Five alive, describe!
- Husker Du - Standing In The Rain. Not quite the same story as Zeppelin's "Fool In The Rain" - in this one, he gets stood up for real, instead of just standing on the wrong corner. I don't like all Husker Du, but I like this one.
- A Tribe Called Quest - What?. Q-Tip asks a series of "What's X without Y?" questions over a minimal (but still catchy) beat.
- Pentangle - Light Flight. An almost-frantic poly-rhythmic English folk workout. Pretty impressive playing all around. There's a bit of a "Take Five" vibe buried in there. Just enough to feel familiar.
- Erykah Badu - Telephone. Mellow and sultry. Not in any hurry to get anything done, it goes five minutes on the same simple groove, then adds a little kick for the next two, then spends close to a minute fading out. Not really a Monday AM kind of thing. More of a Saturday PM.
- Pavement - Serpentine Pad. And this is a screaming shrieking mess.
What does your automated music selector select?