Themes
Er, bit bored, despite the enervating discussions taking place, so thought I'd stick my neck out and wait to have it broken; does anyone theme their playlists?
Further, does anyone deliberately set out to make it hard for themselves to theme a playlist? I've thrown up some interesting combinations using 'search' on my i-Tunes library, but would love to hear if a) anyone has any ideas for really different lists and b) that, having done so, the blogsters don't think I've got too much time on my hands...
Here's one that took 5 minutes;
Red's Song - The Jayhawks (Tomorrow the Green Grass)
Orange Juice Blues - The Band (Music from the Big Pink)
Yellow Crombie - Bathers (Pandemonium)
Green - Alex Lloyd (Watching Angels Mend)
Blues For Andre - Chris Whitley (Hotel Vast Horizon)
Indigo Boy - Esthero (Breath from Another)
Violet Eyes - Sandra McCracken (Gypsy Flat Road)
Said I was bored.
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Ascending numbers perhaps...
ONE of those days in england/Roy Harper
TWO of us/The Beatles
THREE hours/Nick Drake
FOUR horsemen/The Clash
FIVE gears in reverse/Elvis Costello
SIX days on the road/Dave Dudley
SEVEN and seven is/Love
EIGHT days a week/The Beatles
cloud NINE/The Temptations
i close my eyes and count to TEN/Dusty Springfield
ELEVEN moustachioed daughters/Bonzo Dog Band
TWELVE year old boy/Elmore James
THIRTEEN/Big Star
Is as far as I can go...
Ariston...
Excellent, and very varied.
And there's more;
14th Street - Laura Cantrell
Little 15 - Depeche Mode
Sixteen Down - The Jayhawks
...and on...
SEVENTEEN/Sex Pistols
EIGHTEEN with a bullet/Pete Wingfield
Hey NINETEEN/Steely Dan
TWENTY flight rock/Eddie Cochran
Must. Stop. Now.
21st Century - Weekend Players
5-22-02 - Golden Smog
Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) - Ryan Adams
24 Hours - The Sundays
25
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
Away From the Numbers...
A different theme (also only took a few minutes):
Manic MONDAY - The Bangles
Ruby TUESDAY - Rolling Stones
WEDNESDAY Week - Undertones
THURSDAY Afternoon - Eno
FRIDAY on my mind - Easybeats
SATURDAY's Kids - The Jam
SUNDAY's Slave - Nick Cave
- Anyone want to have a go at months? Or planets? etc.
Song Titles featuring the 12 months of the year.......
January - Pilot
The Fourteenth of February - Billy Bragg
March Of The Gherkins - Madness
April Skies - Jesus & Mary Chain
First Of May - Bee Gees
June Salutes You! - Guided By Voices
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)- Bruce Springsteen
In The House of Queen Charles Augustus - Robert Pollard
September - David Sylvian
Catherine from Mid-October - Robert Pollard
November - Tom Waits
December Will Be Magic Again - Kate Bush
Bit of a cheat on August, any better August solutions?
August
Clinic - August
Charles Aznavour - August Days In Paris
Chicago - Prologue August 29 1968
OK, so I cheated. Ascap's title search is useful for such theming projects.
Planets
Mercury Blues - Steve Miller Band
Venus De Milo - Prince
Earthshine - Rush
Mars Bar - Undertones
Jungles of Jupiter - Toyah
Saturn Return - R.E.M.
Over The Neptune/Fake Gear Fox - Guided By Voices
No "Uranus" that I can think of in my record collection.
Pluto is no longer considered a planet is it?
Pluto
You're right - as of last year Pluto is no longer a planet but I think we should include it anyway as there was a nice song of this name on the last Now Hear This CD, by Clare & the Reasons.
Uranus
No Uranus in my collection either but, for completeness sake, Landscape have an item titled From The Tea Rooms Of Mars To The Hell Holes Of Uranus. Which could well be a contender for this thread.
Outside! Now!
You all need to get your coats on and go out and play.
i'm sulking and dont want to play!!!!
I was fortunate enough to win the Word Arrow radio competition and my playlist was based on theme songs relating to colours. Many of the word readers at the time derided my playlist - sour grapes perhaps? Anyway, now we are all supposed to play the 'theme' game. Not me,I've thrown my dummy out the pram.
Oh go on...
Show us your (true) colours. What was your list for those of us who didn't see it?
Go on.
Aah, go on.
Shanties for the Canoe Man
Sailing - Rod Stewart
From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea)- The Decemberists
Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller
Panama - Van Halen
Who are You - The Who
Jail Guitar Doors - The Clash
Shanties
Yes! And topical to boot. The Decemberists and Van Halen; truly a match made in, well, somwhere.
Could have also added
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
Five Years - David Bowie
Back For Good - Take That
Perhaps also
Your Funeral, My Trial - Nick Cave
Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths
etc
Lists
Heh, Steve Hill, try "August Day" by Hall & Oates. And Barbara Dickson gives you two for the price of one in "January, February".