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Friday Random Ten Condensed
Mar. 16th, 2007 07:47 amIn a rush to get out the door to see a (VERY) early show of 300 with Aaron Baker. I'm not sure I'd be going to see this film except that it's what's playing in IMAX up at Lincoln Center, and Aaron really is selling me on seeing something, ANYTHING, in IMAX, which I've never done (and with my obsession with different film formats/aspect ratios, I should see an IMAX film).
So, let me try to do the fastest annotations on today's Random Ten I can, just a few words:
1. "Try Not To Breathe" - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Works. Underrated period, overrated album, songs work better on their own, boring all together.
2. "Highway 49" - Howlin' Wolf - Muddy & The Wolf
Slick but good. Can't make that voice slick.
3. "In My Room" - The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
The greatest. Almost. Brian's beaten it a few times. But close.
4. "There Is A Happy Land" - David Bowie - David Bowie
Sappy, maybe, but Bowie always had a good feel for pop.
5. "Don't Ever Change" - The Kinks - Kinda Kinks
I MUST spend more time with The Kinks - it's all good, but I don't GET it yet. It gets better and better.
6. "Just a Little Bit" - The Undertakers - The Pye Story Volume 3
60s Britpop that works. Would love to hear this the right way, on a 45rpm single through a little portable player. Would sound better. Overdriven and cool.
7. "Louie Louie (live)" - The Persuasions - The Louie Louie Files
Stripped down to just the doo-wop part of the song. A valuable variant.
8. "Rebellious Jukebox" - The Fall - The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
Nasty. Nice. Need to know more.
9. "Cold Hard Times" - Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy In Sweden
Ladies and gentlemen, Not-Leonard Cohen! Sweet, though muffled. Sad, too.
10. "Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali)" - Esquivel - History of Space-Age Pop Volume 2: Mallets in Wonderland
As the title suggests, more big booming percussion than usual from Esquivel. And trumpets. Works good.
Time to run.
So, let me try to do the fastest annotations on today's Random Ten I can, just a few words:
1. "Try Not To Breathe" - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Works. Underrated period, overrated album, songs work better on their own, boring all together.
2. "Highway 49" - Howlin' Wolf - Muddy & The Wolf
Slick but good. Can't make that voice slick.
3. "In My Room" - The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
The greatest. Almost. Brian's beaten it a few times. But close.
4. "There Is A Happy Land" - David Bowie - David Bowie
Sappy, maybe, but Bowie always had a good feel for pop.
5. "Don't Ever Change" - The Kinks - Kinda Kinks
I MUST spend more time with The Kinks - it's all good, but I don't GET it yet. It gets better and better.
6. "Just a Little Bit" - The Undertakers - The Pye Story Volume 3
60s Britpop that works. Would love to hear this the right way, on a 45rpm single through a little portable player. Would sound better. Overdriven and cool.
7. "Louie Louie (live)" - The Persuasions - The Louie Louie Files
Stripped down to just the doo-wop part of the song. A valuable variant.
8. "Rebellious Jukebox" - The Fall - The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
Nasty. Nice. Need to know more.
9. "Cold Hard Times" - Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy In Sweden
Ladies and gentlemen, Not-Leonard Cohen! Sweet, though muffled. Sad, too.
10. "Jungle Drums (Canto Karabali)" - Esquivel - History of Space-Age Pop Volume 2: Mallets in Wonderland
As the title suggests, more big booming percussion than usual from Esquivel. And trumpets. Works good.
Time to run.
