The Late Greats
Oof. I spent the better part of a week uploading music from my ipod to my macbook for retarded reasons involving PCs being completely antagonistic to the idea of sharing. Bright side is that while I was uploading, I listened to whatever happened to already be uploaded, which resulted in a whole lotta rediscovered deliciousness. So here are some tracks that, 4 or 6 years later (6 years?! i feel so old), still pique my interest. I feel no shame whatsoever.
First, some mood music. As in late night, dim lights, chilling. Oh yes:
Black Black Heart – David Usher
Marcy Playground – Sex And Candy – Marcy Playground
A Demi-nue – SAÏAN SUPA CREW
Stay Tuned – Ambulance Ltd
Retour a Vega – The Stills
Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
Under the milky way – the church
Next, when you’re mellowed out, have some of this:
Love Goes On! – Go-Betweens
Comin From Tucson – Limbeck
All My Days – Alexi Murdoch
Toxic Girl – Kings Of Convenience
Under the Tracks – Creeper Lagoon
if you feel the need to listen to some sad stuff, go ahead – it’s okay, i’m with ya:
She Was Only In It for the Rain – Rocky Votolato
Mrs. Actually – The Like
Other Side of the World – KT Tunstall
La Cienega Just Smiled – Ryan Adams
but once you’ve gotten all the depression out of you, rock out a bit:
Whatever Happened To My Rock N Roll (Punk Song) – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Renegade Cavalcade – Ash
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives – Voxtrot
Are you ready to be deliriously happy yet? Because if you are, you’re in luck – here are some of the most mindlessly happy songs I’ve heard. The kind you can’t help cracking a smile and dancing stupidly to:
Look Good In Leather – Cody ChesnuTT
(Look Good in Leather is homage to my friend Julia, with whom I used to make ironically silly, irresistibly catchy mixes back in the day)
Mars Loves Venus – The Brunettes
(My favorite – and only? – kiwi band.)
Smile – onelinedrawing
Dont Fade Away – The Waking Hours
Dog Out Of Water – The Color Bars
(Seriously, I swear my mind goes blank when I hear this song and I can’t resist the urge to make silly movements and bounce around.)
Sleep on needles – Sondre Lerche
Friends of Mine – Adam Green
(Adam Green was Kimya Dawson’s counterpart in the Mouldy Peaches. He also looks deceptively like Julian Casablancas of the Strokes in person. Many confused girls at a concert I attended kept shouting, “Juuuuliiiaaaaan.”)
Be Gentle with Me – The Boy Least Likely To
Blood and Peanut Butter – BC Camplight
(Don’t be put off by the name of this one. I have no idea what it’s about, but the song is delightful.)
And, I suppose, out of a need to end with a dramatic flair, one of my favorites from the theatrical stylings of the Dears:
Who Are You, Defenders of the universe – The Dears
And there you have a rough guide to various musical phases in my life.
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