Comments on: Friday Random Ten – the Help Jill’s Dad Find Teh Cool edition

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:45:28 +0000

break my body – pixies
lucky girl – gerbils
the union forever – the white stripes
7 stars – apples in stereo
please hear mr. flight control – the music tapes
goodness – page france
you are what you love – jenny lewis with the watson twins
la primavera – manu chao
james k. polk – they might be giants
9th & hennepin – tom waits

my dad asked the same and is now an animal collective fan. who’da thought?

By: Monday Music: The Inaugural Edition, with Bombadil « Natalia Antonova

Monday Music: The Inaugural Edition, with Bombadil « Natalia Antonova — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:51:44 +0000

[...] Edition, with Bombadil A lot of the websites I read do a Friday Random Ten (see here for a brilliant example – good luck to Jill’s dad in his quest for Cool) as a musical exercise, but I find I need [...]

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:18:16 +0000

Here’s a bunch of my favorite music. My dad likes a lot of this stuff (he’s pretty cool), so maybe yours will too!

1. Every Time You Say Goodbye – Alison Krauss & Union Station
2. In My Lady’s House – Iron & Wine
3. I Won’t Grow Up – Rickie Lee Jones
4. L’Etang – Blossom Dearie
5. Owner Of A Lonely Heart – Yes
6. Fly – Nick Drake
7. The State I Am In – Belle and Sebastian
8. Wicked Wisdom – Of Montreal
9. Country Road – James Taylor
10. I Will Possess Your Heart – Death Cab For Cutie

By: MontglaneChess

MontglaneChess — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:52:56 +0000

1) Fall Out Boy- West Coast Smoker
2) Moulin Rouge- Lady Marmalade
3) Foreigner- Urgent
4) The Killers- Jenny Was A Friend of Mine
5) Rockapella- Bring Some Love
6) Green River Ordinance- Piece It Together
7) The Hush Sound- Medicine Man
8) Journey- Any Way You Want It
9) Veruca Salt- Drop Dead Gorgeous
10) Ben Folds- Fired

I’m afraid I had to cheat a little, because I was fairly sure your Dad probably wasn’t up for listening to anything listed on Radio Disney’s Top 10. *grin*

By: Liena

Liena — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:21:34 +0000

1) The Postal Service – Clark Gable
2) Bishop Allen – The Bullet & Big D
3) Tegan & Sara – Nineteen
4) Belle & Sebastian – Dress Up In You
5) Bruce Springsteen – Last To Die
6) The Arcade Fire – The Well And The Lighthouse
7) The National – Fake Empire
8) Hanson – Every Word I Say
9) Bishop Allen – Click, Click, Click, Click
10) The New Pornographers – Stacked Crooked

By: Ozymandias

Ozymandias — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:12:09 +0000

1) What Do I Get– The Buzzcocks
2) Gloria– Patti Smith
3) Borstal Breakout– Sham 69
4) Suspect Device– Stiff Little Fingers
5) Holiday in Cambodia– Dead Kennedys
6) Neat, Neat, Neat– The Damned
7) Mommy’s Little Monster– Social Distortion
8) Police Truck– Dead Kennedys
9) Drain You– Nirvana
10) We’re Desperate– X

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:42:51 +0000

I’ve never commented before, but I love this!

1. No Cars Go- Arcade Fire
2. My Favorite Book- Stars
3. Throw Down- Mates of State
4. Tryin’ My Best- Jenny Lewis
5. Three or Four- The New Pornographers
6. My Rollercoaster- Kimya Dawson
7. Your Head’s Too Big- The Ditty Bops
8. Easy Girl- Coconut Records
9. The Animals Were Gone- Damien Rice
10. Cause = Time- Broken Social Scene

By: Selina

Selina — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:15:36 +0000

01.) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “I am Warm and Powerful”
02.) Thao Nguyen – “Hills”
03.) Amylie – “Mes Oreilles”
04.) Elliott Smith – “Roman Candle”
05.) Nana Grizol – “Tiny Rainbows”
06.) 5′Nizza – “Voda”
07.) Elliott Smith – “A Fond Farewell”
08.) Tiger Trap – “Words and Smiles”
09.) Cornelis Vreeswijk – “Polaren Pär är kärlekskrank”
10.) The Pillows – “Instant Music”

(It should be noted that number 2 on the list is normally Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, but for that album she was still Thao Nguyen.)

By: Cactus Wren

Cactus Wren — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:39:31 +0000

Boiled In Lead, “No Passenger”
Tom Lehrer, “Wernher von Braun”
Meredith Monk, “Panda Chant II”
Jo Hisaishi, “A Mysterious Painting” (from the soundtrack to Kiki’s Delivery Service)
Anna Russell, “Schreechenrauf”
Tim Larkin, “Yeesha’s Theme”
David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London, “Vaillant – Rondeau – Tres douls amis – Ma dame – Cent mille fois”
Baltimore Consort and the Merry Companions, “My Man John Had a Thing That Was Long”
Evelyn Glennie, “Thunder Caves”
Whiskey Bards, “Ballad of the Trades”

Why yes, I do listen to a very odd variety of music.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:42:53 +0000

First time I’ve seen this feature (only been reading a couple months) and I absolutely love it. Just went through the comments and now have way too much music to listen to. For my bit:

1. Over and Over – Hot Chip
2. Indie Rokkers – MGMT
3. Worry About It Later – Futureheads
4. Knife – Grizzly Bear
5. Bizarre Christmas Incident – Ben Folds
6. Lost Art – Stricken City
7. Who Will Buy – Oliver the Musical
8. Killing Armies – Wolf Parade
9. Youth Decay – Sleater-Kinney
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

next friday please!