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50ish Recent Songs

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November 11, 2019

12:08 am

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50ish Recent Songs

Mostly picked by the Music app, with some assistance from Dan.

Checkout Blues – Eels

Creeque Alley – The Mamas & The Papas

Life’s What you Make it – Talk Talk

For Your Love  – The Yardbirds

Dream Forever – Bumblebees

absolute lithops effect – The Mountain Goats

Hope Street – Stiff Little Fingers

Strangers – A.O. Gerber

Mother Nature’s Son (Take 15) – The Beatles

Love Like Laughter – Beth Orton

Canoe – John Lurie

12 Elliot In Your Cup – The Blanks

Back in the Saddle – Aerosmith

California – Liz Phair

Time Out For Fun – Devo– there are definitely other Devo records that are more revolutionary and/or iconic, but “Oh, no! It’s Devo” was the first record of theirs I owned, so it’s the one that brings out the most nostalgia.

SUNLIGHT – BESOS

Time Heals Nothing – Danko Jones

King Midas In Reverse – The Hollies

Love of My Life – Louis Prima

Riot – Childish Gambino

St. Louis Blues – Louis Prima

Dancing In The Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Israel – Miles Davis

Crepuscolo Sul Mare – Piero Umiliani

Daydream Believer – The Monkees

I Got Life (James Rado & Company) – Original Broadway Cast

Never Give You Up – The Black Keys

The Negotiation Limerick File – Beastie Boys

Godless Heathens – Skin Mag

Get Bummed Out – SPORTS

Don’t Pull Away (Feat. Milosh) – J.Viewz

The Perfect Drug – Nine Inch Nails – I’m not a huge NIN fan, but this is an awesome bike song. Check out the “deep” visuals in the video.

In The Hanging Gardens – Pinkshinyultrablast

BLEACHÉ – yuko yokio

Everything Borrowed – Jerry Paper

Company Calls – Death Cab For Cutie

Unknown Legend – Neil Young – very different from NIN, but also an awesome bike song. And if you’re thinking that the song is about someone riding a Harley Davidson and that that’s a very different kind of bike, I have some news for you.
There’s a real video for this song, but no high quality versions are on Youtube, probably because Neil Young only wants his music played in 6000 bit hyper dense magic quality.

Popeye Theme – Face to Face – the most important song of this or any other time.

Fool, Fool, Fool – The Clovers

SOKA – Sister Bliss

Giving It All – 20/20

Sailor and widow – Keren Ann

The Man In Me – The Clash

The Power Of The Heart – Peter Gabriel

Evil Angel – Rufus Wainwright

Can’t Stop The World – Ginger Sling

Donuts (Outro) – J Dilla

L.S.D. Partie – Roland Vincent

Grand Illusions – Joan Osborne

Fade To Grey – Anteros – this is not a cover of Visage. This song is generic alternapop. No need to seek it out.

A Manager’s Bleats – Beatles Anagrams

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November 8, 2019

6:34 am

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50ish Recent Songs, Beatles Anagrams, Music, Photoshop

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Someone on twitter did an awesome silly thing where they re-titled James Bond movies with their anagrams. I thought it was a great idea, so I stole it to re-do Beatles albums. Here’s the first batch. I’m skipping the early Capitol hacked-up albums.

Peep Lame Easels (Please Please Me)

Peep Lame Easels (Please Please Me) album cover
Featuring 300% more George.

White Slab Teeth (With The Beatles)

White Slab Teeth (With The Beatles) album cover
Now with 50% less Ringo

Aghast, Randy Hid (A Hard Day’s Night)

Aghast, Randy Hid (A Hard Day's Night) album cover
Now with 2400% more back-of-George’s-head.

A Stereo Elf Slab (Beatles For Sale)

A Stereo Elf Slab (Beatles For Sale) album cover
Now with 100% more Ringo (nose only)

The problem with Beatles anagrams is that their album titles are usually pretty short. Some of these would be under ten letters if I didn’t include “Beatles” in the name.

The White Album is probably going to be super lame.

50ish Recent Tracks

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November 3, 2019

6:28 pm

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I used to do this thing on Facebook where I’d post the last 50 or so songs I’d played, along with some notes about a few of them. This is pretty much that, except I’m going to throw some Youtube links in along the way.

Charlotte Street – Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

Hold My Hand – The Rutles

I have students who say The Beatles are their favorite band, which seems weird since the band broke up 40 years before the students were born. That would middle school me saying my favorite musician was Cole Porter. I have to remember to play The Rutles for them.

Reptiles and Samurai – Oingo Boingo

Mah-Ná, Mah-Ná – Leroy Holmes – probably the best song to ever come from Swedish softcore that was used by the Muppets and Benny Hill.

Ain’t No Good – Cake
Train in Vain – Annie Lennox
High Fidelity – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
A-Tisket A-Tasket – Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb And His Orchestra
Don’t Let’s Start – This Radiant Boy
Car Horns and Kentucky – Tom Waits
There She Goes Again – The Velvet Underground
Jump, Jive, An’ Wail – Louis Prima
Baby’s on Fire – Brian Eno

Straight To Hell – Chum

I Feel Fine – The Beatles
Sun Gazer – Hideout
Do You Remember the Riots? – Jens Lekman
Freedom for My People – U2
Hawaii 64 – ccc – ill chemist

Cool it Now (New Edition) – Len

Everyone needs a new edition of a song by New Edition.

Golden – My Morning Jacket
Zero Hour – The Plimsouls
The Long Grift – They Might Be Giants
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
Bedsitter – Soft Cell
Cat’s Blues – Palace Music
Fight – The Kleptones
Staircase to the Soul – Weston Smith
Two Lives – Young Fresh Fellows
Persona – Instupendo
Shark Food – Starsailor
Lonely – Bebel Gilberto

My Funny Valentine – Ella Fitzgerald

Every time I hear this I think “Somebody wrote more lyrics to that Elvis Costello song.” I am dumb.

clairaudients (kill or be killed) – Bright Eyes
No One Else Around – Orchid Mantis
True Romance – Vacation Forever
Blue Fire – Air Waves
Monkey Man – The Maytals

Nice To See You (feat. Floor Cry) – Vansire

A Warning – Thievery Corporation
I’m Not The One – Bye Beneco
Diferente – Gotan Project
Blackbird Chain – Beck
Riding On The Subway – Jesse Malin

Jefferson Starship – – Aug, 5, 1975 – Rock Show Commercial – I don’t care for commercials on the radio, but I love the occasional 40+ year old concert commercial.

the promise – The Cure
Beaten To The Punch – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Cowboy Junkies

You Wouldn’t Like Me – The Beths

Blind Love – Tom Waits
Upfield – Billy Bragg

Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing – The Magnetic Fields