"Random rules": 10 random songs from your player

Originally Posted by Alter

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Nature Boy\tNick Cave & The Bad Seeds: More recent Nick Cave stuff is oddly positive and bright. This track is good.....

Look in to Grinderman.

Originally Posted by skalogre

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Look in to Grinderman.

I will! Thanks!

1. Peaches--"**** The Pain Away"
2. Jackie Wilson--"Lonely Teardrops"
3. Sisters of Mercy--"Dominion/Mother Russia"
4. Goldfrapp--"Felt Mountain"
5. Hedwig & the Angry Inch--"Wig In A Box"
6. Kraftwerk--"Showroom Dummies"
7. Billie Jo Spears--"'57 Chevrolet"
8. New Order--"Age of Consent"
9. Dirty Sanchez--"Amber on a Three-Way Call"
10.Blondie feat. Optimo--"Atomic Remix"

Freestle over Get Your Wet Wipes beat -J.R Writer
Maybe Your Baby- Stevie Wonder
Too Shy To Say- Stevie Wonder
Sing A Song - Earth Wind & Fire
SaltFish- Might Sparrow
Moaning- Wyton Marsalis
Prepare For War- Young Buck
Musical Massacre- 50 Cent
Gun Session(remix) Vybz Cartel
P.N.C - Smith& Wesson

Originally Posted by cheapmutha

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1. can you keep a secret- Big Youth
2. 7 deadly sins- the libertines
3. do you know me- babyshambles
4. death on the stairs- libertines
5. bobo dreadlocks- josey wales
6. the 15th- wire
7. thank you mama- sizzla
8. storm music- gil scott heron
9. living for the city- stevie wonder
10. politics as usual- jay z
My favorite Jay Z song

Go Fi Dem- Vybz Cartel
Heaven Help Us All- Stevie Wonder
Brown Skin Women- KRS - 1
You Sexy Thing- Marvin Gaye
Stole Something- Mobb Deep
Walk The Walk- Special Ed
Lets Groove Tonight- Earth Wind and Fire
Warrior Song- Nas
Until I Met You- Duke Ellington & Count Bassie
Make it Work You- Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne, and Young Jeezy

Going through the list I noticed I have the least diverse and most stereotypical tastes of all the posters. Though my collection is slightly more diverse than my media player shuffle is presenting.

B. Fleischmann - Sendestrasse Freescha - Scandalous Mogwai - End The Future Sound of London - Domain Freeform - Many The Go! Team - Ladyflash Banco de Gaia - One Billion Miles Out Autechre - Augmatic Disport Dave Miller - People Just Like Us Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex

Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
Carrion - British Sea Power
Remember - Thelonious Monk
When Big Joan Sets Up - Captain Beefheart
God - John Lennon
Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones
Cargo Culte- Serge Gainsbourg
Street Walker - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Perfect Day [Demo] - Lou Reed
Hard Road - Alejandro Escovedo

Todays random twenty party shuffle:

Surrender- Cheap Trick: Great start!
Friendship- Sloan: Getting kind of bored of Sloan.
Sixteen Blue- Replacements: Classic!
Superabound- Frank Black: Frank Black stuff is hit or miss but this album Teenager of the Year was good.
Judy Is a Dick Slap- Belle & Sebastian: Getting a little bored of them as well, but not enough to take them off the iPod just yet.
Charlemagne in Sweatpants- The Hold Steady: Not completely sold on this band but a few of the tunes are working for me.
Carolina- Josh Rouse: Just getting in to this guy recently but I like it so far.
Swirling- Robyn Hitchcock: Loved him years ago, haven't heard anything he has put out in more than a decade. Quirky good stuff.
Hi-Fi- M. Ward: Loving M. Ward!
I've Been Around- Peter Zaremba's Love Delegation: Great CD from the singer of the Fleshtones; mostly covers.
He's A Dick- Golden Smog: Great alt-country supergroup from mid-90's. Outstanding CD. If you like Jayjawks, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, etc. Check this out.
Green Onions- Georgie Fame: Fun.
Manta Ray- Pixies: Great track. It was a b-side but is album-worthy.
Let It Be- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Nice cover.
Glorious- The Breeders: Blast from the past!
Homosapien- Pete Shelley: Another blast from the past!
Alex Chilton- Replacements, The- One of their best.
falling for you- Weezer- Meh.
And No More Shall We Part- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- perfect Nick Cave...i love his really melodramatic stuff.
What You Want- My Bloody Valentine: this band gets a lot of props around here. I like them...but they are not in the god-worthy category.
Dig For Fire- Pixies: I have too much Pixies on my iPod.

First 10 off the iPod tonight

1. Strawpeople - Drive (great cover of the Cars song, BTW, sung by Bic Runga)
2. Les Negresses Verte - Orane
3. Machine Translations - Be My Pillow
4. Dire Straits - Twisting by the Pool
5. The Reels - Bad Moon Rising (another great cover)
6. Mr Jigga - Rival Hams
7. The New Pornographers - It's Only Divine Right Now
8. Ben Folds Five - Fair
9. The Bees - Chicken Payback
10. The Cat Empire - Sly

My commute home tonight ...

1. Drive - The Cars. There's a coincidence - I've come to prefer Strawpeople's version now
   
2. Glamour Profession - Steely Dan. Possibly the smoothest drug song ever
   
3. The New Pollution - Beck. One of my favourites from him
   
4. Feel Good - Phats and Small. OK dance music in the Gnarls Barkley mode, but the lyrics are too repetitive
   
5. Seaside - The Kooks. Still getting into this album. All good so far.
   
6. Coracao Tambor - Ian Pooley. A Cafe del Mar classic. I never tire of Rosanna's glowing Portuguese vocals
   
7. Howl - Black Rebel Motorcyle Club. Great song off a great album
   
8. Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Love the title, love the song. Except the bit where he endlessly repeats the phrase "child stars". I can't wait for that bit to be over
   
9. Hercules - Midnight Oil. One of their lesser songs. IOW, better than most Aussie rock going. So sad that Peter Garrett donned a suit, went into politics and lost all his relevance.
   
10. Bartender - Dave Matthews Band. Not my favourite DMB song. I prefer to hear more of Boyd Tinsley than we get here.
    
11. Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio - Ramones. There are no bad Ramones songs, and the less good ones are over soon. This one is OK.
    
12. Butterfly on a Wheel - Sisters of Mercy. I really like the melodrama of these guys' power ballads
    
13. Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu - Robin Alciatore. I didn't realise this was on here. Seemed to belong on this list, right after SoM
    
14. Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake. In retrospect, a hauntingly prophetic song. Listening to Drake always makes me sad at the premature loss of such a talent.
    
15. Fancy - Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They've done better than this, including on this album.
    
16. Mercury Skies (Trance Mix) - John B / Paul Oakenfold. A nice bit of doof-doof electronica to finish off.

Originally Posted by California Dreamer

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My commute home tonight ...

1. Drive - The Cars. There's a coincidence - I've come to prefer Strawpeople's version now
2. Glamour Profession - Steely Dan. Possibly the smoothest drug song ever
3. The New Pollution - Beck. One of my favourites from him
4. Feel Good - Phats and Small. OK dance music in the Gnarls Barkley mode, but the lyrics are too repetitive
5. Seaside - The Kooks. Still getting into this album. All good so far.
6. Coracao Tambor - Ian Pooley. A Cafe del Mar classic. I never tire of Rosanna's glowing Portuguese vocals
7. Howl - Black Rebel Motorcyle Club. Great song off a great album
8. Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Love the title, love the song. Except the bit where he endlessly repeats the phrase "child stars". I can't wait for that bit to be over
9. Hercules - Midnight Oil. One of their lesser songs. IOW, better than most Aussie rock going. So sad that Peter Garrett donned a suit, went into politics and lost all his relevance.
10. Bartender - Dave Matthews Band. Not my favourite DMB song. I prefer to hear more of Boyd Tinsley than we get here.
11. Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio - Ramones. There are no bad Ramones songs, and the less good ones are over soon. This one is OK.
12. Butterfly on a Wheel - Sisters of Mercy. I really like the melodrama of these guys' power ballads
13. Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu - Robin Alciatore. I didn't realise this was on here. Seemed to belong on this list, right after SoM
14. Black Eyed Dog - Nick Drake. In retrospect, a hauntingly prophetic song. Listening to Drake always makes me sad at the premature loss of such a talent.
15. Fancy - Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They've done better than this, including on this album.
16. Mercury Skies (Trance Mix) - John B / Paul Oakenfold. A nice bit of doof-doof electronica to finish off.

Thanks, CD! The comments are wonderful. I got the Augie March on your rec and loving it.

Originally Posted by Alter

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What You Want- My Bloody Valentine: this band gets a lot of props around here. I like them...but they are not in the god-worthy category....

I would not only agree but say that they are definitley overrated. I had Loveless probably around 94, 95.... ended up selling it, I just never felt like listening to it. There were others that just did better what I was looking for and their shoegazey-easy-listening-noise style did not appeal to me that much in the end.

And again +1 on Cave. One of the very few artists who do what could be termed as conventional music that not only I can stand but actually like. "Murder ballads" is still my favourite (I found that beautiful little digipack edition that looked like a storybook years ago back home...)

Originally Posted by skalogre

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I would not only agree but say that they are definitley overrated. I had Loveless probably around 94, 95.... ended up selling it, I just never felt like listening to it. There were others that just did better what I was looking for and their shoegazey-easy-listening-noise style did not appeal to me that much in the end.

And again +1 on Cave. One of the very few artists who do what could be termed as conventional music that not only I can stand but actually like. "Murder ballads" is still my favourite (I found that beautiful little digipack edition that looked like a storybook years ago back home...)

Yea...Murder Ballads is a great one. I got the Grinderman yesterday but only had time for a quick scanning. Sounds good so far. Thanks to you and California Dreaming for mentioning it.

+1 on Murder Ballads.

Alter, I'm glad you like Augie March. I feel a bit sorry for the OS brigade who have missed out on One Crowded Hour. What a fantastic song it is. They have another beautiful ballad they did a few years ago called Asleep in Perfection, that you might try out.

My iPod random 10 for today -

1. Love Is - American Music Club. Love this album, mostly. Intelligent balladeering a la Sufjan Stevens, but the songs are more complex.
   
2. Disco 2000 - Pulp. Great, great song. Only Jarvis Cocker could make Laura Branigan music sound cool.
   
3. Shout to the Top - Style Council. All right! Takes me back to the clubs of the 80s, where this was an instant floor-filler.
   
4. Matchbox - The Kooks. Still on the money with the solid working-class rock on this album. I think it's destined for high rotation. I think it's more even than the Arctic Monkeys album.
   
5. Generation - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. From their earlier harder-rocking phase. Quite like Raveonettes or J&M Chain.
   
6. Martin Eden - The Twilight Singers. Mmmm. I sometimes wonder if I'm the only person in Australia who gets Greg Dulli. Nobody else seems to like this.
   
7. Mister Blume - Odd Modern. Terrific electronica, a lot like one of my antipodean favourites, Strawpeople. And best of all, it was free (thanks for the tip TS).
   
8. Save Me - k.d.lang. I'm not that into Katherine as much anymore, but it's nice occasionally.
   
9. You Don't Love Me - The Kooks. Told you this was destined for high rotation
   
   
   
10. Tender is the Night (The Long Fidelity) - The Triffids. A great Australian band, sorely missed. David McComb was one of our best songwriters.