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10 Song iPod Shuffle Thing

in the category: Music

What comes up when you put your iPod on shuffle? Can you say "meme-alicious"?

I got tagged by my buddy Dan on Facebook for the 10 Song iPod Shuffle Thing. Here's the rules:

1. Turn on your iPod and hit Shuffle.
2. List the first ten songs that come up and explain yourself.
4. No CHEATING, No SKIPPING.

I use my iPod Nano predominantly for running, and most of the time I'm running to music I'm working on for Hella Sound, so I wasn't really sure what would be in there and what would come up. Here's how it went:

#1 Bryn — Vampire Weekend

Buying Vampire Weekend was sorta my concession to attempt to stay moderately "current". The single was very Police, very Strokes, which is good enough for me. This is not my favorite song on the album, but not anything I dislike.

#2 Needles and Pins — Deftones

From the Deftones album, an album which I think they tried to make choruses as huge as possible. Hexagram is just a mind-bending song. Needles and Pins has this enormously low (but not muddy) bottom end, and an almost cinematic production feel. A Deftones song which is not centered around the drummer, for a change.

#3 Andrea Loves Horses — Ghosts and Vodka

A relatively new acquisition, I am presently madly in love with this album (Addicts and Drunks). I guess Sixgunlover wrapped up a number of their works and created a posthumous album. Beautiful acoustic guitar work with slide-or-similar reverbed guitars in the back. An interesting opening song for (what I think is) a fantastic "math rock" album.

#4 Overtime — Rob Crow

I went on a Rob Crow kick for a while after being on a Pinback kick for a long, long time. Pinback moves me deeply, and Rob Crow's solo stuff is in many ways similar to Pinback (how can it not be?). This track is more like music he'd normally release with his quasi-metal band Goblin Cock. "Stay up too late, you'll never / get up in time for work / So go to sleep and try / to dream of killing your boss".

#5 Heroic Theme Song — Heroic Doses

I do love Bill Dolan. I must have listened to this album (and the 5ive Style albums) a gajillion times. There's many great themes and nuggets in this instrumental rock tune. This is what it would sound like if Jimmy Page was a huge fan of the Meters, and was creating a soundtrack for an animation.

#6 Lucky — 311

HA! I didn't even realize this was on my iPod! Hahahahaha. Oh man I got into these guys many, many years ago. Many fond memories of good times from when this album came out. Sure, it's ridiculous whiteboy suburban funkraprock. Who cares. I still think the song would be even more interesting if the bassline was played with a tuba. It's not a stretch.

#7 Pensacola — Soul Coughing

This would normally be a track that I'd skip, because it's exactly the kind of song that runs through my head repeatedly on nights when I have insomnia. Mike Doughty et al are one of my favorite bands of all time.

#8 I Miss The Girl — Soul Coughing

My iPod doubled up on the Soul Coughing I guess. Another one from the same album, El Oso, their last full length release. You gotta love how much character Yuval Gabay's drumming and drum sounds have. Manic-yet-organic sounding, tons of feel, very drum-and-bass but performed by a person. Just great. Great big watery bass drum in the middle. "And I know... I know it's not the same thing..." A whole lotta layers of sound on this one.

#9 9 Fingers On You — Shudder to Think

LOL! Another one I didn't realize was on here! I should do this shuffle thing more often! I immediately turned the volume waaaay up when this came on. I maintain that Pony Express Record is one of the best guitar rock albums ever. Ever. The slippery, deranged chorus chord progression, the lyrics, the voice, the gigantic drum sound—everything. Chills. True gods of rock. And I still have no idea what the hell this song is about.

#10 Don't Get Scared — Kurt Elling

I didn't really get Kurt Elling at first; seeing him live at the Green Mill in Chicago, I thought he might have been more about the scene than the music. Until I bought Live in Chicago. I then summarily wore this album out. Michael Raynor and Lawrence Hobgood are fantastic, and Kurt Elling does a great vocalese interpretation of what must be a trumpet solo. A great little story within the song. Check it out, for sure.

I reckon the next step is for me to tag some folks, which I'll do here and on Facebook: Corey, Mr. Marco, Travis, P ★zan, Nitmos, Kelownagurl, Teecycle Tim, Ms. Amy Güth, Mr. Fonzie, C. Broyles and Sassberto. Whatcha got, people?

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