March 2006

Grandpa's Random 23
All Shuffled Up

1. Metronomic Underground - Stereolab
Godzilla turned me onto Stereolab, and I'll always love him for it. There is no band or musician with better representation in my music collection. Every time I switch to "random", the 'lab will appear. It's never a bad thing.

2. Bango Bongo - Manu Chao
More Godzilla music. I think it is sung by a monkey or a parrot. What I do know is that the singer is not a bear.

3. The Rat - The Walkmen
And again with music Godzilla gave me!

4. Fear of Corners - Dntel
One last Godzilla connection (But, I gotta tell you that my wife bought it for me.) Dntel is one-half of the Postal Service, which Godzilla hooked me up with back in my Baltimore days. As a whole person, he's strange and not always loud enough for my taste.

I do credit my Creative Zen with dropping an excellent transitional tune right here. It seriously worked better than random ever should.

5. Rip This Joint - Rolling Stones
Momma said yes. Pappa said no.

Grandpa says 'Oh yeah.'

6. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain
More transitional music. Kinda drags you along.

7. Fox in the Snow - Belle and Sebastian
Wanna hug? I want to hug you, kitten.

8. It's All Gonna Break - Broken Social Scene
Back to Godzilla-music. They are from Canada, like Rush. But unlike Rush, they don't suck and make you want to eat your ears.

This song is a goddamn triumph. It could be its own album.

9. Your Silent Face - New Order
"You caught me at a bad time, so why don't you piss off"

10. Double Team - Tenacious D
"Have you ever been worked on by two guys who are hot for your snatch?"

11. Perfect Sense, Pt. 2 - Roger Waters
This song has Marv Albert doing play-by-play of war. It's so awesomely over-done. Roger is maybe the most pissed off artist on this mix.

12. To Live it To Fly - Townes Van Zandt
Van Zandt may be the drunkest artist on the list. It's OK because he also penned one of the sweetest songs I always want to play.

13. You - Rogue Wave
This is one of the first songs I illegally downloaded offa the internets. Very tense, and reminds me of fourth grade for some reason.

14. Confirmation - Charlie Parker
Bird is in my top ten for most tracks in my collection. I'm poised to grab me some more offa the eMusic soon.

15. Common People - Pulp
Best single I have. Jarvis Cocker is amazing. I would kill to go back in time and see this preformed live at Glastonberry.

16. Elektrobank (Live) - The Chemical Brothers
Keeping with the high-in-a-field vibe…CBs are difficult music for driving. At nighttime, or towards the end of a road-trip, it's perfect, but in the mid-afternoon of a short drive it can be troublesome. I mean, really, do I have to be driving 85 on Route 1?

17. Too Much - Elvis
I've said this once, and I'll say it again - "Jailhouse Rock" is the best homosexual love song ever written. Elvis mocked the establishment. We should thank him for most of the freedoms we enjoy today.

18. La Llorona (The Crying Woman) - Los Comperos de Valles
Jumping from olde country-rock to Spanish-country. It's making tons of sense, right? Well, there's a dude singing who sounds like Tiny Tim. I almost feel like they are making fun of me.

19. Our Perfect Lovers - Artic Monkeys
Whip your body across the dance floor. Love life, people. After all, you don't know nothin'!

20. Time Tough - Toots and the Maytals
Godzilla hooked me up with a ton of Toots like a month ago, and since it's been really cold, I don't usually feel like playing it. Well, my Creativ Zen was all, like, "Listen to this and lively up yourself".

21. Man of War - The Passage
Manic post-punk spazz-show. "Preach the good! Practice evil!"

22. Parker's Mood - Sonny Stitt
When I was last dating my wife, I'd play when we were having sex. It's like a sweet memory of I-have-not-seen-you-in-five-days dirty action. Mmmmm…

23. Pilots - Goldfrapp
This is the end. It's the song I want to have playing while I'm cremated. Go to sleep.