2005-03-31
In lieu of anything better to talk about, here's the playlist for the latest mix tape:
Forgettable - by Grandmaster J
- Walk on By - Isaac Hayes Not to be confused with the song 2Wicky by... was it Hooverphonic? Or am I thinking of Portishead? Sappy, but I like it.
- Queen Bitch - David Bowie David Bowie rocks. Sometimes. This is one of those times.
- Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk This song gets better the more I listen to it.
- Only Daddy That'll Walk That Line - Waylon Jennings If you're thinking about getting into country and wondering what all the fuss is about, you could do worse than starting with Waylon Jennings.
- West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson The 80's were dark days for R&B in general, but there were some highlights. This is one of them.
- Ymaelodi Â'r Ymylon - Super Furry Animals "Pop" isn't a dirty word in Britain like it is here. And since this is the kind of pop they're putting out, you can see why.
- Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini The Cub has adopted this as his theme song. Excellent choice, in my hog-tied opinion.
- Mami Te Extrano - Los Amigos Invisibles Venezuelan funk, although this is one of their more Latin-sounding numbers. Although this has the same structure as "Oye Como Va". I'm not sure what it's called. It's not exactly Salsa, it's certainly not Merengue, and those are the only two genres I know.
- Give Me The Night - George Benson See above about 80's R&B.
- Shakin' - The Dandy Warhols This isn't their best song, but there's something compelling about it. I think it's probably the really bad singing.
- Freddie's Dead - Curtis Mayfield If you need an explanation as to why this is in there, you need to get out more.
- Moon River - Andy Williams For some reason, I keep having a vision of someone sticking their finger in someone's ass when I hear this. Not sure why.
- Cavern - Liquid Liquid I picked up the new LCD Soundsystem recently. Not bad. I was thinking I should put something by them on there. But I decided, why settle for the cheap imitation? Why not use the original?
- The Fightin' Side Of Me - Merle Haggard Depending on the crowd I'm hanging out with, this is possibly the most subversive song I have in my collection.
- The Passenger - Iggy Pop It took me a long time to get into Iggy Pop. Almost as long as it took me to get into Kraftwerk. But I've come around on him too.
- Across the Universe - Laibach This song belongs in a movie somewhere. Like probably while the opening credits are rolling. One of those scene-establishing montages from somewhere in some supposedly-idyllic suburb, like at the begining of Blue Velvet.
- Playing Your Game, Baby - Barry White I was going to say something generic like, "It doesn't get any better than Barry White", but that's not true. It does get better. But there's nobody who does what he does better. That Barry White brand of emotional maximalism.
- Faith - George Michael I think this song had been out for 10 years before I noticed that the organ at the beginning is playing Wham!'s "Freedom".
- Ain't No Half Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane See yesterday . Or was it the day before?
- Everybody's Talking - Harry Nilsson The fact that this is on here is probably a symptom that I'm getting lame. The J of ten years ago would have picked a fight with the J of today for being into this song. And he probably would have won, too. And, to some extent, I'd deserve it. I am getting lame. I might have tried to justify it by pleading, "But it's from 'Midnight Cowboy'! That's a good movie!" But it would be for naught. I suppose all I can do now is brace myself for the long decline that leads to death. Is it too early to start picking out a coffin?
