I've become mildly addicted to random shuffling. Makes it difficult to play cards, I can tell you.
Arf.
It's getting out of hand - with only one or two exceptions (to listen to The Creeping Nobodies and The Deadly Snakes, both tremendsously ace) I've been pretty much exclusively random since the last one. I'm hoping to exorcise it with this one. Failing that, at least I'll give it a good exercising. Anyway, here goes - we've had about eight class tunes in a row, so expect a big pile of humorous dross.
Just waiting for DJ Format to finish, then I'll start. It's "Hit Song" by the way, very good, very ace. Any minute now. Ah, here we are...
1. Love - Maybe the People Would be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
A tremendous start. A splendid testament to the aceosity and spovness of this song is that the gimmicky linking of last line and first lines of verses STILL entertains me now, a good twenty years after first listen (which is quite something, given how contrived some of them are, especially the "moon...........s a common scene around our town". I mean, really). One of my absolute favourites off one of my really quite favourite albums (although I suspect the first one MAY just shade it for me. Possibly). Impossibly Uninteresting Fact # 1 (today) - my uncle once said this reminded him of the theme tune to Paint Along With Nancy.
2. Mixmaster Mike - Board B
It's off of Spin Psycle, and is therefore good (although not a particular highlight of the album, if I'm honest. And I do try to be, I was brought up, not dragged up). Not sure what happened to Board A, maybe it broke. I reckon his girlfriend spilt coffee on it, and then tried to pretend she hadn't, even though the entire thing was still swimming in it, so much so that you couldn't see the ESC key and when you tipped it up, you had practically a full cup right there, and then he had to run out to MicroDirect to buy a new Board, Board B, to replace his now useless Board A. It could happen.
3. John Barry - Golden Girl
Inbetween penning Bond themes and the like, John conducted this instrumental paean to a lady of his acquaintance who liked nothing better than to put the rubber sheets down and really have at it. Possibly.
4. The Kaisers - Let's Stomp
Let's not. I mean, you can if you want, but I'm not in the mood. Medway by (not very well read) numbers.
5. The Fire Dept. - You're Too Much
This is more like it. Top class slice of Medway goodness, courtesy of a band with a secret Bowlie connection. Oh yes. From L'Oeuf D'or. Treat your ears, go buy it (if you can find it)
6. Boss Hog - Hustler
My memory of Boss Hog is ALWAYS far in excess of the actual pleasure of listening to them. They never fail to engender a slight sense of aural disappointment. Hey, at least they're consistent! Still wish I listening to Pussy Galore instead.
7. Audioslave - I am a Highway
No, Tiny Grunge Elf Cornell, you are a decidedly midget low way. Look, sPazTunes, you can give it a rest, I'm at one with my Audioslave loving. Yes, even this trite, soft effort. Still, at least it has chosen the rawer, grittier demo mix again, so plus points for that. Much prefer the riffier Morello based efforts though. They're ace, they are. Unimaginably Made Up Fact #1 (of today) - Chris Cornell is actually the size he appears to be when you see him on television. That's his actual height. He's such a Tiny Grunge Elf that when they record their videos, generally just outside SF, Tom Morello has to stand in
8. New Pornographers - Falling Through Your Clothes
Cheers Joe, I've been meaning to properly immerse myself in such spovness, and now I can. Makes me wonder how I got by on the random odds and ends I already had, and furthermore makes me wonder what on earth possessed me not to have followed up those odds and ends earlier.
9. Holly Golightly & Dan Melchior - Why Don't You Love Me
Because, Holly (and this goes for you too, Dan), I've never met, you live miles away and besides, it would never work, so don't get your hopes up. Like most ...& Dan Melchior collaborations, he SO doesn't need to be there. It'd be fine on its own, or possibly with someone more gripping filling his role. She should've waited, she might've been able to afford Mark Lanegan. Now that would be worth hearing.
10. Ludacris - Pass Out
Scary Rap Dude AHOY! Listen as Ludacris eschews all the things that actually make him ace and tries to be about nine gillion other, lesser, rappers in one song! Stave off boredom! Console yourself by imagining that he actually has the proportions of some of his videos! Enormous head! Even more enormous afro! TINY BODY! Well, it entertains me. Ooh, he just did about three lines in his own style, and they were the best three lines. Look, Ludacris, YOU AREN'T 50 CENT, AND THAT'S WHY WE LIKE YOU (although fiddy is immensely talented as a rapper, he just pisses that talent up against the wall in the memory of his talent-pissing idol 2Pac).
11. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - The Show (Oh My God! Remix)
I must confess, this isn't entirely random. But, in my defence, whilst listening to Ludacris, I got to explaining what he was doing wrong and why he should do what he does right. Which led me to a really boring exposition on that song off the same album he does with Nas & Doug E. Fresh (Virgo thingy, that's it, the one with the ropey "merlot" rhyme) and that naturally led me to play this by way of example. Oh, the memories. Made it on to Top of the Pops and everything (well, not this eight minute version). Words just cannot describe just how exciting it all sounded. Plus, it has Slick Uber Sleaze Rick sleazin' it up a treat on it. Ah, those were the days, when hip-hop really was a genre filled with endless and fascinating possibilities. So many people straining to take it in different directions, all of it sounding like it was recorded right there and then, in one go with everyone having the most fun of their lives. A bit like it felt when I listened to The Damned et al for the first time (although then some six years or so after the fact). Somehow, this ended in with Ja Fucking Rule. And, for that, we can only apologise. We're so very, very sorry. And then some. And then just a little bit more.
12. The Damned - Edward The Bear
Ah, speak of The Damned. Arf. I'm well clever, me. Average poppy filler on an album that rarely rises above average poppy filler (Phantasmagoria). One of the ones where Roman Jugg does his Captain Sensible impersonation and comes off all the worse for it. But, of course, we forgive Roman Jugg. Why, I hear you shout (with my internet enabled ears, that also make up non-existent sounds). Well, because he was responsible for producing The Volcanoes (not in a birth way, that was their parents). Why are you telling us this, I also hear you shout, it's not like we're reading this or paying any attention. Indeed, but this post, like most of mine, is composed more or less entirely for my benefit anyway. Cashback!
13. Boredoms - Shine In O Shine On
From the Super Go!!!!!!!!!!! single. Nearly 18 minutes of sublime fantastickness of a scarily high order. For some reason, I always feel that THIS is what The Chemical Brothers would sound like if I'd been allowed to mess around with their brains with a soldering iron. With added wonderful lunacy. Honestly, you could do a lot worse than investing 18 minutes of your life in this, but you couldn't do much better. It's rock, it's dance, it's dancey rock, it's electro-prog, it's dancey-electro-rock-prog, it's progly-electrock-danceadelica. With ENORMOUS drums. Look, right, it is fucking wonderful. Sublimely smooth, and smoothly drummily sublime. Please listen to it, or I will cry. A lot.
14. The Masonics - Mohawk
And back down to planet earth with a prehistoric Medway instrument bump. Now, I liked the Masonics, but this isn't an example I'd be recommending to y'all. What up, G.
15. Zakary Thaks - Outprint
The 60s Garage genii of "Bad Girl" trying to sound like Golden Earring. As bad as it sounds.
16. Sound of the Seventh Son - I'll Be On My Way
Some genuine slightly detuned 60s Garage wonderment. Sweet, pleasant and still leaves room for dinner. Sort of a prototype Beat Happening without the giantist voice.
17. The Quadrajets - Too Much Evil
From an Estrus compilation after all the really good bands had broken up / stopped being on Estrus and before the new wave of decent bands had joined up. A bit shouty and mostly average. Bah. Mind you, the old toe is still tapping.
18. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - If You Don't Like Rock and Roll
DIO! If you don't like rock and roll, then it is too late now. Oh really, Tiny Metal Dwarf Dude Dio. If this is rock and roll, midget mister, then it really is too late now. Unutterably shit, dreadfully loathsome and really quite rancid. That said, I quite like a lot of the album and am generally enamoured of Mr. Blackmore's efforts (to a point). Just avoid this skin-dissolving heap of musical excrement.
19. The Fender Four - Margaya
Ah, thank the sPazTunes Gods, a lovely slice of proto-surf from god knows when to cleanse my musical palate. Gorgeous and fantastic, if you like grittily twangy pre-surf guitars.
20. The Kleptones - Are You a Visionary?
Yes. Or possibly no. Depends on who you ask. It's from their pleasant mangling of Yoshimi. Fun, but an unsatisfying end (good job it wasn't the actual Yoshimi song, makes me cry my blasted eyes out (either version, long story, don't ask).
Bah, sort of fizzled out, despite showing strong promise through the middle.
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