On this, the twentieth day of August, 2008 2006 2525, my iPod chooses the following songs:
- Thelonius Monk Quartet - Blue Monk
- The Oxford Collapse - Loser City
- The Sea And Cake - Transparent
- Spoon - All The Pretty Girls Go To The City
- Led Zeppelin - Bron-Yr-Aur
- Interpol - Length Of Love
- Interpol - A Time To Be So Small
- Pavement - Stray Fire
- Calexico & Iron And Wine - Dead Man's Will
- Nod - Wooden Chair
Yeah. That's the stuff.
BTW I just can’t get enough of that latest Spoon album. Bloody marvellous.
yeah, same here. they write some catchy catchy songs.
Can I take a ride in your time-machine cleek?
no, there’s only room for one.
you’ll just have to wait.
*pouts*
great list. in response here’s the first ten that came out of mine:
*Curtis Mayfield – Check Out Your Mind
*Vince Guarldi Trio – O Tannenbaum
*Willie Nelson – I’d Have to be Crazy
*Faith Hill – There Will Come a Day (“WTF? – obviously I’m not editing this list….”)
*Hall and Oates – Maneater
*John Prine – Paradise
*The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
*The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
*The Police – De Do Do Do
*The Staple Singers – Hammer and Nail
John Prine – Paradise
yum.
Faith Hill – There Will Come a Day
hah! busted!
actually, a Jo Dee Messina song (I’m Alright – one of my wife’s, i guess) somehow snuck/sneaked/stole onto my iPod this weekend after i had to rebuild my iTunes library. a little Monday AM surprise.
it’s Country Chick Monday!
Spoon? Already bought a couple White Stripes albums on your recommendation (which I like), would I like Spoon too?
everyone should love Spoon. there’s a Spoon song/video in my “Web’s Golden Bounty” list right now (from their new record). give it a whirl! you can also hear the (entire?) record on Merge’s website – if you want to preview.
the singer makes an appearance on the escalator.
start with the new one “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” or “Girls Can Tell”.
I hear that the latest release (Ga x 5) is more poppy than earlier albums. Is this true?
Spoon’s always been poppy – though their first couple of records (pre-“Girls Can Tell”) were a bit abrasive. with Girls Can Tell onward, they really embraced their inner Elvis Costello. and this record is just a bit more polished and tighter than the last (hand-claps? horns ?! fancy electronic sounds?!!). but there’s not a huge difference in the songs themselves. if you like this one, you’ll probably like any of their last three.
here’s Sister Jack from their last record.
here’s Anything You Want from Girls Can Tell (my fav Spoon song, evah)