Weekly Mix #79

Oh Boy! 2011 is here for the mixes which means there aren't very many to go. Much of this mix was made after one of the best weeks in music release memory where it seemed like everything good came out!

1. In a Big Country  by Big Country

Bagpipes! 80s rock! It didn't get any bigger for these Scottish dudes. The singer killed himself a few years back from what I hear.

2. Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes

The Strokes are back!!! In my mix world they've been around forever but in the real world this was the first album in years and the single is delightfully Strokestacular!

3. Breaker, Breaker by Peter, Bjorn and John
This is the best thing the boys of PB&J have done since they blessed us with the ubiquitous ,Young Folks. Worth the wait, maybe.
4. 1,000,000 by R.E.M.

Their first single ever which nobody heard outside of Atlanta for years, you gotta love that 1980s indie rock!

5. Sing by My Chemical Romance

They got lots of play from this song, especially on some add for some TV show.

6. Being Followed by Duran Duran

I love it, I love their come back album!

7. Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung

Stupid but fun. Wang Chung will make another appearance with us in the not too distant future.

8. Twenty Yards behind by Dr. Feelgood

Ska! Ska! Ska!

9. Let England Shake by PJ Harvy

It has been a long time between PJ Harvy listens for me but I'm glad I listened to this new song.

10.S and M by Rihanna

Club Music!

11.Communication by The Power Station

This was their third single and it was damn catchy for dorks like me.

12.Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) by Mötley Crüe

Better words have rarely been spoken

13.Guilty Girls by BuffaloTom

Back from the dead, Buffalo Tom get really catchy and good!

14.Kiss Me On The Bus by The Replacements

Feel good indie rock 1985 style! For me R.E.M and The Matts will always be linked by that college radio of the 80s thing

15.Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley

they'll never get better than Portions for Foxes but they will make some decent tunes.

16.U Should Know Better by Robyn & Snoop Dogg

weird duo but it works and it works well in the Euro disco way

17.Wrong by Depeche Mode

Not a good song to listen to in the middle of the night even though I can't think of any other time I'd want to hear it.

18.Thrones by The Dears

Canadian Rock's best band currently. Arcade Fire and eat a dick straight up.

19.The Crystal Ship by The Doors

Crooning must continue. What is the Crystal Ship anyway?

20.Miss Misery by Elliott Smith
This song would make me kill myself too. This song should have won the Oscar for best song from a motion picture but Celine Dion got it with, My Heart Will Go On, lame. Honestly when you compare the two performances Celine should be embarrassed.

21.Hush by Kula Shaker

It's almost the same as Deep Purple's but is it better than when Charlatans UK did it in the late 80s?

22.Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi
More organ? Let's end on a high rocker!

Listen to it here!

Weekly Mix Tape Pt 32

I believe I had just been introduced to iTunes as I created this mix but I had not yet went crazy on it. This is a weak one with exception to a few songs like Oasis' "Whatever" and Muse' "Stockholm Syndrome"

enjoy


1. Why Do You Love me? by Garbage
Goodbye Garbage, this is the last thing worth while the band did, maybe if Shirly just hated herself a little more . . .
2. Never Enough by The Cure
One of my favorite Cure songs, is this on a non greatest hits album?
3. Toxic by Britney Spears
Hello Britney and goodbye. This song came out when a lot of music sudenly had middle eastern strings thrown in the mix
4. Milkshake by Kelis
How is this song supposed to make me feel?
5. White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
Haight/Ashbury at it's apex! Also a side note this song was in the movie Platoon
6. Stockholm Syndrome by Muse
A great song that was never on the radio; I discovered it on a juke box in a bar
7. Next To You by The Police
They have nothing like this energy anymore
8. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
Are they Scottish? Are they gay? These are the things I here about them.
9. The Metro by Berlin
Somber 80s pop with synthesizers all over it. It doesn't make me love riding the subway but it does romanticize it.
10.Sexy Boy by Air
Trippy 90s synthesizer pop
11.I, Zombie by White Zombie
You can not deny The White Zombie! It doesn't bet much more badass than this!
12.Breakin' by The Music
Meh
13.Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant
This is one of the first videos I'd ever seen; it was so cool to me when I was 9 years old. I think Axl Rose still his outfit for one of those piano videos
14.Triple Trouble by The Beastie Boys
Man, this group sucked at this point
15.Birdbrain by Buffalo Tom
Boston Rocks!!! But alas Buffalo Tom is no more . . . tough they got kinda' lame towards the end
16.Church Of The Poison Mind by Culture Club
Is this my favorite Culture Club song? I think so, very Motown
17.Whatever by Oasis
One of the best non album songs ever released
18.Louis XVI by Louis XIV
Not one of their best songs but it's passable as background noise
19.Crazy Beat by Blur
Blur's last studio album before Damon Albarn
20.Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones
This song is all about the cowbell
21.Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
Let's welcome Arcade Fire to the mixes! They big sweeping songs, don't they? It seems this band is also quite polarizing which is weird to me

Weekly Mix Tape Pt 8

IS this mix intriguing? Maybe, what was the purpose of putting two Beatles inspired bands on it with the word some form of believing in the title? This mix also contains R.E.M. at their most cryptic; I don't think Michael Stipe even remembers what the lyrics meant. A Boston shout out goes to Buffalo Tom, Letters to Cleo and Lemonheads. Yup, I like this mix quite a bit, "The Wanderer" is one of U2's and Johnny Cash's best songs. This mix is actually kind of exhausting.
Go listen for your self, I believe all songs are available for purchase on iTunes.



1. This Charming Man by The Smiths
This was the worlds introduction to one of the great British bands of the 80s. Somber, mysterious lyrics, great guitar hooks, what else does a band need?
2. I'm a Believer by The Monkees
The band that people have loved and loved to hate. True they were a manufactured group for television but the songs were really good pop.

 
3. The Only One I Know by The Charlatans (UK)
The Manchester sound or the Madchester sound found another group in these blokes. Keyboard rich that some compared to Deep Purple they even played Hush live in their early days.
4. Mr. Big Stuff by Jean Knight
Switching it up some we get funky.
5. Swan Swan H by R.E.M.
What the hell is this song about? "girl and dog he bore his cross" It's a great tune.
6. Crazy On You by Heart
Fantastic classic rock that starts off as a noodling acoustic thing but then  brings the rock in a big dramatic. Barracuda and this are my favorites by Heart. People used to say the Wilson sisters were lesbians, I don't know if that's gross or understandable.

7. Negative Creep (live) by Nirvana
Raw, noisy, abrasive,  frightening, this is my favorite Nirvana song and the live version From the Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah is so god damned insane and brash it makes the studio recording seem like a little demo from beneath the bed.
8. Sad Girl by Lemonheads
A song about a mess of a chick
9. Christine Sixteen by Kiss
This song is ridiculous but it's Kiss and there's nothing you can do about it.
10.Pumping On Your Stereo by Supergrass
 swear they're singing humping on your stereo.
11.Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
The theme song for the album is just a classic example of Bowie's willingness to lose himself in an idea.
12.Jealousy by Liz Phair
She was huge in 1994 but then she had a kid and disappeared. Not really but if would have been better if she had.

 
13.Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
Easily one of my top five Zep songs. There is so much power and might from the hammer of the gods! If this song doesn't get you going on some viking berserker rampage, nothing will. 
14.Taillights Fade by Buffalo Tom
It might as well be a power ballad in the anti power ballad era.
15.I Feel Love by Donna Summer
Sexy disco.

 
16.Parallel Universe by Red Hot Chili Peppers
This is about the last time I enjoyed a Chili peppers' in earnest. After this they checked their balls in and mailed it in. Congrats though, they made it to the Rock N' Roll Hall OF Fame.  Oh yeah that means so much. 
17.Slow Dog by Belly
Belly was a band that came from  Throwing Muse and was big for 1993.
18.Heroin Girl by Everclear
This song doesn't really jibe well with the rest of the bands crappy melodic sing alongs. It actually has oomph and punk notions!
19.Happy Jack by The Who
I don't care much for the Who but this song is good.

 
20.Step Back by Letters to Cleo
I thought this song was one of the best of 1994 but nobody listened to me for just reason. It's catchy but it's never been a hit.
21. Let's All Make Believe by Oasis
One of the few shining moments from Oasis' post Morning Glory days.
22. The Wanderer by U2 and Johnny Cash
Who would have thought Cash and U2 would record together? This song is a great American song despite it's weirdness. The lyrics are excellent, ironic, funny and creepy.

Weekly Mix Tape Pt 6

Obviously not all mixes are created equal and this is one of the lesser ones. I would like to harvest about 60% of the songs on here and create a new mix. I guess I made this one in 1999. I hope you enjoy making attempts to listen to it.

1. Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash 
Amongst other things they really knew how to rock and be tough sounding even

 2. Memphis Hip Shake by The Cult
The Cult tried to be  an American band in 1987 and be more ballsy with their rock. Rick Rubin helped them jam.
3. Velvet Roof By Buffalo Tom
Not heard outside of New England, Buffalo Tom were groovy, loud band from Boston. This is my favorite rocker of theirs.

4. #1 Crush by Garbage
Is this even a song? It's as much of a song as Madonna's Justify My Love and has that same sexiness to it. You can find it on The Romeo and Juliet soundtrack.
5. Five Fathoms by Everything But The Girl
They  got into sounding like a club band after Missing was remixed by a DJ and made them a lot of money.
6. Waiting For Tonight by Jennifer Lopez
No Comment

7. Mixed Bizness by Beck
Midnight Vultures was Beck's attempt to make a dance and R&B album. Some of it worked well while other songs were just ludicrous.
8. Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak by Macy Gray
No shame sometimes makes a good song. She tells us how her man makes her behave like a porn star and it's a good thing.
9. Always on the Run by Lenny Kravitz
So god damned cool was Lenny back in the day. All the white kids wanted to be like him. Slash wrote the guitar  for this song and then played with Lenny. 

10.Got Let It Out by Oasis
Not the boys best effort but it's not in retrospect.
11.Made Of Stone by The Stone Roses
The band that was Oasis before Oasis. Only if they had toured in the States . . .
12.Verse Chorus Verse by Nirvana
The Secret track from the, No Alternative album. It's in my top ten Nirvana songs.
13.Porcelain by Moby
Moby was huge for a bout a year and this was one of the reasons why.
14.Kissing A Fool by George Michael
Smokey bars and whiskey were made for this song. This song was back when the former lead singer of Wham! was the brightest star on Mtv and his album, Faith was a genre crossing phenom.

15.Suffragette City by David Bowie
The Spiders From Mars, Ziggy Stardust, they were amazing
16.Guerilla Radio by Rage Against the Machine
I love when a band stays angry!
17.Ain't No Right by Jane's Addiction
Another example how the coolest band in the world in their prime.
18.Fire by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Classic rock exemplified in one great song by the greatest rock guitarist ever.