The Kinks - "Lost and Found"
A hurricane? Hitting New York? Finally, a reason for this 80's-era Kinks song to be SOTW. I have loved this track from the moment I first played Think Visual in 1986. One of my Top 3 Kinks songs ever. (The others being "Celluloid Heroes" and "Days.")
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Song of the Week 8/19/11
The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"
I heard this great Ray Davies song last week (not sure where, maybe WFUV or WCBS-FM) and I found myself humming it while walking to the train one morning. I heard it at work today and it seemed like a perfect track for what is a perfect summer day.
I heard this great Ray Davies song last week (not sure where, maybe WFUV or WCBS-FM) and I found myself humming it while walking to the train one morning. I heard it at work today and it seemed like a perfect track for what is a perfect summer day.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Song of the Week 8/12/11
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
Saturday at my friend Michael's wedding, I witnessed an eight year-old shaking his whole body and coping the dance that the girls in this video do.
There's something I'll never unsee.
Saturday at my friend Michael's wedding, I witnessed an eight year-old shaking his whole body and coping the dance that the girls in this video do.
There's something I'll never unsee.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Song of the Week 8/5/11
Steve Perry - "Oh Sherrie"
There's nothing like watching one of your friends attempting to hit the high notes in the opening lines of this hit from 1984. As they say in the Mastercard ads, it was priceless. Thanks for the fun, Captain Quinn.
Oh, and I totally forgot about the insane intro to this video--that is priceless too.
There's nothing like watching one of your friends attempting to hit the high notes in the opening lines of this hit from 1984. As they say in the Mastercard ads, it was priceless. Thanks for the fun, Captain Quinn.
Oh, and I totally forgot about the insane intro to this video--that is priceless too.
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Party Like It's 1999 8/5/11
Well, that was a glorious good time. Very happy to see a bunch of new faces enjoying the tunes. Hopefully we'll have a September edition. If not, definitely in October.
Here's what you heard:
Alice in Chains - “Got Me Wrong”
Incubus - “Drive”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Breaking the Girl”
Sebadoh - “Ocean”
Pavement - “Gold Soundz”
Superchunk - “Hyper Enough”
Sugar - “Helpless”
Matthew Sweet - “Sick of Myself”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Interstate Love Song”
Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
Pearl Jam - “Corduroy”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Cherub Rock”
White Zombie - “More Human Than Human”
Soundgarden - “Spoonman”
Soul Asylum - “Misery”
Aerosmith - “Cryin’”
Counting Crows - “Einstein on the Beach”
Dead Eye Dick - “New Age Girl”
Firehouse - “Don’t Treat me Bad”
Nelson - “Love and Affection”
Tesla - “Signs (Live)”
Local H - “Bound For the Floor”
Presidents of the United States of America - “Peaches”
Green Day - “Basket Case”
Radiohead - “Just”
Primus - “Wynonna’s Big Brown Beaver”
Goldfinger - “Here in Your Bedroom”
311 - “All Mixed Up”
Hole - “Doll Parts”
10,000 Maniacs - “Because the Night (MTV Unplugged)”
Len - “Steal My Sunshine”
Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity”
James - “Laid”
Eve 6 - “Inside Out”
Tony! Toni! Tone! - “Feels Good”
Crystal Waters - “100% Pure Love”
Ini Kamoze - “Here Comes the Hotstepper”
Inner Circle - “Sweat (A La La La La Long)”
Fatboy Slim - “Praise You”
Robin S. - “Show Me Love”
La Bouche - “Be Mu Lover”
Right Said Fred - “I’m Too Sexy”
Real McCoy - “Another Night”
Heavy D & Da Boyz - “Now That We Found Love”
Lauryn Hill - “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Mary J. Blige - “Real Love”
Blackstreet - “No Diggity”
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - “Summertime”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Boyz II Men - “Motownphilly”
Dee-Lite - “Groove Is in the Heart”
Digital Underground - “The Humpty Dance”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Hanson - “MMMbop”
Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”
Freak Nasty - “Da Dip”
Culturebeat - “Mr. Vain”
Salt N Pepa - “Shoop”
TLC - “Creep”
Kris Kross - “Jump”
House of Pain - “Jump Around”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Blur - “Song 2”
Blink 182 - “What’s My Age Again”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
Britney Spears - “…Hit Me One More Time”
Backstreet Boys - “I Want It That Way”
NSYNC - “I Want You Back”
Wilson Phillips - “Hold On”
Janet Jackson - “Love Will Never Do (Without You) (Single Mix)”
Warren G & Nate Dogg - “Regulate”
Notorious B.I.G - “Juicy”
Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Dady & Mase - “Mo Money Mo Problems”
Naughty By Nature - “O.P.P.”
MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”
Coolio - “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Sublime - “Santeria”
Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Blind Melon - “No Rain”
Sixpence None the Richer - “Kiss Me”
Amy Grant - “Baby Baby”
The Cure - “Friday I’m In Love”
Spice Girls - “Say You’ll Be There”
SWV - “Right Here/Human Nature”
Next - “Too Close”
En Vogue - “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Extreme - “More than Words”
Here's what you heard:
Alice in Chains - “Got Me Wrong”
Incubus - “Drive”
Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Breaking the Girl”
Sebadoh - “Ocean”
Pavement - “Gold Soundz”
Superchunk - “Hyper Enough”
Sugar - “Helpless”
Matthew Sweet - “Sick of Myself”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Interstate Love Song”
Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
Pearl Jam - “Corduroy”
Smashing Pumpkins - “Cherub Rock”
White Zombie - “More Human Than Human”
Soundgarden - “Spoonman”
Soul Asylum - “Misery”
Aerosmith - “Cryin’”
Counting Crows - “Einstein on the Beach”
Dead Eye Dick - “New Age Girl”
Firehouse - “Don’t Treat me Bad”
Nelson - “Love and Affection”
Tesla - “Signs (Live)”
Local H - “Bound For the Floor”
Presidents of the United States of America - “Peaches”
Green Day - “Basket Case”
Radiohead - “Just”
Primus - “Wynonna’s Big Brown Beaver”
Goldfinger - “Here in Your Bedroom”
311 - “All Mixed Up”
Hole - “Doll Parts”
10,000 Maniacs - “Because the Night (MTV Unplugged)”
Len - “Steal My Sunshine”
Jamiroquai - “Virtual Insanity”
James - “Laid”
Eve 6 - “Inside Out”
Tony! Toni! Tone! - “Feels Good”
Crystal Waters - “100% Pure Love”
Ini Kamoze - “Here Comes the Hotstepper”
Inner Circle - “Sweat (A La La La La Long)”
Fatboy Slim - “Praise You”
Robin S. - “Show Me Love”
La Bouche - “Be Mu Lover”
Right Said Fred - “I’m Too Sexy”
Real McCoy - “Another Night”
Heavy D & Da Boyz - “Now That We Found Love”
Lauryn Hill - “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Mary J. Blige - “Real Love”
Blackstreet - “No Diggity”
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - “Summertime”
Bell Biv Devoe - “Poison”
Boyz II Men - “Motownphilly”
Dee-Lite - “Groove Is in the Heart”
Digital Underground - “The Humpty Dance”
Mariah Carey - “Fantasy”
Ace of Base - “The Sign”
Spice Girls - “Wannabe”
Hanson - “MMMbop”
Chumbawamba - “Tubthumping”
Freak Nasty - “Da Dip”
Culturebeat - “Mr. Vain”
Salt N Pepa - “Shoop”
TLC - “Creep”
Kris Kross - “Jump”
House of Pain - “Jump Around”
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Blur - “Song 2”
Blink 182 - “What’s My Age Again”
No Doubt - “Spiderwebs”
Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
Britney Spears - “…Hit Me One More Time”
Backstreet Boys - “I Want It That Way”
NSYNC - “I Want You Back”
Wilson Phillips - “Hold On”
Janet Jackson - “Love Will Never Do (Without You) (Single Mix)”
Warren G & Nate Dogg - “Regulate”
Notorious B.I.G - “Juicy”
Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Dady & Mase - “Mo Money Mo Problems”
Naughty By Nature - “O.P.P.”
MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”
Coolio - “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Sublime - “Santeria”
Cardigans - “Lovefool”
Blind Melon - “No Rain”
Sixpence None the Richer - “Kiss Me”
Amy Grant - “Baby Baby”
The Cure - “Friday I’m In Love”
Spice Girls - “Say You’ll Be There”
SWV - “Right Here/Human Nature”
Next - “Too Close”
En Vogue - “Don’t Let Go (Love)”
Extreme - “More than Words”
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Song of the Week 7/29/11
Sleeper Agent - "Get It Daddy"
Sleeper Agent is a bunch of kids (yeah, I called a bunch of folks in the early 20s kids) from Kentucky that make music that sounds like a cross between Southern rock and The White Stripes. The trading off of vocals between Alex Kandel (she's 18, for goodness sake) and Tony Smith is like nothing else that's on the radio these days. I say that because it's the first time in ages that a band I would be interviewing for the hard/alt rock part of my job appealled to me personally. You can get their album Celebrasion on iTunes now--it's out everywhere else on September 27th.
Sleeper Agent is a bunch of kids (yeah, I called a bunch of folks in the early 20s kids) from Kentucky that make music that sounds like a cross between Southern rock and The White Stripes. The trading off of vocals between Alex Kandel (she's 18, for goodness sake) and Tony Smith is like nothing else that's on the radio these days. I say that because it's the first time in ages that a band I would be interviewing for the hard/alt rock part of my job appealled to me personally. You can get their album Celebrasion on iTunes now--it's out everywhere else on September 27th.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Song of the Week 7/22/11
The Vaccines - "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)"
The past week I spent a lot of time at ye old work desk plowing through albums I'd been sent over...well...the past year? Maybe longer? There was a mess of discs to listen to, much of them pure crap. The Vaccines' What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? was by far the best of lot. Quick, catchy pop-punk songs that are witty? Hell yeah. The opening track "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" is the best 1:28 song I've heard in a long time.
The past week I spent a lot of time at ye old work desk plowing through albums I'd been sent over...well...the past year? Maybe longer? There was a mess of discs to listen to, much of them pure crap. The Vaccines' What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? was by far the best of lot. Quick, catchy pop-punk songs that are witty? Hell yeah. The opening track "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)" is the best 1:28 song I've heard in a long time.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Song of the Week 7/15/11
Tears for Fears - "Head Over Heels"
I heard my favorite Tears for Fears song in three different places this week--two of them being two different drug stores. Guess this song helps Duane reade and Walgreens sell those boxes of candy near the register.
BONUS: Oh, why not throw this one in too.
I heard my favorite Tears for Fears song in three different places this week--two of them being two different drug stores. Guess this song helps Duane reade and Walgreens sell those boxes of candy near the register.
BONUS: Oh, why not throw this one in too.
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Song of the Week 7/8/11
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - "Stove to a Whale"
Ted Leo is one of the few musicians that I've been turned onto during the past decade that I respect even more for his non-music deeds. The man is very hysterical (but at times, deadly serious) tweeter. He wrote an incredibly honest essay about how hard it is to survive as an indie musician that made a lot of bloggers think. He also made one of the best videos of the past five years.
Leo increased my respect for him even more with his his pre-show prep over the past week. He announced that the Pharmacists were going to play their 2001 album The Tyranny of Distance in its entirety at their free South Street Seaport show. Sure, lots of bands have done this "entire album to mark its 10th anniversary." But Leo explained his reasons for it better than any other act I've seen tackle this album performance gimmick and shared some great tour stories and photos about the experience on his website. His writing about the Tyranny tour genuinely got me excited for the show -- and he and the band delivered the goods. It was, simply put, one of the best shows of the year. And the epic "Stove to a Whale" had me bobbing my head so much I think I pulled a muscle.
(If you'd like to check out some great pics and videos from the show, check out Brooklyn Vegan. And if you'd like to hear the second time they did the Tyranny set, head to the WXPN website.)
BONUS: Leo played during the 2003 blackout at the Seaport. This video below features them rocking out "Stove to a Whale" on a Starbucks generator. For real.
Ted Leo is one of the few musicians that I've been turned onto during the past decade that I respect even more for his non-music deeds. The man is very hysterical (but at times, deadly serious) tweeter. He wrote an incredibly honest essay about how hard it is to survive as an indie musician that made a lot of bloggers think. He also made one of the best videos of the past five years.
Leo increased my respect for him even more with his his pre-show prep over the past week. He announced that the Pharmacists were going to play their 2001 album The Tyranny of Distance in its entirety at their free South Street Seaport show. Sure, lots of bands have done this "entire album to mark its 10th anniversary." But Leo explained his reasons for it better than any other act I've seen tackle this album performance gimmick and shared some great tour stories and photos about the experience on his website. His writing about the Tyranny tour genuinely got me excited for the show -- and he and the band delivered the goods. It was, simply put, one of the best shows of the year. And the epic "Stove to a Whale" had me bobbing my head so much I think I pulled a muscle.
(If you'd like to check out some great pics and videos from the show, check out Brooklyn Vegan. And if you'd like to hear the second time they did the Tyranny set, head to the WXPN website.)
BONUS: Leo played during the 2003 blackout at the Seaport. This video below features them rocking out "Stove to a Whale" on a Starbucks generator. For real.
Monday, July 04, 2011
Song of the Week 7/1/11
Chris Rea - "Fool If You Think It's Over"
It's my favorite radio week of the year -- the WCBS-FM A to Z week. There's always a few songs that come around that make me exclaim, "Holy shit, I haven't heard this in forever!!!" And this 1978 hit from Chris Rea was the biggest "holy shit" moment of the week. Well, so far. There's still two days to go and as I write this they are in the R section. Plenty of songs and letters to go.
(By the way, the drum machine sound--which might be real drums, I suppose--on this track? Priceless.)
It's my favorite radio week of the year -- the WCBS-FM A to Z week. There's always a few songs that come around that make me exclaim, "Holy shit, I haven't heard this in forever!!!" And this 1978 hit from Chris Rea was the biggest "holy shit" moment of the week. Well, so far. There's still two days to go and as I write this they are in the R section. Plenty of songs and letters to go.
(By the way, the drum machine sound--which might be real drums, I suppose--on this track? Priceless.)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Song of the Week 6/24/11
Sugar - "If I Can't Change Your Mind"
I had the opportunity this week to interview Bob Mould about his great new book See a Little Light. That drove me to dive back into Mould's catalog and to order the reissue of Sugar's Copper Blue on vinyl. 19 years later and the whole package still delivers a powerful punch and remains one of my favorite albums of all time. Mould talks a little bit about the video for "If I Can't Change Your Mind" in the book and how it was a tease about his sexuality. So I had to hit YouTube to refresh my memory. See if you can spot the tease yourself:
I had the opportunity this week to interview Bob Mould about his great new book See a Little Light. That drove me to dive back into Mould's catalog and to order the reissue of Sugar's Copper Blue on vinyl. 19 years later and the whole package still delivers a powerful punch and remains one of my favorite albums of all time. Mould talks a little bit about the video for "If I Can't Change Your Mind" in the book and how it was a tease about his sexuality. So I had to hit YouTube to refresh my memory. See if you can spot the tease yourself:
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Song of the Week 6/17/11
Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne - "You're a Friend of Mine"
I've been thinking for a few days about what to write about the passing of the Big Man. And words still escape me. So I think the best thing to do is to direct you to what Caryn Rose (who, like me is a Mets and a Pearl Jam and a Bruce Springsteen fan) wrote for Backstreets. (Scroll down towards the bottom.) It's an amazing summation of a larger than life figure that almost brought me to tears when I read it Saturday night.
I've been thinking for a few days about what to write about the passing of the Big Man. And words still escape me. So I think the best thing to do is to direct you to what Caryn Rose (who, like me is a Mets and a Pearl Jam and a Bruce Springsteen fan) wrote for Backstreets. (Scroll down towards the bottom.) It's an amazing summation of a larger than life figure that almost brought me to tears when I read it Saturday night.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Song of the Week 6/10/11
Fountains of Wayne - "A Dip in the Ocean"
I wish I had a clip of a YouTube video of this song to show you. You'll just have to trust me when I say that "A Dip in the Ocean" is quite fantastic. It totally erases the fact that FOW released a really bad album a four years ago. It's on their new album Sky Full of Holes, which is due out August 2nd. I'll update this post then with a proper link.
Since I don't have "A Dip in the Ocean," how about an amazing medley instead?
I wish I had a clip of a YouTube video of this song to show you. You'll just have to trust me when I say that "A Dip in the Ocean" is quite fantastic. It totally erases the fact that FOW released a really bad album a four years ago. It's on their new album Sky Full of Holes, which is due out August 2nd. I'll update this post then with a proper link.
Since I don't have "A Dip in the Ocean," how about an amazing medley instead?
Friday, June 03, 2011
Song of the Week 6/3/11
Dawes - "So Well"
I've grown to like this L.A. quartet after seeing them last year at ACL and playing as part of the amazing Middle Brother show a few months ago. They've played "So Well" at both shows I've seen so far and it's a track where the comparisons to The Band seem spot on. (And I don't even mind that the opening guitar line sounds lifted from "Wish You Were Here.") The entire new album Nothing Is Wrong is definitely on the short list for this year's RT20.
(In doing some YouTube digging, I discovered that they were playing this song 18 months before this album was released. Wow.)
I've grown to like this L.A. quartet after seeing them last year at ACL and playing as part of the amazing Middle Brother show a few months ago. They've played "So Well" at both shows I've seen so far and it's a track where the comparisons to The Band seem spot on. (And I don't even mind that the opening guitar line sounds lifted from "Wish You Were Here.") The entire new album Nothing Is Wrong is definitely on the short list for this year's RT20.
(In doing some YouTube digging, I discovered that they were playing this song 18 months before this album was released. Wow.)
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Song of the Week 5/27/11
Lady Gaga - "The Edge of Glory"
You might be asking yourself, "WTF," as the kids lingo goes these days. Yes, I bought the Born This Way. IT WAS 99 CENTS PEOPLE. Seriously, how much of a risk is it to buy a digital download of an entire album when it's that cheap. It's not a great album by any standard, but it does have some excellent moments. The half-sung in German "Scheiße" is a hoot and the Madonna-ripping title track is decent. But holy cow, "Edge of Glory" is the best 1986 song that I've heard since, well, 1986. Imagine a single from a sports-themed 80s flick like Vision Quest or Rocky III with a sax solo by the E Street Band's Clarence Clemons. You have just created this song in your mind. I, without any irony whatsoever, love it.
You might be asking yourself, "WTF," as the kids lingo goes these days. Yes, I bought the Born This Way. IT WAS 99 CENTS PEOPLE. Seriously, how much of a risk is it to buy a digital download of an entire album when it's that cheap. It's not a great album by any standard, but it does have some excellent moments. The half-sung in German "Scheiße" is a hoot and the Madonna-ripping title track is decent. But holy cow, "Edge of Glory" is the best 1986 song that I've heard since, well, 1986. Imagine a single from a sports-themed 80s flick like Vision Quest or Rocky III with a sax solo by the E Street Band's Clarence Clemons. You have just created this song in your mind. I, without any irony whatsoever, love it.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Songs of the Week 5/20/11
Scorpions - "Wind of Change"
I have to say, I found myself pretty excited to play this as part of my "end of the world" set at Party Like It's 1999 the other night. But, I probably should have played U2's "Until the End of the World." Oh well. The next rapture I'll do that.
I have to say, I found myself pretty excited to play this as part of my "end of the world" set at Party Like It's 1999 the other night. But, I probably should have played U2's "Until the End of the World." Oh well. The next rapture I'll do that.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Party Like It's 1999 5/20/11
After a few technical snafus (which wiped out most of my awesome rapture set), things seemed to go okay Friday night. The next edition of Party Like It's 1999 is Saturday, June 18th at The Bell House.
Here's what you heard Friday night:
Pearl Jam - "Last Exit"
Living Colour - "Time's Up"
Soundgarden - "Blow Up the Outside World"
Scorpions - "Wind of Change"
Van Halen - "Right Now"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Vaseline"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away"
Beastie Boys - "Intergalatic"
Lo Fidelity All-Stars - "Battleflag"
Lucas -"Lucas With the Lid Off"
Sublime - "What I Got"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Dave Matthews Band - "What Would You Say"
Blues Traveler - "Run-Around"
Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
Blink 182 - "Dammit"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
The Offspring - "Self Esteem"
Ricky Martin - "Living La Vida Loca"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"
Third Eye Blind - "Graduate"
Eve 6 - "Inside Out"
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Toadies - "Possum Kingdom"
Nirvana -"Lithium"
Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"
Oasis - "Wonderwall"
Sugar Ray - "Fly"
Proclaimers - "500 Miles"
Mr. Big - "To Be With You"
Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
NSYNC - "I Want You Back"
Ace of Base - "All that She Wants"
LFO - "Summer Girls"
Blackstreet - "No Diggity"
Will Smith - "Getting Jiggy Wit It"
Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time"
TLC - "No Scrubs"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
En Vogue - "Don't Let Go"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
Technotronic - "Move This"
Madonna - "Vogue"
Wreckx-N-Effect - "Rump Shaker"
Cypress Hill - "Insane in the Brain"
Blur - "Song 2"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Michael Jackson - "Black and White"
Naughty by Nature - "O.P.P."
Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
Janet Jackson - "(Love Will Never Do) Without You"
Hanson - "Mmmbop"
New Radicals - "You Get What You Give"
Fastball - "The Way"
Green Day - "She"
James - "Laid"
Mariah Carey - "Always Be My Baby"
Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply"
P.M. Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Seal - "Kiss From a Rose"
Counting Crows - "A Long December"
Lisa Loeb - "Stay"
Extreme - "More than Words"
Boyz II Men - "End of the Road"
Here's what you heard Friday night:
Pearl Jam - "Last Exit"
Living Colour - "Time's Up"
Soundgarden - "Blow Up the Outside World"
Scorpions - "Wind of Change"
Van Halen - "Right Now"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Vaseline"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away"
Beastie Boys - "Intergalatic"
Lo Fidelity All-Stars - "Battleflag"
Lucas -"Lucas With the Lid Off"
Sublime - "What I Got"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Dave Matthews Band - "What Would You Say"
Blues Traveler - "Run-Around"
Barenaked Ladies - "One Week"
Chumbawamba - "Tubthumping"
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
Blink 182 - "Dammit"
Green Day - "Basket Case"
The Offspring - "Self Esteem"
Ricky Martin - "Living La Vida Loca"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"
Third Eye Blind - "Graduate"
Eve 6 - "Inside Out"
Lit - "My Own Worst Enemy"
Toadies - "Possum Kingdom"
Nirvana -"Lithium"
Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"
Oasis - "Wonderwall"
Sugar Ray - "Fly"
Proclaimers - "500 Miles"
Mr. Big - "To Be With You"
Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know"
Spice Girls - "Wannabe"
Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
NSYNC - "I Want You Back"
Ace of Base - "All that She Wants"
LFO - "Summer Girls"
Blackstreet - "No Diggity"
Will Smith - "Getting Jiggy Wit It"
Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time"
TLC - "No Scrubs"
Salt-N-Pepa - "Shoop"
Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
Kris Kross - "Jump"
Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
Warren G and Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
En Vogue - "Don't Let Go"
Mariah Carey - "Fantasy"
Technotronic - "Move This"
Madonna - "Vogue"
Wreckx-N-Effect - "Rump Shaker"
Cypress Hill - "Insane in the Brain"
Blur - "Song 2"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"
Meredith Brooks - "Bitch"
Michael Jackson - "Black and White"
Naughty by Nature - "O.P.P."
Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison"
Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"
Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
Janet Jackson - "(Love Will Never Do) Without You"
Hanson - "Mmmbop"
New Radicals - "You Get What You Give"
Fastball - "The Way"
Green Day - "She"
James - "Laid"
Mariah Carey - "Always Be My Baby"
Savage Garden - "Truly Madly Deeply"
P.M. Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Seal - "Kiss From a Rose"
Counting Crows - "A Long December"
Lisa Loeb - "Stay"
Extreme - "More than Words"
Boyz II Men - "End of the Road"
Friday, May 20, 2011
Song of the Week 5/13/11
Okkervil River - "Wake and Be Fine"
My first exposure to this track came FIVE months ago when Will Sheff and co did the song on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. I have to say, I didn't like it. And I didn't like the studio version I finally heard last month. Then I heard Sheff play an acoustic version of it on WNYC's Soundcheck Wednesday afternoon. With the many, many, MANY layers of production stripped away my ears grasped the basics of the song. Since that moment I've come 180 degrees on "Wake and Be Fine" and I Am Very far as a whole. It's an album that is the very definition of a grower.
And how can you not like a deluxe version of an album that comes in a pine box?
My first exposure to this track came FIVE months ago when Will Sheff and co did the song on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. I have to say, I didn't like it. And I didn't like the studio version I finally heard last month. Then I heard Sheff play an acoustic version of it on WNYC's Soundcheck Wednesday afternoon. With the many, many, MANY layers of production stripped away my ears grasped the basics of the song. Since that moment I've come 180 degrees on "Wake and Be Fine" and I Am Very far as a whole. It's an album that is the very definition of a grower.
And how can you not like a deluxe version of an album that comes in a pine box?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Song of the Week 5/6/11
The Blues Brothers - "Everybody Needs Somebody"
We might not have done as great a version as these guys, but I think Col. Boyd and I started off Derby Day Live Band Karaoke in fine fashion with our take on this soul and cinematic classic.
We might not have done as great a version as these guys, but I think Col. Boyd and I started off Derby Day Live Band Karaoke in fine fashion with our take on this soul and cinematic classic.
Derby Day 2011 5/7/2011
This year at Col. Boyd's annual Derby Day Party, I did a rock version of Party Like It's 1999. Check out the playlist below.
Social Distortion - “Bad Luck”
Sonic Youth - “Bull in the Heather”
Pavement - “Gold Soundz”
The Pixies - “Dig For Fire”
The Replacements - “Merry Go Round”
They Might be Giants - “Birdhouse In Your Soul”
Elastica - “Connection”
All - “Million Bucks”
The Get Up Kids - “Mass Pike”
Bad Religion - “Infected”
Superchunk - “The First Part”
Fountains of Wayne - “Radiation Vibe”
Lemonheads - “Mrs. Robinson”
Cake - “Never There”
Dismemberment Plan - “The Ice of Boston”
Jawbox - “Savory”
The Breeders - “Cannonball”
Juliana Hatfield Three - “My Sister”
Buffalo Tom - “Sodajerk”
Sebadoh - “Ocean”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel the Pain”
Dandy Warhols - “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth”
Smash Mouth - “Walking on the Sun”
Wilco - “Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway(again)”
Old 97’s - “Nineteen”
Tom Petty - “You Wreck Me”
Gin Blossoms - “Found Out About You”
The Wallflowers - “Sixth Avenue Heartache”
Ben Folds Five - “Song for the Dumped”
Edwyn Collins - “A Girl Like You”
Beck - “Loser”
Butthole Surfers - “Pepper”
Fun Lovin’ Criminals - “Scooby Snacks”
Goldfinger - “Here in Your Bedroom”
Reel Big Fish - “Sell Out”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression That I Get”
Barenaked Ladies - “Brian Wilson”
Letters to Cleo - “Here and Now”
Cracker - “Low”
R.E.M. - “Man on the Moon”
Radiohead - “Paranoid Android”
Soul Asylum - “Somebody to Shove”
Spacehog - “In The Meantime”
Soul Coughing - “Circles”
Jesus Jones - “Right Here, Right Now”
Beastie Boys - “So Whatcha Want”
The Flaming Lips - “She Don’t Use Jelly”
Teenage Fanclub - “What You Do to Me”
Hole - “Celebrity Skin”
Everclear - “Father of Mine”
Better Than Ezra - “Good”
Stroke 9 - “Little Black Backpack”
Whale - “Hobo Humping Slobo Babe”
Jane’s Addiction - “Been Caught Stealing”
Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
Blink 182 - “What’s My Age Again”
Blur - “Song 2”
Green Day - “Longview”
No Doubt - “Just a Girl”
Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
Veruca Salt - “Seether”
The Offspring - “Come Out and Play”
The Presidents of the United States of America - “Lump”
Weezer - “Say It Ain’t So”
Foo Fighters - “My Hero”
Danzig - “Mother”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Plush”
The Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
Nirvana - “In Bloom”
Oasis - “Live Forever”
Superdrag - “Sucked Out”
James - “Laid”
Divinyls -“I Touch Myself”
The Proclaimers - “500 Miles”
Social Distortion - “Bad Luck”
Sonic Youth - “Bull in the Heather”
Pavement - “Gold Soundz”
The Pixies - “Dig For Fire”
The Replacements - “Merry Go Round”
They Might be Giants - “Birdhouse In Your Soul”
Elastica - “Connection”
All - “Million Bucks”
The Get Up Kids - “Mass Pike”
Bad Religion - “Infected”
Superchunk - “The First Part”
Fountains of Wayne - “Radiation Vibe”
Lemonheads - “Mrs. Robinson”
Cake - “Never There”
Dismemberment Plan - “The Ice of Boston”
Jawbox - “Savory”
The Breeders - “Cannonball”
Juliana Hatfield Three - “My Sister”
Buffalo Tom - “Sodajerk”
Sebadoh - “Ocean”
Dinosaur Jr. - “Feel the Pain”
Dandy Warhols - “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth”
Smash Mouth - “Walking on the Sun”
Wilco - “Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway(again)”
Old 97’s - “Nineteen”
Tom Petty - “You Wreck Me”
Gin Blossoms - “Found Out About You”
The Wallflowers - “Sixth Avenue Heartache”
Ben Folds Five - “Song for the Dumped”
Edwyn Collins - “A Girl Like You”
Beck - “Loser”
Butthole Surfers - “Pepper”
Fun Lovin’ Criminals - “Scooby Snacks”
Goldfinger - “Here in Your Bedroom”
Reel Big Fish - “Sell Out”
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression That I Get”
Barenaked Ladies - “Brian Wilson”
Letters to Cleo - “Here and Now”
Cracker - “Low”
R.E.M. - “Man on the Moon”
Radiohead - “Paranoid Android”
Soul Asylum - “Somebody to Shove”
Spacehog - “In The Meantime”
Soul Coughing - “Circles”
Jesus Jones - “Right Here, Right Now”
Beastie Boys - “So Whatcha Want”
The Flaming Lips - “She Don’t Use Jelly”
Teenage Fanclub - “What You Do to Me”
Hole - “Celebrity Skin”
Everclear - “Father of Mine”
Better Than Ezra - “Good”
Stroke 9 - “Little Black Backpack”
Whale - “Hobo Humping Slobo Babe”
Jane’s Addiction - “Been Caught Stealing”
Lit - “My Own Worst Enemy”
Blink 182 - “What’s My Age Again”
Blur - “Song 2”
Green Day - “Longview”
No Doubt - “Just a Girl”
Alanis Morissette - “You Oughta Know”
Veruca Salt - “Seether”
The Offspring - “Come Out and Play”
The Presidents of the United States of America - “Lump”
Weezer - “Say It Ain’t So”
Foo Fighters - “My Hero”
Danzig - “Mother”
Stone Temple Pilots - “Plush”
The Smashing Pumpkins - “Today”
Nirvana - “In Bloom”
Oasis - “Live Forever”
Superdrag - “Sucked Out”
James - “Laid”
Divinyls -“I Touch Myself”
The Proclaimers - “500 Miles”
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