More short songs or should I say "tracks"?Alex Chilton, "Riding Through the Reich" (ca. 1975) Catchy, but, er... Horrifying for a couple of reasons: first, use of the word "kikes" ("killing lots of"); and second, confusing Wilhelm Reich for a Nazi. Kids those days. (1:48)
Angry Samoans, "They Saved Hitler's Cock" (1982) Telling you, these guys are funny. (1:39)
Bernard Herrmann, "Flight" (1960) From Psycho. (1:08)
Big Black, "L Dopa" (1987) Nice break. (1:40)
Bob Dylan, "Man on the Street" (1961) "Bully club"—I like that. (1:55)
Brian Eno, "Over Fire Island" (1975) (1:51)
Caetano Veloso, "Nature Boy" (2004) A strange and beautiful song, whose best known version was a big hit for Nat King Cole (Big Star also did it on their album Third). Veloso, no surprise, is completely up to it. (1:58)
Chuck Berry, "Come On" (1961) His best song. (1:49)
Ciccone Youth, "March of the Ciccone Robots" (1988) An apt title for this track from the Sonic Youth one-off. (1:57)
Clovers, "Love Potion No. 9" (1959) I been this way since 1956. (1:52)
Duane Eddy, "Because They're Young" (1960) Gosh this is swell. (1:54)
Eartha Kitt, "Sholem" (1953) An amazing sexlingual performance, by which I don't mean anything nasty, just that she uses six different languages: English, French, German, Turkish, Italian, and Spanish. What's more, if her midwestern "How'd ye do" is any indication, she's got them nailed. (1:46)
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ReplyDeleteAlex Chilton, "Riding Through the Reich" (ca. 1975) Catchy, but, er... Horrifying for a couple of reasons: first, use of the word "kikes" ("killing lots of"); and second, confusing Wilhelm Reich for a Nazi. Kids those days. (1:48)
Angry Samoans, "They Saved Hitler's Cock" (1982) Telling you, these guys are funny. (1:39)
Bernard Herrmann, "Flight" (1960) From Psycho. (1:08)
Big Black, "L Dopa" (1987) Nice break. (1:40)
Bob Dylan, "Man on the Street" (1961) "Bully club" -- I like that. (1:55)
Brian Eno, "Over Fire Island" (1975) (1:51)
Caetano Veloso, "Nature Boy" (2004) A strange and beautiful song, whose best known version was a big hit for Nat King Cole (Big Star also did it on their album Third). Veloso, no surprise, is completely up to it. (1:58)
Chuck Berry, "Come On" (1961) His best song. (1:49)
Ciccone Youth, "March of the Ciccone Robots" (1988) An apt title for this track from the Sonic Youth one-off. (1:57)
Clovers, "Love Potion No. 9" (1959) I been this way since 1956. (1:52)
Duane Eddy, "Because They're Young" (1960) Gosh this is swell. (1:54)
Eartha Kitt, "Sholem" (1953) An amazing sexlingual performance, by which I don't mean anything nasty, just that she uses six different languages: English, French, German, Turkish, Italian, and Spanish. What's more, if her midwestern "How'd ye do" is any indication, she's got them nailed. (1:46)
Elvis Presley, "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (1964) Weirdly hip but effective. More and more I'm thinking gospel is what Elvis had the real gift for. (1:50)
Ennio Morricone, "A Fistful of Dollars" (year) That fucking trumpet makes me want to pop my nut. (1:49)
Faust, "Stretch Out Time" (year) As I see, you are the one to be me. (1:35)
Flying Saucer Attack, "Still" (1994) (1:50)
Frantics, "No Werewolf (mono)" (ca. 1966) I don't think the channeling matters but now it's part of the title, not to mention the subject of this comment. (1:54)
Frogs, "Where's Jerry Lewis?" (1996) Outrageous and hilarious. (1:32)
Hank Williams, "Angel of Death" (1951) From the abyss. (1:46)
Holy Modal Rounders, "Euphoria" (1964) Kicking the gong around. (1:34)
Husker Du, "Never Talking to You Again" (1984) (1:40)
Iggy Pop, "Dog Food" (1980) Staple of college years. (1:50)
Imperial Teen, "Water Boy" (1996) Bow down to me, bow down, now baby baby. (1:36)
Jacky Giordano and Yan Tregger, "Rieka" (1974) Golden. (1:53)
James Brown, "Chonnie-On-Chon" (1958) JB sings it. (1:34)
James Brown, "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 1" (1962) (1:52)
Marty Balin, "I Specialize in Love" (year) (1:59)
Monochrome Set, "The Jet Set Junta" (1982) At first I laughed at this because I thought they were deliberately mispronouncing "junta," using a harder "j" as in "jeep" rather than a sighing "h." The joke was on me, but to be fair the dictionary says the sigh is preferred. (1:48)
Music Machine, "Talk Talk" (1966) A most forgotten blast of raw irresistible rock 'n' roll joy even if it is right out there in plain sight. Top 20 in its time. (1:59)
Neutral Milk Hotel, "The Fool" (1998) That fucking trumpet makes me want to pop my nut. (1:53)
Nick Drake, "Introduction" (1970) (1:33)
Nirvana, "Molly's Lips" (1992) (1:54)
Outcasts, "1523 Blair" (1966) Good guitars. (1:48)
Pere Ubu, "Life Stinks" (1977) David Thomas sings it. (1:52)
Pixies, "Isla De Encanta" (1987) Don't ever let anybody tell you these guys didn't rock. (1:41)
Quicksilver Messenger Service, "Which Do You Love" (1968) Choice. From Happy Trails. (1:49)
Ramones, "I Don't Wanna Be Learned - I Don't Wanna Be Tamed (Demo)" (1976) "Learned" as in "known" and as opposed to "well-read." Also, note that "tamed" is pronounced as "timed" -- to approximate a British accent? (1:05)
Replacements, "God Damn Job" (1982) Theme song of my life, unfortunately. (1:19)
Ricky Nelson, "Stood Up" (1958) (1:51)
Robyn Hitchcock, "Uncorrected Personality Traits" (1984) Even with its kiddy-like nursery rhyming/chanting shtick you can't get away from the fact that this is Freudianism down to the button. Which is exactly what makes it work. (1:45)
Roger Miller, "England Swings" (1966) Good grief, swinging '60s ground zero. (1:53)
Simon and Garfunkel, "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (1967) (1:38)
Steely Dan, "Through With Buzz" (1974) Their shortest song. (1:34)
Stereolab, "Black Ants in Sound-Dust" (2001) Can you properly call anything by this bunch a song? They just burp the most beautiful noises. Long or short, doesn't matter. (1:58)
Vaselines, "Molly's Lips" (1987) That fucking bicycle horn makes me want to pop my nut. (1:44)
Vibrators, "I Need a Slave" (1977) You have to appreciate the plain spokenness. (1:43)
Les Witackers, "Un Ami" (year) French '60s psychedelia. (1:40)
Yoko Ono, "Between the Takes" (1971) (1:58)
Yoko Ono, "Song for John" (1969) (1:31)
Young Circle, "On Holiday High" (2003) I worked a day job with a member of this group one day. (1:55)
Young Marble Giants, "Final Day" (1979) Minimalism the way it's meant to be. With melody. (1:43)
WoW!!! what a nut busting collection of songs. Don't let this go to your head, but you have impeccable taste in music son. Many thanks to you.
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