is a musical)
8 Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky (*?)
9 Rhapsody – Sacred Power of the Raging Winds*
10 Nine Inch Nails – And All That Could Have Been*

BONUS – Eurofag Synthbeat top three
Aqua – Cartoon Heroes
Captain Jack – Captain Jack’s March
Move – Supersonic Dance

By: KnifeGhost

KnifeGhost — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:49:22 +0000

Lauren, props on Tuesday’s Gone. After I perfected irony a few years ago, irony-free enjoyment became the next challenge, and Freebird was, as it were, my Master’s Thesis. I’m now working on Hold On by Wilson Philips for my PhD.

By: norbizness

norbizness — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:34:18 +0000

1. Aint’ No Sunshine (Al Green) / 2. You Can’t Get Good Riblets in Space (Man or Astroman?) / 3. Rebellious Jukebox (The Fall) / 4. Meu Destino (Thievery Corporation) / 5. The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (The Nice) / 6. Scum (Meat Puppets) / 7. Can I Kick It? (A Tribe Called Quest) / 8. Twisting by the Pool (Dire Straits) / 9. Bird Without a Feather (R.L. Burnside, RIP) / 10. Youth Decay (Sleater-Kinney)

continued in the next post…

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 22:28:41 +0000

If Anderson Cooper wore a Spidey outfit and danced around, that’ how I imagine he would look.

By: haydn60

haydn60 — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:56:23 +0000

Leads off with two gunderphonics:

Bush Speech (corrected) – The Evolution Control Committee
Apache Money – DJ Pantshead vs. Flying Lizards vs. Sugar Hill Gang
Change – Sparks & Tony Visconti
Countdown – Mary Carey & Keith Olberman
On Returning [Peel] – Wire
Some Things Never Change [rough mix] – Devo
WEILL: Epitaph [from The Berlin Requiem] – Angelina Réaux
All Falls Down/Don’t Talk – Lushlife
Games Two Can Play – The Beach Boys
CG and the BLs – Wayne Butane

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:50:35 +0000

1) Simon & Garfunkel: Slip Sliding Away
2) Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
3) James Taylor: Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
4) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: Minnie the Moocher
5) Led Zeppelin: Dancin’ Days
6) Led Zeppelin: Custard Pie
7) Rage Against The Machine: Street Fighting Man
8) Green Day: Longview
9) The Who: 5:15
10) The Clash: Clash City Rockers

Bonus random 12th track) Muddy Waters: They Call Me Muddy Waters