Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Mix # 89

Well this is the first mix to be published in 2012! There are no 2012 songs on the list but that's okay because there are no less than three covers on this one!




1. Immigrant Song by Karen O and trent Reznor
What this song says is that no mortal man can sing like Robert Plant and a woman must be brought in to sing the Led Zeppelin cover, also it was the reason why the trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was so good. This song makes me want to rape and pillage but not really.
2. Who's Gonna' Ride Your Wild Horses by Garbage
This is a great song but I never liked the arrangement U2 used, I preferred some of the stripped down remixes. Garbage takes this song and goes trippy with it. 
3. I Think The World Of You by Two Wounded Birds
This song is a Radiohead rip but it's good and lets me pu the next song on here without guilt.


4. Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead
There was a time when they still made music that normal people liked to listen to, not the crap they do now which is little more than  weird impulse and beats.
5. Morning Glory by Oasis
If you know this album at all, you know that song is a alarming when it hits. Nothing else on the album is like this and that makes it really f'ing cool. I love the helicopter!
6. I Am The Walrus by The Beatles
Without the Beatles there is no Oasis or countless other English, Brit pop bands
7. Nightcall by Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx
This gem is from the, Drive  soundtrack and is a beautiful synth song! It sounds like the dark side of the early 80s.
8. Villains of The Moon by Cold Cave
More 80's synth inspired music, it's cool.

You knew they would look likes this!
9. Your Silent Face by New Order
The real deal.
10.Something To Die For by The Sounds
They're too good to be this unknown but that's life. They also sound influenced by 80s synth bands.
11.Suffragette City by The Horrors
After their last album I thought the Horrors were done and would float away on their stupid soundscapes but this cover of Bowie is awesome! Good job!
12.World Up My Ass by The Circle Jerks
Can an 80s LA hardcore punk band be seminal? Well these guys were. They were a reason that scene was what it was. You can see them in The Decline of Western Civilization being loud and fast if you're curious, probably on YouTube as well.


13.Civliization's Dying by The Hives
They kept it real with a punk cover. Can the Hives really be punk though? Can Sweden be punk? Black Metal, yes but punk?
14.Casino El Camino (parte 1) by Guadeloupe Plata
Fun lovin' Spanish dudes playing roots rock!
15. Ghost Towns by Radical Face
Somber Rock that reminds me of The Shins and The Decemberists
16.So Lonely by The Police
They used to be a tough English band that played Ska but then they matured and got quite different. Before they grew up, before the money, before the world tours.
17.Simmer Down by Bob Marley
Before he got Reggae down perfect he was playing ska and it was cool
18.Our Day Will Come by Amy Winehouse
Unfortunately it did not and it makes this song much more sad than it was ever intended to be. It's a little difficult to ignore her passing when listening.
19.Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding
The man! The Soul! The good advise.
20.Grey Cell Green by Ned's Atomic Dustbin
This band was huge in the UK but never caught on too big in the States, maybe you saw them on 120 Minutes one Sunday night. They had a big sound and big hair. They were the next thing after Manchester.


 

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