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* [[Xmas-spirited songs not actually about xmas]] | * [[Xmas-spirited songs not actually about xmas]] | ||
==for 2024-01-20== | ==for 2024-01-20== | ||
* Kiss Me, Son of God (TMBG) | |||
* Ship of Fools (World Party) | * Ship of Fools (World Party) | ||
* Excitable Boy | |||
* The Idol (Procol Harum) | * The Idol (Procol Harum) | ||
* Into the Frying Pan (King Crimson) | * Into the Frying Pan (King Crimson) | ||
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* Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles) | * Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles) | ||
* What I Can Do for You (Sheryl Crow) | * What I Can Do for You (Sheryl Crow) | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz1Ih2gBbfU May Be a Price to Pay (Alan Parsons)] | |||
* Prophecies (Philip Glass) | |||
* Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbhO68-P2Wg Rock Me on the Water] | |||
* Then the Morning Comes (Smashmouth) | |||
* One Thing Leads to Another (Fixx) | |||
* Brave New World (Michael Penn) | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OC6683nPbw Utopia (Goldfrapp)] | |||
* Incense Peppermints | |||
* Epitaph (King Crimson) | |||
* Redemption Day (Sheryl Crow) | |||
* Land of Confusion (Genesis song, covered by Katzenjammer) | |||
* Last Days on Earth (TFF) | |||
To Add: | To Add: | ||
* Ignoreland (REM) | * Ignoreland (REM) | ||
* In the Flesh / Run Like Hell / Waiting for the Worms / Stop (Pink Floyd) | * In the Flesh / Run Like Hell / Waiting for the Worms / Stop (Pink Floyd) | ||
* Is It Like Today (World Party) | * Is It Like Today (World Party) | ||
* Mad World | * Mad World | ||
* For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield) | * For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield) | ||
* | ===not used=== | ||
* | * <s>I Will Not Go Quietly (Don Henley)</s> -- official copy n/a on YT, looks intentional | ||
* | * <s>Captain America (Kinks)</s> paints US as unironically good - definitely not the right context here | ||
* | * Crime of the Century (Supertramp) -- too long for the message | ||
* Save a Prayer (Duran Duran) - lyrics don't quite work | |||
* Palace of Versailles (Al Stewart) - not quite the right historical parallel | |||
* Swords and Knives (TFF) - not quite right either, though the mood is... | |||
==Favorite Solos== | ==Favorite Solos== | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:34, 19 December 2024
Once upon a time, this was song lists for making CDs and such; now there's the internet.
- WQDR Rock songlist: back before WQDR went country, they used to play stuff that nobody else played...
- Xmas-spirited songs not actually about xmas
for 2024-01-20
- Kiss Me, Son of God (TMBG)
- Ship of Fools (World Party)
- Excitable Boy
- The Idol (Procol Harum)
- Into the Frying Pan (King Crimson)
- Time After Time (ELO)
- Out of My Hands (Michael Penn)
- Long Dark Night (Fabulous Knobs)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles)
- What I Can Do for You (Sheryl Crow)
- May Be a Price to Pay (Alan Parsons)
- Prophecies (Philip Glass)
- Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
- Rock Me on the Water
- Then the Morning Comes (Smashmouth)
- One Thing Leads to Another (Fixx)
- Brave New World (Michael Penn)
- Utopia (Goldfrapp)
- Incense Peppermints
- Epitaph (King Crimson)
- Redemption Day (Sheryl Crow)
- Land of Confusion (Genesis song, covered by Katzenjammer)
- Last Days on Earth (TFF)
To Add:
- Ignoreland (REM)
- In the Flesh / Run Like Hell / Waiting for the Worms / Stop (Pink Floyd)
- Is It Like Today (World Party)
- Mad World
- For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
not used
I Will Not Go Quietly (Don Henley)-- official copy n/a on YT, looks intentionalCaptain America (Kinks)paints US as unironically good - definitely not the right context here- Crime of the Century (Supertramp) -- too long for the message
- Save a Prayer (Duran Duran) - lyrics don't quite work
- Palace of Versailles (Al Stewart) - not quite the right historical parallel
- Swords and Knives (TFF) - not quite right either, though the mood is...
Favorite Solos
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Songs You May Think You Remember from the Sixties and Seventies
- "Blame it on the Girls" (Mika)
- "Grace Kelley" (Mika)
- "Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Music" (The Rutles)
- Jellyfish:
- "That Is Why"
- "Now She Knows She's Wrong"
- "My New Mistake"
- "Sabrina, Paste, and Plato"
- "Rainy Day Sun" (Spinal Tap)
- "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending" (Tears for Fears)
- "Call Me Mellow" (Tears for Fears)
- "Another First Kiss" (TMBG)
- "Wind Me Up" (Fastball)
- "Karma" (Jessica Andrews)
- "Sleeping Satellite" (Tasmin Archer)
- "Free as a Bird" (The Beatles)
- "Real Love" (The Beatles)
- "Ordinary Dream" (ELO)
- "Lonesome Lullaby" (ELO)
- "G.O.D. (good old days)" (Fastball)
- "Peacekeeper" (Fleetwood Mac)
- "The Very Best Years" (The Grays)
- "Walk Away" (Traveling Wilburys)
- "Believe" (Lenny Kravitz)
- "Devil with the Green Eyes" (Matthew Sweet)
- "Beautiful Night" (Paul McCartney)
- "The Division Bell" (Pink Floyd)
- "Now She's Left You" (The Rutles)
- "Between Us" (The Rutles)
- "Walking on the Sun" (Smashmouth)
- "Then the Morning Comes" (Smashmouth)
- "The Mole from the Ministry" (The Dukes of Stratosphear)
best of McCartney
- "Every Night" McCartney I
- "Another Day"
- Ram
- "Too Many People"
- "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey"
- "Heart of the Country"
- "Monkberry Moon Delight"
- "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- Wild Life
- "Bip Bop"
- "Tomorrow"
- Red Rose Speedway
- "Big Barn Bed"
- "Single Pigeon"
- "I Lie Around"
- "Live and Let Die"
- Band on the Run
- "Band on the Run"
- "Jet"
- "Bluebird"
- "Mrs. Vandebilt"
- "Mamunia"
- "No Words"
- "1985"
- "Sally G."
- Venus and Mars
- "Venus and Mars"
- "Rock Show"
- "Love in Song"
- "You Gave Me the Answer"
- "Magneto and Titanium Man"
- "Listen to What the Man Said"
- "Lunch Box / Odd Sox"
- ...Speed of Sound
- "Let 'em In"
- "She's My Baby"
- "Silly Love Songs"
- "Mull of Kintyre"
- "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live)
- London Town
- "London Town"
- "Café on the Left Bank"
- "With a Little Luck"
- "Famous Groupies"
- "Deliver Your Children"
- "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
- Back to the Egg
- "Getting Closer"
- "We're Open Tonight"
- "Again and Again and Again"
- "Old Siam, Sir"
- "Arrow Through Me"
- McCartney II
- "Coming Up"
- "Nobody Knows"
- "Dark Room"
- Tug of War
- "Tug of War"
- "Take It Away"
- "Ballroom Dancing"
- "The Pound Is Sinking"
- "Wanderlust"
- Pipes of Peace
- "Pipes of Peace"
- "Say Say Say"
- "The Other Me"
- "Keep Under Cover"
- "Average Person"
- "No More Lonely Nights"
- Press to Play
- "Pretty Little Head"
- "It's Not True"
- Flaming Pie
- "World Tonight"
- "Beautiful Night"
- Driving Rain
- "Your Way"
Note: I haven't yet listened to Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard or Memory Almost Full enough to tell what songs are good; on first listen to a few tracks, they sound promisingly listenable but without any really outstanding melodies. Definitely better than the Flowers in the Dirt / Off the Ground era, though.
ideas for Sinaas
- American Pie
- Pachelbel's canon
- Hyperactive (Dolby)
- Cannibals (Knopfler)
- The Netherlands (Fogelberg)
- Ag Pleez Deddy
- The Penguin On Top of the TV
- The Famous Polka
- something polka from Weird Al
- Valley Girl
- Free As a Bird
- Onomatopoeia
- Morning Sky (Fogelberg)
- ?More Than Ever (Fogelberg)
- The Night Watch (King Crimson) "Dutch respectibility"
- hit songs with religious themes
- Put Your Hand in the Hand
- My Sweet Lord
- One Toke Over the Line
- Operator (Manhattan Transfer)
- A Soapbox Opera (Supertramp)
- Even in the Quietest Moments
- The Devil's Been Busy (Wilburys)
- The Devil's Radio (Harrison)
- Morning Has Broken
- Tears in Heaven
- My Father's Eyes
- God (Tori Amos)
- God (Lennon)
- Imagine (Lennon)
- Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- It's Not Easy Being Green
- Deeper Understanding
- The Logical Song (cf the obstacle song, "I Can See Clearly Now")
Also need to send some Woozle music
First attempt at CD from available songs:
- serious disc
- The Netherlands
- Love Comes to Everyone
- Year of the Cat
- silly disc
- Ag Pleez Deddy
- Onomatopoeia
- Rubber Duckie
- Silent E
- L-Y