Monday, April 4, 2011

Weekly Mix # 58

Here's where we get our first glimpse of 2008. Sorry this was late.


1. Runnin' With the Devil by Van Halen
OH YEAH! You know this is really just a blues song that was transformed into awesome!
2. The Kelly Affair by Be Your Own Pet
One album and then they broke up, probably for the best
3. Tom Sawyer by Rush
I don't like Rush and I don't think I ever will. This song however is just barely on the tolerable scale.
4. Time To Pretend by MGMT
I don't get why this band was so loved and haled as brilliant. They must know the critics.
5. You're Gonna' Miss Me by The 13th Floor Elevators
Roky Erickson's band. Like most people I didn't hear this song until I saw High Fidelity.
6. Be My baby by The Ronnettes
Some people love this song because it was in Dirty Dancing; I just like the Phil Spector Wall of Sound production and the big hair.
7. Rehab by Amy Winehouse
Huge song! This won her Grammy's and made her millions of dollars. It is a throw back to do-wop and Motown and The Ronnettes big hair but has Mark Ronson production
8. Talk Dirty To Me by Poison
Oh No! Before Brett Michaels embarrassed himself as a "reality" personality he embarrassed himself in his band Poison by making pop rock under the guise of metal.
9. Into Action by Tim Armstrong
The man from Rancid; he knows how to make a good time summer album. The girl who sings with him on this was thirteen years old.
10.This Is The Day by The The
You may know this song from an M & M's commercial. It's actually a pretty sad song.
11.It's My Fault for being Famous by The White Stripes
B-sides are a lost entity because nobody knows what that means anymore. Now it's just a bonus track. Anyway this is a funny song about being stalked by the press and fans.
12.Eat Yourself by Goldfrapp
She returns to her Felt Mountain after being disco for some years.
13.Sundown by Gorden Lightfoot
Just a groovy 70s singer songwriter. This was on heavy repeat for a while back in 08'
14.Boston by Augustana
Great sweeping pop song that only got my attention because of the city.
15.Well All Right by The Hives
We get hand clapping in this one and that's awesome.
16.The Moneymaker by Rilo Kiley
This song is nowhere near as crazy as, Portions For Foxes but it's still pretty mean.
17.Umbrella by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
This song made Rihanna huge and there was no going back much to Chris Brown's chagrin.
18.Tennagers by My Chemical Romance
Many people think this is MCR's best song, I don't but I do think it's a good one. The video owes a lot to Smells Like Teen Spirit, I suppose it's an homage
19.1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins
It's a little song and it's cute; it was also a big hit for them. I heard that Billy Corgan had to completely recompose the music right before they recorded it.
20.Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups
When the Smashing pumpkins couldn't be Smashing Pumpkins, The Silversun Pickups could be.
21.The End Of The Line by The Traveling Wilburys
The late 80s super group containing Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and produced by Jeff Lynn made a lot of money off this project.

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