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Friday Very Very Limited Random Ten
Dec. 29th, 2006 12:16 amWell, here I am with my first Random Ten with the new iPod. I've loaded 281 songs into it from CDs I brought with me and (the majority) from the library of Berit's dad. And 55 of them have already played in the random playlist going on right now, so I got a real limited selection from which to have a random sampling.
But here it is in any case:
1. "The Island" - Millennium - The Sounds of Monsterism Island volume one
Sweet pretty hippie music. Not sure when from exactly; as I recall, this compilation is an odd mix of stuff from 1960-1971. I got it for $3.00 at Tower record last week in their closeout sale. Nice mix CD of tracks that go together, but don't seem to have any reason to -- exotica, garage rock, psychedelia, prog rock, even blues -- all segued nicely into a "mood" piece. Well worth it.
2. "Bone Chain" - Tom Waits - Orphans: Bastards
Short, cool, polyrhythmic, odd, unintelligible, percussive piece from the new compilation. Takes as long to play as to read these two sentences.
3. "Vengeance and Fashion" - Electric Six - Fire
Not my favorite song from one of my favorite albums of recent years, but still therefore a piece of utter rock-pop-metal-disco-synth brilliance. I was disappointed by their follow-up album, Senor Smoke, but the new one, Switzerland, is great, even if not quite up to Fire levels.
4. "Yo-Yo's Pad" - Man or Astro-Man? - Delphonic Sounds
Cool surfesque guitar instrumental. This is from a recent comp (also found in the Tower closeout) of newish bands covering songs originated on the oddball Del-Fi label out of L.A. So far, another good find.
5. "Surfin' U.S.A." - The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
I have plenty of the Boys myself, and just put this in to have something in the iPod that I love, but this 2-CD comp on Razor and Tie is REALLY REALLY well-mastered! I'd link to it but I can't find it anywhere right now. If you just want the BEST Beach Boys stuff and aren't a crazy completist for Pet Sounds and Smile stuff, this is it here.
6. "One Thing Leads to Another" - The Fixx - Winning Combinations
Oh my, THIS is a blast from the past. That 80s sound! One of those songs that when I play, Berit laughs and asks if this was one of the songs I would hear at dances in my teen years where I would go and "wang-chung" myself all over the place.
Yeah. Okay. What of it?
Another cheapo Tower buy -- this one was about a buck. As the title might indicate, this isn't a "real" album, it's a comp of a handful of songs each from two 80s bands that had about that many songs you might, MIGHT, remember. Half of this CD is The Fixx, the other half is The Call. Remember them, The Call? "The Walls Came Down"? "Scene Beyond Dreams"? Yeah, didn't think so.
7. "2000 Light Years from Home" - The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
Another CD from my father-in-law-to-be's collection that I'd love to have. Well, got em on the iPod for now, at least. And I'm finding out how many B-sides I've never heard and how many A-sides and EP tracks I've underrated. Or album tracks, like this one, that make me reconsider going along with the "accepted wisdom" as re: those albums.
Satanic Majesties Request has some great songs on it. Fuck you.
8. "The World's Greatest Sinner" - The Dekes of Hazzard - Delphonic Sounds
Cool, honorable, faithful cover of the bizarre novelty song originally released on Del-Fi by Frank Zappa and Ray Collins (as "Baby Ray and the Ferns"). Written by Zappa as the theme song for the TRULY odd vanity film project by idiosyncratic character actor Timothy Carey, but not used in the film. Zappa's orchestral score for the film was later cannibalized into many Mothers songs and the score for 200 Motels.
9. "In My Room" - The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
Jesus. Okay, this is the best I've ever heard this song sound, even with MP3 compression, on an iPod, with earbuds. You want a great Beach Boys comp, find this one if you can -- I couldn't find it on Amazon; there's like a dozen "Beach Boys Greatest Hits" comps and not this one.
10. "Ruby Tuesday" - The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
Jagger and Richards don't ever get enough credit for their songwriting, dammit.
This song always depresses me. It always feels like it's dragging up memories of a woman or a relationship that was actually part of my past, but it's not, really. There's nothing specific, nothing actually from my past, this song just makes it feel that way. Sniff
In a few hours, off to Canada for a Saturday wedding. Sunday, New Year's Eve with fireworks over Niagara Falls. Monday, home.
Tonight, a nice big dinner with Gary and Luana's friend Andy, the partner of the noted composer Daniel Pinkham, who passed away recently. Good food, good conversation, if a bit sad at times, given the circumstances.
Still have to write up some cat blogging and get some rest before 10 hours or so in the car tomorrow -- unfortunately for Gary and Luana, I can't help in the driving; never learned to drive stick . . .
But here it is in any case:
1. "The Island" - Millennium - The Sounds of Monsterism Island volume one
Sweet pretty hippie music. Not sure when from exactly; as I recall, this compilation is an odd mix of stuff from 1960-1971. I got it for $3.00 at Tower record last week in their closeout sale. Nice mix CD of tracks that go together, but don't seem to have any reason to -- exotica, garage rock, psychedelia, prog rock, even blues -- all segued nicely into a "mood" piece. Well worth it.
2. "Bone Chain" - Tom Waits - Orphans: Bastards
Short, cool, polyrhythmic, odd, unintelligible, percussive piece from the new compilation. Takes as long to play as to read these two sentences.
3. "Vengeance and Fashion" - Electric Six - Fire
Not my favorite song from one of my favorite albums of recent years, but still therefore a piece of utter rock-pop-metal-disco-synth brilliance. I was disappointed by their follow-up album, Senor Smoke, but the new one, Switzerland, is great, even if not quite up to Fire levels.
4. "Yo-Yo's Pad" - Man or Astro-Man? - Delphonic Sounds
Cool surfesque guitar instrumental. This is from a recent comp (also found in the Tower closeout) of newish bands covering songs originated on the oddball Del-Fi label out of L.A. So far, another good find.
5. "Surfin' U.S.A." - The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
I have plenty of the Boys myself, and just put this in to have something in the iPod that I love, but this 2-CD comp on Razor and Tie is REALLY REALLY well-mastered! I'd link to it but I can't find it anywhere right now. If you just want the BEST Beach Boys stuff and aren't a crazy completist for Pet Sounds and Smile stuff, this is it here.
6. "One Thing Leads to Another" - The Fixx - Winning Combinations
Oh my, THIS is a blast from the past. That 80s sound! One of those songs that when I play, Berit laughs and asks if this was one of the songs I would hear at dances in my teen years where I would go and "wang-chung" myself all over the place.
Yeah. Okay. What of it?
Another cheapo Tower buy -- this one was about a buck. As the title might indicate, this isn't a "real" album, it's a comp of a handful of songs each from two 80s bands that had about that many songs you might, MIGHT, remember. Half of this CD is The Fixx, the other half is The Call. Remember them, The Call? "The Walls Came Down"? "Scene Beyond Dreams"? Yeah, didn't think so.
7. "2000 Light Years from Home" - The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
Another CD from my father-in-law-to-be's collection that I'd love to have. Well, got em on the iPod for now, at least. And I'm finding out how many B-sides I've never heard and how many A-sides and EP tracks I've underrated. Or album tracks, like this one, that make me reconsider going along with the "accepted wisdom" as re: those albums.
Satanic Majesties Request has some great songs on it. Fuck you.
8. "The World's Greatest Sinner" - The Dekes of Hazzard - Delphonic Sounds
Cool, honorable, faithful cover of the bizarre novelty song originally released on Del-Fi by Frank Zappa and Ray Collins (as "Baby Ray and the Ferns"). Written by Zappa as the theme song for the TRULY odd vanity film project by idiosyncratic character actor Timothy Carey, but not used in the film. Zappa's orchestral score for the film was later cannibalized into many Mothers songs and the score for 200 Motels.
9. "In My Room" - The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
Jesus. Okay, this is the best I've ever heard this song sound, even with MP3 compression, on an iPod, with earbuds. You want a great Beach Boys comp, find this one if you can -- I couldn't find it on Amazon; there's like a dozen "Beach Boys Greatest Hits" comps and not this one.
10. "Ruby Tuesday" - The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years
Jagger and Richards don't ever get enough credit for their songwriting, dammit.
This song always depresses me. It always feels like it's dragging up memories of a woman or a relationship that was actually part of my past, but it's not, really. There's nothing specific, nothing actually from my past, this song just makes it feel that way. Sniff
In a few hours, off to Canada for a Saturday wedding. Sunday, New Year's Eve with fireworks over Niagara Falls. Monday, home.
Tonight, a nice big dinner with Gary and Luana's friend Andy, the partner of the noted composer Daniel Pinkham, who passed away recently. Good food, good conversation, if a bit sad at times, given the circumstances.
Still have to write up some cat blogging and get some rest before 10 hours or so in the car tomorrow -- unfortunately for Gary and Luana, I can't help in the driving; never learned to drive stick . . .
