The “It’s just not the same without Lauren” edition.
1. Elliott Smith – Angeles
2. Neil Young – Star of Bethlehem
3. Mariah Carey – Shake It Off
4. The Flaming Lips – Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell
5. Tom Waits – Looks Like I’m Up Shit Creek Again
6. Ray Charles and Betty Carter – Baby It’s Cold Outside
7. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation
8. Ani Difranco – Beautiful Night
9. Sigur Ros with Mogwai – Luvstory
10. Portishead – Biscuit
God I am so uncool. Apparenly zuzu is uncool too. Piny, can you help us out here?
Also, I need an iPod. Doing this thing on iTunes every week just exemplifies how uncool I truly am.
Ms. Lauren, you must figure out a way to send me your entire music collection so that Feministe doesn’t become the uncool music blog. I’d hate to see that insufferable music snob beat us out.
In fact, I do have a way. Email me and I’ll fill you in.
Cool is what you like.
And, IMO, and list with Tom Waits, Portishead and Ray Charles is way cool.
Jill, Tom Waits again? You rock, my sister — and including the sublime Janet gets extra points from the high priests of uncoolness here in Pasadena.
1) Lou Reed: Beginning of a Great Adventure
2) Ramones: Gimme Shock Treatment
3) Pink Floyd: Fearless
4) Melissa Etheridge: Let Me Go
5) Steely Dan: Kid Charlemagne
6) Public Enemy: Burn Hollywood Burn
7) Southern Culture On The Skids: Swamp Fox
8) Alice Cooper: Eighteen
9) James Gang: Funk #49
10) Rolling Stones: Ruby Tuesday
Bonus random #11) Little Milton: Stormy Monday
Lou Reed’s meditation on parenthood has one of my favorite lyrics of all time: “I’d like to have someone I could pass something on to/ Something better than rage, pain, anger and hurt.”
I feel far less uncool now.
Two words: Mariah Carey.
Yo, I don’t have an iPod — I use Winamp, the free music player, on my desktop.
I know… I think the problem is that I have a whole lot of Tom Waits, and so the probability of it getting selected multiple times is very high. Ditto with Ani.
Clearly, zuzu, you haven’t heard “Shake it Off.” Because if you had, you would realize that The Emancipation of Mimi is amazing. And no, I am not ashamed of my love for Mariah. I even saw Glitter.
Never done this before, but I felt obliged to pass it on.
Windows Media Player here at work. I started shuffling with a Real Jukebox in ’98. I’m drawing from part of the CD collection, public library CD’s & stuff slowly gathered from the Internet over the years. 95% of my collection is vinyl & it’s suddenly dawned on me that these random tens could be actual looks into personal collections exclusively consisting of files (& maybe the odd CD one got as a present). That’s much more intimate than I realized; no wonder duff tracks pop up. Should I disqualify myself?
M. Dupont – The Dinning Rooms
SMETANA: Appearance of the Comedians – Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra
Life – kissing wendy
Ode To Schadenfreude – IOVAE
I Get Lifted [Grooveblaster remix] – George McCrae
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet In C, Op.59 Nº 3 “Razumovsky” — 4. Allegro Molto – Emerson String Quartet
Shot (in the Dark) – BPA
Everybody Wants To Live – The Beach Boys
These Foolish Things [Take 3] – Thelonious Monk
Blockhead [live] – Devo
Look who showed up for his birthday.
MOZART: Fantasia for piano in c, K. 475 – Alfred Brendel
Jill, you get 100% cred for the Neil Young alone. Star of Bethlehem is fucking gorgeous.
No one who has a Sigur Rós and Mogwai collaboration can be considered uncool.
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Jill and Zuzu, I doubt you can possibly top my uncoolness. Here is my first ever FRT:
1. Eminem (featuring Elton John)- Stan
2. Constantine Maroulis (yes, American Idol)- I can’t make you love me
3. Queen Latifah- When you’re good to mama (Chcago Soundtrack)
4. Garth Brooks- Unanswered Prayers
5. Rebecca Lynn Howard- Forgive
6. Various contemporary Christian artists- I will give you all my worship
7. Ewan MacGregor and Nicole Kidman- Come what may (Moulin Rouge soundtrack)
8. Alison Krauss- When you say nothing at all
9. Third Day & Caedmon’s Call- God of Wonders
10. 50 cent (featuring Mobb Deep) – Out of Control
Ok, tell me you don’t feel ten times cooler now!
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Jeez, I thought that was an incredibly cool list.
1. The Seahorse Liberation Army—Play, Play, Play
2. Elf Power—Historical Ant Wars
3. Mum—Please Sing My Spring Reverb
4. The Smiths—Asleep
5. Another Sunny Day—Rio
6. The Flaming Lips—If I Go Mad/Funeral In My Head
7. Xiu Xiu—Crank Heart
8. KaitO—Driving Manual Auto
9. The Birthday Party—Junkyard (live)
10. Butthole Surfers—Dust Devil
Can I just say how much I love, love, love Dust Devil—a song about hot rods and handheld vacuums. Gibby’s delivery of the line, “He’s got the power of an upright in his god damn hand!” totally sells it. Like it’s the most amazing invention, ever. Like, “Are you listening people? The power of an upright. In. Your. God. Damn. Hand.”
Friday Random Ten – The “Fortified With 10 Essential Downloads” Edition
Time for Friday Random Ten, where you hit shuffle on your favorite digital music player (for me my iTunes at work) and report on the first ten songs that it spits out. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions for my
Julie, your list became infinitely cool when Allison Krause showed up on it. I don’t think even Garth Brooks ruins it (though he comes damn close).
Sooner or later, I’ll return to doing these things myownself.