April 28, 2004

NEW TUNES

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If you hadn't noticed, I got bored and chucked a new round of tunes onto the Radio.Blog playlist.

Again, the menu spans the gamut. Most of them are ones I enjoy, like Sheryl Crow's "Safe And Sound," Dee Lite's "Groove Is In The Heart," Aimee Mann's "Save Me," The Breeders' "Cannonball" and Smashing Pumpkins' "1979." The double shot of Prince is in honor of His Purple One's return to his rightful place atop the music industry. He was just here two nights ago in concert. I hear he rocked it hard.

The Bubba "Whoopass" Wilson song "Don't Put Your Hands On Me... Bitch" never fails to make me shoot milk out my nostrils. Even if I'm not drinking milk at the time.

Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" is for my son. He loves that song. He's 8. Go figure. He also asked for The Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me." I don't have the stomach to tell him the whole Lolita tale behind the lyrics. Why ruin the mystery?

A side note: He's about to start guitar lessons. The teacher asks that the students bring in a CD with their favorite song of the week so they can learn it after the lesson is over.

What does he want to learn? "Smoke On The Water."

What a cool kid.

The Flys' "Got You Where I Want You" is for my wife. All I have to do is play the first bar of the song's guitar opening and it haunts her for the next two weeks.

Lynn at It Tastes Like Burning requested some Pixies, so "Where Is My Mind" is the choice this time out. It has the added bonus of being featured in the climactic scene in one of my all-time favorite movies, "Fight Club." I am Jack's burning guitar solo and warbling backing vocals.

There are a couple acoustic and live versions, like Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains," and Sting's "Brand New Day."

The live Van Halen track, "Best of Both Worlds?"It's for you, mom.

And Color Me Badd's "I Wanna Sex You Up" is just so unbelievably bad, it's good.

Posted by Jeff at April 28, 2004 08:19 AM | TrackBack
Comments

your son has great taste.

Posted by: Tommy at April 28, 2004 03:26 PM

Jeff, I can't believe that my request was DENIED!!!

Posted by: Meg at April 29, 2004 04:11 AM

Denied? Why would you ever make that assumption?

Perhaps I should post for you a little GnR "Patience," Meg.

Posted by: Jeff at April 29, 2004 07:30 AM

I like that list a lot. "Cannonball" is one of the all-time great singles, and I loved Garbage. Some might call it derivative to rip off Blondie and Romeo Void simultaneously, but I give Shirley Manson nothing but props for good taste and flawless execution.

But, man, "Golden Years"? That's pretty high on my "must ... smash ... radio ... now" list.

Posted by: Bill at April 30, 2004 03:15 AM

I see a couple Prince tracks, too... in observance of his performance in Tampa?

Posted by: blunted at April 30, 2004 06:58 AM

Aw, man, "Golden Years" was a great song. If only because it was a shitty attempt by Bowie to co-opt disco. He had such a Lou Reed thing going on in this song. This is his lame attempt at "Take a Walk On The Wild Side." Has the same vibe, but none of the impact.

Posted by: Jeff at April 30, 2004 08:15 AM