A quote form Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan) upon introduction to Thomas Edison’s recording machine:
. . . For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening’s experiment — astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.
Was he referring to this week’s edition of the random 10? Read on…
Random 10:
- The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails – Lost Highway Soundtrack
- One Love – Prodigy – Music for the Jilted Generation
- Insatiable (Two) – … Trail of Dead – The Century of Self
- Growing Into You – Soul Asylum – Grave Dancers Union
- Happiness in Slavery – Nine Inch Nails – Broken
- Paper Tiger – Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
- Bullet in the Head – Rage Against the Machine – (self-titled)
- Hard Row – Black Keys – Thickfreakness
- Celebration Day – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
- Endlessly Making an End of Things – Yellow Swans – At All Ends
That song could only fit in as the last song on a list.
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Hmm. Zep III & IV. Now someone needs to step up with something from Houses of the Holy. V.
1. “Whipping Boy” Shearwater / Winged Life
2. “Glad Girls” Guided By Voices / Isolation Drills
3. “On Time” Soledad Brothers / Voice Of Treason
4. “Almost Crimes” Broken Social Scene / You Forgot it in People
5. “Almost Home” Hem / Funnel Cloud
6. “Priest’s Knees” Destroyer / Destroyer’s Rubies
7. “If That’s Alright” Uncle Tupelo / Still Feel Gone
8. “The Battle Of Evermore” Led Zeppelin / IV
9. “Skinny Love” Bon Iver / For Emma, Forever Ago
10. “The Wanderer” Dion / 24 Original Classics
bonus: “Back Burner” Ida / I Know About You
Almost Cut My Hair – CSN&Y
I’m surprised Zeppelin doesn’t show up on my lists more often. Seems like I have a lot of their albums.
First 10 thumbs-up tracks off Pandora, full mix:
“Elevator Love Letter” – Stars, Heart
“The Girls Next Door” – Pat Metheny, We Live Here
“What Was Wrong” – Storyhill, Dovetail
“Young Boy” – Paul McCartney, Flaming Pie
“Indian Summer” – Manic Street, Send Away the Tigers
“Sorry About Your Irony” – El Ten Eleven, El Ten Eleven
“When the Heart Rules the Mind” – GTR, King Biscuit Flower Hour (Live)*
“Blue Ridge Laughing (Live)” – Carbon Leaf, 5 Alive!
“Little Boy” – Andy White, Andy White
“Secret Journey” – The Police, Ghost in the Machine
* I was a this concert (Wiltern Theater, LA, 1986); I especially liked the opening act – Steve Howe and Steve Hackett performing acoustic solos and duets
Combining 2, 4, and 9 I’d add:
Same Boy You’ve Always Known – White Stripes
When Girls Telephone Boys – Deftones
Dang, no help with Zep, but someone needed to get Nirvana out there for Mak.
1. Jagged – Old 97’s
2. Send For Me – Nat King Cole
3. Stay Away – Nirvana
4. Evidence – Thelonious Monk
5. Daughter – Pearl Jam
6. Gone – The Wedding Present
7. O, Dana – Big Star
8. The Comedians – Roy Orbison
9. Song For Patty – Sammy Walker
10. It’s Never That Easy Though, Is It – Los Campesinos!
Bonus: Country Boy – Johnny Cash
You covered my lack of Nirvana, E-6 covered your lack of GBV, I covered E-6’s lack of Rage Against the Machine.
We make a great team!
Eels – “Fresh Feeling” Scrubs Soundtrack
Carl Douglas – “Kung-Fu Fighting” Pure Funk
The Ramones – “Bonzo Goes To Bitburg” Mania
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – “In Your Eyes [Acoustic]” Live From Mars
Coldplay – “A Message” X&Y
Tenacious D – “The Road” Tenacious D
Louis XIV – “Finding Out True Love Is Blind” MVP Baseball 2005
Coldplay – “Death And All His Friends” Viva La Vida
Feist – “Brandy Alexander” The Reminder
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals – “Pleasure And Pain” Live From Mars