I’m just going to keep doing this once a month until one of us gets bored, or something by the Magnetic Fields finally comes up, ‘k?
(Single girl, I know you are reading and I know this is not the kind of post you’ were hoping for, but since I also know you have a Nano now, perhaps you can play along.)
Poison, Bel Biv Devoe, who really cares what album
I thought it might be fun to surround myself with the sounds of early high school. (Grade 7 for me, ’cause I’m from Quebec) But I don’t actually like this song at all. I think it’s the sound of the chorus that keeps us thinking it’s actually cool. ‘Cause that part maybe is.
Original Sins, Chris Bowden, Off the Ninja Tune Xen Cuts compilation of oh so many years ago now.
This one’s interesting because Chris Bowden is interesting. He’s like the Keith Richards of sax when he plays with The Herbaliser, and here he is producing his own layered, soulful stuff. Talented mess of a genius kind of a guy.
Hoobale, Kanaan, The Dusty Foot Philosopher…
…is one of those albums I like less and less the more I play it. When I first heard it, I thought it was really fresh and original, and it was neat to hear an MC talk about real African issues over real African rhythms. Some of that is still kind of true, and as I write now, I find it hard to articulate what irks me about it, other than the actual sound of his voice, but suffice it to say, I skip right over these tracks whenever they pop up.
Blue Dress, Depeche Mode, Violator
This is like the opposite of the Kanaan problem. I bought this album but I haven’t listened to it very often. (I’m not sure I’ve ever paid attention to this song before.) No real reason why. Sometimes that just happens. But it’s a good album. It’s most notable in my collection for the day my former roommate’s jackass boyfriend picked it up and said, with total disgust, “Depeche Mode? Who listens to Depeche Mode?”
“Me.” I simply said, ’cause I was a little startled.
I would react differently now.
Landstander Theme, Brendan Small,from the bonus CD that came with Season 4 of Home Movies on DVD.
Yes! There are like 60 of these tracks, and I was so hoping they would pop up. This is not as exciting as if it was Jazz Fight (“You mean a battle of wits?” “Close. We fight with Jazz”), or Jason’s Theme, or any of the tracks called Crazy Legs, or if the They Might Be Giants songs from the Performing Arts Camp episode were on here. This one’s just a chill rock instrumental, but it’ll do.
OK, now it’s your turn again. Give your collection a spin again and tell me what comes up again. First 5 random tracks. No editing or other cheating. Go! Again.
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