Randomosity

Oh, yes, Friday again. Better do the Random Ten before going out (B & I are doing some work for family today).


1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" - Ananda Shankar - What It Is! Funky Soul and Rare Grooves

Didn't know I had a funky, sitar-led cover of this, but here it is . . .
2. "Concerning Your New Song" - Johnny Cash - Man In Black 1963-69

A monologue with music more than a song - just noticed I can hear the paper Cash is reading from rattling around as he turns the pages.
3. "Le Téléphon" - Nino Ferrer - Pop! Pop! Pigalle!

I dig the French Pop, but rarely do it have the funk. The backing track here, as usual, sounds ground out by some bored studio musicians, but damn if Nino don't sing the funk en français!
4. "Cosmic Jam" - Neil - Neil's Heavy Concept Album

Neil, from The Young Ones, discovers the perils of listening to extended hippie-jam music ("Oh no, here comes the big black skatey bit at the middle of the record . . !")
5. "Golden Hours" - Brian Eno - Vocal box set

Strangely lovely transition from the last track to this one, from comedy to sublimity.
6. "Rain Go Away" - Joe Tex - From the Roots Came the Rapper

Just noticed the album title, not sure if that really applies to this lovely bit of soul, but whatever . . .
7. "Temptation" - Martin Denny - Afro-Desia

My love affair with Exotica/Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music has cooled a bit, but only a bit. I've been cutting a lot of Denny from the iPod, but this track stays - a neat marimba-led take on the standard.
8. "Book of Love" - The Monotones - The Doo Wop Box I vol 3: Doo Wop's Golden Age (1957-1959)

A classic, familiar, we all know it, I just wanted to point out that they may have one of the worst band names in history, especially for a vocal harmony group. Why didn't anyone SAY anything?
9. "I Gotta Be Comin' Back" - John Lee Hooker - Alternative Boogie 1948-1952

"My baby got something, round like an apple, shaped like a pear . . ." Okay. Are you gonna argue fruit shape with John Lee? Didn't think so.
10. "Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher" - Eileen - Femmes de Paris, Vol. 1

Hmmn. Think this version of "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" has come up in a Friday Random before. Now I'm using it as soundtrack to try and get Berit up, awake, and moving with a minimum of grumpiness.

Ah, with the help of some cute cuddling from Hooker the Wonder Cat, it seems to have worked.

Okay, off to insulate ducts. Not a bad day, really.