It's been ages. What say we DO THE RANDOMIZER right here, right now!
It has been kidnapped and passed off as one of their own by lesser sites but this remains the one true home of THE RANDOMIZER, the only music survey that isn't just an exercise in making yourself look good.
These are the rules, arrived at by the board of management and rigorously enforced. You take your iPod or iTunes or the MP3 software of your choice, put it on "random" or "shuffle" and then read off the first five (5) tunes that appear. I shall begin:
Clarence Carter: Soul Deep
Girls Aloud: Sound Of The Underground
Blind Willie McTell: Running Me Crazy
Psychedelic Furs: Pretty In Pink
Sufjan Stevens: Romulus
Cheat and we will know. Everyone will know. Small children will refuse to smile at you. Urchins will openly laugh at you in the street. Your hard drive will crash.
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Here we go
Strange & Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) - Aqualung
No Need To Worry - Yeasayer
One Day - Dodgy (apt?)
Still In Love Song - The Stills
Revenge - Spoon
randomiser
This is my first message as normally don't get involved with these things but love the concept especially peoples explanations of why it is not a setup.
I defy anyone to think that I was 'effecting' when this selection came up:
1. The Meeting Place - XTC (I would have chosen almost any Andy Partridge song over this)
2. My Wifes Nightie - Lord Kitchener
3. Sir Alex/One Foot on the Salmon - Famous Five
4. Cardboard Boxes - Loudon Wainwright (still better then the kids)
5. Fistful of Love - Anthony and the Johnsons (probably the only track I have actually listened to in the last year!)
The weird thing is that they work!!
Here goes..
1.Beware of darkness George Harrison 2.Rat-tat-tat Dr Dre 3.Mothership reconnection(Daft Punk remix) Scott Grooves 4.I am the resurrection the Stone Roses 5.I cant sleep The La's Bit disappointed to be honest...
Right, here goes!
'Monster' - You Say Party, We Say Die!
'It's Not Funny Anymore' - Húsker Dú
'Sketchy Metal' - The Hold Steady
'We Can Work It Out' - The Beatles
'I Burn Today' - Frank Black
I could have come out of that a lot worse!
Righty ho...
Am I Song by Matt Deighton
Respect by Otis Redding
I Worn My Elbows by Ivor Cutler
Moulty by The Barbarians
Diamond Smiles by The Boomtown Rats
Could have been a lot worse
Cleaning Windows – Van Morrison
Everybody Loves You – Billy Bragg
Fantasy – Earth Wind and Fire
Don’t Give Up The Fight – Magic Numbers
You’re So Good To Me – Beach Boys
Oh yes.
Varied
Strange - Joe Satriani
Still D.R.E - Dr. Dre (thanks to Word site contributors to my "What rap to buy" thread)
The Bottle - Gil Scott Heron
Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers
La Cravat - Cajun Grass Band
ps - ta to Joe Satriani for making it clear I didn't make this up.
Morning stroll
Had the pod on shuffle walking to work this morning.. Here's how it went.
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memhis Blues Again - Cat Power
Good Friday - Elvis Perkins
Something in the Night - Bruce Springsteen
Green Eggs and Ham - Dylan Hears a Who
Annie's Song - John Denver
How could something so right go so wrong? It's the joy of shuffle!
1st?
Planes and boats and trains by Laura Cantrell: from her excellent new download only release of transport songs.
Blasphemy by Miracle Fortress: A long term favourite this year a one man band from Canada, Guitary electronic music
Some Riot by Elbow: The best album this year?
Red skies and factories by Baltic Fleet: the keyboard player from the Bunnymens’ solo album kraut rocky keyboards and rhythm top stuff.
Yeah we know by Dinosaur Jnr: It’s big, it’s dumb and it makes me smile
Laura Cantrell
I've been tempted by this but a bit unsure (mainly as it will take up the last downloads I have on emusic this month). Anything that could sway me? Not that I'm holding you as a posterboy for the woman but I clearly need a push!
it's lovely
and or you could wait until next month , her voice is wonderfully clear and pure there are loads of freebies on her site so you stream them and have listen.
Thanks for that
Much appreciated. That's tonight taken up then!
Its good to be back, good to be back..........
England's Latest Clown - Graham Parker
The Snow White Diner - Handsome Family
Fraternity Blues - Townes Van Zandt
Do it Again - Nada Surf (from Word of Mouth Cd - Oct 05)
Crazy As A Loon - John Prine
Not representitive of me at all.....
and once more
Color of Water - M. Ward
An Occasional Dream - David Bowie
For Your Life - Led Zeppelin (oh yes a well known song in Word circles)
Red Earth (As Sommmertime Ends) - Rain Tree Crow
Flags and Banners - Faces
hmmmm that's a bit boring...must do better.
'Your Life'...
a belter. Best new song they've written in years!
and the winners are...
1. Daydream - Gunter Callman Choir
2. O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini
3. Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac
4. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
5. PCP - Manic Street Preachers
happy with that...
Let's see what's on my old hard drive...
Disco Lies - Moby
Small Energies - Balil (not the hip-hop / soul Balil, but an alias of Plaid/Black Dog from early 90s electronica days)
Loro - Adem
The Old Schoolhouse - The Advisory Circle
Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
My turn!
NWA - Gangsta Gangsta
Bert Jansch - Black Water Side
Beastie Boys - Bobo on the Corner
The Five Satins - The Masquerade is Over
Nas - Ether
Folk, hip hop and doo wop - that's all I listen to.
High Five
Un Besco Llega - Juana Molina
Call Me Animal - MC5
Little Pad - The Beach Boys
Red Dust - Calexico
One Fell Swoop - Chris Knox
I'm still amazed my 'Teach yourself Korean' files or my vast collection shortwave radio numbers station broadcasts haven't popped up when I'm Randomizing™.
Wiki time
Great, now I've wasted ten minutes on Wikipedia.
Now I'm hooked, where can I get hold of some of these recordings?
The Conet Project
Is a collection of these recordings. The files are available for free download from the people that put together the album. It's fantastic stuff, very spooky.
Or you can listen to streams, download the files, the cover art etc. from the Web Archive.
Ta
Downloaded and waiting for my bike ride home.
The Ghost Orchid
Fraser and Niks,
I think these are similar recordings (haven't heard it myself)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Orchid-Various-Artists/dp/B0000274TT/ref=d...
Thanks everyone...
Just when I thought I was reaching a plateau, I discover more wonderful nonsense to consume my alreaady minimal free time.
That garden shed is just going to have to put its own felt-roof on this weekend!
You'll be putting on a tinfoil roof
if you spend too much time listening to numbers stations, mark my words...
Oh Gawd.
I'm going to get called for cheating because of track 1 - but I didn't, I promise, guv.
1. Way Down In The Hole - Blind Boys of Alabama
2. Your Life on Magnetic Tape - The Russian Futurists
3. Validation - ABC
4. Gatekeeper - Feist
5. Roscoe - Midlake
Ah yes, Russian Roulette by Randomiser...
Roam - B-52s
Dirge - Death In Vegas
Like Flames - Berlin
Mad Mad Moon - Genesis
Nothing About Me - Sting
My next three were a 20 minute Mike Oldfield track, 12 minutes worth of 'War of the Worlds' and 'Sheep' by Pink Floyd at nearly 11 minutes. Maybe one day we should do 'what's the longest five track randomizer you can come up with'...
80s indie taking over
Wild Swans - The Revolutionary Spirit (from Mojo CD)
Flamin' Groovies - Whisky Woman
Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (Uncut CD)
Pictures of You - Cure
New Order - Ceremony
Not sure what The Decembersits one sounds like. Otherwise good.
ceremony
The best new worder/joy div song fullstop!!!
And the young lad sitting next to me has...
1. Pink on White Walls - Paul Weller
2. Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
3. Perfect Blue Building - Counting Crows
4. Away From Here - The Enemy
5. Gloria - Van Morrison
He's 24.
At last I can join in; new iPod touch, syncing as I write
I am genuinely excited as I say...
1. Woncha Come On Home - Joan Armatrading
2. Razor Boy - Steely Dan (this is a GREAT game)
3. One of these things first - Nick Drake
4. Some Unholy War - Amy Winehouse
5. Limehouse Blues - The Jazz Police
Thanks everybody
still no Beatles, Bruce or Neil!
When Doves Cry / Patti Smith
Teach Your Children / Richie Havens
The Lost Highway / The Coal Porters
Humboldt / I See Hawks In LA
Rasta Man Chant / Bob Marley and the Wailers
Obviously listening to too much 6Music...
1969 - The Stooges
Friendship Waltz - Doc Guidry
Democratie - The Mike Westbrook Orchestra
Triad - Jefferson Airplane
Making Memories Of Us - Keith Urban
When Guitars Roamed The Earth
1) Moving to New York - The Wombats
2) Like Princes Do - Diesel Park West
3) Ten Storey Love Song - The Stone Roses
4) I Need You - The Jam
5) Natalie's Party - Shack
I do listen to other types of music, honest Guv...
Alex
class
Diesel Park West - class
Commander, set the co-ordinates for Planet Indie...
...and no diversions to the constellation 60s girl pop either.
1. Elbow - Some Riot
2. The Smiths - Cemetry Gates
3. The Raveonettes - Here Comes Mary
4. The Supremes - Love Is Here & Now You're Gone
5. REM - Living Well Is the Best Revenge.
What did I say about diversions Commander?
You're demoted with immediate effect. Please stand down from your post.
On second thoughts, that was rather good. Randomize the co-ordinates and full steam ahead.
Creative Zen Say:
I Am Kloot - Cuckoo
The Aloof - Bittersweet
Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me
Augusto Pablo - Pablo In Red
Blue Boy - Remember Me
I got 5 on it....
1. Bob Dylan - I Want You
2. The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Beck - Runners Dial Zero
4. Carolanne Pegg - A Witch's Guide To The Underground
5. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
All great songs - rare that happens!
Back to the (early) 80s...
1. Ian McNabb - Keeping Your Love Alive
2. League Unlimited Orchestra - Don't You Want Me [Remix]
3. The Misunderstood - I Unseen (from Pillows and Prayers, Cherry Red pay-no-more-than-99p compilation)
4. Beth Orton - City Blue
5. The Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Not bad, if not as varied as I might have liked...
League Unlimited – tremendous
Tends to start and stop abruptly, though,
Howareye Five-O
1. Spooky Girlfriend - Elvis Costello
2. A Fool Says... - Pete Townshend
3. Rebel Waltz - The Clash
4. Strapped For Cash - Fountains Of Wayne (Spreading the gospel on the Wayne alone justifies the existence of the magazine)
5. Lemon - U2
blushes spared
High 5!
Back in Black - ACDC
Left of the Dial - The Replacements
Omaha Nights - Gary Louris
Memory Lane - Elliott Smith
Can We Still Be Friends? - Todd Rundgren
Bit samey. Hey Ho.
Live from the WORD stereo quite literally right now!
1] ANNIE Chewing Gum - amazing
2] ELVIS COSTELLO King Of Thieves [demo] - pretty rubbish actually
3] MORRISSEY I Am Two People - *says nowt*
4] SUPERGRASS Whiskey And Green Tea - EMI owns my iPod
5] JAMES Sit Down [Factory 12-inch version] - yes it's "baggy o'clock"
Oh no, you've got it all wrong...
Always nice to meet someone who understands the greatness of 'Chewing Gum' - a stunning tune from a surprisingly good album. And I don't normally like pop...
Why can't mine start with Soul Deep? Or Clarence Carter? Or both
Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
If Dogs Run Free - Bob Dylan
Intro to Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne (can't help laughing at the relevance of this, given the recent discussion about separating tracks from inter-track banter)
The World Turns All Around Her - The Byrds
City Of Gold - Bob Dylan
Mind Garden - The Byrds Ize
Mind Garden - The Byrds
Ize of the World - The Strokes
I Only Want To Be With You - The Tourists
Somerville - The Pernice Brothers
Born Under a Bad Sign - Cream
Almost in chronological order
The Bathers – For Saskia
Mose Allison – Spring Song
The Gun Club – Hearts
Smashing Pumpkins – Real Love
The Libertines – Vertigo
how gloriously mainstream...
Crash Test Dummies - Afternoons and Coffeespoons
One More Time - Daft Punk
Kate - Ben Folds Five
Atomic - Blondie
Mystify - INXS
You know what; i don't care how uncool INXS were/are - Mystify is still brilliant....
the 'XS
"Welcome to Wherever You Are" is a great album.
was that the one with the
artane boys band on the cover?
the very same
check out "Heaven Sent", "Not Enough Time" and "All Around"
Not untypical in a fairly untypical way...
1. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings (The Best of James Bond)
2. Truly (Wise Buddah Mix) - Delerium featuring Nerina Pallot (Truly CD-Single)
3. John Barbury - Kate Rusby(Awkward Annie)
4. Anything you need but me - Nanci Griffith (Flyer)
5. Don't stand so close to me - The Police (Every breath you take: The Classics
Yup... I can live with that!
Here goes..
Managed to stuff the new ipod with a few more songs since the last shuffle, so:
The very next fight - Sparks
Under my thumb - Stones
Man in Black - Johnny Cash
Time ain't nothing - Green on Red
I can't explain - The Who
Hmmmm. Bit mainstream isn't it ?
Let's get ready to random.............
And they're off..........
1. Nite & Fog - Mercury Rev
2. Prime Mover - Joan as Police Woman
3. If - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
4. Islands - Cat Power
5. Frankie & Albert (Live) - Jack Johnson
You would have thought that the bloody thing would have found something English out of 22,500 tracks wouldn't you??
Out of frustration, here's the best of the rest!
6. God's Monkey - David Sylvian/Robert Fripp
7. Country Road - Adam Green
8. Opus #20 - Dustin O' Halloran (from Word 48 CD)
9. You have to be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain) - Flaming Lips
10.How to get to Heaven - Willard Grant Conspiracy
I give up..........
joan
hey there's nowt wrong with a bit of Joan as Policewoman. Her song "the ride" is a constant on my i-pod.
Not the best start...
1)Love The World Away - Kenny Rogers - from the Urban Cowboy OST
2)Pungee – The Meters
3)Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall
4)Five Guys Named Moe – Louis Jordan
5)Precious Words (Instrumental!) – Swing Out Sister.
Of which should I be most ashamed? Bear in mind that I really like Swing Out Sister!
Live and loud from iTunes' 'Party Shuffle'
Tie Your Mother Down - Foo Fighters (with Taylor and May, live at Hyde Park a couple of years ago)
Dedicated to You - John Coltrane (from Coltrane for Lovers)
Side Car II - Mile Davis Quintet (the 65-68 box set)
Tenderly - Sarah Vaughan (from a 'mellow jazz' compilation)
Poor Old Soul - Orange Juice (from Ostrich Churchyard)
Mmmmmm. Nice. Where'd all that Jazz come from?
Bubbling under, we have David Bowie, Radiohead, The Walker Brothers, The Feelgoods and ELP.
It's Deja Vu all over again
1 Jamaican Calley (Version)- Linval Thompson
2 Rebel Dance - Observers & King Tubbys
3 Out Of Order Dub - Prince Jammy & The Aggrovators
4 Down To The Wire - Buffalo Springfied (Decade)
5 Down Home Girl - Alvin Robinson (Stoned Alchemy)- original versions of songs covered by The Stones.
For the second month in a row I've randomised 3 from the same album (Flashing Echo - Trojan Dub 1970-1980) and for the second month in a row, I have copies of all of Sven's list (24 April, 10.20am).
Well that's a bit spooky
I only have the Buffalo Springfield track from your list, since I own a copy of Decade. I suspect your collection of music is quite a bit larger than mine. Mine's all CDs anyway and my MP3 player is a rather feeble 2GB. Never mind the width, feel the quality.
King tubby
King tubby's stuff is excellent, I have a 2 cd set "In a Fine Style" (could be wrong about the title) which is absolutely brill!!
Haven't we done this recently?
Any way I don't mind giving it another go so here goes -
Rusted Pipe - DNA featuring Suzanne Vega.
Cafe Del Mar (Michael Woods Remix) - Energy 52
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend ( Brilliant to run to on the treadmill)
I am who I am - Ben's Brother.
Wake Up - The Arcade fire.
My clunking, wheezing 4-year-old mp3 player gives you...
1) Weezer - Living Without You
2) The Magnetic Fields - *SILENCE* (Great, I've just realised I have a song on my mp3 player which is, essentially, 4 minutes 32 seconds of nothing. I wonder if the Magnetic Fields had to pay John Cage to 'cover' this...)
3) The Amps - Pacer Pixies
4) The Cooper Temple Clause - The Same Mistakes
5) Nick Lowe - The Club
Thank you to Mr Lowe for sparing my blushes there, the other 4 are surely ripe for deletion
Light blue touchpaper...
Sleeperbold - Stereolab (Aluminium Tunes)
(Getting Some)Fun Out Of Life - Madeleine Peyroux (Dreamland)
Step Into The Realm - The Roots (Things Fall Apart)
Highway - John Lee Hooker (Mr. Lucky)
What To Do - Stephen Stills (Manassas)
Pretty, pretty, pretty good' (Said in a Larry David accent)
oil give it foive
Something I Must Tell You-Aberfeldy
Lullaby In Ragtime-Joe Brown
Rabbit Foot Blues-Blind Lemon Jefferson
I Hate The White Man-Roy Harper
How Dare You-The Darkness
I-Pod following a colour trend on songs 2,3 and 4
Yanks, yanks and more yanks
some to reap milton mapes
over your shoulder calexico
right in the head m.ward
dawn lanterna
the hatist american analog set
although next up was old tubeway army b-side we are so fragile
A fiver till friday
Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
England's Glory - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Pezo - Autechre
Sand In My Shoes (Steve Lawler's We Love Ibiza Mix) - Dido
Marz vs. Sven - Zilla
Hmmm
Right...
Vampire Racecourse - The Sleepy Jackson
Parade - Magazine
Spring Rain - The Go-Betweens
Container Drivers - The Fall
Life's Too Easy - The Undertones
funny how the old shuffle sometimes plays a bunch of stuff from a certain era or genre..
...and from a Government Building in Central London...
Just Another Day - The Wire Daisies (Just Another Day)
Dear Someone - Gillian Welch (The Revelator)
Paranoid Android - Radiohead (Ok Computer)
Singapore - Tom Waits (Rain Dogs)
Lets Make A Den (Home Demo) - XTC (Coat Of Many Cupboards Disc 3)
1980s vintage
Surrender To A Stranger - Soft Cell
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Black Angel - The Cult
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Amused As Always - Associates
Quite representative I suppose....
1. Jethro Tull - Sealion II (from Nightcap)
2. Neil Young - Down By The River (live, 28th Feb 2008)
3. The Church - Eastern (from Sometime Anywhere)
4. Ray Wilson - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (from Live)
5. Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends? (Best Of)
oil give it foive more
story of isaac-leonard cohen
shelter from the storm-rodney crowell
he's gone-doris duke
we came down from the trees-kathryn williams
kurt's rejoinder-brian eno
not bad at all
one final addictive kick at the can
i think its going to rain today-judy collins
tank park salute-billy bragg
black hills of dakota-doris day
rusted guns of milan-art brut(live at Los paradiso)
love letters-ketty lester
new
Far Far Away - Wilco
Queen of the Highway - The Doors
Unfinished Business - The Au Pairs
Too Much For You - Bobby Angelle
Out-Side - The Beta Band
Ya want mainstream...
I`ll give ya mainstream...
Crown of Love - Arcade Fire
Roses - Cherry Ghost
Just a Day - Feeder
Why Do Men Fight? - Carbon/ Silicon
Communication Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
Hubble Bubble...
The Coral - Eskimo Lament
The Charlatans - Good Witch, Bad Witch 1
Andrew Bird - Heretics (A theme developing?)
System 7 - Desir (Nah...)
Tindersticks - Dying Slowly
lunchtime shuffle
Someone Else's Tomorrow - Patty Griffin -from Children Running Through
Down In Hollywood -Ry Cooder
Can You See Me Shining - ShellyDevoto (from an Un**t freebie)
Chips - The Saw Doctors - not their finest moment!
Old West African Song - Jackie Leven from Fairy Tales For Old Men
Five Go Down To Mystery Randomizer
Here I go again:
"World On Fire"-Sarah Mclachlan
"Heard From Telegraph Lines"-Boards Of Canada
"Everybody Must Be Saved"-British Sea Power
"All The Jazz"-Mel Torme
"Father And Daughter"-Paul Simon
It's a girl's iPod...
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (cue reminiscing about dance classes and Twyla Tharp)
Tori Amos - (Not sure, drifted off at this point)
Richard Hawley - Dark Road ("He was in Pulp, you know", "Uh-huh..?")
P.J. Harvey - One Line ("What's she cross about now...?")
Mika - Grace Kelly (Obligatory joining in with the 'hhmmmhmmm' bit just after the line "Try a little Freddie")
First 5 out of 44577 tracks were:
Cosmic Rough Riders - Have You Heard The News Today?
Tricky - Bad Dreams
Tom Waits - Blind Love
Nick Cave - Loom Of The Land
Christopher Franke - Messages From Earth - haven't heard this in ages. This is an amazing piece of music, from the second Babylon 5 soundtrack album. It's 10 minutes long and the last three and a half minutes in particular are heavenly.
Helsinki calling
" Turn On Me " The Shins
" Tallahassee Lassie " The Flamin´Groovies
" Until the Real Thing Comes Along " Sandy Denny
" My Own Blood " Luther Russell
" Blackwater Side " Bert Jansch
and mine are:
Fairport Convention - Yellow Bird (from Live at LA Troubadour)
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - Restless Heart
Richard Thompson - The Poor Ditching Boy
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - You're More Than Fair
Squeeze - Model
First Time...
Vein Melter - Herbie Hancock (from Head Hunters)
Dare - Gorrilaz (from Demon Days)
Career Opportunities - The Clash (from Live: From Here To Eternity)
Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead (from OK Computer)
Going Underground - The Jam (from The Sound Of The Jam)
Not bad at all; proud of all of these, with the possible exception of Dare. I seem to have made it through with musical dignity intact!
rubbish...
the inclusion of Dare should have no impact on your 'musical dignity'...i mean, them's is the rules about these parts ANYWAY, no matter what you come up with (cf endless 'Guilty Pleasures' discussions, passim), but for my money, it's one of THE standout singles of, what was it, 2006?
Apologies!
Sorry - I only meant that Dare isn't really representative of most of my music. I not ashamed of any music I like, its just the odd few tracks that are only here because I run someone else's iPod on my computer. And on reflection, Dare is actually pretty good. I formally retract my statement.
After All I've Tried.
"C'Mon Every Beatbox" - Big Audio Dynamite
"If You Think You Know How To Love Me" - Pat Benatar
"Underneath It All" - Nine Inch Nails
"Little Red Rooster" - The Jesus and Mary Chain
"Lunch Hour Pops" - Broadcast
I think one of those in particular proves that there was no post-shuffle editting to make me look good!
Thursday's 5
1. The Collector - Nine Inch Nails
2. Free Huey - The Boo Radleys
3. White Shadows - Coldplay
4. Get It and Go - Razorlight
5. New Slang - The Shins
Late Arrivals
Letters To Cleo - Boy
Roy Orbison - You Got It
Tori Amos - Toast
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
The Bonzo Dog Band - Karma Sutra
My Ipods gone a bit girly too
Stupid Thing - Aimee Mann
No Holding back - Graham Parker
Come on - Lucinda Williams
Rosemary Moore - Caitlin Cary
Vera - Erin McKeown
MINE
FLYIN SHOES-LYLE LOVETT
NAPALM BRAIN/SCATTER BRAIN-DJ SHADOW
BLACK SWAN-THOM YORKE
ACT NATURALLY-BUCK OWENS
THE BLACK LIGHT-CALEXICO
This is from my 'dog walking' I-pod
Here we go:
1. The Bird Charmers Destiny - Be Bop Deluxe (Air Age Anthology)
2. The Believer - Neil Young (Chrome Dreams II)
3. Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits (Swordfishtrombones)
4. You Make Me Brave - Billy Bragg (Mr Love and Justice)
5. Nightmare Part II - The Zutons (Who Killed The Zutons)
Typical Word Reader?
7 days too long - Chuck Wood
From Clare to here - Nanci Griffith
Kiss them for me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
As tears go by - Marianne Faithful
Two weeks last summer - Sandy Denny and the Strawbs
Starts off a bit camp...
Torch- Soft Cell
Sexy No No No- Girls Aloud
The Beat Goes On- Buddy Rich
Sylvia- Pulp
Sie Liebt Dich- The Beatles
Shuffle 21:03
Mystic Lipstick - Christy Moore
Slip Inside This House - Primal Scream
The Way I Feel - Cowboy Junkies
Summertime Blues - The Who
Kings - Steely Dan
Off to a good(!) start with......
1. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Sting
2. Silly Boy Blue - David Bowie
3. Nirvana - The Cult
4. Helden - David Bowie
5. Western Union - Elvis Presley
The last one is in honour of the fact that I'm off to Nashville tomorrow for a month to record an album!
Disco Inferno!
Bummed Out City - Joe Strummer & the Mascaleros
Ai Du - Ry Cooder & Ali Farke Toure
10 miles To Go On A 9 Mile Road - Jim White
Dont Go Into The Barn - Tom Waits
Pilots - Goldfrapp
Mixed bag
Any Second Now (Voices) - Depeche Mode
This House Is Empty Now - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach
Lover To Fall - Scritti Politti
God Give Me Strength - Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach again
Ramona - Toro
Hmm, 2 eighties, 2 from the same album and a curve ball latino thing. Don't know what that says about me...
Not too shabby
Ok, so I got lucky
Statue Of Liberty - XTC (this IS pop!)
Cliffs - Aphex Twin (this isn't)
You & I - Dennis Wilson (the other genius Wilson? - discuss)
Loving Cup - Rolling Stones (effortless, grooooovy and LOVING that brass)
Boy From The Moon - The Milk & Honey Band (criminally underrated - epic and very beautiful)
I hardly ever use the shuffle, on this evidence maybe I should do it more often... stone cold classics the lot of them other than the Aphex Twin track for which the words 'coasting' and 'filler' could have been invented.
And if you haven't heard them then check out The Milk & Honey Band who are on Andy Partridge's Ape label (strange symmetry there, first and last).. one of their finest moments.
Was It All That Long Ago?
... anyway...
I Believe In My Soul - Dexys Midnight Runners
I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley
What Would I Be - Val Doonican
Rattlesnakes - Llyod Cole & The Commotions
Barbara Ann - The Who
Does all this info go into some great mixer? And then do all the results tell us something about us WORD readers? Lets hope so :-)
As I Can't Sleep...
"I Love You Golden Blue" - Sonic Youth
"C'Mon Kids (Mekon remix)" - Boo Radleys
"Get Out Of My Life Woman" - Lee Dorsey
"Fear" - Throwing Muses
"North West Fashion Show" - The Fall
That Boo Radleys remix is a very odd and clanking thing indeed. Sounds like a giant steam-powered robot trying to mate with a traction engine.
hmmmm looks like my ipod is depressed...
Black Arrow, Bleeding Heart - Whiskeytown Faithless St
At My Window Sad and Lonely - Billy Bragg and Wilco Mermaid Ave
Should've Been in Love - Wilco A.M.
Suiciday - Bob Schneider
You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi Crossroad
My iPod's taste is still better than mine...
The Decemberists: The Sporting Life
David Bowie: Future Legend
Natacha Atlas: Daymalhum
John Cooper Clarke: Psycle Sluts Pts. 1 & 2
New Scorpion Band: The Truth Sent From Above
Oh gawd, that almost looks too cool to be genuine. Thankfully, closer inspection reveals a track that's just an album-intro rather than a song (Bowie), and a genuine obscurity (New Scorps) from a brilliant English folk band whose ranks include bassoon-playing genius loon, Brian Gulland, who used to be in Gryphon, back in the day. Nice to see JCC represented, after his starring role in the recent Swearing thread.
A reet mixed bag...
Hot Corner - The B-52's (Thank you Word!)
You Used to Hold Me - Ralphi Rosario
The Needle and the Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sister Moon - Transvision Vamp
Lost Patrol - Big Country
First track kind of sums it up.
Lucky Bag - Electronic (Electronic)
Stumbled - Alpha (The Sky is Mine)
Hum a Song (from your Heart) - Lulu (The Atco Sessions)
Olympic (flutey mix) - 808 State (808:88:98)
Where Do I Go From Here - Elvis Presley (Burning Love)
Always seems to throw up the same...!!
The Red Telephone - Love
The Warming Sun - Grandaddy
Time of no Reply - Nick Drake
When the Night Comes falling from the Sky (Bootleg version)- Bob Dylan
Born to be with you - Dion
Closer to me
1. Goodbye, Dusty Springfield
2. How?, John Lennon
3. Cherry Pie, Sade
4. Burning Love, Elvis Presley
5. Lord, Help The Poor and Needy, Cat Power
and here are the results from the Eastbourne Jury
1. Dream Lover - Leslie West > Alligator
2. Nails In my Feet - Crowded House > Together Alone
3. Ol'Man River - Temptations > Anthology CD1
4. S.M.F. - Twisted Sister > Live At Hammersmith CD2
5. Space Dementia - Muse > Origin of Symmetry
So Good I Tried It Twice
1. Who's Gonna Win The War - Hawkwind > Levitation
2. (Ghost)Riders In The Sky - Me First And The Gimme Gimmes > Love Their Country
3. Worried About Ray - The Hoosiers > The Trick To Life
4. Flowers In The Rain - The Move > Best Of Heartbeat Compilation
5. Childe The Hunter - Seth Lakeman > Freedom Fields
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This time I used the shuffle on my PC as it had 74GB to randomise I figured it would reflect better - seems pretty much the same actually; I'm proud of all the music I choose to keep!
Everyone Loves Drinking The Summerhouse Grace
Everyone Wants To Lose Control - The Tranzmitors (Rough Trade Counter Culture 07)
I Love Perth - Pavement (Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition)
Drinking About Life - The Wildhearts (Earth Vs. The Wildhearts)
The Summerhouse - Divine Comedy (A Secret History)
Natural Grace - Ride (Carnival Of Light)
Pavement and Wildhearts tunes make up a good portion of my available space - as do tracks from the tremendous Counter Culture comps. In light of that, quite representative of what I have on there, topped off with a couple of numbers to suit the steadily improving weather. Result.
EDIT - Wouldja believe? The very next track was one gleaned from a Word CD (a Felice Brothers number, as it happens). Lawks!
Random Modnar
The Ipcress File John Barry
Happy Death Men Echo and the Bunnymen
Booker-Loo Booker T and The MGs
Silver Bells Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney
The Times They Are A Changin' Bob Dylan
my 5
Metronomic Underground - Stereolab BBC Version
Muzzle Of Bees - Wilco
Rhythm and Soul - Spoon
What's Going Ahn - Big Star
All The While - Jon Brion
Here goes ...
1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 'Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere'
2. Holly Golightly - 'An Eye For An Empty Heart'
3. Death From Above 1979 - 'Pull Out'
4. Nirvana - 'Oh, The Guilt (Origional Version)'
5. Jean Michel Bernard - 'Generique Debut'
If We Must...
Camille - Au Port
Elgar - Enigma Variations Variation 1 C.A.E. (doesn't anyone else have any classical music on their MP3 players?)
Relax Signs - Frankie Goes To Hollywood vs Snoop Dogg Mash Up
Aimee Mann - Say Anything
Najwajean - The Wild Bunch
Wow! The most eclectic of my Randomizer contributions to date. French, Spanish, America, Classical and a mash-up!
oh dear...
Bright Eyes - Laura Laurent
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
Dandy Warhols - I Am A Scientist
Nick Cave - Get Ready For Love
Ridley Rider - AC Acoustics
and there was me thinking my large and credible hip hop collection would show me to be a 21st century man and not an indie freako
Sorry I'm late... I've been at work you know!
George Harrison, 'All Those Years Ago' [Somewhere in England]
The Beatles, 'The Inner Light' [Past Masters, Volume 2]
David Gilmour, 'A Pocketful of Stones' [On An Island]
Sterling Magee & Adam Gussow, 'Freedom For My People' [ Track 7, U2 - Rattle and Hum]
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, 'This Time It's For Real' [Best of...]
Southside now finds himself in the 'Friday-Night-Going-Out-Music' playlist, or what should be more truthfully called the 'Friday night going into the garage and grabbing a Black Sheep' playlist- cheers!
My head is my only house
My head is my only house unless it rains - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Could Well be in - The Streets
Without a Kiss - Badly Drawn Boy
Sailing to Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler
Nashville Skyline Rag - Bob Bylan
Random!! and male...
Was quite happy until the last one appeared .......
Stay With Us - The Young Gods
Calling All Ebthusiasts - Radio 4
Silver - Pixies
Man On The Moon - Sugar
Little Bear - Guillemots
Not too bad
Last of the steam powered trains - The Kinks
Let it rock - Chuck Berry
Last Years Man - Leonard Cohen
House party at Boothy's - Little Man Tate
Musicology - Prince
Shouldn't Be Ashamed...
Cocteau Twins - Wolf In The Breast
Lemonheads - Fed Up
Wilco - Shouldn't Be Ashamed
Graham Coxon - Bitter Tears
Meat Beat Manifesto - Strap Down Pt.2
first 5
The Who - Pictures Of Lily
Greatful Dead - China Cat Flower - Road Trips Vol 1
The Be Good Tanyas - It's Not Happening - Chinatown
Al Kooper - Love Theme From The Landlord - Easy Does It
Pentangle - Forty-Eight - The Time Has Come Box Set
Then Beyonce spoils it at number 6
Oddball odds 'n' ends..
Shake - The Supremes
Moonshine - Alison Moorer
Fourth Time Around - Bob Dylan (from Vanilla Sky)
Injured Bird - Vic Chesnutt & Michael Stipe (from End of Violence)
Death and The Lady - Bellowhead
...all slightly interesting but kind of third or fourth tier stuff.
and some more
It's Not For Me To Judge - Rodney Crowell
Roll With It - Oasis
Dreams Of Children - The Jam
Six O'Clock News - Kathleen Edwards
Rainy Day Man - Patti Scialfa
I'd almost forgotten how good Rodney Crowell is. Also, this prompts me to note that Kathleen Edwards has announced a couple of dates in UK in June. Hopefully more to come.
Not sure I believe all of those above but these are true
Western Stars - KD Lang
Something Good - Utah Saints
Scaredy Cat - Neil Cowley Trio
Race:Out - Battles
Anti Love Song - Betty Davis
First Lesson - Roedelius The
First Lesson - Roedelius
The Dreamers (Omikron: The Nomad Soul longer version) - David Bowie
Little Boys - Devendra Banhart
I Just Can't Help Believin' - Elvis Presley
Psychological - Pet Shop Boys
Must get round to actually listening to these....
Second Lover Song - Townes van Zandt
Stop The World - The Clash
Caipirinha - Peeping Tom
Sitting Round At Home - Buzzcocks
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - Johnny Cash
A Seldom Seen Mix
"We're Away" - Elbow
"The Safety Dance (12" version)" - Men Without Hats
"Christopher Mayhew Says" - The Shamen
"The Messerschmitt Twins" - OMD
"Faxing Berlin" - Deadmau5
So I scroll down, hit "Shuffle Songs" and...
"My Old Man" by Joni Mitchell from the album "Blue"
"Pinkerton" by Richmond Fontaine from the album "Lost Son"
"Rag & Bone" by The White Stripes from the album "Icky Thump"
"Bang And Blame" By R.E.M. from the album "Monster"
"Borrowed Wings" by Jim White from the album "Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See"
Considering how weighted my pod is in their favour, it's very rare to press "Shuffle Songs" and not come across Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits or Richard Thompson within five.
Also consider my Word forum virginity well and truly lost.
By the way, Humphrey Lyttelton R.I.P.
Once more for good luck
"Opening Day" by Gene Clark from the album "White Light"
"Pushkin" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy from the live album "Summer In The Southeast"
"Wildwood In The Pines" by Johnny Cash from the album "Personal File"
"Dirge" by Bob Dylan from the album "Planet Waves"
"A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free" by Elliott Smith from the album "From A Basement On A Hill"
Not a single British Isles based or born singer amongst the 10. A problem I really must eradicate.
No 5 tells the story
1) The Beat - Elvis Costello
2) Dream Baby - The Big 'O'
3) Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads
4) Together Again - Emmylou Harris
5) It's all wrong but it's alright - Percy Sledge