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iPod/MP3 Friday Shuffle — Happy Birthday Mike D. Edition

You’ve got to fight for your right to birthday party!  Hey ladies (and gents), it’s a Beastie Boy b-boy b-day for Mike D.  So get out your iPod/iTunes/MP3 player, put it on shuffle, then hold it now hit it, and share the first 10 tunes that come up with everyone.

  1. Mandy Barnett — Falling Falling Falling (I’ve Got A Right To Cry): Mandy Barnett is a wonderful country vocalist who has, unfortunately, not recorded much.  She put out a couple of records back in the ‘90s, but once those didn’t hit, she earns her dough playing Patsy Cline in a musical revue, and sometimes appearing at the Grand Ole Opry.  And Patsy Cline is certainly one of the reference points.  Mandy is a natural classic country singer.  On this album, she works with Nashville session pros, and the result is a time warp — this loping honky-tonk number sounds like it could have come out in 1965.
  2. Mott The Hoople — Crash Street Kidds (The Ballad Of Mott: A Retrospective):*  Mott is often lumped in with the ‘70s Brit glam rockers, primarily due to their association with David Bowie, who wrote their breakthrough song, “All the Young Dudes”.  But, for the most part, Mott didn’t have a glam sound.  The bands songs were more in line with Bob Dylan and The Faces.  They also had a proto-heavy metal side, more evident on their earliest work.  This song edges towards that, powered by a crunchy guitar riff.  The song also has a surprising use of dynamics, dropping into silence before launching into some more guitar tomfoolery.
  3. Dogmatics — MTV O.D. (1981-86):  In the wake of punk, there were bands all over America that played basic rock, but with a snotty edge.  Once a while, a band like that became The Replacements.  More often, the band was like Dogmatics.  This music isn’t quite as retro as garage rock, but it works traditional elements in a fresh way.  The band had relatively interesting lyrics, as on this slow bluesy dirge which laments a life wasted watching Quiet Riot and Martha Quinn for hours on end.
  4. John Hiatt — I Could Use An Angel (All Of The Sudden):  Hiatt is best known as a Adult Alternative pioneer, with a gruff voice and clever rootsy tunes.  Before he broke through with Bring The Family in 1987, Hiatt was actually positioned as an American alternative to Elvis Costello, Graham Parker and Joe Jackson.  His third and fourth records were very much in the Costello mode, but with thin production.  That wasn’t a problem for his Geffen Records debut.  Tony Visconti (production credits include David Bowie, T. Rex, Sparks, The Boomtown Rats) provided lush, dense backing for Hiatt’s snide, tense tunes.  This is one of the best songs on the album, a propulsive slice of drama.
  5. Prince — Dirty Mind (Dirty Mind):  The early-‘80s were such a rich period musically, because so many artists were disregarding genre boundaries and bringing different styles together.  Prince certainly did his part, bringing together his deep understanding of R & B and funk with the keyboard oriented sounds of the so-called New Wave.  This produced fabulous pop music.  I think one of the secrets is that the trebly keyboards and computer drums mixed with a heavier bottom that made Prince’s sturdy songs all the more appealing.  This song works a constant chilly rhythm with just enough melody to make it work.
  6. LCD Soundsystem — Thrills (LCD Soundsystem):  I’m sure that somewhere in the world, there is an LCD Soundsystem backlash, but I haven’t seen it.  Both LCD albums have been universally acclaimed.  James Murphy has mastered a modern electronic dance music vocabulary, but he has a strong sense of history, so influences like Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Television and The Fall, just to name a few, pop up in his work.  This song is a good fit after the Prince tune, as it also works a single rhythm to death, but Murphy layers the various percussive sounds and adds other variations to keep this lesser cut fairly interesting.
  7. Hepcat — Mama Used To Say (Right On Time):  This L.A. band played a more traditional R & B inflected version of ska than many of punkier ska outfits of the ‘90s.  This really is more of a pure reggae number, with bright horns and sunny vocals. Singer Alex Desert was in the supporting cast of the shockingly long lived Ted Danson sitcom Becker.
  8. The Young Nashvillians — Eagle Man (The Sad Smiles Of The Young Nashvillians):  A lot of high school and college students got together to jam in basements throughout America.  Some cut their teeth on “Gloria” or “2112”.  Others wrote silly songs, inspired by some of the post-punk and New Wave sounds of the time.  Most never recorded those songs, but The Young Nashvillians were discovered by members of The White Animals, a popular Nashville band of the early-‘80s, and they put out a couple of records, compiled onto one CD.  The playing is suspect in spots, but, for the most part, it’s good enough.  The songs are inspired fun.  This is somewhere between white boy funk and The B-52s, with some relatively ambitious harmony vocals.  Good stuff.
  9. The Beach Boys — Girl Don’t Tell Me (Today!/Summer Days and Summer Nights):  This is one of those pre-Pet Sounds songs that indicated what a terrific composer Brian Wilson was.  This is an mid-tempo acoustic love lament that sounds simple on the surface, but is full of sophisticated melodic tricks.  At different points, the melody rises and falls, in such an unconventional fashion, but without sounding dissonant or odd.  This wasn’t a major hit for The Beach Boys, but it ranks among their best songs.
  10. Peggy Lee — Don’t Smoke In Bed (Miss Peggy Lee):  I think Peggy Lee has one of the sexiest voices ever.  It’s honeyed and enticing, mixing a sweetness with a knowing edge.  Her readings of lyrics are always brilliant.  She captures the essence of the song.  On this break up tune, she balances the sadness of leaving a relationship with the knowledge that she is doing the right thing.  I’m no expert on torch and saloon singers, but that won’t stop me from declaring that next to Sinatra, Peggy Lee was the best pop singer of the pre-rock ‘n’ roll era.

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Michael Gibson, on Nov 20, 05:29 AM, wrote:

What a way to start the weekend, coming down with a case of “the sick”, most likely caused by the jackass old man that licked me on the commute into work yesterday. Yep, that’s right, i got licked, slowly, on the cheek. This caused me to curse like a 5 year old with tourettes. So, no work for me today. Just a relaxing, snot filled day on the couch with music.

1. Bombanfall – Åsiktsfrihet (Åsiktsfrihet 7”)
2. Yo La Tengo – Dreaming (Prisoners Of Love: A Smattering Of Scintillating Senescent Songs)
3. Matt Sharp – Everytime In Blue (Self-Titled)
4. Grade – Entangled (Split w/ Believe)
5. HORSE the band – Kangarooster Meadows (A Natural Death)
6. Talking Heads – Air (Once In A Lifetime box set)
7. Samiam – At The Bottom (Live)
8. SuperVC – Big Bang (Double Life)
9. Robert Pollard – People Are LEaving (Waved Out)
10. The Kills – Hitched (Keep On Your Mean Side)

Yeah, that’s about right for my drugged up, hazy and clouded mind. Seriously, that HORSE the band song is just a weird mind game gone awry.

Tony Breed, on Nov 20, 05:58 AM, wrote:

I’ve got versions of “Don’t Smoke in Bed” by Nina Simone, KD Lang, and Holly Cole; I’d love to hear Peggy Lee’s version. (Of the three I have, Nina Simone’s wins out, though all three are good.)

1. Here’s That Rainy Day (Koop Remix) — Astrud Gilberto — Verve Remixed 2

2. Rhode Island Is Famous For You — Blossom Dearie — Verve Jazz Masters 51
I have taken this song as my unofficial theme.

3. Wishing the Days Away — Billy Bragg — Reaching to the Converted

4. Palisades — The Wedding Present — El Rey

5. Moonraker — Main Title — Shirley Bassey — Goldsinger
I bought this best of Shirley Bassey album without any great intentions that I’d like it so much; I just figured it would be all the Shirley Bassey I’d need for the rest of my life. I found that I really, genuinely like it, especially her later, more dramatic and characterful work.

6. All Your Prayers Are Alive! — The Third Wheels — On Account Of The Atmosphere

7. Doina Banat — Gruppo Romm Dracula’s — Romm
A CD of Rom music, AKA Gypsy music, that I bought from street musicians in a plaza in Florence, Italy. Buying music from street music while you’re on vacation is a tricky thing: you are only in town for one or two days, and who knows if the musicians will be in the same plaza tomorrow, so either you buy the CD then and there, or you just don’t buy it at all.

8. Pickerall Lake — Sufjan Stevens — Michigan (Outtakes)
Seriously, some of Sufjan Stevens most gorgeous work is this handful of “unreleased” tracks from “Michigan”. “Unreleased” is in quotes because they were released for free on the web site for a while — that’s where I got them — and now they are available on the vinyl version of the album.

9. I Feel Love — Poster Children — 20 Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hit Explosions!
This comp is one of two put out by Pravda in the early 90’s as a tribute to K-Tel, that company that advertised late-night TV, selling mixes. They feature great lesser-known artists, including a not-yet-popular Smashing Pumpkins and Jack White’s first band, Goober and the Peas.

10. Chuncho (The Forest Creatures) — Yma Sumac — The Ultimate Collection

Michael Flavor, on Nov 20, 07:26 AM, wrote:

Regarding the Dogmatics: This will probably date me, but a life spent watching Martha Quinn sounds like a pretty good way to go.

1. Mission of Burma – Red (Signals, Calls and Marches)
2. The Mae Shi – Body 2 (Terrorbird)
3. Waterbabies – Stud7 (What’s Up Ladies) This is a Mahjongg side project that was released on Terry Plumming Records. Google the label for more information. Very rhythmic.
4. Sonic Youth – Green Light (EVOL)
5. The Advantage – Double Dragon 2 [Story, and Boss Music] (The Advantage)
6. Neu! – E-Musik (Neu! 75)
7. Velvet Underground – Andy’s Chest (VU)
8. Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month (Sammy Danger Remix) (Romance Bloody Romance: Remixes and B-Sides)
9. Ken Nordine – Brown (Colors) Hooray for paint commercials!
10. Stereolab – Lock-Groove Lullaby (Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements)

Mike Scales, on Nov 20, 07:27 AM, wrote:

Very cool/chill vibe in the beginning here, but wow what a metal midsection! That’s kinda how Fridays are though. Should I just chill and save the craziness for Saturday or should I go all-out right now cause it’s Friday?! Tonight, I think I’ll choose the latter.

Dosh – Do The Whirlwind
Django Reinhardt – It’s Only A Paper Moon
Sage Francis – Gunz Yo
Vast Aire – Intro: His Majesty’s Laughter
Kingdom Of Sorrow – Demon Eyes (Demonized)
Burst – We Are Dust
Darkest Hour – At The Edge Of The World
Megadeth – I Ain’t Superstitious
Chalres Mingus – Haitian Fight Song
The Cramps – Monkey With Your Tail

Dan M., on Nov 20, 07:27 AM, wrote:

Andy Warhol – David Bowie – “Andy walking, Andy tired/Andy take a little snooze” is a gem of a line.
No Name #1 Elliot Smith – He did six of these – I mean, at least start using the other Mad Dog flavors as titles.
The Eraser(XXXChange Remix) – Thom Yorke – XXXchange finds a slow-burner dancefloor jam, good for unbreaking eye contact while you shimmy.
Sheila – Atlas Sound – I wrote this off the first few listens, but came back around like a spaceflight slingshot.
Ce Jou – Yelle – pop so unfiltered it could be on a kids show.
Nevereverdid – Architecture In Helsinki – Critics went back and forth on this album for year-end lists, and history seems to have mostly let them fade. But this song should in no way be forgotten for its lovely school musical of an album opener.
Tropicalia – Beck – I seem to recall him hating this being the single for Mutations, but it earned a place in my high school heart easily.
The Hop – Tribe Called Quest – The more I listen to Tribe, the harder it is for me to pick out any favorites. But this is definitely in the top.
Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow – Aphex Twin – I’m a sucker for prepared piano, and Ricky James made a gorgeous side dalliance in it on this album. One of several gorgeous pieces hidden amongst some admittedly so-so stuff.
Quitters Raga – Gold Panda – If you’ve never heard anything from Ravi Shankar or his contemporaries, this should be a brief but intriguing introduction to Indian music. If you are familiar, this is a nice pop spin.

Dustin Drase, on Nov 20, 07:31 AM, wrote:

1) Little Ed – It’s a Dream (Light On The South Side)
When I first heard of this Numero Comp, I was skeptical that the music would hold up to the beauty of the accompanying book, but I was definitely surprised at how funky all these blues tracks are. It’s easily one of the best records of the year for me.

2) Comet Gain – Mainlining Mystery (Broken Record Prayers)

3) Kraftwerk – Neon Lights (Ton-up Mix) (Ultra Rare Trax)
We found this bootleg looking disc in a pile of donation CDs for CHIRP, so I borrowed it for an evening to rip it and give it a spin. Holy crap is it ever awful. It’s basically just a bunch of really hack remixes. It kinda makes me sad.

4) Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody (Very Best of Righteous Brothers)
Damnit! This was totally on a playlist I used for a wedding I DJ’d. In the interest of keeping with the theme I left in on here. Some guy once paid me $50 to play this at a wedding. I probably would have done it for free, but hey, thanks a lot uncle Joe.

5) The Skygreen Leopards – Gorgeous Johnny (Gorgeous Johnny)

I haven’t really spent a lot of time with this record so I’m not quite sure my thoughts on this track yet.

6) Bachelorette – Mercurial Man (My Electric Family)
A really pretty pseudo psychedelic folk track. Good stuff.

7) Cass McCombs – Dreams Come True Girl (Catacombs)
In general I’m not a fan of Cass McCombs so I really have no idea why this is on my IPod. I really need to do some curating and get rid of things that I put on here just to give them a listen.

8) Gary War – Orange Trails (Horribles Parade)
I bought the Gary War cassette on Captured Tracks, and it was one of the most frustrating purchases ever because the songs were obviously really good, but the transfer to tape was so absolutely awful that it made it unlistenable. Add to that you could get all the tracks in far better quality for free on the WFMU free music archive…and well it was a big waste of money.

9) Donald Byrd – Trio
Say what you will about Jazz….but hot damn is Donald Byrd ever awesome.

10) Gast Del Sol – Mouth Canyon (Camofleur)
Gastr Del Sol is one of my favorite bands ever. When this album came out I absolutely hated it. Over the years I would force myself to listen to it, thinking that maybe I just hadn’t given it a fair chance. It took me about a decade, but I think I finally understand and love this record.

Erin, on Nov 20, 07:49 AM, wrote:

1. Akron/Family “Last Year” from Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
2. The Rural Alberta Advantage “Four Night Rider” from Hometowns
3. Phoenix “One Time Too Many” from It’s Never Been Like That
4. Ben Folds Five “Brick” from Whatever & Ever Amen
5. Phosphorescent “Wolves” from Live at KEXP vol. 5
6. The Builders and the Butchers “The World Is A Top” from Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well
7. Bon Iver “Skinny Love” from For Emma, Forever Ago
8. Delta Spirit “Strange Vine” from Ode to Sunshine
9. The Flaming Lips “The Impulse” from Embryonic
10. Ween “Stay Forever” from White Pepper

Billy Kalb, on Nov 20, 07:52 AM, wrote:

1. Perfect Circle — R.E.M. (Murmur): The melody on the chorus seems so natural and right that I feel I’ve known it my whole life, and yet I keep expecting it to veer off into saccharine awfulness. And it doesn’t, because it’s actually a very good song.

2. Stand Together — Beastie Boys (Check Your Head): My iPod knows what day it is, apparently. Nice job, dude.

3. Goodnight Bad Morning — The Kills (Midnight Boom): Unlike, say, the Killers, the Kills usually sound like they could actually kill you. Not here though; it’s an acoustic ballad of sorts from an album I probably need to spend some more time with.

4. Let’s Not Wrestle Mt. Heart Attack — Liars (Drum’s Not Dead): A chase through the Australian Outback, most likely. Something terrifying is right at your heels, and you’re miles from any other living human being. Pick up the pace, kiddo, or you’re gonna die.

5. What We All Want — Gang of Four (Solid Gold): The followup to Entertainment! was less frantic, more brooding, and every bit as awesome. This one’s got a sinister groove that you just kind of get stuck in.

6. Underground [Demo] — Curtis Mayfield (Curtis): Recently picked up the deluxe reissue of this solo debut; this is one of the bonus tracks, a slow-simmer demo of a cut that would end up Mayfield’s sophomore effort, Roots.

7. Dearly Departed — DeVotchKa (How It Ends): I saw these guys open for M. Ward years ago at the Abbey Pub and spent most of the set recovering my jaw from the floor. Nick Urata really does sound that good when he sings live, and the band tackles its blend of Eastern Europe and the American Southwest without a hint of kitsch. Later they did the score Little Miss Sunshine, and yet I feel like everyone remembers that soundtrack for the one Sufjan Stevens song.

8. The Avalanche — Sufjan Stevens (The Avalanche): Well, there’s irony for you.

9. Range Life — Pavement (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain): When I was 16 in 2002 I deduced that, had I been born in 1979, I could have been 16 in 1995 (hence, I figured, the significance of the Smashing Pumpkins song). That seemed like a pretty sweet time to be that age, especially considering that bands like Pavement would have been, like, on tour and stuff, and maybe I could have ridden my skateboard around town and if my Walkmen faded, I’d have absolutely no one, no one but myself to blame. In real life, I never had good enough balance, and Pavement had broken up before I knew I even liked them.

10. It Wasn’t Me — Shaggy (Hot Shot): I could explain that I have this on here for business reasons, since I DJ a monthly ‘90s pop night, but mostly I just think this song is hilarious.

anna, on Nov 20, 09:04 AM, wrote:

i forgot i can do this on my phone!

the gossip: spare me from the mold
jay reatard: nothing now
the thermals: when i was afraid
kimya dawson: sleep
the dutchess & the duke: i don’t feel anything
blank dogs: falling back
fuck buttons: olympians
the antlers: bear
camera obscura: other towns & cities
the au pairs: repetition

yay!

Libby Newman, on Nov 20, 09:29 AM, wrote:

Hi Chirpers

1. NIN – March of the Pigs
2. James Pants – Prayers of the People
3. Jaco Pastorius – Donna Lee
4. Ratatat – Gipsy Threat
5. Estelle – Shine
6. Massive Attack – Psyche (Flash Treatment)
7. Pretenders – I go to Sleep
8. Dinosaur Jr. – Get Me
9. MSTRKRFT – Vuvuvu
10. No Age – Cappo

Good shit!

Tony Breed, on Nov 20, 09:50 AM, wrote:

Dustin — I really liked Cass McComb’s previous album (Dropping the Writ), but I find this latest one uninspiring.

Scales — I like that transition from Megadeth to Mingus.

Billy — I disagree. I didn’t remember there was a Sufjan Stevens song in the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack, whereas the one DeVotchKa song sort of dominated the movie for me (not to mention that it got played over and over again at the Oscars, and it was the main menu music for the DVD). I love that song, and was worried it was a little overexposed.

Dan M — “…and you think about glue, and a jolly boring thing to do.” Yes, awesome song.

DJ Bylamplight, on Nov 20, 10:06 AM, wrote:

1. Greg Alper Band — Hole In Your Pocket
2. Kings of Convenience — Love Is No Big Truth
3. The Beatles — I Will
4. Minutemen — The World Acording To Nouns
5. Beans — Shards Of Glass
6. Nick Wilson — 02 – flynn
7. TBA — Downby
8. The Beatles — Getting Better
9. Busdriver — Imaginary Places
10. William Basinski — Because

Beatles remasters are taking over my shuffle. Hmm, who is William Basinski? I guess I’m about to find out. Greg Alper Band’s Fat Doggie is one of the most entertaining disco albums to come out of the 70s.

Andy Weber, on Nov 22, 09:40 AM, wrote:

1. Drinkin’ In The Blues -Lightnin’ Hopkins
Ok I was very excited when this was the first song that popped up. It is by far my favorite Blues track of all time. If you dabble in the Blues or you even if you don’t give it a go. It is live and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee are also on the track.

2. Jumping Someone Else’s Train – The Cure

3. Big Brown Eyes – Old 97’s

4. Lord I’m Discouraged – The Hold Steady

5. London’s Burning – The Clash

6. Lesson Plan – Heroes And Villains – A band that my good friends were in back in my college days in the early 90’s from Lincoln, Nebraska. The band had some talent and a small following but the band’s name is one of the all time worse. When they named the band I told my good friend Dan what they named the band and he replied that why not just name the band “My 300lb Aunt Kathy” of which he had a 300lb Aunt Kathy. Ever since that has been my favorite band name never used.

7. Nothing Compares To You – Sinead O’Connor
High School!

8. III Wills – Shout Out Louds

9. Closer To Heart – Rush
I have 3 older brothers and sisters who were in HS in the late 70’s. I was reared on Rush!

10. Swans – Islands

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