The Friday Ten = mp3 player on shuffle all songs + the first ten songs at random + comments.
1. Driver 8 - R.E.M. From their very best album, Fables of the Reconstruction. It sounds a little different than the other, more majestic songs on that record, I think; a bit poppier -- minor chords notwithstanding. One of the lasting highlights of my life is shooting the video for "Can't Get There From Here." I crashed at Pete Buck's house and went record hunting with him.
2. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge. No one did soulful, teary-eyed angst like Sledge did. Obviously, this is a (the) standout tune of his career, but why? All of his songs sound like this.
3. You And Me - Glenn Danzig and the Power Fury Orchestra. Until this came out, on the Less Than Zero soundtrack, no one knew he had that voice.
4. You Didn't Need - Rollins Band.
5. The Negotiation Limerick File - Beastie Boys. "I love it when you hit those switches / A curveball's what my pitch is / So, here we here we come, like dum-diddly-dum / I keep all five boroughs in stitches."
6. Turn On The News - Husker Du. I love this song, and hadn't heard it in forever. So sonically dense and remarkably tight. It even has a break that features handclaps on the right channel and a Bob Mould guitar solo on the left.
7. Prosthetic Head - Green Day.
8. What'cha Gonna Do? - Pablo Cruise. Go ahead; laugh. When I was 10-years old, I got this 45, on A & M Records. I couldn't verbalize then why I liked it, and I can't now either.
9. Bingo Masters Breakout - The Fall. Mark E. Smith is a twisted genius. Get Fall info here.
10. Where's Summer B.? - Ben Folds Five.
The photo above is courtesy of Gorilla Mask. (Link unsafe for viewing at work.)
At first glance, I read that third one as "Glenn Danzig and the Power Furry Orchestra". And if you know anything about furries, you understand why that was immediately a disturbing and hilarious mental image.
Posted by: Michael Hanscom | Friday, 28 January 2005 at 15:32
I just want you to know that I played with my first iPod yesterday. It's not mine, of course. But I would like it to be mine. Damn. If I do the Friday shuffle on someone else's iPod, does that count? Because his music is my music anyway. We're good at sharing like that. He hasn't downloaded any Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive Dance Party remixes yet. But I'm sure I can figure out how to do that.
Posted by: Figlet | Friday, 28 January 2005 at 15:46
Michael: Now THAT's a band I'd listen to...AND party with!
Figlet: Yes, it counts. For mine is a blog of the people!
Posted by: Tommy Himself | Friday, 28 January 2005 at 17:00
i cant find that pic on gorilla mask, please can you dend me a better link?
Posted by: phil | Sunday, 18 March 2007 at 12:43