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Post-Modern Drunk: Road Trip Random Ten (10/14/05)
You should know the drill. iPod or iTunes on random, list the next 10 songs that pop up. You don't have to judge them...that's just the added benefit for me.
- "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks, from The Kinks Greatest Hits. (7/10 - Despite it's appearances in a lot of commercials and such, this song rocks)
- "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (remix feat. Jay-Z)" - Kanye West, from Late Registration. (5/10 - This is the first time I've listened to anything by Kanye West other than "Jesus Walks." Not bad, but it might take awhile for it to grow on me.
- "Touched" - My Bloody Valentine, from Loveless (6/10 - Not sure if this is a good song, per se, but it's interesting. As a friend said, it sounds like the tape was left on the daskboard too long.)
- "Avalon" - Sigur Ros, from Ageatis Byrjun (5/10 - Every once in awhile, Sigur Ros comes off like Iceland's answer to insomnia.)
- "Molly's Lips" - Nirvana, from Incesticide (8/10 - Brings me back to wayward high school days)
- "Going to Lebanon" - The Mountain Goats, from Zopilote Machine (9/10 - Part of his 8,000 "Going to..." songs. Extra points for rocking, and for coming from an obscure out of print album that is really quite good.)
- "Street Fighting Man" - The Rolling Stones, from Beggar's Banquet (7/10 - The time is, in fact, right for fighting in the streets)
- "King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1" - Neutral Milk Hotel, from Live in San Francisco (8/10 - Live version of one of the most striking opening songs from any album)
- "Dog Days" - Matthew Dear, from Leave Luck to Heaven (8/10 - Calm, groovy shoegaze music. One of the better random downloads from my mp3 blogs)
- "Shine a Light" - Wolf Parade, from Apologies to the Queen Mary (10/10 - I have been listening to this song at least twice a day for the last couple weeks. Abandon your Franz Ferdinand crap and listen to this instead)
Final score, 7.3/10. And a couple really rocking songs, to boot.
