Random three. Come on iPod, make em a good three!
- The Cars - Shake It Up. Not my favorite Cars song: it's right on the border of being kicked off the iPod. But, I do like "don't let nobody pick your bong" and the guitar solo is hot (as always).
- Sunny Day Real Estate - 9. This is a bonus track from the remaster of "Diary". It's a heavy, fast, loud, rocking tune that doesn't quite fit the "Diary" vibe, but would've been right at home on their later records.
- Sea And Cake - Sporting Life. First track on their fourth album, "The Fawn". This was a big change in sound for them: keyboards dominate (I don't think there's a guitar in here anywhere), the bass is up-front and driving. 1997 was also the year that Yo La Tengo really embraced keyboards ("I Can Hear The Heart Beating..."), when I first heard Stereolab, and it's when we moved to NC - 17 years ago next month. And all of that comes as a package, in my head.
Can you stir up three, for me?