Friday, March 19, 2010

A Dingo Ate My Baby!

A Dingo Ate My Baby! (Songs from Australia)

Evan challenged me to make a mix of artists from one country. Then he told me I couldn't do Canada. Then he told me I couldn't do the UK. Well, geeeeeeez oh man, Evan! I'm not sitting over there in ASIALAND listening to weird foreign music. So this mix is not long. And it's Australian. So grab a Foster's, get some Outback takeout, and toss your boomerang around to these tunes.

1. Men At Work - Down Under
Well, duh.

2. Cut Copy - Going Nowhere
The best Cut Copy song there is.

3. INXS - Need You Tonight
They're Australian. And that's all I've got.

4. Kylie Minogue - Come Into My World
This video is awesome. And makes my brain hurt.

5. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
OMG I LOVE NATALIE IMBRUGLIA. This is not a joke. I think her Left Of The Middle album is awesome.


6. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Basically, I googled "popular Australia bands" and went with whatever I vaguely knew!

7. Air Supply - All Out Of Love
Second verse, same as the first (see above).

8. Jet - Look What You've Done
I've always secretly loved this awful song. It's my curse: I love shitty love songs! Finally I had a legit reason to download it. Thanks, Evan!

9. Silverchair - Ana's Song (Open Fire)
'90s angst at it's finest. It's been too long since I had enough Silverchair in my life. (Note: Lead singer was married to Natalie Imbruglia for five or so years!)

10. Colin Hay - Overkill
Colin Hay was the singer for Men at Work. "Overkill" is a Men at Work song. Still counts.

They also featured this in Scrubs.

11. Youth Group - Daisychains
One of the fews songs I was able to immediately mentally add to the list when Evan suggested it.


12. Ben Lee - Grammercy Park Hotel
I'd forgotten all about this song! But it's awesome and I can't find it online anywhere to link to. It's on Something to Remember Me By. Worth looking for if you're industrious like that.

13. Wolfmother - Vagabond
We'll go with an epic-sounding track to wrap things up.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Movie Magic: Songs from the Soundtracks

Movie Magic: Songs from the Soundtracks

1. The Faces - Ooh La La (Rushmore)
Every person in my group of friends had this soundtrack in their car. It wasn't the soundtrack to a wonderfully quirky movie with one of my favorite characters of all time (Max Fischer!), but the soundtrack to a summer full of shenanigans no one else in our town seemed to get but us.



2. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (Trainspotting)
I tried to get the girls on my freshman dorm floor to watch Trainspotting with me within the first month of my first semester of college. That was not my smartest idea. "Lust for Life" is one of those songs that so amazingly encompasses the scene in which it appears that it's no longer background noise, but a character all its own.
SONG & MOVIE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wko_IweA6R0

3. Phoenix - Too Young (Lost in Translation)
It's been a few years since I watched Lost in Translation in its entirety. My memory is fuzzy as to how prominently this song is (or is not) used in the movie. Regardless, I played the fuck out of this song when I was a college DJ. It was a difficult choice between this and Jesus & Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey."


4. The Cardigans - Lovefool (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
Who doesn't love this song? Honestly. As for the movie, I resisted it for a long time - until I had to write a paper for my Shakespeare course in college comparing the written words to a film adaptation. I ended up really liking Baz Luhrmann's version and the soundtrack.


5. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (500 Days of Summer)
Whether or not this track will stand the test of time remains to be seen. But because it is so fresh in my mind, I cannot exclude it. It's the kind of song I think a band finishes writing and just knows someone is going to put it in a movie and then use it in the trailer.


6. Third Eye Blind - Graduate (Can't Hardly Wait)
Third Eye Blind is one of my guiltiest pleasures. Can't Hardly Wait is the kind of teen movie I live for. Combine the two and it's heaven.
SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4APJzW1qc

7. Green Day - J. A. R. (Angus)
You know those movies you LOVED when you were young and impressionable? And how when you watch them now in your mid/late-twenties and are disappointed when it seems so completely different than how you remember it? Yeah, that definitely did not happen with me and Angus. I rewatched it for the first time in years a few months ago and it still hits every high note. (Also: Green Day! What the fuck happened to you?!)


8. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) (St. Elmo's Fire)
Honestly, I didn't know this song existed until August 2009. Once I heard it on a friend's playlist during a road trip, I was hooked. After making a carload of tired travelers listen to it on repeat while driving through Arizona, I arrived back in Boston and downloaded it immediately. Then I watched the movie. Dumb movie. Awesome song.

9. Gin Blossoms - Til I Hear It From You (Empire Records)
Empire Records is a perfect movie. "Til I Hear It From You" is a perfect song.

10. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (City of Angels)
I've never seen City of Angels, and I have no plans to. I hate Nicholas Cage. He makes me cringe. And I've never been a huge Goo Goo Dolls fan, but this song makes so much sense for this kind of movie. It might not be something I want to listen to all the time, but on a recent flight I watched part of VH1's Songs of the '90s and couldn't resist really liking this afterall.

11. Seal - Kiss from a Rose (Batman Forever)
The movie SUCKED. But the soundtrack was awesome. I remember it being one of the first CDs that was truly mine and not borrowed from my parents or a friend. "Kiss from a Rose" is a personal favorite, because I had my first slow dance to it at a Teen Center. The boy told me I looked like a Tickle Me Elmo doll. (In his defense, I was wearing a red, fuzzy sweater...)

12. Aimee Mann - Wise Up (Magnolia)
I can still remember sitting in the theater being blown away by this scene and song.

13. Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World (Donnie Darko)
Another song that perfectly fits the movie it's in and the point in which it appears.

14. Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There (An American Tail)
Shut the fuck up.



15. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do (I Do It For You) (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)
Yep. You can continue to shut the fuck up. Because this is awesome.
SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoWtY_h4xo

16. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Say Anything)
The first time I saw this movie, I caught it midway through on TV. I started falling in love with it, so I turned it off and drove to Sam Goody (Sam Goody!) in the mall and bought the VHS tape. Since then, every boy has been compared (typically unfavorably) to Lloyd Dobler.


17. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Against All Odds)
I nearly included "You'll Be In My Heart" since it was by Phil Collins and written for Tarzan. Then I remembered this much much much better Phil Collins song was written for Against All Odds (which I've never seen, but oh well). And enjoy.

18. Pulp - Like a Friend (Great Expectations)
When this song kicks in, it makes me wish I'd have made a movie to put it in.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Y2K+10 Playlist

i told allison we'd make a playlist for the new years party, but I'm fat and lazy so I only made some last minute contributions to hers.

in the original spirit of this blog, we'll make a co-op new years party playlist. however, i don't feel like arguing, so i'll just provide my half.

all of these songs made an appearance at the party, and made for some of the best sing-a-long moments. here goes...


1. iron maiden - two minutes to midnight



2. wheatus - teenage dirtbag



3. piebald - american hearts



4. saves the day - shoulder to the wheel



5. andrew wk - i love new york city



6. the killers - all these things that i've done



7. miley cyrus - party in the USA



8. bob sinclair - world hold on



9. george harrison - got my mind set on you



10. superdrag - sucked out



fu2010

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Vincent's favorite song of ALL TIME





Hi my name is Vincent and this is my favorite song

Evan's favorites of 2009

Oh 2009, you bitch.

Here are my favorites.

1 - Frank Turner - Live Fast Die Old
"i bought myself back from the devil / now i'm keeping it all for myself" this pretty much characterizes 2009 for me



2 - Them Crooked Vultures - Gunman
The best supergroup of 2009



3 - Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits
I just devoured a KFC zinger with cheese and this song made me feel bad about it.



4 - Rome - The Secret Sons of Europe
I sit alone in my room and listen to this on repeat. Then again, I'm usually alone in my room beating songs to death. I think this one fits that scenario better than "Womanizer."



5 - Brand New - Sink
wheeeee i'm trying to finish this asap so no more commentary (cept for the ones i already wrote that come after this)



6 - John Mayer - Do You Know Me



7 - Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Revenge



8 - Joel Plaskett - Through and Through and Through



9 - Japandroids - Sovereignty



10 - Converge - Reap What You Sow
I can't remember the last time I was really blown away by anything Converge had pieced together. Certainly not anytime in the past decade. Axe to Fall fucking dominates, though. Reap What You Sow makes me want to run through a wall.



11 - Yo La Tengo - All Your Secrets



12 - Dan Auerbach - I Want Some More



13 - Thrice - Doublespeak



14 - M Ward - Stars of Leo



15 - Tegan and Sara - It Was Midnight



16 - fun. - The Gambler



17 - Two Tongues - Tremors



18 - Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve



19 - Bear McCreary - Kara Remembers
I don't feel the need to justify this being on here. Awesome show...awesome scene. The song stands well on its own (makes me feel like i'm in some opium den in...well..asia), but given the context, it is one of the most memorable music moments I've had this year. [note: yes it's a take on "all along the watchtower" and no i won't explain why]



20 - Set Your Goals - Our Ethos: A Legacy to Pass On



s my d 2010